NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. – A 2018 Escambia High School graduate and Pensacola, Florida, 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 Dakota Davison 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.
“While in school, I became Voyage Management System (VMS) qualified, found out how to operate radar and now know how to draw a maneuvering board and how to make an avoidance course,” said Davison. “Knowing this information and already being VMS qualified helps my ship be able to go ahead and use me for navigation.”
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.”
Davison enlisted in the Navy in 2018 and will report next to Amphibious Squadron Seven in San Diego.
“I joined the Navy to better myself and gain a family I never had,” said Davison. “I wanted to be an OS so that I could be involved in operations such as the assistance in anti-surface warfare, anti-air, anti-submarine and many more operations. I enjoy using technology and being able to operate radar.”
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.
Davison is the grandson of Mary Tappan, who resides in Pensacola, Florida.
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.
“While in school, I became Voyage Management System (VMS) qualified, found out how to operate radar and now know how to draw a maneuvering board and how to make an avoidance course,” said Davison. “Knowing this information and already being VMS qualified helps my ship be able to go ahead and use me for navigation.”
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.”
Davison enlisted in the Navy in 2018 and will report next to Amphibious Squadron Seven in San Diego.
“I joined the Navy to better myself and gain a family I never had,” said Davison. “I wanted to be an OS so that I could be involved in operations such as the assistance in anti-surface warfare, anti-air, anti-submarine and many more operations. I enjoy using technology and being able to operate radar.”
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.
Davison is the grandson of Mary Tappan, who resides in Pensacola, Florida.
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.