06/14/2023
Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific (NSTCP) conducted a change of command ceremony at Pearl Harbor, June 9. CAPT Timothy Yanik relieved CAPT Brian Tanaka as commanding officer of NSTCP during the ceremony which was held at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park among shipmates and guests.
“It is crystal clear that although our facilities have changed with time, training technology has improved with our platforms and curriculum has evolved with each generation. Our mission remains as important today as it was at our founding – Prepare submariners to fight and win,” said Tanaka, addressing the sailors, civilian staff and contractors of NSTCP. “Naval Submarine Training Center remains the critical enabler to ensuring the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force remains more prepared, better trained and more resilient than our adversaries. NSTCP training is the asymmetric advantage of the US submarine force. The instructors, civilians and contractors who keep our building and systems ready and curriculum relevant are at the foundation of all we do.”
CAPT Tanaka took command of NSTCP in June of 2021. His next assignment will be at NROTC North Carolina Piedmont Duke University, where he will serve as the commanding officer. Rear Admiral Jeffrey Jablon, Commander of Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, attended the ceremony as the guest speaker.
“Brian assumed command during the tail-end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and like many organizations, the “new normal” included shifts to virtual environments and minimizing the number of people physically located in our work spaces. Once they began to recover from the pandemic, many of the most basic programs and processes at the schoolhouse needed to be re-started, and led by Brian they have been, resulting in an environment and command culture that supports its Sailors and strives to achieve an effective work-life balance,” said Jablon. “The instructors at NSTCP are trained experts who have the skills necessary to support the force, and the educational offerings continue to adapt as new plans and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures have been developed for the Submarine Force.”
CAPT Yanik’s previous assignment was at US Indo-Pacific Command, where he served as the J3X Sensitive Activities Division Chief.
“To the men and women of Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific, I encourage you to continue the course of excellence demonstrated throughout its 60 plus years of existence,” said Yanik. “I challenge you to learn something every day and teach something every day and become the masters of your discipline. We are at a pivotal time during this great power competition, where our efforts at making both the waterfront and fleet better will be the deterrent force to increasingly aggressive adversaries that seek to gain advantages in this gray zone of competition.”
NSTCP was commissioned in 1962 as the Fleet Submarine Training Center until its name change in 1971 to what we know it to be today, Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific. NSTCP Schoolhouse provides current engineering and tactical team training and formal courses of instruction, using advanced teaching techniques tailored to each ship’s specific need, developing team skills and individual expertise to support the fleet in the conduct of operations in war and peace. NSTCP oversees more than 800,000 square feet of training spaces, offers more than 75 different courses varying from six weeks to half-day sessions, and trains upwards of 25,000 Sailors each year.
Aloha and Welcome to Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific (NSTCP), located in Pearl Harbor, HI.
