SAN DIEGO – Chief Petty Officer (select) Brendon Hart, a native of Salem, Ohio, was looking for a change of pace, and joined the Navy.
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“There are only six instructor positions for my rate in the entire Navy,” said Hart. “As an instructor, I have been able to positively impact future Navy career counselors.”
Hart, a 2003 graduate of Salem High School, is a Navy counselor at the training center located in San Diego.
“I am responsible for managing the career development program for enlisted sailors,” said Hart.
Hart credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Salem.
“If at first you don't succeed, try again,” said Hart.
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 Hart is most proud of being selected to become a chief petty officer.
“I am most proud of this accomplishment because it represents the support I receive from my family and the hard work from my fellow shipmates,” said Hart.
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, Hart 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.
“For me, serving in the Navy is being a part of something that is bigger than me,” said Hart.
“For me, serving in the Navy is being a part of something that is bigger than me,” said Hart.