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By Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Kevin Barnes, Center for Information Warfare Training Det. Fort Gordon
FORT GORDON, Ga. – The Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) Det. Fort Gordon announced its inaugural Student of the Month award recipients, March 5.
Selected were Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) 2nd Class Josiah Kerstetter, from Hersey, Pennsylvania, a student in the Apprentice Cryptologic Language Program, and Electronics Technician Seaman Rodolfo Gutierrez, from San Bernardino, California, a student in the Satellite Communications Program.
Kerstetter and Gutierrez were selected for this formal recognition because of their outstanding and well-rounded performance as military students.
The Student of the Month program was developed by the CIWT Det. Fort Gordon White Hat Association as a way to recognize exceptional Sailors in a student status. The program provides an additional opportunity to recognize military students who display not only outstanding classroom performance, but also demonstrate exceptional leadership, physical fitness, professionalism, and military bearing.
Every month, instructors from each department will nominate a student worthy of special recognition, and organizational leadership will determine which Sailors will be awarded. Upon formal recognition at command quarters, the Student of the Month recipients receive a certificate of accomplishment from the officer in charge, and are treated to a mentorship lunch with the senior enlisted leader.
"While the excellent reputation of the instructors here at the detachment was known to me well before my arrival in December, I have been overly impressed with all of the students that have come through our doors since that time,” stated CIWT Det. Fort Gordon Officer in Charge Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Kruppa. “When Master Chief Dikun and I were approached by the White Hat Association with the Student of the Month Program, we agreed that it would be a great opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance and professionalism of our students and instantly authorized its establishment as a testament to their contributions."
As a training location for the Center for Information Warfare Training, CIWT Det. Fort Gordon delivers trained information warfare professionals to the Navy and joint services, enabling optimal performance of information warfare across the full spectrum of military operations. CIWT Det. Fort Gordon specializes in training to fleet Sailors in the areas of satellite communications operation and maintenance, maritime cryptologic systems operation and maintenance, and language training graduating approximately 225 students in 30 courses of instruction annually.
With four schoolhouse commands, two detachments, and training sites throughout the United States and Japan, CIWT is recognized as Naval Education and Training Command’s top learning center for the past three years. Training over 21,000 students every year, CIWT delivers trained information warfare professionals to the Navy and joint services. CIWT also offers more than 200 courses for cryptologic technicians, intelligence specialists, information systems technicians, electronics technicians, and officers in the information warfare community.
For more news from Center for Information Warfare Training enterprise, visit www.navy.mil/local/cid/, www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ciwt/, www.facebook.com/NavyCIWT, or www.twitter.com/NavyCIWT.
| Date Taken: | 03.05.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 03.07.2019 10:09 |
| Story ID: | 313320 |
| Location: | FORT GORDON, GEORGIA, US |
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