Rack PT – Training, Credentialing, Skills, & Competencies

Rack PT – Training, Credentialing, Skills, & Competencies

Aisle P — Personnel & Talent Management

Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)

Personnel (P): Manpower Strategies (PA) — Civilian Pers. Management (PC) — Development & Evaluation (PD) — Professional Military Education (PE) — Diversity & Inclusion (PI) — Pay & Benefits (PP) — Recruiting & On-Boarding (PR) — Training & Credentialing (PT) — Utilization (PU) — All-Volunteer Force & Selective Service (PV) — Casualty & Survivor Programs (PX) — Service & Joint Personnel (PZ)

Disclaimer: The inclusion of resources here is for informational, historical, and research purposes only and is provided as a service for US Army War College faculty, students, and graduates to support their educational and professional requirements. These may include outdated or superseded materials. The inclusion of these materials does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.

This rack covers resources on training and credentialing of individuals such as for additional skill identifiers, MOS certifications, and the like. Also includes references for various special or unique skill sets that the defense enterprise requires or has required in the past. Also see Aisle S for Special Enterprises such as legal, medical, and others. This rack is a stub — suggestions welcome.

Also, for collective training and the collective training enterprise, refer to the Force Integration (RI) rack.

Shelf PT.00 — General

This shelf provides resources associated with the general theory and practice of training and credentialing.

Faculty Publications:

None.

Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):

CJCS Note 3500.01, 2006-2007 Chairman’s Joint Training Guidance, 2006.
Army Regulation 350-1, Army Training and Leader Development: 2017 version | 2009 version
ADRP 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders, 2012.
Army G-1, “U.S. Army Coaching Program,” Stand-To!, April 17, 2020, https://www.army.mil/standto/archive/2020/04/17/

Strategies and Reports:

Army, The Army Training Strategy (Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 2012).

Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):

Ferguson, Michael. “Three Questions to Fix Mandatory Training,” WAR ROOM, April 27, 2018, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/three-questions-on-army-mandatory-training/
Moyer, Elizabeth V. “Why Military Officers are Failing,” WAR ROOM, February 18, 2020, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/why-military-officers-are-failing/

Shelf PT.SK — Special Skills & Competencies

This shelf contains references regarding special skills and competencies that have been codified in the defense enterprise as requirements but are not seen as needing a full Military Occupational Specialty. Please contribute.

Languages and Regional Expertise:

DoDI 5160.70, Management of the Defense Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Program, December 2016.
- Previous version — Management of DoD Language and Regional Proficiency Capabilities, June 2007.
CJCSI 3126.01, Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture Capability Identification, Planning, and Sourcing: B version (2020) | A version (2013)
Adams, Joseph F., et al. Enhancing and Managing Regionally Oriented Individuals and Organizations, Report #P-5161 (Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses, 2014).

Title image credit: U.S. Army photo, public domain.