A student from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation prepare to be extracted by students from the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School during a field training exercise. The mission of NAVSCIATTS is to provide partner nation security forces with the highest level of riverine and littoral craft operations and maintenance technical training, while WHINSEC focuses on providing professional education and training to eligible persons of the nations of the Western Hemisphere within the context of the democratic principles set forth in the Charter of the Organization of American States.