Weeks of training and a grueling installation assessment program culminated in Naval Station Rota's successful completion of its Final Evaluation Problem (FEP), May 17.

Leveraging resources from across the installation, service members, civilians and local national emergency responders reacted to a series of simulated emergency events demonstrating their proficiency to representatives from Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) who assessed the event.

"This is important because it shows that the security department, along with the responding entities, can protect the base and essentially protect the mission of the base," said Lt. Jerrit Fuller, NAVSTA Rota's installation training officer. "We put together two days of high-impact, fast-paced drills and everyone was able to come together, work together, communicate together and provide everything needed to mitigate a plethora of different scenarios."

FEP is a multi-part assessment that delivers consistent mission-readiness training across all Navy installations. They are assessed on their training team's ability to plan, brief, execute and debrief their Sailors in accordance to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and preplanned responses (PPRs). The event included bomb threat response, high-risk traffic stops, installation incursion response and other security scenarios.

"FEP went really well," said Lt. Cmdr. Frankie Colvin, installation security officer. "Our Sailors put in a lot of hard work and are extremely confident due to their level of training. This wasn't just a security drill; it was a base drill. Our security forces couldn't have done what they did without the great support of Team Rota."

"Our security forces did an excellent job," said Capt. Michael MacNicholl, commanding officer Naval Station Rota. "These drills are important because they demonstrate Team Rota's ability, alongside our Spanish partners, to take action and ensure the safety and security of the base. Bravo Zulu to everyone involved in making these drills a success."

Training teams planned the entire drill, including writing scenario background stories, developing training process plans and implementing safety measures, in approximately 90 days. In the weeks leading up to FEP, watch standers trained relentlessly in order to be prepared.

"As a security force we're responsible for making sure everybody, Spanish and American are both secure and safe on base," said Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Kyle Kleyla, a Security Department watch stander. "So if we can prove to them that we are capable of doing this during training, they're going to have full faith in us that we can go full force in the real world."

"I appreciate all the hard work, the effort and time put into this. The effort to get here wasn't just Naval Security forces, it was Team Rota," said Colvin

Naval Station Rota enables and supports operations of U.S. and allied forces and provides quality services in support of the fleet, fighter and family for Commander, Navy Installations Command in Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA).

Just as ship performs lines of operation that provide a capability, Navy Region EURAFSWA bases perform the same eight lines of operation to provide capability to the fleet, joint and allied forces. These eighth lines of operation are: air operations, port operations, safety, security, housing, MWR, Fleet and Fleet and Family Services and what is called the core: the fuels, water and power that keep the bases running. Through our lines of operation, our installations are force multipliers that maximize combat capability of operational units.