New and Improved. It is a phrase that is heard everyday. Now, Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) can say it too. NKO, Sailors' one stop shop for career management, is now available on SIPRNET. Since its inception, over 90,000 users have registered in NKO, utilizing the site over half a million times, downloading over 330,000 documents. In June, the classified version of NKO was activated and administrators began migrating content to this site. Now communities that primarily use the SIPRNET, such as intelligence, cryptology and submarine, can connect with the Navy's Revolution in Training and take advantage of all the great tools that NKO offers.
"Obviously being able to access career information in a secure environment is essential to several ratings and communities," said Lt. Eric Morris, Naval Personnel Development Command Knowledge Management Program Manager. "Likewise, this link is vital to our being able to take training to Sailors, instead of bringing the Sailors to the training."
NKO's expansion doesn't stop with the classified side of the Navy. A new lightweight version of NKO is now being developed for ships. A pilot program started summer 2003 in conjunction with Naval Sea System Command's Distance Support Testing and operates without requiring Internet access. Success will be based on the ability to operate in a disconnected environment as well as the ability to replicate data to and from shore.
Navy Knowledge Online provides a multitude of services to foster and develop Sailors' careers and lives. "This is a great opportunity for us to partner with NAVSEA and utilize the great work they have already done to create their distance support system," said Commander, Naval Personnel Development Command, Rear Adm. Kevin Moran.
To explore NKO tools and opportunities go to www.nko.navy.mil.
Lt. j.g. Amanda Raymond is in the NPDC Public Affairs Office.