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PENSACOLA, Fla. – After 21 days entailing 18 flights and 43 briefs at six locations, representatives from Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) wrapped up their overseas tour in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Feb. 22.
Navy COOL provides active-duty and reserve Sailors, whether forward deployed, underway or ashore, a way to map their Navy education, training, experience, and competencies to civilian credentials and occupations.
Navy COOL’s Thom Seith and David Adkins spent three weeks travelling to different military facilities to speak with Sailors about the benefits of Navy COOL. The locations visited included Naval Base Rota, Spain; Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily; Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy; Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece; Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa and Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain.
"These programs allow Sailors to develop themselves while on active duty and prepare for life after the Navy,” said Thom Seith, Navy COOL representative. “It's really all about personal and professional development and I encourage all Sailors to take advantage of the opportunities that the Navy COOL programs offer”.
Navy COOL regularly deploys representatives to specific geographic locations to brief their Navy programs to area Sailors at no cost to the hosting command. These briefs are a great opportunity to share the importance of the value of certification / licensure, and as many Navy leaders know, this information can enhance career development boards (CDBs), advancements, along with individual personal and professional goals.
“The purpose of the visit was to help increase awareness and encourage Sailors to pursue these valuable credentials through Navy COOL,” said Chief Career Counselor Phillip Lopez. “Our Sailors were very appreciative to have the Navy COOL team travel halfway across the world to ensure our Sailors are equipped with the knowledge on how to enroll.”
The briefs were normally one hour in length and the COOL representatives discussed and demonstrated the importance of credentialing and licensing during and after Sailors’ Navy careers. The team walked the Sailors through the Navy COOL website, Navy COOL mobile application, voucher submission processes, eligibility, and requirements for credential attainment. They also discussed and emphasized the importance of the learning and development roadmaps (LaDRs), Navy advancement bibliographies, and the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP).
“I learned there are many different certifications I can obtain from already being in the Navy, and how good it will look for me in the civilian sector,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Joshua Ortiz. “I had heard of Navy COOL before but was not really sure what it was or how it worked, but after this brief I learned a lot about the program, how it works and it's definitely something to take advantage of.”
With 1,663 funded credentialing opportunities available, every enlisted Sailor has at least one credential he or she can earn. More than 1,500 credentialing opportunities are mapped to officer designators.
Navy COOL is located with the Center for Information Warfare Training, which delivers trained information warfare professionals to the Navy and joint services, enabling optimal performance of information warfare across the full spectrum of military operations.
For more information about Navy COOL, visit www.cool.navy.mil/ or call (850) 452-6683.
The schedule for COOL briefs is available at http://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/news/briefs.htm.
For more news from the Center for Information Warfare Training organization, visit www.navy.mil/local/cid/, www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ciwt, www.facebook.com/NavyCIWT, or www.twitter.com/NavyCIWT.
| Date Taken: | 02.22.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 02.23.2018 06:27 |
| Story ID: | 266922 |
| Location: | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, US |
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