33 VOLUME 21, NUMBER 544
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN
April 2, 2025
NSA Bahrain Hosts U.S. Fleet Forces Fleet CPO Training Team
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton, NSA Bahrain Public Affairs MANAMA, Bahrain— Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain hosted the U.S. Fleet Forces Fleet Chief Petty Officer Training Team (FCPOTT) bringing a series of leadership symposiums to U.S. 5th Fleet Sailors, March 24-April 2. "NSA Bahrain, along with several major tenant commands benefitted immensely from the training provided by the U.S. Fleet Forces Fleet CPO Training Team,” said Command Master Chief Karl Critides, NSA Bahrain’s command master chief. “In addition to training multiple CPO Messes, the team extended training opportunities to first class petty officers and several members of the wardroom. The feedback from all the participants was very positive. We are truly grateful to the team for making the trip out here to the Kingdom of Bahrain." Command Master Chief Missy Ferguson and Command Master Chief Julio Hernandez, U.S. Fleet Forces FCPOTT, served as the facilitators for the symposiums, combining personal experience with course curriculum aiming to strengthen messes and wardrooms across the installation. Although many may compare the symposium to Enlisted Leader Development (ELD), a Navy-wide personal and professional development program, the focus of the trainings differs. “Our training is designed to be a oneday, six to eight-hour, facilitated course to reinvigorate individual CPO and first class messes, and wardrooms,” said Ferguson. “We offer different perspectives on how these groups might work better as a team, and while there are similarities to ELD [Enlisted Leader Development], ELD focuses on the individual and we focus on the group dynamic.” Hernandez said he hoped participants would leave the training with new perspective. “There’s another way of doing business,” said Hernandez. “I think that at times, we get tunnel vision because of our communities; because of our rates; we tend to think one way and because we surround ourselves with people who think like us, we tend to have groupthink.” The FCPOTT provided participants with Quarter In Review
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the opportunity to complete selfassessments to include the DISC assessment, a personality assessment tool aimed to provide insight on behavioral strengths and weaknesses, honing in on the importance of self-awareness, a key component of effective leadership. “The training provided me with valuable insight on leading the future of today’s Navy,” said Master-at-Arms 1st Class Steph Bolding, Naval Security Forces Bahrain. “Being part of an organization that is constantly undergoing change, it’s important that we’re able to adapt, not only to those changes happening in front of us, but to the changes to come. The training also allowed me to network with first classes outside of my command and it allowed me to hear a lot of different perspectives on things we can improve upon going forward, operating as a mess. The
training did a very good job at connecting relevant, real-world scenarios in a way that we all could connect and engage with, and like many others have said, I wish the training was longer.” NSA Bahrain’s mission is to support U.S. and coalition maritime operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations by providing security for ships, aircraft and tenants on board NSA Bahrain and assigned detachments. NSA Bahrain provides efficient and effective shore services to sustain the fleet, enable the fighter and support the family with honor, courage and commitment.
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