### **CHAPTER 852—TRAINING GENERALLY**

Sec.
8431.
Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits.
8432.
Recruit basic training: privacy.

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Amendments

**2018**—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(e)(3), (f)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837, 1838, redesignated chapter 602 of this title as this chapter and items 6931 and 6932 as 8431 and 8432, respectively.

**1998**—Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, §522(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2013, added item 6932.

#### **Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries**

#### Prohibition on Gender-Segregated Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depots

Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, §565, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1395, provided that:

"(a) Parris Island.—

"(1) Prohibition.—Subject to paragraph (2), training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, may not be segregated based on gender.

"(2) Deadline.—The Commandant of the Marine Corps shall carry out this subsection not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019].

"(b) San Diego.—

"(1) Prohibition.—Subject to paragraph (2), training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, may not be segregated based on gender.

"(2) Deadline.—The Commandant of the Marine Corps shall carry out this subsection not later than eight years after the date of the enactment of this Act."

#### Annual Certifications Related to Ready, Relevant Learning Initiative of the Navy

Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, §574, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3644, provided that:

"(a) Additional Elements With 2021 Certifications.—In submitting to Congress in 2021 the certifications required by section 545 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1396; 10 U.S.C. 8431 note prec.) [set out below], relating to the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative of the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy shall also submit each of the following:

"(1) A framework for a life cycle sustainment plan for the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative meeting the requirements in subsection (b).

"(2) A report on the use of readiness assessment teams in training addressing the elements specified in subsection (c).

"(b) Life Cycle Sustainment Plan Framework.—The framework for a life cycle sustainment plan required by subsection (a)(1) shall address each of the following:

"(1) Product support management.

"(2) Supply support.

"(3) Packaging, handling, storage, and transportation.

"(4) Maintenance planning and management.

"(5) Design interface.

"(6) Sustainment engineering.

"(7) Technical data.

"(8) Computer resources.

"(9) Facilities and infrastructure.

"(10) Manpower and personnel.

"(11) Support equipment.

"(12) Training and training support.

"(13) Course content and relevance.

"(14) Governance, including the acquisition and program management structure.

"(15) Such other elements in the life cycle sustainment of the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative as the Secretary considers appropriate.

"(c) Report on Use of Readiness Assessment Teams.—The report required by subsection (a)(2) shall set forth the following:

"(1) A description and assessment of the extent to which the Navy is currently using Engineering Readiness Assessment Teams and Combat Systems Readiness Assessment Teams to conduct unit-level training and assistance in each capacity as follows:

"(A) To augment non-Ready, Relevant Learning initiative training.

"(B) As part of Ready, Relevant Learning initiative training.

"(C) To train students on legacy, obsolete, one of a kind, or unique systems that are still widely used by the Navy.

"(D) To train students on military-specific systems that are not found in the commercial maritime world.

"(2) A description and assessment of potential benefits, and anticipated timelines and costs, in expanding Engineering Readiness Assessment Team and Combat Systems Readiness Assessment Team training in the capacities specified in paragraph (1).

"(3) Such other matters in connection with the use of readiness assessment teams in connection with the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative as the Secretary considers appropriate.

"(d) Life Cycle Sustainment Plan With 2022 Certifications.—In submitting to Congress in 2022 the certifications required by section 545 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, the Secretary shall also submit the approved life cycle sustainment plan for the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative of the Navy, based on the framework for the plan developed for purposes of subsection (a)(1)."

Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title V, §545, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1396, provided that:

"(a) Annual Certifications Required.—Not later than March 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a certification on the status of implementation of the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative of the Navy for each applicable enlisted rating.

"(b) Elements.—Each certification under subsection (a) shall include the following:

"(1) A certification by the Commander of the United States Fleet Forces Command that the block learning and modernized delivery methods of the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative to be implemented during the fiscal year beginning in which such certification is submitted will meet or exceed the existing training delivery approach for all associated training requirements.

"(2) A certification by the Secretary of the Navy that the content re-engineering necessary to meet all training objectives and transition from the traditional training curriculum to the modernized delivery format to be implemented during such fiscal year will be complete prior to such transition, including full functionality of all required course software and hardware.

"(3) A detailed cost estimate of transitioning to the block learning and modernized delivery approaches to be implemented during such fiscal year with funding listed by purpose, amount, appropriations account, budget program element or line item, and end strength adjustments.

"(4) A detailed phasing plan associated with transitioning to the block learning and modernized delivery approaches to be implemented during such fiscal year, including the current status, timing, and identification of reductions in 'A' school and 'C' school courses, curricula, funding, and personnel.

"(5) A certification by the Secretary of the Navy that—

"(A) the contracting strategy associated with transitioning to the modernized delivery approach to be implemented during such fiscal year has been completed; and

"(B) contracting actions contain sufficient specification detail to enable a low risk approach to receiving the deliverable end item or items on-budget, on-schedule, and with satisfactory performance."