PENSACOLA, Fla. - Airman Apprentice Dylan Schliebe, a native of Parker, Colorado, is serving the U.S. Navy at Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC).
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As a student at NASC, Schliebe is serving among sailors, Marines and guardsmen developing the skills needed to be combat-ready aviation professionals. NASC is located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, provides an educational foundation in technical training, character development, and professional leadership.
Students at NASC are taught the requirements and skills needed to be successful in their new careers.
Schliebe joined the Navy 8 months ago.
“I joined the Navy for more opportunities and to do an amazing job serving our country,” said Schliebe.
According to Schliebe, the values required to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Parker.
“Growing up, I learned that hard work goes far,” said Schliebe. “I watched my parents provide the example of how to work hard for everything you get.”
NASC provides educational foundation in technical training, character development and professional leadership to prepare Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and partner nations Officer and Enlisted to be the combat quality aviation professionals their nation needs.
NASC is comprised of four schoolhouses: Aviation Training School (ATS), Aviation Enlisted Aircrew Training (AEATS), Aviation Rescue Swimmer School (ARSS) and Aviation Water Survival School (AWS), which provide instruction in 14 different curricula. In fiscal year 2021, ATS staff conducted 2,250 hours of classroom instruction and 17,095 hours of flight instruction; graduated 1,140 pilots and 217 Naval Flight Officers. AEATS graduated 1,237 students, ARSS graduated 245 students and AWS, including Detachment Swim Sites Norfolk and Pearl Harbor provided training for 6,479 students.
Serving in the Navy means Schliebe is part of a team that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.
“The Navy supports national defense by being an adaptive force like no other in the world,” said Schliebe. “Each day presents a new challenge and we meet the challenges.”
Schliebe and the sailors they serve with have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their military service.
“So far my proudest accomplishment in the Navy has been finishing rescue swimmer school,” said Schliebe. “It was an accomplishment and another step towards getting to where I want to be in my career.”
As Schliebe and other sailors continue to train and perform the mission they are tasked with, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy.
“Serving means helping others and doing something bigger than myself,” added Schliebe.
The Naval Education and Training Command is the U.S. Navy’s Force Development pillar and largest shore command. Through its “Street to Fleet” focus, Naval Education and Training Command recruits civilians and transforms them into skilled warfighters ready to meet the current and future needs of the U.S. Navy.