CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 1990 Cornell High School graduate and Cornell, Wisconsin, native supports training officers who someday hope to fly jets for the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.
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Kate Loring-Stewart is a student control clerk with the “Wise Owls” of Training Squadron (VT) 31, based in Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. The squadron flies the T-44C Pegasus aircraft.
A student control clerk is responsible for maintaining and updating aviation training jackets that includes flight grade sheets and qualifications for student pilots to get their aviation wings.
“I have a great sense of pride and accomplishment knowing that I had an important part in helping the students achieve their goals in becoming a naval aviator,” Smith said.
Loring-Stewart credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned growing up in Cornell.
“My parents instilled in me a hard work ethic with morals and values to match,” said Loring-Stewart. “I previously served in the Navy as a religious program specialist deployed during Desert Storm, and my time in service taught me both discipline and leadership skills that I have brought with me to my Department of Defense career. All of these traits have made me the person who I am today.”
The T-45C Goshawk is a tandem-seat, jet trainer aircraft powered by a twin-spool non-afterburn turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds of thrust and airspeed of 645 mph.
VT-31’s primary mission is to train future naval aviators to fly as well as instill leadership and officer values, Navy officials explained. Students must complete four phases of flight training in order to graduate, including aviation pre-flight indoctrination, primary flight training, and advanced flight training. After successfully completing the rigorous program, naval aviators earn their coveted “Wings of Gold.”
Jobs are highly varied at VT-31, according to Navy officials. Navy and Marine Corps men and women officers along with civilian employees make up and keep all parts of the squadron running smoothly. This includes everything from training the new aviators, maintaining airframes and engines, processing paperwork, along with handling and flying the aircraft.
A key element of the Navy the nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, and that the nation’s prosperity is tied to the ability to operate freely on the world’s oceans. More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water; 80 percent of the world’s population lives close to a coast; and 90 percent of all global trade by volume travels by sea.
Loring-Stewart plays an important role in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances, and reforming business practices in support of National Defense Strategy.
“Our priorities center on people, capabilities and processes, and will be achieved by our focus on speed, value, results and partnerships,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer. “Readiness, lethality and modernization are the requirements driving these priorities.”
Though there are many ways for government employees to earn distinction in their command, community and career, Loring-Stewart is most proud of receiving a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal while serving in the Navy, for all the hard work she did in helping her chaplain prepare sailors serving onboard a submarine for deployment.
“It gave me a sense of pride helping my fellow sailors in preparing them and their families for a long deployment,” Loring-Stewart said.
Loring-Stewart has military ties with family members who have previously served. Loring-Stewart is honored to carry on the family tradition.
“My father served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman and my grandfather and several uncles also served in the Navy,” Loring-Stewart said. “I felt like I was carrying the family torch in serving my country.”
As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets, Loring-Stewart knows she is part of a legacy that will last beyond her lifetime providing the Navy the nation needs.
“I feel like the people here at this squadron have made me a part of their family,” Loring-Stewart said. “I realized how much I missed the camaraderie serving in the Navy and I feel like I am part of the team here. What I do impacts everyone here both professionally and personally.”
A student control clerk is responsible for maintaining and updating aviation training jackets that includes flight grade sheets and qualifications for student pilots to get their aviation wings.
“I have a great sense of pride and accomplishment knowing that I had an important part in helping the students achieve their goals in becoming a naval aviator,” Smith said.
Loring-Stewart credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned growing up in Cornell.
“My parents instilled in me a hard work ethic with morals and values to match,” said Loring-Stewart. “I previously served in the Navy as a religious program specialist deployed during Desert Storm, and my time in service taught me both discipline and leadership skills that I have brought with me to my Department of Defense career. All of these traits have made me the person who I am today.”
The T-45C Goshawk is a tandem-seat, jet trainer aircraft powered by a twin-spool non-afterburn turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds of thrust and airspeed of 645 mph.
VT-31’s primary mission is to train future naval aviators to fly as well as instill leadership and officer values, Navy officials explained. Students must complete four phases of flight training in order to graduate, including aviation pre-flight indoctrination, primary flight training, and advanced flight training. After successfully completing the rigorous program, naval aviators earn their coveted “Wings of Gold.”
Jobs are highly varied at VT-31, according to Navy officials. Navy and Marine Corps men and women officers along with civilian employees make up and keep all parts of the squadron running smoothly. This includes everything from training the new aviators, maintaining airframes and engines, processing paperwork, along with handling and flying the aircraft.
A key element of the Navy the nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, and that the nation’s prosperity is tied to the ability to operate freely on the world’s oceans. More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water; 80 percent of the world’s population lives close to a coast; and 90 percent of all global trade by volume travels by sea.
Loring-Stewart plays an important role in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances, and reforming business practices in support of National Defense Strategy.
“Our priorities center on people, capabilities and processes, and will be achieved by our focus on speed, value, results and partnerships,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer. “Readiness, lethality and modernization are the requirements driving these priorities.”
Though there are many ways for government employees to earn distinction in their command, community and career, Loring-Stewart is most proud of receiving a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal while serving in the Navy, for all the hard work she did in helping her chaplain prepare sailors serving onboard a submarine for deployment.
“It gave me a sense of pride helping my fellow sailors in preparing them and their families for a long deployment,” Loring-Stewart said.
Loring-Stewart has military ties with family members who have previously served. Loring-Stewart is honored to carry on the family tradition.
“My father served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman and my grandfather and several uncles also served in the Navy,” Loring-Stewart said. “I felt like I was carrying the family torch in serving my country.”
As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets, Loring-Stewart knows she is part of a legacy that will last beyond her lifetime providing the Navy the nation needs.
“I feel like the people here at this squadron have made me a part of their family,” Loring-Stewart said. “I realized how much I missed the camaraderie serving in the Navy and I feel like I am part of the team here. What I do impacts everyone here both professionally and personally.”