USS Indiana Takes Gold at Resolve’s 18th Damage Control Olympics

[By Resolve Academy]

If you function on-board a steel tube thousands of feet undersea, you require to be competent at snuffing out fires and also regulating flooding. So possibly it’s not a surprise that the troubleshooting group of the Virginia- course fast-attack submarine USS Indiana (Groton, Conn.), led by Machinist’s Mate Auxiliary first Class William Youngs, took residence the gold in the 18th yearly Damage Control Olympics, organized by Resolve Academy at Fleet Week Port Everglades on Tuesday (April 25).

Service participants from the USS Cole (Norfolk, Va.), USS New York (Norfolk, Va.), and also USCGC William Flores (Miami, Fla.) likewise contended along with the USSIndiana Resolve Marine organized the 50 individuals and also an added 50 welcomed visitors that went to throughout the day.

Resolve Academy developed Damage Control Olympics virtually two decades ago to acknowledge the important payments of the guys and also females that offer our nation. For those completing, the different drills replicate real-life emergency situations that a seafarer might experience onboard a vessel mixed-up, offering important experience in a hectic, affordable setting. This year’s groups contended in a collection of timed functional training workouts and also shipboard emergency situation reaction circumstances, consisting of communication with online fire, smoke-filled atmospheres, and also a swamped ship chamber.

“It was a great event in a beautiful new facility,” claimedRear Adm Tom Williams, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2. “It added some fun competition to a vital discipline that is ingrained into each and every Sailor who has served aboard a ship since the U.S. Navy’s inception.”

“I feel really proud that we did this for the submarine force,” claimed USS Indiana Culinary Specialist secondClass Spencer Fitzsimmons “Damage control is kind of our bread and butter because if we aren’t proficient at it, we lose the ship.”

The competitors, organized at Resolve Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., consisted of 4 substitute emergency situation reaction occasions: a P-100 outside firefighting drill, an indoor/ constrained area firefighting workout, a search and also rescue procedure, and also a troubleshooting drill. The occasion has actually ended up being a yearly practice, expected by solution participants that see it as a chance to show their abilities, gain from their peers, and also bond with their fellow crewmates.

“It was an honor to once more host the amazing Fleet Week vessel groups,” claimed Lana Farrell, Executive Director ofResolve Academy “This year, the teams faced greater challenges than ever before, navigating through our newly updated and much larger training facility, the T/V Resolve Vision. Despite the increased difficulty, teams displayed remarkable leadership, unwavering dedication, and an unparalleled sense of teamwork. We look forward to continuing this tradition for the years to come.”

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