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Department of the Navy Unveils Education For Seapower Strategy

Department of the Navy Unveils Education For Seapower Strategy

U.S. Marines assigned to the Cyber Security Technician course, Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School, work on an assignment at Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 15, 2017. US Marine Corps Photo

The Education for Seapower Strategy was released this week and outlines the Department of the Navy’s effort to revitalize the way it educates sailors and Marines. Read More

Naval Community College Kicks Off January 2021 With IT, Engineering Majors

Naval Community College Kicks Off January 2021 With IT, Engineering Majors

Damage controlman 1st class Ryan Vanderstouw takes the chief petty officer Navy-wide advancement exam in a training classroom inside the USS Enterprise recruit barracks at Recruit Training Command on Jan. 16, 2020. US Navy Photo

TYSONS, Va. – The Navy’s community college will begin teaching its first cohort of students a year from now, with several hundred students studying engineering and information technology as a proof of concept of the value of providing technical education to enlisted sailors and Marines and civilians. Read More

Acting SECNAV Modly Orders $100M Shifted Toward Navy Education Effort

Acting SECNAV Modly Orders $100M Shifted Toward Navy Education Effort

Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class John Goodwin, a Framingham, Massachusetts, native, takes notes during the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) Mass Eddy Current Lab Feb. 7 aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. US Navy Photo

The acting secretary of the Navy ordered a 22-percent increase in spending on education within the Navy, calling for more than $100 million to be shifted around this year and for $350 million to be added in the out-years to better focus on the service’s education needs. Read More

Navy, Marine Corps Want to Update Services' Professional Military Education

Navy, Marine Corps Want to Update Services’ Professional Military Education

An actor portraying Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce, founder and first president of U.S. Naval War College (NWC) addresses students, staff, faculty and guests during a convocation ceremony kicking off the 2017-2018 academic year a the Naval War College. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy is evaluating ways to improve and update the Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) program that is considered a must for officers to promote to senior ranks. Read More