CID LS San Diego Sailors Help Students at Arroyo Vista Elementary School

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Center for Information Dominance (CID) Learning Site San Diego visited the Arroyo Vista Elementary School Jan. 25 to volunteer as part of the Junior Achievement Program.

"Community relations projects are an important tool for the U.S. Navy to give back to the communities we live in," said Lt. j.g. James Whitman, CID LS San Diego director. "The partnership we have with the Arroyo School is a wonderful opportunity for our Sailors to volunteer their time."

CID LS San Diego's mission is to deliver full spectrum cyber information warfare, and intelligence training to achieve decision superiority. In addition to their military duties, CID LS San Diego provides mentors, tutors and role models for various organizations throughout San Diego County.

"The teachers were very impressed by the Naval volunteers and truly enjoyed having them," education manager Valerie Hash said. "I cannot wait to host another Junior Achievement Day with Navy volunteers."

"The children were well behaved," Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Nicole Duran said. "It was nice to hear a couple of the students say that their parents wore the same uniform."

"The children were very knowledgeable about the Navy," Senior Chief Cryptologic Technican (Technical) Mayra Kohlmann said. "There was a student who told me their parent was a pilot and another said theirs was a doctor on a ship."

Sailors who participated in the event said they enjoyed the opportunity to interact with the children and bring the Navy to the school.

Junior Achievement of San Diego and Imperial Counties has been serving area students since 1950.

Junior Achievement is a worldwide nonprofit founded in 1919. They provide work force readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship curriculum and training to students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Their goal is to prepare young people to enter the real world with applicable skills and knowledge that will better prepare them for jobs, higher education, and future business opportunities as productive citizens in a global economy.

CID is the Navy's learning center that leads, manages and delivers Navy and joint force training in information operations, information warfare, information technology, cryptology and intelligence.

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