SAN DIEGO – Chief Petty Officer Marcus Jiles, a native of Montgomery, Alabama, was inspired by family to join the Navy.
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| Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Brown |
“My older brother was in the Navy and I watched him do a lot,” said Jiles. “I wanted to make a difference in myself and make a difference in the world.”
Now, 17 years later, Jiles is stationed with the Navy Service Support Advanced Training Command (NSSATC) San Diego, a new training command tasked with improving fleet readiness.
“I see young men and women here and there's vast opportunity for them to take and do something,” said Jiles.
Jiles, a GED graduate of Jefferson Davis High School, is a logistics specialist at the training center located in San Diego.
“We teach four different types of relational supply,” said Jiles. “It's a system used to order material and track financial obligations.”
Jiles credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Montgomery.
“I was taught the importance of showing people a difference in what they can be,” said Jiles.
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 Jiles is most proud of mentoring sailors.
“I love seeing them go from someone who doesn't have anything to growing, getting college degrees, building strong families, and getting promoted,” said Jiles.
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, Jiles 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.
“Serving in the Navy means giving back to society and showing all men and women that you can make a difference in this world no matter how small or big, you can change someone's life and not even know it,” said Jiles.
Now, 17 years later, Jiles is stationed with the Navy Service Support Advanced Training Command (NSSATC) San Diego, a new training command tasked with improving fleet readiness.
“I see young men and women here and there's vast opportunity for them to take and do something,” said Jiles.
Jiles, a GED graduate of Jefferson Davis High School, is a logistics specialist at the training center located in San Diego.
“We teach four different types of relational supply,” said Jiles. “It's a system used to order material and track financial obligations.”
Jiles credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Montgomery.
“I was taught the importance of showing people a difference in what they can be,” said Jiles.
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 Jiles is most proud of mentoring sailors.
“I love seeing them go from someone who doesn't have anything to growing, getting college degrees, building strong families, and getting promoted,” said Jiles.
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, Jiles 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.
“Serving in the Navy means giving back to society and showing all men and women that you can make a difference in this world no matter how small or big, you can change someone's life and not even know it,” said Jiles.