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IN THIS ISSUE Base Security US Navy Needs Civilian Aircraft Mechanics Getting High Patriotic Images Salute To Veterans An Ear to the Past Chancellor's Column Development News Factoids Newsmakers Accomplishments by faculty and staff… |
Contract Targets Base Security Post-Sept. 11, the U.S. Navy is expanding and upgrading its key security forces to protect its ships and shore installations against terrorism. And Miramar College is joining in the battle by providing training under a new five-year contract of credit courses and custom training to Navy personnel in the use of firearms, according to Jim Palmer, Miramar’s dean of public safety training. Administration of justice professor Steve Lickiss will coordinate the new program. The curriculum will include 200 hours of basic law enforcement skills in topics such as legal aspects, report writing, investigative techniques, crime prevention and 40 hours of firearms training. The men and women assigned by the Navy to complete the training will be awarded 11 units of college credit and a certificate of achievement. Miramar College will train more than 1,100 military students annually. Armed with this training, the security force of Navy law enforcement specialists and master at arms personnel is expected to grow from 1,700 individuals to 9,000 — from one of the Navy’s smallest career fields to one of its largest — according to Cmdr. Chris Arendt, manager for enlisted personnel programs. Palmer, Miramar College Vice President of Instruction Pam Deegan, and Gus Leahy, the district’s director of military education, developed and negotiated this contract instructional program.
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