5 three-hour courses, held August 22-24 at Naval Station Nice Lakes, had been led by American Bike Coaching instructors Fred McMullen, DeAnna Ward, and Tony Castellano.
“RTC has over 100 bike riders, and with such a big demographic, the command wished to seek out methods to enhance on our Bike Mentorship Program,” RTC Excessive-Danger Coaching Security Administrator Cody Vanderlois mentioned. “The courses present prolonged coaching past the present necessities and mentorship involvement of our riders. Moreover, riders had been capable of meet different riders who may later present extra perception, expertise and help.”
Utilizing their very own bikes, riders started with a pre-ride security inspection.
The hands-on coaching workouts included following distances with security margins, situational consciousness approaching intersections/interacting with different visitors, crash avoidance maneuvers (braking/swerving), and rider character. Every train concluded with a subject debrief and dialogue.
Chief Mineman Joshua Royer, an RTC Recruit Division Commander with 14 years of bike driving expertise, mentioned riders at all times profit from security programs.
“They provide you a powerful refresher or first-time expertise with uncommon occurrences that we expertise on the street, in addition to specializing in the basics of driving,” he mentioned. “In the end, it helps maintain riders sharp and protected. That is my fourth course I’ve taken within the army and I discover all of them equally helpful.”
Royer inspired different riders to take part within the Bike Mentorship Program.
“It is a wonderful course; and for riders hesitant to take part, they might simply see it as a command authorized occasion the place they might take a part of their day to get away from work and get on their bikes,” he mentioned.
RTC, along with Naval Station Nice Lakes, has additionally acquired a bike good coach.
This digital platform makes use of visualization and has all of the controls of a normal bike however removes the chance of precise driving. The good coach offers eventualities that may very well be fairly encountered whereas working a bike.
Examples embrace autos exiting blind spots in entrance of the rider, lane change or passing of cross visitors. The good coach additionally permits for various areas of driving – resembling downtown, freeway and aspect roads – to additional the expertise. The good coach is out there for all to make use of, no matter rider standing or expertise.
“The Bike Mentorship Program aim is to convey collectively each new and skilled riders and promote accountable enjoyable, training and security to the handfuls of riders in our command,” RTC Command Security Officer Vic Hernandez mentioned. “It is good to see our motorcyclist focus and dedication to security. Any day is an efficient day when our Sailors can focus on the general security of driving their bikes.”
Boot camp is roughly 10 weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy start their careers on the command. Coaching contains bodily health, seamanship, firearms, firefighting and shipboard injury management together with classes in Navy heritage and core values, teamwork and self-discipline. Greater than 40,000 recruits practice yearly on the Navy’s solely boot camp.
For extra information from Recruit Coaching Command, go to www.navy.mil/native/rtc
