SAN DIEGO – Senior Chief Petty Officer Jaime Romero, a native of Houston, wanted a change by joining the Navy.
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Now, 15 years later, Romero is stationed with the Navy Service Support Advanced Training Command (NSSATC) San Diego, a new training command tasked with improving fleet readiness.
“I see a different side of the Navy here,” said Romero. “I see a lot of submarine sailors and special warfare, I've never worked with them before. Every class I learn something new.”
Romero, a 2003 graduate of Ross S. Sterling High School, is a career counselor at the training center located in San Diego.
“I teach the career counselor course, I make sure they are good to go so they can go back to the fleet and do amazing things,” said Romero.
Romero credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Houston.
“I learned to take new challenges,” said Romero. “I was born in El Salvador so my first challenge was learning English. Since then I've had to adapt to a lot of new cultures; east coast, west coast Japan. Houston was just the beginning.”
NSSATC was established in March 2019. It develops and delivers advanced education and training opportunities that build personal, professional, and service support competencies to achieve fleet readiness. Headquartered at Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, Virginia, the command executes training at 10 globally dispersed learning sites with military and civilian instructors and staff personnel.
NSSATC is responsible for Advanced Administration courses, Advanced Logistics courses, Navy Instructor Training Course (NITC), Command Career Counselor (CCC), Command Managed Equal Opportunity (CMEO) Manager, Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor (DAPA), and Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Managers and Supervisors.
There are many reasons to be proud of naval service, and Romero is most proud of getting a college degree.
“I started before I joined the Navy and classes got too expensive,” said Romero. “I didn't join the Navy to go to college, but it's a great benefit.”
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.”
“I see a different side of the Navy here,” said Romero. “I see a lot of submarine sailors and special warfare, I've never worked with them before. Every class I learn something new.”
Romero, a 2003 graduate of Ross S. Sterling High School, is a career counselor at the training center located in San Diego.
“I teach the career counselor course, I make sure they are good to go so they can go back to the fleet and do amazing things,” said Romero.
Romero credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Houston.
“I learned to take new challenges,” said Romero. “I was born in El Salvador so my first challenge was learning English. Since then I've had to adapt to a lot of new cultures; east coast, west coast Japan. Houston was just the beginning.”
NSSATC was established in March 2019. It develops and delivers advanced education and training opportunities that build personal, professional, and service support competencies to achieve fleet readiness. Headquartered at Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, Virginia, the command executes training at 10 globally dispersed learning sites with military and civilian instructors and staff personnel.
NSSATC is responsible for Advanced Administration courses, Advanced Logistics courses, Navy Instructor Training Course (NITC), Command Career Counselor (CCC), Command Managed Equal Opportunity (CMEO) Manager, Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor (DAPA), and Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Managers and Supervisors.
There are many reasons to be proud of naval service, and Romero is most proud of getting a college degree.
“I started before I joined the Navy and classes got too expensive,” said Romero. “I didn't join the Navy to go to college, but it's a great benefit.”
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, Romero 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.
“As a career counselor, I found out that a lot of people can't join the Navy,” said Romero. “It's a big deal to be able to serve. It's become my whole life for the last 15 years.”
“As a career counselor, I found out that a lot of people can't join the Navy,” said Romero. “It's a big deal to be able to serve. It's become my whole life for the last 15 years.”