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SUBJ/ACADEMIC SKILLS TRANSITION TO ONLINE ACADEMIC SKILLS COURSE FOR MILITARY 
SUCCESS//

REF/A/DOC/DOD/3JAN2005//

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NARR/REF A IS DODD 1322.08E, VOLUNTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MILITARY 
PERSONNEL.
REF B IS OPNAVINST 1560.9A, VOLUNTARY EDUCATION FOR NAVY SAILORS.  REF C IS 
MILPERSMAN 1236-010, RETESTING WITH THE ARMED FORCES CLASSIFICATION TEST 
(AFCT) VERSION OF THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY (ASVAB).

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES NAVY'S TRANSITION FROM THE ACADEMIC SKILLS 
PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH THE NAVY COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER (NCLC) AND ACADEMIC 
SKILLS INSTRUCTOR LED PROGRAM (ASIP) TO THE ONLINE ACADEMIC SKILLS COURSE 
(OASC), WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS 
REQUIRED PER REFS A AND B.  NEITHER NCLC NOR ASIP WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER 30 
SEPTEMBER
2010.    THE NAVY COLLEGE PROGRAM FOR AFLOAT COLLEGE EDUCATION (NCPACE)
INSTRUCTOR-LED ACADEMIC SKILLS COURSES WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED 
UNITS.

2.  THE SELF-PACED OASC CUSTOMIZED LEARNING PROGRAM EVALUATES AN INDIVIDUAL'S 
READING LEVEL, VOCABULARY, AND MATH ABILITY BASED UPON A PRE-TEST.  USING THE 
PRE-TEST RESULTS, OASC DESIGNS SPECIFIC LESSONS TAILORED TO INCREASE THE 
INDIVIDUAL'S PROFICIENCY IN EACH OF THESE ACADEMIC AREAS.  FOR SAILORS WHO 
DESIRE AN ABBREVIATED ACADEMIC REVIEW, A SHORTENED SET OF LESSONS ARE ALSO 
AVAILABLE.
UPON COMPLETION OF OASC, SAILORS REQUIRING JUSTIFICATION FOR ARMED SERVICES 
VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY TEST RETEST SHOULD CONTACT THEIR CAREER COUNSELOR 
OR NAVY COLLEGE OFFICE FOR ASSISTANCE, PER REF C.

3.  OASC IS AVAILABLE NOW ON NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE (NKO) VIA THE NKO LEARNING 
TAB AND ON THE NAVY COLLEGE WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.NAVYCOLLEGE.NAVY.MIL UNDER 
NAVY COLLEGE PROGRAMS, ACADEMIC SKILLS LINK.  NAVIGATION TO OASC IS ALSO 
POSSIBLE AT HTTP://WWW.PETERSONS.COM/DANTES/.  SAILORS CAN ACCESS THE COURSE 
FROM ANY INTERNET-CONNECTED COMPUTER.  IN ADDITION TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY 
MEMBERS, OASC IS AVAILABLE AT NO COST FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVES, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

4. POINT OF CONTACT:  MS. ANN HUNTER, OPNAV N153, AT (931)-535-3167, OR EMAIL 
AT ann.hunter@navy.mil.

5.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.

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