Students from the Patrol Craft Officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School extract students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Mar. 06, 2009) Students from the Patrol Craft Officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School extract students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise. The mission of Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School is to provide partner nation security forces with the highest level of riverine and littoral craft operations and maintenance technical training, while Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation focuses on providing professional education and training to eligible persons of the nations of the Western Hemisphere within the context of the democratic principles set forth in the Charter of the Organization of American States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication specialist RJ Stratchko) File# 090306-N-8933S-034