The Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) is an enterprise-level shore command of the United States Navy with more than 19,000 military and staff personnel at more than 1,640 subordinate activities, sites, districts, stations, and detachments throughout the world, and was established in 1971. NETC recruits, trains and delivers those who serve the nation, taking them from "street to fleet" by transforming civilians into highly skilled, operational, and combat ready warfighters. In 2018, accessions management and distribution functions of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) were realigned under NETC and Navy Recruiting Command (NAVCRUITCOM) now serves as a subordinate command to NETC.
The commander of Naval Education and Training Command is currently a 2-star admiral. NETC itself is located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
After initial training, most personnel must continue on to an apprentice-level training before entering the fleet. For that, Navy NETC has "learning centers"[1] that provide those initial and continuing training to the personnel across the service:
Surface Combat Systems Training Command (formerly the Center for Surface Combat Systems[2]), located at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, is a training organization of over 6,500 staff and students across 13 global locations that include 5 SCSTC Schoolhouses, 2 SCSTC Training Facilities, and 6 SCSTC Waterfront Detachments,[3] providing instruction to the USN Fleet Surface Combat Systems and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System operators and technicians. SCSTC is responsible for the career-learning continuums for Surface Warfare Officer (designators 1110, 6120, 6180), Electronics Technician (ET), Fire Controlman (FC), Fire Controlman (Aegis) (FCA), Interior Communications Electrician (IC), Gunner’s Mate (GM), Mineman (MN), Operations Specialist (OS), and Sonar Technician (Surface) (STG) training, as well as tailored Surface Combat or Ballistic Missile Defense System courses to support the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Merchant Marine, and our International Partners.[4]
Center for SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) and SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman), or CENSEALSWCC, is aligned with the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) enterprise to develop NSW’s flagship weapon system and capital resource – its People – to be the best Special Operations Forces leaders in the Department of Defense.
Naval Aviation Schools Command (NAVAVSCOLSCOM or NASC), located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, provides an educational foundation in technical training, character development, and professional leadership to prepare Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and partner nation officers and enlisted students to be combat quality aviation professionals, and deliver them at the right time, in the right numbers, to be the forces their nation needs.
The Naval Leadership and Ethics Center (NLEC) is headquartered at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, with locations in Dam Neck, Virginia and San Diego, California. Each year, NLEC prepares the command triad (master chiefs/chiefs of the boat, executive officers, and commanding officers) for leadership success.
Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center, which is located on Saufley Field in Escambia County, Florida is the home of all of the Navy's enlisted professional development programs and products, which include the administering Voluntary Education (VOLED) programs, including the Navy College program, which allows enlisted servicemembers to obtain college credits for Naval Training, as well as administering the Tuition Assistance program that pays for 100% of a servicemembers college courses expense while the member is active duty.[5]
The Commander of Naval Education and Training is the individual responsible to the Chief of Naval Operations for the training and education of all enlisted and commissioned personnel of the United States Navy, and oversees the Naval Education and Training Command.
While not a member of the OPNAV staff, he is responsible to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Personnel, Manpower, and Training) for the operation and management of the Navy Advancement Center, which uses bi-annual testing to advance enlisted members, and is "the principal advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM) on training and education related matters."[8]
List of Commanders of Naval Education and Training and Commanders of Naval Education and Training Command
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