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Facebook.com/NellisDesertLightningNews Las Vegas native defends America serving as information warrior
by PO1 Tom Gagnier
Virginia Beach, Va.
A 2010 Shadow Ridge High School graduate and Las Vegas native is sta- tioned with a command responsible for teaching future information war- riors the skills required to defend America around the world.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brittnie Ka- tona works as an information systems technician and serves with the Infor- mation Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach.
A Navy information systems tech- nician is responsible for working on and maintaining computer networks and communication equipment.
Katona credits success in the Navy with lessons learned growing up in Las Vegas.
“Don’t let adversity stop you or slow you down. Times may get tough but keep on pressing forward,” said Katona. “Things will work out in your favor if you keep trying.”
IWTC Virginia Beach provides a continuum of information warfare train- ing to Navy and joint service personnel,
preparing them to conduct information warfare across the full spectrum of mili- tary operations.
The training command currently offers 65 courses of instruction in information technology, cryptology and intelligence with an instructor and support staff of 280 military, civilian and contract members who train more than 6,500 students every year at five different training sites.
Katona is playing an important part in America’s focus on rebuilding readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the Na- tional Defense Strategy.
“Our priorities center on people, capa- bilities and processes, and will be achieved by our focus on speed, value, results and partnerships,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer. “Readiness, lethality and modernization are the requirements driving these priorities.”
IWTC Virginia Beach is one of four schoolhouses for the Center for Informa- tion Warfare Training (CIWT) and also oversees learning sites at Jacksonville and Mayport, Fla.; Kings Bay, Ga.; and Groton, Conn., to continue aligning the informa- tion warfare community training.
“Our IWTC Virginia Beach staff
members clearly demonstrate exem- plary performance and leadership, shown through their significant contributions to deliver trained information warfare pro- fessionals to the fleet,” said Cmdr. Richard Bosworth, IWTC Virginia Beach com- manding officer. “I’m extremely proud of their accomplishments and more impor- tantly how the impact of their hard work continues to ensure fleet mission readi- ness around the globe every day.”
Charged with developing the future technical cadre of the information warfare community, the CIWT domain leads, manages and delivers Navy and joint force training to 22,000 students annually. With 1,200 military, civilian and contract- ed staff members, CIWT oversees about 200 courses at four information warfare training commands, two detachments and additional learning sites located throughout the United States and Japan.
CIWT is responsible for training enlist- ed cryptologic technicians, information systems technicians, intelligence special- ists and electronics technicians. CIWT also provides training to cryptologic warfare, information professional, intel- ligence and foreign area officers, which prepares sailors to wage battle and assure
Navy photograph
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brittnie Katona
the nation’s success in this burgeoning warfare arena.
“The CIWT team is successful because each of our domain members is commit- ted to our job of preparing sailors to fight
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