Today was Day 1 at the Naval Leadership & Ethics Center Spouse Leadership Course, in Newport, RI, where I am a spouse mentor. It was a great day to kick off this amazing learning and sharing experience, where rising XO/CO/CMC/COB spouses convene to help each other prepare for the experience ahead. Some take aways from RDML Baze of Navy Personnel Command:
-Big Navy has a goal to increase predictability of PCS moves, transparency in detailing, and improve Sailors' trust in the process
-Currently 30% of PCS moves are no-cost, which means families are able to "homestead" and remain in the same geographical place while their service member moves on to a new role in the local community
-The Senior Enlisted Marketplace is a new method for Sailors to compete for jobs they are qualified for in a timely & relevant manner, similar to in the civilian workforce
-Improved process for enlisted advancement exams so they are no longer once or twice per year at a certain time, but available more on-demand style to better align with their career progression timeline
-MODERNIZING PAY! Supposedly, gone are the days where a Sailor would move to a more costly duty station and wait for MONTHS for thieir pay to catch up! Y'all, this is HUGE!
-"Bundle Detailing"...if you take this job, then the detailer can promise you follow-on orders to *that* job.
I am so encouraged by these improvements. Also curiously, recruitment is still falling behind the goal, but retention is at or above target.
Looking forward to another great day tomorrow. Feeling reinvigorated and reconnected with my Navy life after so long apart from it....
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