Lt. Cmdr. Sam Bornino relieved Cmdr. Timothy Ryan during a change of charge ceremony for Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) Det. Whiting Field onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida, Aug. 15.

CNATT Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Simon presided over the ceremony attended by staff members, students, family and friends.

During his remarks before turning over command, Ryan thanked the CNATT Det. Whiting Field team for their support during his tour as officer in charge.

“The opportunity to lead such a great team has been truly remarkable,” Ryan said. “Each and every one of the officers and Sailors on the CNATT Det. Whiting Field team has been instrumental in getting our mission accomplished, and I can’t thank them enough. And thank you to CNATT commanding officer Capt. Eric Simon for this opportunity to lead.”

Under Ryan’s leadership, CNATT Det. Whiting Field’s 28 Navy, Marine Corps and civilian personnel delivered 4,000 hours of naval aviation maintenance, aviation ordnance and aviation supply training. Ryan also served as the model manager for the Professional Aviation Maintenance Officer Personnel Qualification Standards and served as the lead instructor for more than 40 Navy and Marine Corps officers taking the Advanced Aviation Maintenance Manager’s Course.

Ryan is next scheduled to report to Navy Manpower Analysis Center (NAVMAC) in Millington, Tennessee, as the aviation manpower requirements department head.

Bornino, who previously served as the CNATT deputy technical support director, addressed the CNATT Det. Whiting Field staff and students for the first time as officer in charge during the ceremony.

“It's an honor and a privilege to serve as the (officer in charge) of CNATT Detachment Whiting Field,” he said. “Cmdr. Ryan and the detachment have an exemplary track record.  I look forward to upholding the Navy’s high standards of excellence in the coming year as demonstrated by Cmdr. Ryan and his team.”

Bornino, a native of Bedford, Ohio, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1990 as an aviation machinist’s mate and helicopter aircrewman search and rescue swimmer.  He was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School Program in 2002 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Master of Business Administration.

CNATT Det. Whiting Field oversees the technical training for more than 450 Navy, Marine Corps and international military officer and enlisted students annually in the instruction, curriculum development and maintenance of seven aviation maintenance management and aviation ordnance officer career progression courses.

CNATT is the technical training agent for the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE), an organization designed to advance and sustain naval aviation warfighting capabilities at an affordable cost under Naval Education and Training Command.