Photo By Glenn Sircy | 180907-N-XX139-0002 PENSACOLA, Fla. September 7, 2018) Laurie Luke, a Mauricetown, New...... read more read more
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Mauricetown, New Jersey native works for a Navy command responsible for teaching future information warriors the skills required to defend America around the world.
Laurie Luke has served her country for a combined 36 years, and works as a personnel qualifications standard (PQS) manager, operating out of the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, Florida. For the past 12 years, she has served as a government employee, and prior to this, she proudly and honorably served in the U.S. Navy for 24 years as a cryptologic technician (communications) (CTO) and as a cryptologic technician (networks) (CTN).
Additionally, Luke was the second female CTO to fly with the Navy as an aircrew member. At the time, she was stationed at the White House when she received orders to Naval Aircrew Candidate School. Before detaching from the White House, she trained with Marines onboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia to prepare for the rigors of aircrew school. As a CTO aircrew member, she flew reconnaissance missions out of Manama, Bahrain during Operation Desert Storm with Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 2.
As a PQS manager, Luke’s responsibilities include developing and updating a library of roughly 80 PQSs for all network-related ratings, including CTN, cryptologic technician (maintenance), information systems technicians, and information professional officers. She also assists with maintaining PQSs for other information warfare ratings including intelligence specialist, cryptologic technician (collection) cryptologic technician (technical) as well as the intelligence officer designator. PQS publications are created to produce competent watch standards in order to maintain fleet readiness. Combined, her efforts directly impact the training and readiness of over 45,000 Navy personnel.
“Our CIWT domain is comprised of incredibly talented and professional people, and I’m grateful how our Navy civilians, like Mrs. Luke, play a vital role in the execution of our mission and in our warfighting effectiveness for the Navy the nation needs," said Jim Hagy, CIWT’s executive director. "I'm humbled and honored to serve alongside her and for her dedication and service to not only this command, but this great nation."
Luke’s command has been recognized as the Navy’s top learning center the past two years, and charged with developing the future technical cadre of the information warfare community, the CIWT domain leads, manages, and delivers Navy and joint force training to 22,000 students annually.
With 1,200 military, civilian and contracted staff members, CIWT oversees about 200 courses at four information warfare training commands, two detachments, and additional learning sites located throughout the United States and Japan.
CIWT is responsible for training enlisted cryptologic technicians, information systems technicians, intelligence specialists, and electronics technicians. CIWT also provides training to cryptologic warfare, information professional, intelligence, and foreign area officers that prepares them to be prepared to wage battle, and assure the nation’s success in this burgeoning warfare arena.
"The CIWT team is successful because each of our domain members, like Mrs. Luke, focuses daily on our job to 'prepare Sailors for war' in our area of information warfare," said CIWT’s Commanding Officer Capt. Nick Andrews. " I'm extremely proud of how the impact of her hard work prepares Sailors for the Navy the nation needs, enhancing fleet readiness each and every day.”
As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets, Luke and other CIWT staff and Sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes, serving as a key part of the information warfare community in its mission to gain a deep understanding of the inner workings of adversaries and developing unmatched knowledge of the battlespace during wartime.
These Sailors and staff have a tremendous responsibility in creating warfighting options for fleet commanders and advising decision-makers at all levels as they serve worldwide aboard ships, submarines and aircraft and from the National Security Agency to the Pentagon.
“I take great pride in being able to help build the future of our Navy and information warfare community,” said Luke. “My job provides me the unique opportunity to provide the training standards our community needs to defend our nation and support vital missions across the globe.”
CIWT delivers trained information warfare professionals to the Navy and joint services, enabling optimal performance of information warfare across the full spectrum of military operations.
For more news from Center for Information Warfare Training enterprise, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/cid/, http://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ciwt/, http://www.facebook.com/NavyCIWT, or http://www.twitter.com/NavyCIWT.
| Date Taken: | 09.07.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.07.2018 12:18 |
| Story ID: | 291777 |
| Location: | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, US |
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