Navy Ensign Brett A. MacLaren, the son of Navy Capt. Ron J. MacLaren of Oak Bluffs, recently completed the Navy nuclear power training unit course at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Goose Creek, S.C.

Ensign MacLaren received instruction about nuclear theory, chemistry, physics, reactor operations, safety and security. Upon completion of the course, he was designated a nuclear power operator.

He is a 2002 graduate of Frank W. Springstead High School of Spring Hill, Fla., and a 2006 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. He joined the Navy in March 2007.