Sea Warrior: Transforming for Efficiency, Effectiveness, Agility
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS050712-05
Release Date: 7/12/2005 2:00:00 PM
By Lt. Sarah Self-Kyler, Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Sea Warrior took a step closer to delivering the right skills to the right people at the right time July 1 when the leadership functions of the Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) commands were aligned to more efficiently drive the Sea Warrior programs for which they are responsible.
“In order to deliver Sea Warrior, we must align -- and ultimately transform -- the Navy’s manpower, personnel, training and education business processes. This means working more efficiently to develop and deliver optimally trained, motivated manpower to the fleet,” Vice Adm. Gerry Hoewing, Chief of Naval Personnel, explained.
The Navy’s operational functions are adapting to changing technologies and missions, however, the MPT&E processes have remained largely the same.
“It is time to update those processes to maximize our manpower and personnel efforts,” Hoewing added.
Sea Warrior tools, such as the 5 Vector Model and Job Advertising and Selection System (JASS) 2.5, are being delivered to the fleet. However the commands responsible for delivering these programs remain under widely varied leadership. By aligning these commands to operate on a single information technology and resource/programming system, the Navy is creating a revolutionary new system to support the Navy’s Human Capital Strategy.
A key step toward aligning the organizational processes within the MPT&E enterprise is to adjust the reporting relationships within the respective organizations. July 1, several steps were taken to align the MPT&E processes:
· Hoewing assumed additional responsibilities of Director, Naval Education and Training (formerly N00T, which was disestablished), his title is now Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (MPT&E), or DCNO (N1/NT). Additionally, he retained the responsibilities of Chief of Naval Personnel.
· Vice Adm. J. Kevin Moran was assigned additional duties and the title of Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel. He continues serving as Commander, Naval Education and Training Command (CNETC), maintains his responsibilities as CNETC, as well as serving as Navy’s Chief Learning Officer.
· The functions and resources of N00T were aligned to a new division under N1/NT titled Training & Education Division (N17).
· An MPT&E resources shared services are being constructed to allow for resource assessment, programming, budget formulation and budget execution processes.
· An MPT&E information management/information technology shared services is being organized around a centralized planning and decentralized execution construct that provides a standard level of service and IM/IT architecture across all echelon reporting levels.
· Chief Resources Officer for the newly aligned MPT&E commands is Jo Decker. Terry Halvorsen will act as the interim Command Information Officer (CIO) for MPT&E.
“This is an interim state as we begin the integration of manpower and personnel business processes with the training and education business processes,” Moran said.
The interim alignment that occurred July 1 was designed to be transparent to Sailors in the fleet. At the commands under Hoewing and Moran, no personnel or billets were moved in support of the change of reporting seniors and other actions. All existing points of contact for MPT&E functions and conduct of business have remained “as is.”
“Longer term, we expect to propose and implement transformational changes to our business architecture, business processes and organizations to fully enable the Sea Warrior vision," Moran said. "As the phasing of the Sea Warrior transformation roadmap reveals other organizational and reporting alignment opportunities, the MPT&E staffs will work to ensure adherence to current Navy directives for such adjustments.”
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