Navy Education and Training Command (NETC) General Skills Training, LifeSkills program personnel visited Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes to view the command's indoctrination program, June 14.

Deric Washington, course manager for NETC LifeSkills program, observed classes and visited with staff who gave presentations on the course.

"It was outstanding visiting with the staff for the review," Washington said. "I was very impressed by the passion of the instructors and the knowledge they have of the subject matter. My visit with Training Support Center has been one of the best reviews of the LifeSkills program."

The overall mission of the LifeSkills curriculum is to empower apprentice-level Sailors to have good decision-making models when faced with issues involving sexual harassment, diversity, equal opportunity and overall decision-making in general. The content itself is divided into primarily, personal financial management lesson topics, interventional training and Navy core values.

The program is taught by Navy military training instructors who provide 24-hour supervision, leadership, training and professional development of accession-level Sailors prior to their arrival to the fleet. The training uses several scenario-based questions then a polling system reveals the selected courses of action, which then leads into a specific lesson relating to one of the previously mentioned topics.

For many of the new Sailors, these classes provide them with skills they will need as they begin a life completely foreign from the world they knew as a civilian.

"The overall mission of LifeSkills curriculum is to prepare apprentice-level Sailors with the necessary knowledge and skills to navigate a successful Navy career, and maintain a healthy work-life balance," said Lt. America Estevez Guerrero, TSC's learning standards officer for staff and student training. "In essence, our ultimate goal is for new accession Sailors to be mission ready at the moment they report to their first command."

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