USN General Military Training . . .

[robav8r]

Wow . . . . .

R 271514Z MAR 17
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC
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INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC
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FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
NAVADMIN 072/17
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR//
SUBJ/NAVY GENERAL MILITARY TRAINING OVERHAUL//
REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/261702ZJUL16//
AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 166/16, FY-17 GENERAL MILITARY TRAINING
SCHEDULE.//
RMKS/1. In an effort to remove administrative distractions and
improve leader engagement, effective immediately, no individual
shall be required to log onto Navy Knowledge Online (NKO), Navy
eLearning or My Navy Portal (MNP) to complete annual General
Military Training (GMT) mandatory training topics, as specified in
reference (a), with the exception of the Cyber Awareness Challenge
V4, (D0D-IAA-V14.0). Additionally, all optional and discretionary
Navy Command Assigned Readiness Enhancement GMT training topics are
hereby removed.
2. The Cyber Awareness Challenge V4 (DOD-IAA-V14.0) course found on
NKO, Navy eLearning or MNP remains the only on-line all-hands
training requirement. All other topics may be completed by any
means determined acceptable by local commands. Commanding officers
and each level of leadership shall seek to conduct GMT training at
the small team level, with appropriate leaders engaging Sailors in
group sizes small enough to allow meaningful discussion on these
subjects, to include how they relate to character, as part of our
continuing Fleet-centered leader development. It puts training back
in the hands of Sailors, eliminates passive, impersonal, and
ineffective approaches to training, and enables a powerful and
personal focus on integrity, accountability, and character through
an interactive learning dialogue.
3. Existing training materials will remain on NKO, Navy eLearning
and MNP to provide an outline to commands for conduct of local
small-team leader lead training. There is no intent for commands to
re-create training lesson plans. Topics such as Suicide Awareness,
Equal Opportunity and Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Assault
Prevention and Response require a more formal setting, and may
benefit from supplementation by existing seminar discussion material
available from Chart the Course or Full Speed Ahead training
while other topics such as Records Management, Operations Security,
and Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information, for example,
may be conducted at quarters, all-hands calls, divisional training,
etc., using a printed version of existing material as springboards
to elicit discussion to the point that the leader is satisfied that
the learning objectives are understood.
4. There is no requirement to log accomplishment of GMT training in
the Navy eLearning Learning Management System. However, commands
are encouraged to keep local records of training completion.
5. We will continue to work to comprehensively improve GMT and all
other eLearning through modernized techniques that are more engaging
and personalized. Additionally, you have asked for the ability to
test out of entire courses or materials you already know, and we
will build that in as this matures.
6. There is no doubt this approach will yield an even greater
competitive edge for the Navy.
7. Bottom line - we heard you, we fixed it, now let us get after
it.
8. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.//
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[CommodoreMid]

It was only a requirement to begin with if there were consequences for not doing it.

 

[Uncle Fester]

So...instead of the individual asspain of NKO, logging on and doing it as convenient, now it's expected to be command-wide asspain. Not like we as a Navy have anything better we could be doing with our time.

 

[Jim123]

CNO doesn't like the Oxford Comma in paragraph 1 but does in paragraph 3.

 

[Griz882]

Is this an April Fools joke?

 

[Gatordev]

I'm just getting tired of having my Blackberry stolen every year. This shit is getting expensive.

Seriously, though, I wonder how long this will last. Hopefully until the end of the FY. Next FY, I won't care!

 

[ea6bflyr]

But think of all the trophies you'll win!!

 

[Jim123]

Pro tip: you don't need a single F#$*@ trophy to pass and nothing that creepy sweatervest Jeff has to say matters.

 

[Gatordev]

Pro tip: you don't need a single F#$*@ trophy to pass and nothing that creepy sweatervest Jeff has to say matters.

I think NMCI glitched on me the first time I took the Cyber Awareness Challenge and only got through a portion of it. When I discovered the trophies meant nothing as I re-did the training, it was a new enlightenment.

 

[Recovering LSO]

So...instead of the individual asspain of NKO, logging on and doing it as convenient, now it's expected to be command-wide asspain. Not like we as a Navy have anything better we could be doing with our time.

I had the chance to listen to RADM White speak this morning. He touched on this very topic. The idea, and it's a pretty decent one (IMO), is that this gives the command the opportunity to conduct the limited remaining list of legally mandated training (i.e., trafficking in persons is mandated by presidential directive) in a manner of their choosing. Does an aviation unit need to complete Records Management training? How about, don't delete NALCOMIS - questions? Shore based non-deploying unit? Maybe you don't need to do a deep dive in TIP training.

I think this is a decent step toward doing what a lot of us have asked for - give commanding officers and squadron leadership the ability to run and train their squadrons how they see best. It's a small thing, but I think it's a decent step. We'll see....

 

[FlyinSpy]

creepy sweatervest Jeff .

I have a deep and abiding urge to punch that guy whenever he pops up.

 

[Gatordev]

After doing the Cyber Challenge today, I see they still kept the GMT equivalent of Lawrence, your next door neighbor. After he hacks my mouse, I keep waiting for him to yell, "Hey Peter man, check out channel 9!"

 

[armada1651]

I'm just getting tired of having my Blackberry stolen every year. This shit is getting expensive.

I chase that dude every year. I don't care what sweater vest says about it.

It is pretty funny that the most hated, out of date, and comically worthless training is the only requirement left. That's gotta be a joke.

 

[Jim123]

I chase that dude every year. I don't care what sweater vest says about it.

It is pretty funny that the most hated, out of date, and comically worthless training is the only requirement left. That's gotta be a joke.

I'd like to see everybody who's been issued an iPhone by the Navy (blackberry is so 2014) carelessly leave their phone laying about and then claim that it was because cyber awareness training taught us that it was ok to get your government phone stolen.

 

[Pags]

I chase that dude every year. I don't care what sweater vest says about it.

It is pretty funny that the most hated, out of date, and comically worthless training is the only requirement left. That's gotta be a joke.

Heck yeah; tackle that punk! I also always chose the "fight back" option during active shooter training.