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Video by Angela Fry
Zodiac Repairs offered in NAVSCIATTS' Technical Welding Course
Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School
Sept. 3, 2024 | 0:15
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's (NAVSCIATTS0 Technical Welding and Applied Repairs (TWAR) course provides international security force professionals with hands-on skills to master maintenance, and valve repair and replacement on the Zodiac Combat Rubber Raiding Craft.

This essential training not only enhances operational readiness, but also fosters collaboration among global partners. Together, NAVSCIATTS is ensuring our partners are prepared to face any maintenance challenge.

TWAR is an eight week course of instruction designed to provide foreign security force personnel with the specialized training required to restore the structural integrity of steel, aluminum, and fiberglass hulls and components. Students conduct factory-level maintenance and repairs on the Zodiac Combat Rubber Raiding Craft, as well as perform metal repairs to oxyacetylene cutting, fusion welding, Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) on carbon steel, and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) on aluminum. (U.S. Navy video by Angela K. Fry)
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LTC Elizabeth Cordon

LTC Elizabeth Cordon,
WRF Resiliency Branch Chief

MAJ Giovanni Siaca

MAJ Giovanni Siaca,
Joint Suicide Prevention
Program Manager

CPT Shannon Bush-Smith

CPT Shannon Bush-Smith,
Army National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator

Capt. Ashley Hollingsworth

Capt. Ashley Hollingsworth,
Air National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator

 

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