By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vaughan Dill
BREMERTON, Wash. (NNS) -- Operational planners for Carrier
Strike Group Three (CSG3) attended a four-day symposium to reinforce
integration between CSG3 component commands at the Trident Training Facility on
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Sept. 23-28.
More than 40 officers and chiefs attended the symposium,
held as the primary focus of CSG3 shift from maintenance to operational
readiness. This comes as the strike group's flagship, Nimitz-class aircraft
carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), nears the conclusion of a 16-month
Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA).
"When a flagship goes through a long DPIA and can't get
underway, like what Stennis is emerging from, it is easy for the warfare
commanders to focus on their piece of the strike group and forget how to work
together smoothly," said CSG3 Training and Readiness Officer, Cmdr.
Timothy Reidy. "It's easy for supporting staffs to lose the understanding
and interpersonal relationships that allow CSG3 to pull together on all levels
to quickly and efficiently work together."
By coming together before the formal integrated portion of
the Fleet Readiness Training Plan, the strike group has the opportunity to
build relationships and exercise its updated and revised plans. Planners work
together in real time through a tabletop war game scenario with a "train
like we fight" mentality. This allows warfare commanders and their staffs
to remain familiar with the planning process and the responsibilities each has
to ensure CSG3 operates effectively.
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