Posted on 03/02/2020 3:35:25 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - The U.S. Navy is overhauling its approach to education because the nation no longer has a massive economic and technological edge over potential adversaries, according to a strategy it is releasing Monday.
The Education for Seapower Strategy 2020, provided to The Associated Press ahead of its release, is the first unified, comprehensive education strategy for the Navy and Marine Corps, said John Kroger, who is implementing the strategy as the Navy’s first chief learning officer.
It is very much a response to the nation’s geopolitical position in the world today, versus the advantages it had at the end of the Cold War, Kroger said, noting China’s economic strength and investments in 5G networks, energy storage and other major technologies that matter for war-fighting.
The Navy wants to create a naval community college to provide associate’s degrees to tens of thousands of young sailors and Marines, at no cost to them. It plans to unify the schools within the existing naval university system, similar to a state university system, and invest in them, as well as enact new policies to encourage and reward those who pursue professional military and civilian education.
“In a world where potential adversaries are peers economically and technologically, how do you win?” Kroger said in an interview. “We think we can out-fight potential opponents because we can out-think them. In order to do that, we must have, by far, the best military education program in the world.”
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Long overdue. The air force has had this for years.
No offense, but China’s economic strength is based on our over dependence on them. That just may have just gotten killed by a virus.
Since 1972.
Very popular program over the years.
Isn’t this finally a subtle recognition that the shortcomings (misdirection) of our public K-12 educational system is, or is about to become a national security issue?
Sounds good.
As long as it isn’t a new version of “no sailor left behind” that preaches diversity, loving all cultures, and worships the gods of climate change.
Isn’t what he is really saying is enlistees don’t know sh*t when they get them in the system any longer! K-12 education sucks in America!! Go away Dept of Ed and it’s teachers!
The US military has gone all in on diversity and PC. Doubt this gets the best force. I see females airman, or is that air persons now, at my nearby airbase that could not possibly pass a legitimate fitness test. Not sure how they stay on active duty.
Why, yes. Yes it is. Junior College = Remedial Math
Yeah, I know, it's not that easy. For instance, you need to figure out what to do with the 98% of liberal and illiterate educators.
I have an idea. Why don’t you start with teaching your ship drivers how not to run into each other?
If they teach American traditional values then great...if they go nutty liberal crap then don’t waste the money...
I guess they need to teach Marines to pull the paper off their crayons.....
Good. It only took eleven posts to hit the nail squarely on the head. It is called S E A M A N S H I P and appears to be severely lacking. But what do I know, I’m Air Force, with naval connections.
Ok, let me weigh anchor on this.
First, I am NOT a believer in “muh China.” I suggest everyone look at Peter Zeihan’s books, “The Absent Superpower” or “The Accidental Superpower.” Whatever the ChiComs build, simply getting them to the open water in the Pacific would be a massive task. I haven’t wargamed this, but between Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, I’d think land based air and land-based missiles, not to mention those forces’ navies would probably eat at at least 50% of the Chicom fleet.
And the 7th Fleet awaits.
HOWEVER, what everyone forgets about commie stuff is that aside from the T-34 in WW II (build on an American designed chassis) and the AK-47, commie stuff tends to break at really high rates. Something about socialist built stuff that isn’t overall as high a quality. If a real-world mechanical failure is applied (as we never did to ICBMs from Russia), you’re probably looking at under 40% of the Chicom fleet making it to open water.
BUT . . . the real issue with the US Navy and education is none of this.
It’s the fact that ALL the service academies have been overrun by SJW profs and virtue signaling that has taken priority over strict war-fighting. Moreover, military grads are finding it hard to get advanced degrees because “traditional” universities a) no longer have military history programs, and b) don’t want these guys.
Enter Liberty University, which created an on-line PhD program in military history that is the LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. (Liberty is the largest on-line university in the U.S., with 90,000 students, more than U. of Phoenix . . . and Liberty offers traditional courses in history, English, philosophy, government as well as in tech).
The Navy has more to fear from inadequate SJW education than from the Chicoms.
Not if their model is the Community College of the Air Force. That degree granting program is recognition for the level of technical training needed for qualification in doing a job.
Because of duty requirements over nine years, I had gathered over 90 hours of credit but no local colleges would recognize enough of the hours to grant a degree. IMO they wanted the money.
In my case it allowed me to consolidate all of my previous college hours into one program that granted an associates degree. Once I got the accredited degree from the USAF I completed my BSET inside of a year
The person leading this is a Harvard retread. I smell a rat.
BINGO! Our DIL is going to nursing school. Her math teacher explains things so poorly she can’t understand it. Hubby who spent nearly 40 yrs teaching heavy Math, computers, and Electronics had to explain what is maybe 4th grade fraction division to her. She had not retained that knowledge and teacher was using new words than she learned in the first place. 3 hrs latter, she was doing them in her head.
He taught SISCO to the would be instructors. Ended up Chair of his Department. 18 yrs teaching in the Navy when not at Sea, 20 yrs Community College.
How do you teach them for an associates degree when they don’t even have the basics? I have been amazed for a long time that the military can manage to train as well as it does based on my experiences with adult edumacation in industry. The kids don’t even have basic math and problem solving skills let alone relevant and relational life experiences.
However, this ...first unified, comprehensive educational system... sounds to me (one with no doubt an obsolete perspective) as addressing the preparatory level prior to such tech training. I.e., that it will include pretty much what today's high schools should be teaching.
Wouldn't mind being incorrect on that point.
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