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Mobile Training Teams Embody Total Force Integration

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS090325-12
Release Date: 3/25/2009 4:41:00 PM

By Susan Lawson, Center for Personal and Professional Development Public Affairs

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- With the help of its Reserve Sailors, the Center for Personal and Professional Development's (CPPD) Mobile Training Teams (MTT) have trained more than 16,000 Sailors worldwide during the last two years.

"Reservists are an important part of the Center for Personal and Professional Development, and we have worked hard to become fully integrated with our command. There are a number of Reserve units distributed across the country that provide direct support to CPPD," said Cmdr. Stephen Ferris, executive officer at CPPD's Reserve Region Midwest Detachment in Great Lakes, Ill.

According to Ferris, CPPD's Reserve component MTTs bring the classroom to the student, which reduces travel costs and Sailors' time away from the command. He also said the geographic dispersal of Reserve facilitators equates to a significant savings in command travel costs by eliminating the need for CPPD to send active-duty facilitators away from their learning sites to conduct training.

"CPPD's approach toward TFI [Total Force Integration] is one that is inclusive and supportive. CPPD's Reservists are fully integrated into the command and are given meaningful assignments. Our Reservists are viewed as complete members of the team, and Reservists' input and concerns are seriously evaluated by the command," said Ferris.

"More than 900 required enlisted leadership courses have been conducted by MTTs over the last 2 years. During that time frame, MTT reservists have helped 16,000 active-duty and Reserve students graduate from required courses," said Ferris.

CPPD's mission is to develop the Navy's workforce by providing education and training opportunities that build personal, professional and leadership competencies in support of mission readiness.

For more news from Center for Personal and Professional Development, visit www.navy.mil/local/voledpao/.