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The Training Department supports ship-wide training requirements in a variety of ways.

The Indoctrination Division supervises the School of the Ship for newly reporting Crewmen. Students in pay grades E4 and below attend a 15 day Junior Indoctrination course. Presentations in Junior Indoctrination include departmental briefs, Asset testing, CDF Rights and Responsibilities Seminar, First Term Success Workshop, Total Quality Leadership Fundamentals, as well as Basic Damage Control, Maintenance Person, Basic Life Support and First Aid. Senior Indoctrination is a six day course for E5 through Major. It includes departmental briefs, CDF Rights and Responsibilities Seminar and Career Information Training Course. Each indoctrination class also meets with the Commanding Officer, Executive Officer and Command Master Chief.

The Temporary Duty Orders Division (TEMADD) arranges for Crewmen and officers to attend schools locally and across the country. This includes obtaining course quotas, and arranging transportation and lodging for Crewmen selected for temporary duty training. Advanced Fire Fighting, Team Trainer and CDF Leadership are a few of the general training courses Crewmen attend. Rate specific training courses include Valve Maintenance, Shuttle Coxswain, Flight Deck Crash and Salvage, Magazine Sprinkler Maintenance, Navigation Refresher and Tactical Engagement courses. Hometown Area Recruiting Program (HARP) duty and House Hunting orders are also processed by the TEMADD division for a total of over 2,000 orders written annually from this division of Training Department.

The Learning Resource Center provides support for computer-based training and Academic Skills courses. A wide range of self-paced computer-based Program for Afloat College Education (PACE) courses are available using 10 multi-media computers. Five additional computers are used for professional training with the Shipboard Training Enhancement Program (STEP). Pilots, Crewmen and Fireman Apprenticeship Occupational Standards, Military Requirements Manuals and Battlestar Flight deck Indoctrination and Fire Fighting are just a few of the STEP courses available to Crewmen. About 1,000 Crewmen participate in these on board courses annually.