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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. - Service members assigned to the CH-53 and MV-22 platforms attend the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River to learn how work with the aircraft.
Students of various military occupational specialties learn how to perform their duties with their assigned aircraft with anything from avionics and airframe mechanics to the basics of working on the flight line and engine repair.
“We teach students the technical skills they need to work on the platform they are assigned,” said Staff Sgt. Andrew Briley, CH-53 outgoing avionics staff-noncommissioned officer in charge and Franklin, Tennessee, native. “We set the foundation for their knowledge, so they can recall their basic aircraft knowledge when they go to the fleet. The biggest thing they learn here is the theory behind each system.”
Instructors are the best in their division, said Briley. They pass on their personal experiences, and other things that can’t be learned from a book. Some students are sent to on-the-job training to gain exposure to the job before going on to perform it throughout the fleet Marine Corps.
“The school is important because it teaches the mechanical side of the aircraft,” said Private First Class Zachary Meighen, a student at CNATT and Canal Fulton, Ohio, native. It gives us the basic knowledge we need to know.”
The school has more than 1,000 students go through its halls every year. Through the technical skills acquired the Marines gain the skills to succeed throughout the Marine Corps.
“We train the students to identify and fix discrepancies on the aircraft,” said Staff Sgt. Christopher Weil, MV-22B Osprey avionics instructor and Rome, New York, native. “As instructors we share our personal experiences with the students, we pass on our knowledge to the next Marine who will be working on the aircraft.”
| Date Taken: | 09.22.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.28.2014 20:25 |
| Story ID: | 143532 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | CANAL FULTON, OHIO, US |
| Hometown: | FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, US |
| Hometown: | ROME, NEW YORK, US |
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