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191115-N-TE695-0012
191115-N-TE695-0012 NEWPORT, R.I. (Nov. 15, 2019) Damage Controlman 1st Class Conrado B. Rios, a technical trainer assigned to Officer Training Command in Newport, Rhode Island, instructs a student with Officer Development School (ODS) class 20010 how to safely climb down the ladder into the lower compartment at the Damage Control Wet Trainer, also known as “BUTTERCUP,” Nov. 15 2019. This is the first cycle where reserve officers who would have previously attended the discontinued, two-week long Direct Commission Officer Indoctrination Course (DCOIC) are attending the five-week ODS course alongside active duty officers. ODS provides Staff Corps Officers and several Restricted Line designators with training necessary to prepare them to function in their role as newly commissioned Naval Officers. (U.S. Navy photo by Darwin Lam/Released)