Naval Education and Training Command

Naval Education and Training Command
Naval Education and Training Command seal
Active	Active
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Force Command
Role	Training and education of naval forces
HQ	Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida
Nickname(s)	NETC
Motto(s)	Fleet Readiness starts here
Website	netc.navy.mil
Commanders
Commander	RADM Michael S. White Chief of Naval Education and Training
Executive Director	Mr. Richard L. James, SES
Chief of Staff	CAPT Mike Whitt
Force Master Chief	FORCM (AW/SW/FMF) Mamudu Cole

United States Navy Chief of Naval Education and Training
Incumbent RADM Michael S. White since January 2014
Reports to	Chief of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Operations
Constituting instrument	OPNAVINST.5450.336 (series)
Website	Official Website

The Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) is an enterprise level shore command of the United States Navy that is responsible for training, education and professional development of the Navy's 400,000 active duty and reserve Sailors through accession, continuing education, and advancement training. The Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET), currently a 2-star Admiral, directs over 22,000 personnel and over 160 various activities tasked with the preponderance of training activities for USN and USMC officer and enlisted personnel. NETC itself is headquartered aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, with NETC N7 located onboard Naval Station Norfolk.

The mission of NETC is "to educate and train those who serve, providing the tools and opportunities which enable life-long learning, professional and personal growth and development, ensuring fleet readiness and mission accomplishment; and to perform such other functions and tasks assigned by higher authority. Additionally, serve as sole claimant for individual training and education, and as the principal advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM) on training and education related matters.

Probably the most high profile of the four subordinate commands is that of Naval Service Training Command, based in Naval Station Great Lakes, in Great Lakes, Illinois is the one-star command that is responsible for the training of all new accessions into the United States Navy. He or she is oversees the operation of Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, the Navy's only enlisted recruit training location, and is responsible for the operation of Officer Training Command at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, and the operation of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) in several school across the country. The only accession route not commanded by NSTC is that of the United States Naval Academy, which is overseen by the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, who reports directly to the CNO.