VT-9 is responsible for providing the United States Navy, Marine Corps, British Royal Navy, Spanish Navy, and Italian Navy with Naval Aviators and their nations with the best Naval Aviators in the world. Phases of training include Tactical Formation, Basic Fighter Maneuvers, and Carrier Qualifications.

Across the past seven years since being designated as a Naval Aviator I have been accountable for a number of collateral duties. The most notable of which have been Schedules Officer, Ordnance Handling and Avionics Division Officer, and Head LSO. On two separate tours of duty I have been designated as a Squadron Schedules Officer. The first tour as a Schedules Officer I was responsible for writing daily flight schedules for 17 Naval Aviators to utilize more than $800 million of assets in the form of 12 FA-18E Super Hornets. The second tour was more recently and encompassed writing the daily flight schedule for 24 Instructor Pilots and 90 Student Naval Aviators utilizing 45 T-45C Goshawks totaling more than $1 billion in assets. As the Ordnance Handling and Avionics Division Officer I was responsible for 56 Sailors' training, rank promotions, and performance evaluations.