and flight events): Familiarization phase (aircraft systems, emergency procedures, basic communication, take-off/landing, ELPs, spins, precision aerobatics, course rules) Instrument phase (instrument flight procedures, flight planning, voice communication) Operational navigation phase (visual flight procedures, tactical route construction, precision aerobatics) Formation phase (ground school and flights used to introduce formation flying, tactical maneuvers, parade sequence, etc.) After graduating from Primary, SNFOs will select between multi crew aviation or strike aviation. Students selected for land-based platforms (e.g., P-3 Orion, P-8 Poseidon, EP-3 Aries II, E-6 Mercury) will continue on to the advanced maritime command and control curriculum at VT-4. Those that select strike aviation will continue to Intermediate training and remain at VT-10. Primary 2 Primary 2 training is also done through VT-10. It is a much shorter syllabus and consists of two phases: Instrument phase (simulators and flights flown at a faster airspeed and used to bolster instrument procedures) Formation After graduating from Intermediate, SNFOs will select: E-2C/D Hawkeye Strike jet aircraft E-2C/D Hawkeye selectees will continue on to the advanced maritime command and control curriculum at VT-4, while jet selectees will continue to intermediate training and remain at VT-10. Intermediate SNFOs destined for carrier-based strike fighter and electronic attack aircraft remain in VT-10 and continue to fly in the T-6A Texan II. Training consists of four phases: Single ship instrument phase (building upon instrument procedures in primary 1 and 2, VFR pattern, GPS navigation) Section instrument phase (instrument flying in formation) Tactical formation phase (rendezvous, tactical formation, tail-chase) Section visual navigation phase (visual navigation flying in formation) Advanced maritime command and control After primary, students who have selected E-2s or land-based maritime aviation (P-3, P-8, EP-3, E-6) check into VT-4 for advanced maritime command and control (MC2) training. The MC2 program was developed to allow SNFOs to receive advanced platform-specific training while still at NAS Pensacola, and to receive their wings before progressing to their respective fleet replacement squadron (FRS) for training in their ultimate operational combat aircraft. All MC2 training is conducted in the Multi-Crew Simulator (MCS), a new simulator system that allows students to train independently, as a single-ship crew, or as a multi-ship mission. MC2 training has two phases: Core and Strand. Core SNFOs begin MC2 training in the "core" syllabus. These classes include a combination of SNFOs who are E-2C/D selectees and land-based maritime selectees. Training in this phase builds upon the instrument training from Primary and