Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School

NAVSCIATTS insignia
Active June 1969
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
Type Special Operations training
Role NAVSCIATTS mission is to foster increased levels of operational capabilities and readiness in Allied and Friendly forces.
Part of United States Naval Special Warfare Command
United States Special Operations Command
Garrison/HQ John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA

The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) is one of the three original Panama Canal Area Military Schools. The school house now is located at John C. Stennis Space Center in the state of Mississippi.

History

NAVSCIATTS traces its history to the U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team (MTT) sent to the Panama Canal Zone as a result of agreements made during the Alliance for Progress Conference in San José, Costa Rica in 1961. During this initial deployment, the need for a permanent training facility was recognized and the U.S. Coast Guard based the Small Craft Inspection and Training Team (SCIATT) at the U.S. Naval Station, Rodman, Panama in May 1963. Operation of the team was transferred to the U.S. Navy in June 1969 and it was re-designated as the Small Craft Instruction and Technical Team. As a result of increased training demands, NAVSCIATTS was officially established as a Naval shore activity in October 1982 and formally established as a Naval shore command in July 1983.

The closure of U.S. based facilities in the Republic of Panama (Torrijos-Carter Treaties) has resulted in the relocation of NAVSCIATTS to the John C. Stennis Space Center in the state of Mississippi. Possessing some of the finest riverine and coastal training areas in the world, John C. Stennis Space Center provides an ideal training area for NAVSCIATTS. The Pearl River (Mississippi-Louisiana) runs through Stennis Space Center. [1]

Courses

The school presently offers the below formal courses of instruction in both Spanish and English at various times throughout the year. Many courses are taught by several members of the US Navy Engineering core and members of Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen force.

Old NAVSCIATTS photo from Panama Canal Zone.

References

  1. "NAVSCIATTS School History". Retrieved 31 January 2008.

External links

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