WASHINGTON (NNS) -- With stricter requirements for Sailors to stay in shape, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) has found ways to make exercising a little easier for Sailors stationed in foreign operating bases, on aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships.
CNIC provides fitness equipment to these bases and ships with the intent of keeping their Sailors in shape.
"CNIC fleet readiness is a crucial supporting element in the development and maintenance of total force readiness," said Doug Butts, head, CNIC Deployed Forces Support (DFS). "Sailor health and fitness is essential to readiness and requires programming that is agile and responsive. Collectively, CNIC provides seamless delivery from the shore, to the sea and in theater ensuring Navy personnel are provided the tools and expertise to attain and sustain physical and mental health anywhere in the world. DFS is key in this pursuit."
CNIC DFS works closely with a network of 20 DFS offices located around the world. The goal of this support group is to provide personnel, equipment and administrative guidance to support mission readiness goals.
Some examples of fitness equipment provided include treadmills, bikes, cross trainers and universal machines. They also provide recreational equipment such as board games, an 8-millimeter movie system and audio library books. Some of the units have even received lounge furniture.
More than 200,000 pieces of fitness, sports and recreation gear are distributed annually to 255 ships, 50 USNS ships and two hospital ships.
There are 33 civilian afloat recreation and fitness specialists assigned to deploy with these ships. Their mission is to provide fitness activities and professionally delivered leisure activities. Annually, they provide 5,231 athletic and recreation programs, 12,480 one-on-one personal training sessions, 1,240 large group exercise classes, and 72 instructional seminars. They run a program collectively for 94,000 shipboard Sailors.
Support for forward deployed Navy ground forces has been concentrated in Southwest Asia and the Horn of Africa since 2002 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Ongoing research and development of fitness equipment is continuously being developed. Fifteen treadmills were tested for fast attack submarines in fiscal year 2009-2010 in order to promote physical fitness in confined shipboard spaces.
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