PENSACOLA, Fla. - Airman Kalen Nuyssbaumer, a native of Sanford, Florida, is serving the U.S. Navy at Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC).
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As a student at NASC, Nuyssbaumer 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.
Nuyssbaumer joined the Navy one year ago.
“I joined the Navy because of my family legacy of sailors and because I wanted to do something unique like naval special warfare,” said Nuyssbaumer.
According to Nuyssbaumer, the values required to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Sanford.
“In Sanford, and growing up in a military family, I was raised to value discipline and hard work ,” said Nuyssbaumer.
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 Nuyssbaumer 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.
“It’s important for every nation to have a Navy, but most important for the U.S. Navy to be able to guard our coasts,” said Nuyssbaumer.
Nuyssbaumer and the sailors they serve with have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their military service.
“I am most proud of graduating from rescue swimmer school,” said Nuyssbaumer. “It’s a really tough program that not many people make it through.”
As Nuyssbaumer 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 in the Navy means earning the right to the freedoms I enjoy and the chance to give back to my country,” added Nuyssbaumer.
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.