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WITH THE RELEASE OF ADVANCEMENT RESULTS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
OF THE NAVY, MIKE STEVENS, WANTS TO REMIND ALL SAILORS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY
CONDUCTING THE TRAINING REQUIRED TO BE PROMOTED, BUT PROPERLY DOCUMENTING IT. THE NAVY LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT CONTINUUM, SOMETIMES CALLED PETTY OFFICER INDOC, IS REQUIRED FOR SELECTEES PRIOR
TO BEING FROCKED TO THEIR NEW RANK.
"WHEN WE DO SOMETHING, WE KNOW THAT ITS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL IT'S PROPERLY DOCUMENTED IF
THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR DOCUMENTATION. SO TO DO IT AND NOT DOCUMENT
IT IS TO ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT IT HASNT BEEN DONE. YOU MIGHT ACQUIRE THE SKILL SETS THAT
THIS TRAINING ENABLES YOU TO HAVE, BUT SO THAT WE KNOW WHO'S DONE IT SO THAT WE CAN
PROPERLY TRACK IT AND ENSURE THAT IT'S BEEN COMPLETED WE MUST DOCUMENT IT WHEN WE'VE COMPLETED
IT."
MCPON ALSO SAID CHIEFS ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING ALL TRAINING IS PROPERLY DOCUMENTED
IN THE FLEET TRAINING MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING SYSTEM OR FLEET TEMPS.
"I BELIEVE THAT NOBODY HAS MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERS IN THE ENLISTED
RANKS, AND IN SOME CASES THE OFFICER RANKS, THAN THE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. AND I ASK ALL
MY CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS, AND I WAS RECENTLY ON A TRIP TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND SPOKE
TO SOME CPO MESSES AND I ASKED MY CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS, TO BE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE TRAINING
THAT'S REQUIRED OF OUR SAILORS, AND TO DO SO FROM THE HEART AND WITH PASSION AND TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THE NECESSARY COURSE REQUIRED OF THEM
AS WELL."
SAILORS CAN CONTACT THEIR LOCAL TRAINING REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION IS CORRECT AND
UP TO DATE. FROM THE DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY, I'M PETTY OFFICER MATTHEW HAWS.