Seventy-five Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training first class petty officers were notified, Aug. 2, of their selection for advancement to the rank of chief petty officer.

Often cited as one of the most significant steps in an enlisted Sailor's career, advancement to the paygrade of chief has a long and storied history, something CNATT Command Master Chief (AW/SW) Michael Knowles said the 75 CNATT domain Sailors will learn and pass along.

"Being selected as a chief petty officer is a nod to not only the Sailor, but the men and women they have trained and led," he said. "The history and heritage we share with chiefs from generations before us is part of the largest maritime fraternity in the world, and I welcome these shipmates into the mess."

The CNATT domain 75 CPO selects are stationed at detachments and learning sites throughout the continental United States, Hawaii and Japan.

Knowles added that each of these CPO selects will now begin Phase 2 of the MCPON-directed CPO 365 program, a roughly six-week process designed to foster teamwork and resilience, and hone leadership skills.

"Throughout the next month and a half, these Sailors will participate in a variety of community relations events, physical training evolutions and team-building exercises," he said. "Each of these activities over the next six weeks will strengthen these Sailors as leaders and as a team."

Knowles said Pensacola CNATT CPO selectees from the Naval Air Technical Training Center and Naval Aviation Schools Command will participate in the CPO transition process with CPO selectees from commands throughout the Naval Air Station Pensacola area, and added that CPO selectees from other CNATT learning sites and detachments will participate in CPO 365 Phase 2 with other selectees at facilities and installations near their command.

"There are chief petty officer selects around the world who are training together, learning together and growing as Sailors together," he said. "No matter where the CPO select is stationed, they will be going through the exact training their brothers and sisters will be going through, working together as the team they will become in the fleet."

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

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