"This change will also allow the Navy to more accurately identify Sailors’ skills by creating “Navy Occupational Specialty” (NOS) codes that allow greater assignment flexibility for Sailors throughout their career and will be matched with similar civilian occupations to enable the Navy to identify credentials and certifications recognized and valued within the civilian workforce. For example, a Petty Officer who used to be identified as a corpsman will now have a NOS matched as a medical technician. Medical technician better reflects the work and responsibilities of someone in that position and is better aligned with the civilian medical profession. Sailors will be able to hold more than one NOS, which will give them a broader range of professional experience and expertise and will be grouped under career fields that will enable flexibility to move between occupational specialties within the fields and will be tied to training and qualifications."
Because Fit -v- Fill isn't already a nightmare...
I get it, and to be honest, from where Crazy Ol' Man Mabus started - it could've been a lot worse, but what we call each other is less important to me than having the right people to do the right jobs with the right experience/expertise. I'm very interested to see what the NOS assignment/management/ ends up looking like.