SAN DIEGO – A 2011 Pomona High School graduate and Pomona, California, native is currently an instructor for the U.S. Navy training sailors in operating the technologically advanced Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
Damage Controlman 1st Class Joel Aguirre has been an instructor at the LCS Training Facility (LTF) since June 2018.
The LTF, the first surface warfare training facility to provide integrated bridge and combat systems tactical scenario training for Sailors serving aboard a LCS, is operated by the Center for Surface Combat Systems’ (CSCS) learning site Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center (FLEASWTRACEN) in San Diego.
“Learning the basics and fundamentals several times turns knowledge into muscle memory,” Aguirre explained. “Reinforcing these key items is essential for my sailors to encompass before they report aboard a LCS.”
Aguirre teaches a one week Mobicon Operations course which focuses on learning how to direct, operate and supervise a Mobicon Straddle Lift Carrier.
“Sailors serving in the LCS environment demand a higher quantity and quality of training,” explained Capt. Brandon Bryan, FLEASWTRACEN’s commanding officer. “LCS class ships drive a new approach to individual, team, and unit-level training to accommodate the minimum manning and rotational crewing concepts. This new approach drives the need for the shore-centric Train-to-Qualify (T2Q) and Train-to-Certify (T2C) concepts, which rely heavily on high-fidelity shore-based trainers. Our simulators integrate LCS command and control, propulsion control, and bridge control systems to support individual training in a team environment at the basic, intermediate and advanced levels.”
Aguirre joined the Navy in October 2012 and graduated from Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, on December 21, 2012.
“My uncle has always been my inspiration to strive forward and keep reaching new limits,” Aguirre said. “When I entered the Navy, he had already been in the Navy for 12 years. I am honored that I can follow in his footsteps.”
Aguirre was last stationed aboard USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) Mayport, Florida, as a work center supervisor in charge of 15 maintenance personnel.
“At the LTF, we prepare sailors to execute a wide variety of missions around the world,” Bryan said. “They leave our training facility ready to stand their watch and execute the Navy’s mission.”
Aguirre is the son of Ms. Silvia Juarez, who resides in Murrieta, California, and Mr. Juan Aguirre, who resides in Fontana, California.
CSCS' mission is to develop and deliver surface ship combat systems training to achieve surface warfare superiority. CSCS headquarters' staff oversees 14 learning sites and detachments located throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, and Japan and manages and operates a Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) training division in Rota, Spain. CSCS provides over 538 courses, awards 114 different Navy Enlisted Classifications (NECs), and trains over 38,000 Sailors a year. CSCS delivers specialized training for Officer and Enlisted Sailors required to tactically operate, maintain, and employ shipboard and shore-based weapons, sensors, and command and control systems utilized in today's Navy.
For more information on CSCS, visit https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/cscs/ or follow CSCS on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-Surface-Combat-Systems/1480366868885239
The LTF, the first surface warfare training facility to provide integrated bridge and combat systems tactical scenario training for Sailors serving aboard a LCS, is operated by the Center for Surface Combat Systems’ (CSCS) learning site Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center (FLEASWTRACEN) in San Diego.
“Learning the basics and fundamentals several times turns knowledge into muscle memory,” Aguirre explained. “Reinforcing these key items is essential for my sailors to encompass before they report aboard a LCS.”
Aguirre teaches a one week Mobicon Operations course which focuses on learning how to direct, operate and supervise a Mobicon Straddle Lift Carrier.
“Sailors serving in the LCS environment demand a higher quantity and quality of training,” explained Capt. Brandon Bryan, FLEASWTRACEN’s commanding officer. “LCS class ships drive a new approach to individual, team, and unit-level training to accommodate the minimum manning and rotational crewing concepts. This new approach drives the need for the shore-centric Train-to-Qualify (T2Q) and Train-to-Certify (T2C) concepts, which rely heavily on high-fidelity shore-based trainers. Our simulators integrate LCS command and control, propulsion control, and bridge control systems to support individual training in a team environment at the basic, intermediate and advanced levels.”
Aguirre joined the Navy in October 2012 and graduated from Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, on December 21, 2012.
“My uncle has always been my inspiration to strive forward and keep reaching new limits,” Aguirre said. “When I entered the Navy, he had already been in the Navy for 12 years. I am honored that I can follow in his footsteps.”
Aguirre was last stationed aboard USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) Mayport, Florida, as a work center supervisor in charge of 15 maintenance personnel.
“At the LTF, we prepare sailors to execute a wide variety of missions around the world,” Bryan said. “They leave our training facility ready to stand their watch and execute the Navy’s mission.”
Aguirre is the son of Ms. Silvia Juarez, who resides in Murrieta, California, and Mr. Juan Aguirre, who resides in Fontana, California.
CSCS' mission is to develop and deliver surface ship combat systems training to achieve surface warfare superiority. CSCS headquarters' staff oversees 14 learning sites and detachments located throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, and Japan and manages and operates a Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) training division in Rota, Spain. CSCS provides over 538 courses, awards 114 different Navy Enlisted Classifications (NECs), and trains over 38,000 Sailors a year. CSCS delivers specialized training for Officer and Enlisted Sailors required to tactically operate, maintain, and employ shipboard and shore-based weapons, sensors, and command and control systems utilized in today's Navy.
For more information on CSCS, visit https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/cscs/ or follow CSCS on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-Surface-Combat-Systems/1480366868885239