 Sailors at Commander Fleet Activity Sausagebow trained for four weeks at Auxiliary Security Force Academy to help protect and defend their base. These sailors, like most, stand watch whether they are assigned to security forces or not. Realistically, if something happens to the base and we need to call in extra people, the ASF are already going to be on base. They're going to help us man the watches and man the gates so that we can protect the base ultimately from any threat. The students study law enforcement instructions and receive hands-on training of both lethal and non-lethal weapons handling. This class was really excellent. I had a lot of motivation. We had a 95% qualification rate. We have not had that in the past. So that is in part based on our instruction to them, but it's also based on the service members themselves. Howdy Officer Christina Coffey, Fleet Activities, Sausagebow, Japan.