 Mayport surface warfare schools command we teach the JOD class of junior officer of the deck the littoral combat ships Have two watch standards one is the officer of the deck and one is the junior officer of the deck You can't be out on a ship and give a good recommendation to the officer of the deck who's driving without understanding What exactly they need to be doing so we actually teach officer the deck and junior officer the deck lessons here to make sure that There's they're well-rounded individuals this morning We were practicing walking off of the pier that means just moving the ship off of the pier And then slowly backing out from the slips and then making a couple unique maneuvers that the LCS can do is in a twist and also Come up to another pier make another twist hold ship in nice and smoothly and make another walk through the pier to get the Lines over and park the ship Simulator that they have here as you can see behind me that any real-life situation that you can imagine They can put you through they put us through with a little bit of wind the other day and it changed the whole dynamic of how you operate ship Going through the trainer every day spending hours in here It takes a little getting used to it first because it's all new to me But we have great instructors here. You know they worked with us. They explained it to us very well So we just do a lot of hands-on repetition over and over again And you know just listen to the advice that they tell us and put that to practical use Once you get to the ship you're really expected after you go through these courses to be able to stand the watch And that's the important part of these this course itself is that there's trust between These ships their commands the squadron and the schoolhouse that we are developing a student to be able to come from here And go there and be operational and ready to go