Aug 4, 2011
Nimitz News
Advancement Exam Workshops
Story by MCSA Jess Lewis Today and tomorrow there will be a Navy-wide advancement exam workshop held on the crew messing and berthing barge in classrooms 3A and 3B from 8 to 11 a.m. The workshop is open for anyone preparing for the E-4 through E-7 exams. A lot of information will be covered so Sailors are encouraged to attend. “The main reason for this is Nimitz had declined scores compared to the Navy-wide scores,” said Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Daniel McNeil, the advancement exam workshop coordinator. The idea behind having an advancement exam workshop came to McNeil after receiving an email from the command master chief about the advancement scores following the March exam. “I wanted it to be different than the (Nimitz Advancement Attack Team) class, especially with the new NAVADMIN coming out next year,” said McNeil. “We wanted to do something to help Sailors get new study techniques and really know how to study.” The new NAVADMIN 197/11 changes the amount of ratespecific and basic military requirements questions asked. Each of the new advancement exams, scheduled to start next September, will ask 150 rate-specific questions and 25 BMR questions. McNeil said he helped write Navy-wide exams in Pensacola, Fla., before and will be teaching most of the workshop himself. The workshop will cover how to acquire and read profile sheets and bibliographies, an explanation of how Navy-wide exams are created and how the information from the exams can be leveraged. The workshop will also go over ways to increase final multiple scores, study resources and best ways to study for specific learning types. Even if Sailors are in a rate with a bottleneck at certain ranks, they are encouraged to attend the workshop and study for the exam. Sailors just have to show up for the workshop at 8 a.m. today. If there is an overflow, the same class will be held again tomorrow, also at 8 a.m. If the workshop is popular and a lot of people want to attend the workshop again, the program will continue in the future, McNeil said.
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“I’m still in shock,” Estrada said. “This is a great milestone for me,” the Brawley, Calif. native added. For the Sailors who didn’t see their names on this year’s selection list, he stressed the need for them to continue to work hard to reach their goals. “Don’t ever give up.” For Roesler, the selection was the result of years of hard work and dedication. “I’m on Cloud 9 right now,” the Mt. View, Calif. native beamed. “I’m very excited to have this news. I’m very happy.” The feeling of career accomplishment was also shared by Negronleon, who hails from Ponce, Puerto Rico. “This is really awesome,” he said. “This is a great feeling. It’s been a major goal of mine to get selected for Chief since I entered Boot Camp.” The 16 Nimitz Sailors look forward to begin the time-honored process of Induction.
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