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NAVADMIN 168/21 
 
MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/CNO/AUG// 
 
SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM// 
 
REF/A/MEMO/DSCA//23DEC19// 
REF/B/MEMO/SECNAV//5MAR20// 
REF/C/DODI//7MAY21// 
REF/D/DOC/OPNAV/JUL21// 
 
NARR/REF A IS DSCA SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES. 
REF B IS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY MEMO DIRECTING DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCWDP. 
REF C IS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTRUCTION 5132.15 IMPLEMENTATION OF 
SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
REF D IS NAVY SCWDP IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE.  
POC/OPNAV/MR. JEFF ROMAN AT jeffrey.j.roman.civ@us.navy.mil. 
NAVY IPO/SHERYL WILSON AT sheryl.wilson@navy.mil AND MARK BATTAFARANO AT 
mark.battafarano@navy.mil.// 
 
RMKS/1.  REF (A) ANNOUNCED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COOPERATION 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (SCWDP) BEGINNING ON 1 JANUARY 2020 WITH A ONE 
YEAR GRACE PERIOD.  REF (B) DIRECTED DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) COMMANDS TO 
IMPLEMENT SCWDP IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES PROVIDED IN REF (A).   
REF (C) CODIFIED SCWDP GUIDELINES AND IMPLEMENTED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.   
REF (D) PROVIDES OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVL OPERATIONSS (OPNAV) 
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE FOR SCWDP. 
 
2.  AS DETAILED IN REF (C), SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM (SCWDP) IS A PROGRAM MANDATED BY STATUTE TO TRAIN AND CERTIFY 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN SECURITY COOPERATION 
ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT BUILDING ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS.  THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REF (C) ALSO SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF 
SCWDP FOLLOWING THE UNOFFICIAL START ON 1 JANUARY 2020. WHILE SIGNIFICANT 
PROGRESS HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM WITHIN DON COMMANDS, 
THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES FORMAL NOTIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SCWDP 
IMPLEMENTATION. 
 
3.  OPNAV N5 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT OF SCWDP FOR OPERATIONAL COMMANDS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS UNDER OPNAV AUTHORITY AND THE NAVY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 
OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT OF SCWDP MANAGEMENT OF DON ACQUISITION 
COMMANDS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
4.  THIS NAVADMIN DIRECTS NAVY COMMANDS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO REVIEW AND 
COMPLY WITH REFS (B) AND (C).  ACTIONS: 
 
4.A.  IDENTIFY ANY BILLET WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT SPENDS A SIGNIFICANT 
PORTION OF TIME INVOLVED WITH SECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES AND ENTER, OR 
VERIFY THOSE BILLETS ARE ALREADY ENTERED INTO THE SECURITY COOPERATION 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DATABASE (SCWD-D). 
 
4.B.  ENTER CURRENT INCUMBENTS PERSONNEL INFORMATION AND MAINTAIN SCWD-D 
INFORMATION TO ACCOUNT FOR PERSONNEL ROTATIONS. 
 
4.C.  MONITOR CERTIFICATION PROGRESS OF COMMAND SCWDP PERSONNEL. 
 
4.D.  UPDATE SCWDP POSITION DESCRIPTIONS AS PER REF (D). 
 
4.E.  ECHELON I AND II COMMANDS DESIGNATE SCWDP POINTS OF CONTACTS (POCS) 
RESPONSIBLE FOR SCWD-D MANAGEMENT AND PROVIDE CONTACT INFO TO POCS WITHIN 30 
DAYS OF RELEASE OF THIS NAVADMIN. 
 
5.  DETAILED ACTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO SCWDP ARE 
AVAILABLE IN REFS (A) AND (D) WHICH MAY BE ACCESSED AT 
HTTPS://INTELSHARE.INTELINK.GOV/MY.POLICY.  ADDITIONAL SCWDP 
INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.DSCU.MIL. 
 
6.  RELEASED BY VADM P. G. SAWYER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR 
OPERATIONS, PLANS AND STRATEGY, OPNAV N3/N5.// 
 
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