Capt. Peter R. Lintner relieved Capt. Caroline M. Olinger as Training Support Center (TSC) commanding officer in a change of command ceremony Jan. 13 at the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) located aboard Naval Station Great Lakes.
Lintner, a former enlisted Operations Specialist (OS), was previously been attached to the staff of the Naval Inspector General since July 2009. His previous duty assignments cover the USS Canisteo (AO-99), USS Scott (DDG-995), USS Jouet (CG-29), USS San Jacinto (CG-56) and Command and Control Warfare Group Atlantic onboard USS Eisenhower (CVN-69).
He has served with Tactical Training Group Atlantic, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Eight, Surface Warfare Development and Commander Second Fleet. Lintner also reported to Commander Undersea Surveillance and commanded Naval Ocean Processing Facility Dam Neck.
Olinger, a 25-year Navy veteran, has served as the commanding officer for TSC Great Lakes since January of 2009 and is the first female commanding officer in the 66 years of Service School Command (SSC) and Training Support Center (TSC) that followed it.
She will report to Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) as chief of staff.
Presented with the Legion of Merit, her second award, the citation stated that Olinger's "exceptional insight and visionary planning assured complete NETC mission accomplishment at Great Lakes."
Described as "an incomparable team builder, process improvement innovator, and proactive problem-solver," she spearheaded numerous initiatives requiring close coordination between Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) commands, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), Commander, Navy Region Midwest (CNRMW) and Naval Station Great Lakes (NSGL) to support CNP and NETC strategic goals.
Olinger's assignments have ranged from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to locations such as Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 110 at NAS Miramar, San Diego, Calif.; and ending up finally at NSGL.
Olinger has served with NETC program management support activity and as a political science instructor at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. She has been the leadership department head and instructor at Naval Leader Training Unit at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. and has been assigned as commanding officer of the U. S. Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) and later as the executive officer of Naval Station, San Diego.
Olinger reported to Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) San Diego and commanded Personnel Support Activity (PSA) Europe in Naples, Italy; and was assigned later to Navy Personnel Command (NPC) as the division director for PERS-45.
"It has been a true privilege and honor to command the dedicated personnel who so diligently support Training Support Center Great Lakes, and to have worked closely with all the personnel of the learning sites we support. The cooperation from commands across Naval Station has been nothing less than superb. As a CO, I couldn't ask for more," Olinger said.
"This has been a very rewarding opportunity for me to affect the careers of our future naval leaders and to see thousands of these young sailors leave the command as apprentice technicians ready to support their new commands in the fleet," she added.
As TSC's CO, Olinger commanded NETC's largest and most complex training support center with a student throughput of approximately 30,000 during her tenure. With a staff of more than 280 personnel, she has overseen facilities covering 152 acres with 20 training buildings and 17 Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ). She has spearheaded the development of a $500 million recapitalization plan to support the anticipated rapid evolution of training delivery and berthing requirements over the coming years.
Olinger has been at the forefront of training at Great Lakes with her incorporation of "hands-on" computer-based training (CBT) time for learning site visitors; and TSC's sailorization program employing non-technical training and mentoring to compliment the technical curriculum that helped ensure the successful delivery of highest quality apprentice-level sailors to the fleet.
She organized NSGL's 2011 Centennial celebration that re-created the living flag originally photographed at Great Lakes in 1917. This event was accomplished through Olinger's coordination of 7,400 staff and students from various commands, and has become a centerpiece of the station's events.
Olinger has also led the charge on physical fitness, implementing one of the Navy's first Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling Series (NOFFS) pilot programs and motivated Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) to join the effort. NOFFS is now an integral part of the TSC Command Fitness program and MWR has made it available in its fitness facilities as well.
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