Virtual Recruit Tracker (VRT) Research Development Training and Education (RDT and E), Transition and Production

The Virtual Recruiting Study identified the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) as the most crucial area where a training tool should be implemented that could positively benefit Future Sailors preparedness for recruit training. The study results performed by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)s Manpower and Studies branch are published in the Virtual Recruiting Analysis and Process Development Study: Final Report, available at https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1047005.pdf. Partnering with stakeholders, NAWCTSD moved forward with prototyping the Virtual Recruit Tracker (VRT) system depicted in Figure 1. The three primary components of the VRT system include a recruiter dashboard called Management Component (MC), the VRT Mobile Application called eHelm, and cloud-based storage (Learning Record Store (LRS)) that captures interactions between the first two components. The Government stakeholder organizations are Navy Recruiting Command (NRC): Training and Quality Assurance (N7); Strategy, Assessments and Innovation (N5); Information Technology (N6); and Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education (MPT and E) Research, Modeling, Analysis, and Assessments Branch (OPNAV N1T). The primary end-user groups are recruiters (Onboarders) responsible for onboarding Future Sailors within the Navy's DEP for enlistment and individuals within the Navy's DEP who are under contract to report to the Navy's boot camp at a future date (e.g., Future Sailors). The deliverables include system requirements documentation, and a software prototype of VRT (containing the MC; ongoing maintenance of the mobile application eHelm; and the Content Packaging Application (CPA), an anonymized communications layer, i.e., xAPI, between the mobile application and the MC, and the cloud-based storage).