NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. – A 2013 Buford High School graduate and Great Falls, South Carolina, 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 James Granger 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 how to be precise and accurate in my job and also in everyday life,” said Granger. “We were certified in Voyage Management Systems, which will help in the fleet. Everyone in my class came in as students and will leave as OS Sailors ready to go out and defend our country, fellow Sailors and family.”
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.”
Granger enlisted in the Navy in 2019 and will report next to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) based at Norfolk, Virginia.
“I joined the Navy to defend my country and travel the world,” said Granger. “I have wanted to be in the Navy since I was a child. I chose the OS rating because I like technology and the Navy has the best in the world.”
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.
Granger is the son of Jason and Allison Granger, who reside in Great Falls, South Carolina.
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 how to be precise and accurate in my job and also in everyday life,” said Granger. “We were certified in Voyage Management Systems, which will help in the fleet. Everyone in my class came in as students and will leave as OS Sailors ready to go out and defend our country, fellow Sailors and family.”
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.”
Granger enlisted in the Navy in 2019 and will report next to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) based at Norfolk, Virginia.
“I joined the Navy to defend my country and travel the world,” said Granger. “I have wanted to be in the Navy since I was a child. I chose the OS rating because I like technology and the Navy has the best in the world.”
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.
Granger is the son of Jason and Allison Granger, who reside in Great Falls, South Carolina.
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.