The 17 JMSDF officers are college students of the JMSDF Intermediate Class Submarine Officer’s Course at JMSDF’s Submarine Coaching Middle in Kure, Japan. The briefs and tour of CTF 74 careworn the significance of U.S.-Japan bilateral submarine drive cooperation and offered perception as to the a number of profession paths for submarine officers inside the U.S. Navy.
“This was a fantastic alternative for the JMSDF junior officers to see firsthand the operations of CTF 74, and the vital function they play inside the U.S. seventh Fleet command construction,” stated Cmdr. KUBO Takayuki, JMSDF Liaison Officer to CTF 74. “I’m lucky to work alongside CTF 74 management on daily basis, however for these college students, it was vital for them to come back and get an understanding of submarine operations right here in particular person.”
Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine Group 7, offered a command transient to the scholars, describing the CSG 7 space of duty in addition to the influence of the submarine drive all over the world.
Lt. Cmdr. Jasen Hicks, CTF 74 N5/N7 train security officer, offered a quick on the required instructional curriculum and differing profession paths for U.S. Navy submarine officers.
“The U.S.-Japanese Alliance is as robust as ever, and Submarine Group 7 has all the time loved a fantastic relationship with our JMSDF submarine drive Allies,” stated Hicks. “Having this group of scholars come go to and study concerning the profession path for U.S. submarine officers was a pleasure, and I’m assured they may profit from seeing how we function right here at CTF 74 and the way carefully our mixed undersea forces work collectively.”
With two lessons of scholars present process research annually, the JMSDF Intermediate Class Submarine Officer’s Course is designed to domesticate skilled submarine officers, with the aim of them persevering with their careers and finally changing into a commanding officer of a Japanese submarine.
The category that visited CTF 74 is scheduled to complete their curriculum subsequent month. Upon commencement, the JMSDF officers shall be assigned as a submarine division head.
Submarine Group 7 is answerable for coordinating a various fleet of submarines, floor ships and plane deployed to the Western Pacific and the Center East; forward-deployed submarine tenders and fast-attack submarines homeported in Guam; Submarine Squadron 21 in Bahrain; 5 ocean surveillance ships when tasked for theater anti-submarine warfare operations, and two oceanographic survey vessels. Below CSG 7 are two activity forces: CTF 74 and CTF 54, which offer theater anti-submarine warfare help from the Pink Sea to the Worldwide Date Line.
For extra information from Commander, Submarine Group 7, go to www.csp.navy.mil/csg7/
