Naval Service & Nuclear Engineering

Initial training at the French Naval Academy combined engineering coursework with leadership development and hands-on shipboard qualification — the foundation for service as an engineering officer aboard French Navy vessels.

• Engineering coursework covering propulsion and power-generation systems, laying the technical foundation for the ENPRO specialty.
• Leadership training focused on team command, decision-making under pressure, and officer responsibility at sea.
• Firefighter training, flooding response, live-fire drills, and shipboard damage-control exercises.

Jeanne d'Arc is the French Navy's annual long-range deployment for newly-commissioned officers, combining an operational mission with the final phase of their training. The 2021 edition took the task group from the Mediterranean, through the Indian Ocean, to the South China Sea and back — conducting joint exercises, port calls, and presence operations alongside partner navies over several months at sea.

• Managed engineering coordination and operational support during the international deployment, in high-pressure, high-responsibility environments.

As second-in-charge of the Nuclear Engineering program, led personnel training and nuclear engineering instruction for officer trainees bound for the Navy's nuclear-powered submarines and the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.