By MC3 Brian H. Abel

NPS students participate in a "Chart the Course" training session in Glasgow Hall, July 12. The training session was designed to enhance the abilities of some 750 Sailors at NPS to de-escalate situations before they get out of control.

"Today's training is a follow up to bystander intervention training," said NPS Training Officer Lt. Kristen Connor. "It combines a bunch of different training courses like alcohol abuse and smoking cessation along with bystander intervention training."

Attendees were split up into groups based on rank and offered specific recommendations commensurate with the responsibility levels of their groups.

"If you're an E-5, you're not going to handle something the same way as an O-6," said Connor.

Connor hopes that upon completion of the mandatory training, attendees will have a better understanding of how to handle a variety of situations and will know where to turn for resources.

"The training is stuff you should know already," said Connor. "It's reinforcing your knowledge by giving you scenarios on how certain situations can play out."