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CNATTU Jax recognizes honorees


By AEC Raymond Derrick
CNATTU Jax PAO
The Center for Naval
 Aviation Technical
 Training Unit
(CNATTU) Jacksonville
recently announced their
top Sailors, Marines
and Instructors of the
Year. These outstand-
ing Sailors and Marines
were selected to represent
CNATTU Jacksonville at
CNATT Headquarters in
Pensacola.
 Individuals were selected
for each category, broken
up by paygrade: Senior
Sailor of the Year (SSOY),
Senior Instructor of the
Year (SIOY), Instructor
of the Year (IOY), Junior
Instructor of the Year
(JIOY) and Junior Marine
of the Year (JMOY).
 ADC(AW/SW) Gary
Singleton was selected as
the command's SIOY. Due
to an unforeseen manning
shortfall within the com-
mand, Singleton tirelessly
instructed the P-3 Aviation
Machinists Mate Initial and
Career courses. His con-
tinuous devotion to instruct
allowed CNATTU to con-
vene all scheduled classes
on time and continue to
supply the fleet with highly
trained T-56 mechanics.
 CNATTU named
AEl(AW) Miguel Jimenez
as the 2007 SSOY. Jimenez
is the leading petty offi-
cer (LPO) of CNATTU

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he Voluntary Pre-
 K (VPK) program is
 designed to prepare
4-year-old children for kin-
dergarten and helps build
the foundations for their
educational success at no
cost to the parent. If your
child will be four years of
age on or before Sept. 1,
they may participate in the
VPK program.
 The NAS Jax Youth
Activities Center would like
to hear from those families
who would be interested
in enrolling their child in
a VPK-only program dur-
ing the regular school year.
Classes would be Monday
through Friday from 8:30-
11:30 a.m.
 Please call the Youth
Activities Center at 778-
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Jacksonville's largest
maintenance training unit,
MTU-1011. He is direct-
ly responsible for the cur-
riculum development and
administrative efforts of 49
senior instructors in pro-
viding quality instruction
to 46 P-3C Organizational
and Intermediate Level
Pipeline Training courses,
with a throughput of more
than 500 students annu-
ally. In addition, Jimenez
was selected as the CNATT
domain SOY.
 AT1(AW) Bresheon
Whitson was selected as
IOY. Whitson is the LPO
of CNATTU Jacksonville's
Instructional Systems
Development Department.
He manages the efforts of
10 senior instructors who
serve as course curricu-
lum model managers for
424 pipelines of instruc-
tion for the maintenance


training units at CNATTU
Jacksonville. Also he
serves as a senior section
leader for the Command
Watch Program.
 When asked what led to
their selection as SSOY and
IOY? Jimenez and Whitson
made one aspect of their job
perfectly clear. The people
they work with and the col-
lective efforts of the divi-
sions they lead, make their
job fulfilling and allows
them the opportunity to be
selected as the command's
SSOY and IOY.
 JIOY honors were award-
ed to AT2(AW) Benjamin
Jones. Jones instructs
five separate SH-60 cours-
es and is the central tech
publication librarian for
Maintenance Training Unit
1005.
 Sgt. Jonathan Grubb
was selected as the JMOY.
He instructs ground sup-


port equipment courses for
Maintenance Training Unit
3032 and takes a major
role in the development of
unseasoned Marines under
instruction at CNATTU. In
November, Grubb received
a certificate of appreciation
for meritorious services ren-
dered from the Jacksonville
Sheriffs Office for adminis-
tering first aid that saved a
hit and run victim's life.
 CNATTU Jax Senior
Enlisted Leader AFCM(AW)
Pat Dronkers said, "It is
an honor to stand shoul-
der-to-shoulder with these
fine Sailors and Marine.
They exemplify the best
of our instructors here at
CNATTU Jacksonville.
While they instruct for dif-
ferent training units, they
have all demonstrated
superior performance and
continuous dedication to
self improvement."


 Photo by Chris Johnson
From left, Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit
(CNATTU) Jax Instructor of the Year AT1 Bresheon Whitson,
CNATTU Jax Junior Instructor of the Year AT2 Benjamin
Jones, CNATTU Jax Senior Instructor of the Year ADC Gary
Singleton, CNATTU Jax Senior Sailor of the Year AE1 Miguel
Jimenez and CNATTU Jax Junior Marine of the Year Sgt.
Johnathan Grubb.


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