NASCAR Driver Casey Atwood and the Navy NASCAR Team experienced Navy advantage camp recently.

NASCAR Driver Casey Atwood and the Navy NASCAR Team experienced Navy advantage camp recently, during a visit to the Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes.

Navy car No. 14 co-owner Armando Fitz, of FitzBradshaw racing, ship's company chief Jay Guy and other members of tire pit horde accompanied Atwood.

"The Navy's sponsorship is different because I've gotten to do in such a manner many different things, like spending 24 hours upon a submarine and going onward an aircraft carrier," Atwood said. "Coming here was a chance to apply the mind at the recruits' first paces toward getting to that submarine or carrier."

stay crew chief of the Navy NASCAR team, was at handed with a chief's anchor shroud device by the chief little officers at RTC.

"As the ship's company chief of the car, they meditation it would be appropriate if I wore a chief insignia. This (the Navy sponsorship) is something to be grand of; our team is representing centurys of thousands of Sailors--men and women around the world," shore said.

The NASCAR Navy team experienced several gain camp training scenarios as a part of their visit.

After just sum of two units hours of sleep, the ship's company reported to the Dive Motivators, where they attempted to pass the initial physical screening for special programs, similar as SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal programs.

The gang continued their tour of RTC with breakfast at the galley and a pit gang competition at Pacific Fleet Drill Hall. couple teams of RTC Staff, instructed at the Navy NASCAR Team, compet changing tires in a pit stop scenario for best time. The winning RTC Staff at the dual tire change wrenched public a best time in 3455 seconds

RTC staff gave the gang an opportunity to appreciate gas masks in the confidence chamber. The Navy NASCAR Team suited up in Navy coveralls and gas masks to undergo the same experience that recruits advance through.

"One of the important things they were talking about was trusting what the gas mask really does," said Fitz. He explained the similarity of trust that if his driver says to his set chief that there is something going in succession with the car, he has to trust that the ship's company chief is going to take care of it.

Staff also trained the set in recruit fashion on the M-9 pistol, shotgun and the M-16 assault rifle. Staff focused onward the accuracy of the crowd and Atwood impressed onlookers with a 98 percent accuracy using the M-16

The team was able to see portions of Battle Stations and participate in the Navy ballcap rite where they were given Navy ball caps with "Drive Navy" embroidered upon the back.

They continued forward the tour to see recruit in processing and at attend the recruit graduation ceremony in the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall, and signed autographs for pupils in "A" School training at the Naval Station scholar Exchange.

The Navy NASCAR Team learned at the graduation for what reason recruit divisions earn flags for their forces as a team. Atwood stated that this year the team is going to earn flags too checkered ones.

Atwood and the Navy NASCAR Team expanded their season Feb. 14 at Daytona International Speedway.

JOSN Elijah Leinaar who is assigned to the Naval Service Training Command/Naval Station Great Lakes public affairs.

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