SAN DIEGO – Senior Chief Petty Officer Marvin Hudson, a native of Rock Island, Illinois, was inspired to join the Navy by his brother, who also served.
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Now, 23 years later, Hudson is currently stationed in San Diego at the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS), which specializes in training sailors in the employment of shipboard weapon systems. Specifically, Hudson was hand selected to help oversee the Navy’s warfighting curriculum in its newest combat trainer known as CIAT. CIAT stands for the “Combined Integrated Air & Missile Defense / Anti-Submarine Warfare Trainer” and is a state-of-the art tactical simulator that allows instructors like Hudson to train a more capable fleet.
“We remain current in our jobs and train others who go on deployments,” said Hudson.
Hudson, a 1996 graduate of Rock Island Senior High School, is an operations specialist at the training center located in San Diego.
“We make sure we know what the outside threats are, assess them and make sure we're in a good environment,” said Hudson.
Hudson credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Rock Island.
“I learned commitment, hard work and dedication,” Hudson said. “Also God, family values and treating people fairly.”
CSCS’s mission is to develop and deliver surface ship combat systems training to achieve surface warfare superiority. The Command provides over 538 courses and trains over 38,000 Sailors each year. CSCS delivers specialized training for Officer and Enlisted Sailors to tactically operate, maintain, and employ shipboard and shore-based weapons, sensors, and command and control systems utilized in today’s Navy.
“Hudson represents the very best of our Navy team,” Lt. Cmdr. Reisheid Dixon, the officer in charge of CSCS San Diego, added. “The high level of knowledge and tactical expertise of our instructors ensures we are providing the most challenging and valuable training to the waterfront.”
There are many reasons to be proud of naval service, and Hudson is most proud of being selected and accepted as a chief petty officer.
“As a young seaman I saw my chief and said I want to be him some day,” Hudson said. “He had a sense of responsibility and pride and took care of junior sailors and that's something that I aspired to be.”
A key element of the Navy the Nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, according to Navy officials, 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.
“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.”
As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets, Hudson and other sailors and staff know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes, serving as a key part of the Navy the nation needs.
“I am extremely proud to serve in the world's most powerful Navy,” Hudson said. “It’s the opportunity to go away from home to keep America's interests and dreams that others have throughout the world, such as freedom and choices.”
“We remain current in our jobs and train others who go on deployments,” said Hudson.
Hudson, a 1996 graduate of Rock Island Senior High School, is an operations specialist at the training center located in San Diego.
“We make sure we know what the outside threats are, assess them and make sure we're in a good environment,” said Hudson.
Hudson credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Rock Island.
“I learned commitment, hard work and dedication,” Hudson said. “Also God, family values and treating people fairly.”
CSCS’s mission is to develop and deliver surface ship combat systems training to achieve surface warfare superiority. The Command provides over 538 courses and trains over 38,000 Sailors each year. CSCS delivers specialized training for Officer and Enlisted Sailors to tactically operate, maintain, and employ shipboard and shore-based weapons, sensors, and command and control systems utilized in today’s Navy.
“Hudson represents the very best of our Navy team,” Lt. Cmdr. Reisheid Dixon, the officer in charge of CSCS San Diego, added. “The high level of knowledge and tactical expertise of our instructors ensures we are providing the most challenging and valuable training to the waterfront.”
There are many reasons to be proud of naval service, and Hudson is most proud of being selected and accepted as a chief petty officer.
“As a young seaman I saw my chief and said I want to be him some day,” Hudson said. “He had a sense of responsibility and pride and took care of junior sailors and that's something that I aspired to be.”
A key element of the Navy the Nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, according to Navy officials, 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.
“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.”
As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets, Hudson and other sailors and staff know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes, serving as a key part of the Navy the nation needs.
“I am extremely proud to serve in the world's most powerful Navy,” Hudson said. “It’s the opportunity to go away from home to keep America's interests and dreams that others have throughout the world, such as freedom and choices.”