Self-Development

"Noncommissioned officers use self-development to complement and enhance the knowledge and experience they have gained through institutional training and education and operational assignments.

Noncommissioned officer self-development programs are designed to provide the NCO with the additional training and experience necessary to improve, maintain, develop, and sustain the appropriate SKBs (Skills, Knowledge, and Behaviors) for their grade and position." DA Pam 350-58.

U.S. Army Training Support Center

http://www.atsc.army.mil/

Links to most of the sites listed below, plus:

GTA ordering, Training devices, SATS, Warfighter XXI, WarMod XXI, and Warrior XXI, much more--"The" training site.

http://www.atsc.army.mil/atsctoc.html This link takes you to the alphabetized page index, which makes it easy to conduct a search.

University Access Online

http://www.earmyu.com/ Army DL Educational Initiative. This initiative is designed to offer eligible soldiers the opportunity to obtain higher education degrees (AA/AS, BA/BS, MA/MS, and Technical Certification).

Army Correspondence Courses

http://www.atsc.army.mil/accp/aipdnew.asp

• There are 40 courses on-line; more are added regularly. All correspondence courses will eventually be on-line only.

• Requirements. You can use courses without enrolling, but to get Army credit for course you must enroll. Procedures are explained on Welcome Page for each course.

• http://www.atsc.army.mil/accp/nonconsolidated.asp AIPD Non-consolidated schools

U.S. Army CBT Web Central

https://www.smartforce.com/v2.1/custom/usarmy/login.asp

• Site provides access to over 1000 self-paced information technology (IT) courses on topics such as Computer Programming, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Web Browsers, etc.
• Requirements. You must initially register to use courses from this site and have an e-mail address with a ".mil" domain at end of address. You must also download special plug-in software to use courses.

Army Continuing Education System (ACES)

https://www.armyeducation.army.mil/

Information and links on the ACES programs.

Army Center for Civilian Human Resource Management

http://cpol.army.mil/library/train.html

• This site for the Army Center for Human Resource Management offers two online tutorials on hardware and local area networks. Select "Courseware" to access tutorials.
• The site also gives information on functional courses you can access through ATTRS.
• Requirements. Anyone can take the tutorials, but you must be enrolled in a course for the other offerings.

Army Logistics Management College

http://www.almc.army.mil

• Information on courses offered on site, by CD, Web and correspondence. To access web-based courses click on "Academics" button on left then "Web and CD Courses."

• No special requirements.

FEMA'S Independent Study Program

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/

FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study(IS) Program. All materials on this Internet site are available to anyone who can access them, but official enrollment in the courses and scoring of final exams is limited to United States citizens.

The EMI Independent Study program consists of self-paced courses designed for both the general public and people who have emergency management responsibilities.

Each Independent Study Course includes lessons with practice exercises and a final examination. Those who score 75 percent or better are issued a certificate of completion by EMI. The average course completion time is 10-12 hours.

It is possible to earn academic credit and retirement points for completion of these courses. See their Frequently Asked Questions section for additional information

CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING

http://www.unitarpoci.org/

To achieve efficient and coordinated effort among military and civilian components from around the world, it is important for personnel of all nations to receive standardized training and preparation. UNITAR POCI offers such study as self-paced correspondence courses available internationally, and at costs accessible to all.

Army Safety Program

http://safety.army.mil/pages/training/index.html

• Several hundred products available, including: On-line lessons, materials, briefings, articles, publications, etc.
• Requirements. Vary for lessons/products. To access on-line training, click on any topic under "Training Divisions" then scroll to "On-line Training Modules."

Miscellaneous

Warrant Officer Recruiting

Army ROTC National Headquarters

United States Military Academy

Study Links NCO Sites

Find errors? Have suggestions for improvements? Please feel free to contact me: stuart.edick@us.army.mil