VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Navy Intelligence Specialist Seaman Meaghan Sandler, a native of South Berwick, Maine, recently graduated from the LifeSkills Course located in Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex.
For many of the new sailors, these classes provide them with skills as they begin Navy life.
The overall mission of the LifeSkills curriculum is to inspire apprentice-level sailors to have good decision-making paradigms when faced with issues involving suicide prevention, sexual harassment, equal opportunity and overall decision-making in general. The content itself is divided into primarily, personal financial management lesson topics, interventional training and Navy core values.
The program is taught by Navy military training instructors who provide leadership, training and professional development of accession-level sailors prior to their arrival to the fleet. The training uses several scenario-based questions then selected courses of action, which subsequently leads into a specific lesson relating to one of the previously mentioned topics.
Sandler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darren Sandler and he has been in the U.S. Navy since September 2019.