Story by Courtney Pollock February 23, 2023 at 05:58AM Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Logan Schinabeck is a firefighter and driver operator assigned to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Fire Department. “I am an Engine 2 driver operator,” he explained. “On a daily basis I am in charge of daily inspections of my fire apparatus as well as knowing how to accomplish different quantities and pressures to different discharges throughout the pump on the apparatus.” Schinabeck, from Ludlow, Massachusetts, joined the Navy in May 2015. His first command was Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) where he completed two deployments to the Persian Gulf during his five years there. In late 2020, he attended the Department of Defense Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas before arriving to NAVSTA Rota.
