Navy Advancement Center

The Navy Advancement Center (NAC) pages will provide links directly to exam bibliography documents, offering virtual ‘one-stop shopping’ for Sailors who previously had to track down numerous publications and references in order to get ready for exams.

Sailors preparing for advancement examinations are getting a new tool to make their quest easier: Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) Web pages will begin offering links to the material inadvancement bibliographies.

Navy Advancement Center NKO Web site, One-stop Shopping for Sailors

By Ed Barker, Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) — Sailors preparing for advancement examinations are getting a new tool to make their quest easier: Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) Web pages will begin offering links to the material in advancement bibliographies.
The Navy Advancement Center (NAC) pages will provide links directly to exam bibliography documents, offering virtual ‘one-stop shopping’ for Sailors who previously had to track down numerous publications and references in order to get ready for exams.

"We plan to launch the Advancement Center NKO pages in early 2010, making the information easily reachable for most Sailors," said Kirk Schultz, operations and analysis division head for the Navy Advancement Center in Pensacola. "All of the Professional Military Knowledge (PMK) links will be available for each rank and rating, and we’ve targeted the phase-in for occupational reference links to start in March."

These PMKs include references such as: NAVEDTRA 14325, Military Requirements, Basic (BMR) and NAVPERS 15665, U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations.
The PMK links were made available in August 2009, but Sailors could only reach them through the NAC Web site. It was up to the individual Sailor to track down all of the occupational reference bibliographies (BIBs), and that could be a significant research task. For example, the March 2010 mass communication specialist E-4 exam lists 32 occupational references and eight separate PMK references. Occupational references include: (For master-at-arms) NTTP 3-20.6.29M, Tactical Boat Operations and OPNAVINST 3591.1 Small Arms Training and Qualification. (full story)