 Naval engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carter Rock Division, mentored the next generation of engineers during the 2013 International Summary Races, June 22nd to June 29th. Every moment in life is a learning moment. And so when the kids come here and they learn and you look at the excitement in their eyes, they're applying science, technology, engineering and math in what they're doing and they're excited about it. And so to be able to pull them in, recruit them for the future of our countries, just something critical that we all need to do. And you know the excitement in all this though is when you look into their eyes and the eyes of the volunteers, that they're thrilled to be doing this. And that's the beauty of it. The races led me to Carter Rock. I was in the ocean engineering program at Florida Atlantic University and I was probably gonna stay in Florida and the Carter Rock exposed me to the technical disciplines that they do here and really brought me into the ship design world. And so upon graduation, I took a job with Carter Rock because of my experiences here. It feels really good to know that these kids that I'm talking to and by talking to them about their troubleshooting skills and their engineering decisions that they're making this week that they will eventually and hopefully come back and maybe do a career at Carter Rock but maybe just at least stay in the maritime industry and that I'm maybe hopefully sparking that creativity inside of them to do so. This project like this is something where students can at a really young age start really putting their theoretical knowledge into practice. Set a goal, something you lock onto, something that inspires you. Whether you wanna be an astronaut, you wanna be an ocean explorer, whether or not you wanna be a mechanical engineer and doing this or that. Set a goal and go forth and do it and you can do it. From All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer Jonathan Packall.