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Final GMT Requirements Released by CPD

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Story Number: NNS051025-01
Release Date: 10/25/2005 11:19:00 AM

From Naval Personnel Development Command Public Affairs

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- During October, commands throughout the Navy have been receiving a package containing facilitator guides, PowerPoint presentations, and videos for the first six of 12 GMT topics for 2006.

More depth and more detail characterize this year’s General Military Training (GMT). To make the topics more relevant, the Center for Personal Development (CPD) reworked the courses to challenge Sailors’ knowledge and assumptions.

“Mission accomplishment involves not only making the right professional decisions, it also involves making the right personal choices,” said Capt. Will Dewes, commanding officer of the Center for Personal Development. “This year we reworked the GMT courses to make sure Sailors get the information they need to make the right decisions for themselves and to help their shipmates.”

The year’s GMT courses address operational risk management, sexual health education, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual assault, personal financial management, suicide awareness and prevention, fraternization, operational security, physical readiness, equal opportunity, sexual harassment, hazing, homosexuality policy and grievance procedures, code of conduct and pride and professionalism.

As in the past, if a Sailor scores 80 percent or higher on a particular GMT topic pre-test, the individual can print out a completion certificate. Commands can then choose to exempt the Sailor from attending the formal training for that particular GMT topic.

The first six exams as well as the facilitator guides and PowerPoint presentations are also available on CPD’s GMT page on Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) at www.nko.navy.mil.