Navy newStand
Submarine Learning Center Surfaces
Story Number: NNS030627-08
6/27/2003
By William Kenny, Navy Submarine School Public Affairs
GROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- The Navy's Revolution in training surfaced in Groton with a ribbon-cutting for the Submarine Learning Center (SLC).
The SLC was established to offer direct access to training providers and fleet owners, while streamlining the process of providing trained Sailors to meet submarine force requirements.
Working with the fleet, the SLC is developing learning solutions that provide submarine Sailors with the right training, at the right time, in the right place.
As keynote speaker, Rear Adm. Kevin Moran, commander, Naval Personnel Development Command (NPDC), noted, "For years, the rest of the fleet has envied the undersea warfare community's training and education system. (A system that has)... provided our Sailors with world-class educational tools and created the culture of learning we have today."
Moran continued, "So why revolutionize a system that already works? Because we can make submarine training even better by infusing science of learning principles and new information technologies."
The SLC has accomplished Joint Task Analyses (JTAs) for electronics technicians (both submarine and strategic weapons systems), fire control technicians and missile technicians, with other ratings, to include sonar technicians and machinist's mate in progress.
Defining the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs), required to operate the equipment on submarines, the SLC matches the KSAs to existing curriculum and verifies requirements of fleet Sailors are met in a timely and efficient manner, to assure they are better prepared to do their jobs.
Capt. Arnold Lotring, commanding officer, SLC, offered, "Today, we are officially empowered to take charge of our training future and set a new course.
"Dolphin wearers ( qualified submariners)...understand the importance of fully preparing submarine crews and the unacceptable consequences if we fail," Lotring said.
"I challenge anyone in the submarine force who doesn't believe we need a sense of urgency to adapt our training and Sailors' careers now...in order to keep our place as the premier sub force in the world," Lotring continued.
The SLC is also responsible for defining career paths, so submarine Sailors can take charge of their own career development, in keeping with the tenets of adult learning.
To learn more about the SLC and the Navy's Revolution in Training, visit Navy Knowledge Online at www.nko.navy.mil.
For related news, visit the Naval Personnel Development Command/Task Force EXCEL Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/tfe.
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