Where did you get your fundamental engineering knowledge? All of us have an engineering undergraduate degree and at least a masters or a professional engineering certification. Engineering education is hard - only the best students can do it. Becoming a PE is tough, too.
We get current knowledge on-the-job: in both our civilian jobs and our Naval Reserve calling. And we attend courses, workshops, seminars, and Multi-REDCOM Technical Training (MRTT) Sessions to keep up.
The only way we can maintain our High Tech Brain Trust brain cells is to have frequent education sessions.
Naval Reserve Engineering Duty Officers (NRED) have a mosaic of fundamentally necessary training. As part of the Naval Reserve Engineering Duty Qualification Program (NREDQP) you attended the two-weeks ED Reserve course - now at Port Hueneme, just moved from Mare Island.
After selection for Lieutenant Commander we have a two-week Technical Leadership Workshop. After selection for Commander there is a one week Technical Leadership Workshop. And after selection for Captain, there is a weekend workshop.
So we have an element of NRED education keyed to each time you are promoted, but we also have an education keyed to current technology issues. That concept is the MRTT sessions. Each year, in the spring, we have an East Coast and a West Coast MRTT. These are true engineering state-of-the-art sessions with key technical speakers and numerous specialized subject matter sessions.
MRTT's are sponsored by NAVSEA, SPAWAR, and NRL. We have found major interest in the MRTT from the highest level of Naval policy makers and have many Regular Navy officers attend.
Your knowledge is hard won as a ED - and we want you to maintain that fine-honed edge. The country needs you in your calling: to convert the findings of science into Navy tools.