NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. – A 2018 E. R. Murrow High School graduate and Brooklyn, New York, native is currently serving with the U.S. Navy as an operations specialist (OS), prepared to perform duties at sea as a plotter, radio-telephone and Command and Control sound-powered telephone talker, and to maintain Combat Information Center displays of strategic and tactical information.
Operations Specialist Seaman Apprentice Minas Maghakyan completed the OS “A” School, or initial training course after boot camp, May 24. This particular course was a pilot, or test, for a revamped curriculum under the Ready, Relevant Learning (RRL) initiative as part of Sailor 2025, which is the Navy's program to more effectively recruit, develop, manage, reward and retain the force of tomorrow.
“This course taught me the skills required to help me be a better OS and to do my job properly and with confidence,” said Maghakyan. “It introduced me to my rate and to the type of great shipmates and environment that I will be working with in the future.”
The OS rating is the first rating to be taught using the modernized delivery under the RRL construct, providing the right training at the right time in the right way to Sailors. The former OS “A” School was primarily conducted by instructors leading students through computer-based training modules and was dependent on a brick-and-mortar schoolhouse. Modernized OS training, however, is enhanced with interactive self-directed courseware, game-based virtual simulation software, demonstration videos and step-by step guides.
“The modernized OS ‘A’ School will reduce instructor-led training time by approximately 70% over the previous format and infuse more interactive training for students,” said Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) commander. “These improvements allow for a more flexible and immersive learning experience than traditional instructor-led training from the podium while supporting multiple ‘reps and sets’ of critical concepts.”
Maghakyan enlisted in the Navy in 2018 and will report next to Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) homeported at Norfolk, Virginia.
“I joined the Navy to serve my country and to be part of something bigger than myself,” said Maghakyan. “The OS rating will give me the opportunity to be part of an elite team that will teach me new skills and let me help those in need.”
About 8,000 men and women work in the OS rating. These Sailors provide technical information and assistance related to anti-surface warfare, anti-air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, amphibious warfare, mine warfare, naval gunfire support, search and rescue operations, and more.
Maghakyan is the son of Tamar Grigoryan, who resides in Brooklyn, New York.
NETC oversees the Navy’s recruiting force, boot camp, officer development and training programs, enlisted technical training, civilian credentialing and voluntary education opportunities, the Navy Advancement Center, and international training programs.
For more information on NETC, visit https://www.public.navy.mil/netc or follow NETC on Facebook at www.facebook.com/netcpao.
“This course taught me the skills required to help me be a better OS and to do my job properly and with confidence,” said Maghakyan. “It introduced me to my rate and to the type of great shipmates and environment that I will be working with in the future.”
The OS rating is the first rating to be taught using the modernized delivery under the RRL construct, providing the right training at the right time in the right way to Sailors. The former OS “A” School was primarily conducted by instructors leading students through computer-based training modules and was dependent on a brick-and-mortar schoolhouse. Modernized OS training, however, is enhanced with interactive self-directed courseware, game-based virtual simulation software, demonstration videos and step-by step guides.
“The modernized OS ‘A’ School will reduce instructor-led training time by approximately 70% over the previous format and infuse more interactive training for students,” said Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) commander. “These improvements allow for a more flexible and immersive learning experience than traditional instructor-led training from the podium while supporting multiple ‘reps and sets’ of critical concepts.”
Maghakyan enlisted in the Navy in 2018 and will report next to Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) homeported at Norfolk, Virginia.
“I joined the Navy to serve my country and to be part of something bigger than myself,” said Maghakyan. “The OS rating will give me the opportunity to be part of an elite team that will teach me new skills and let me help those in need.”
About 8,000 men and women work in the OS rating. These Sailors provide technical information and assistance related to anti-surface warfare, anti-air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, amphibious warfare, mine warfare, naval gunfire support, search and rescue operations, and more.
Maghakyan is the son of Tamar Grigoryan, who resides in Brooklyn, New York.
NETC oversees the Navy’s recruiting force, boot camp, officer development and training programs, enlisted technical training, civilian credentialing and voluntary education opportunities, the Navy Advancement Center, and international training programs.
For more information on NETC, visit https://www.public.navy.mil/netc or follow NETC on Facebook at www.facebook.com/netcpao.