170627-N-TI567-003 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

170627-N-TI567-003 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- International students attending the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's Patrol Craft Officer - Coastal course prepare ammunition prior to familiarization training on the M240B machine gun on range facilities at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
PCOC is an eight-week maritime course designed to provide personnel with the knowledge and skills to operate coastal patrol craft in a patrol setting in accordance with approved doctrine.
The 10 students participating in Class 17-4's iteration of PCOC represent the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru.
NAVSCIATTS is a Security Cooperation schoolhouse operating under U.S. Special Operations Command in support of Foreign Security Assistance and Geographic Combatant Commanders' Theater Security Cooperation priorities.
NAVSCIATTS trains and educates partner nation special operations forces, SOF-like forces and SOF enablers across the tactical, operational and strategic spectrums through in-residence and Mobile Training Team courses of instruction. (U.S. Navy photo by Angela Fry, NAVSCIATTS Public Affairs Office)