{"id":459373,"date":"2026-10-07T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459373\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:30:10","slug":"san-antonio-native-helps-train-next-generation-of-navy-surface-warfighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459373\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio native helps train next generation of Navy surface warfighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\tSan Antonio native Jade Vidales-Ayala (Courtesy of U.S. Navy \u2013 Credit Chief Mass Communication Specialist Sean Furey)\t\t\t<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0Petty Officer 2nd Class Jade Vidales-Ayala, a San Antonio native and 2016 graduate of Earl Warren High School, is helping train the next generation of Navy sailors in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Vidales-Ayala has served in the Navy for nine years and is now a quartermaster and instructor at Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific.<\/p>\n

The center provides hands-on seamanship and navigation training, using advanced simulators to recreate challenging at-sea situations, including heavy maritime traffic and complex navigation exercises.<\/p>\n

Vidales-Ayala says growing up and attending several different schools helped her learn how to work with people from different backgrounds\u2014an experience she says has served her well in the Navy.<\/p>\n

Among her proudest accomplishments is participating in NASA\u2019s Artemis mission. She also helped rescue a giant sea turtle that became trapped in a net on a sinking vessel.<\/p>\n

Vidales-Ayala says the Navy has become like a family, crediting her Navy mentor, Chief Boatswain\u2019s Mate Barrious, and her husband, Joel Ayala, for supporting her career.<\/p>\n

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