 I'm Lieutenant Mike Perry. I'm an instructor at Basic Division Officer Corps San Diego. Here at BDOC we're preparing students for the JOD course by giving them a foundation of skills that they can build on not only in the next phase of their training but also in their career as a whole. Over the past few years there have been a lot of improvements with the BDOC curriculum. Over half the curriculum now is navigation, seamanship, and ship handling and then the other half is more focused towards things like maritime warfare, engineering, damage control, and Dibble Fundamentals. So SWOs will be more prepared to enter the fleet based on the new curriculum because the new curriculum is geared more towards what we need out of officers the day they step on board. They need to be able to step up on the bridge and handle the bridge team. They need to be able to go down into the repair locker and drive the engineering or damage control problem and we are now providing them with the opportunities to do just that. And that leads them to walk out the door from here as prudent, confident, and confident mariners who also know how to fight. If I can give any advice to a prospective BDOC attendee it would be come here ready to work hard with an open mind and also ready to have fun and be prepared to start your career hit the ground running.