Movement from ALC-CC to SSD II

2014-05-16T15:49:46-04:00

BLUF is that effective 1 October 2014, ALC-CC is moving to SSD II. Please see the ALARACT message below...

Subject: ALARACT 126/2014 - TRANSITION OF ADVANCED LEADER COURSE COMMON CORE
(ALC CC) TO STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL 2 (SSD 2)
Originator: /C=US/O=U.S.
GOVERNMENT/OU=DOD/OU=ARMY/OU=ORGANIZATIONS/L=CONUS/L=WASHINGTON
DC/OU=USAITA(UC)/OU=ALARACT RELEASE AUTHORITY(UC)
DTG: 151740Z May 14
Precedence: ROUTINE
DAC: General
To: ALARACT, AL ALARACT(UC)
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SUBJECT: TRANSITION OF ADVANCED LEADER COURSE COMMON CORE (ALC CC) TO
STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL 2 (SSD 2)

1. REFERENCES:

A. AR 350-1 ARMY TRAINING AND LEADER DEVELOPMENT, DATED 18 DEC 09.

B. AR 600-100, ARMY LEADERSHIP, 8 MAR 07.

C. AR 600-8-19, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS AND REDUCTIONS, 30 APR 10 (RAR 001, 27
DEC 11).

2. PURPOSE: TO ELIMINATE THE ADVANCE LEADERS COURSE (ALC) COMMON CORE (ALC
CC) TRAINING PLATFORM (A 90 DAY WEB BASED, FACILITATED COURSE THAT REPLACED
BASIC NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER COURSE COMMON CORE IN 2009, DELIVERED THROUGH
THE BLACKBOARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) AND REPLACE IT WITH A STRUCTURED SELF
DEVELOPMENT (SSD 2) COURSE (SSD IS A SERIES OF DISTRIBUTED LEARNING COURSES
WHERE SOLDIERS HAVE UPWARDS TO TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE EACH LEVEL BEFORE
ATTENDANCE TO NCOES AND IS DELIVERED THROUGH THE ARMY LEARNING MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (ALMS).

3. ALC CC AND SSD 2 WILL RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM 1 JUN 14 THROUGH 30 SEP
14. SERGEANTS (SGT) WILL ONLY RECEIVE PROMOTION POINTS FOR NCOES WHEN BOTH
ALC CC OR SSD 2 AND ALC TECHNICAL RESIDENTS PHASES ARE COMPLETED.

4. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2014:

A. ALC CC IS NO LONGER AN ELEMENT (PHASE) OF ALC.

B. SSD 2 REPLACES ALC CC AND IS A PREREQUISITE TO ATTEND ALC. SSD IS A
CENTRALLY MANAGED SET OF SPECIFIED CONTENT THAT MUST BE COMPLETED AT
SPECIFIED CAREER POINTS PRIOR TO ATTENDING WARRIOR LEADER COURSE (WLC), ALC,
SENIOR LEADERS COURSE (SLC), AND SERGEANTS MAJOR COURSE (SMC). THE NCO
TRAINING PATH (A DELIBERATE, CONTINUOUS, SEQUENTIAL AND PROGRESSIVE PROCESS)
IS:

(1) AFTER INITIAL MILITARY TRAINING (IMT), SOLDIERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY
ENROLLED INTO SSD 1 WHICH IS A PREREQUISITE TO ATTEND WLC. WLC ATTENDANCE
IS LIMITED TO SOLDIERS IN THE RANK OF SPC/CPL (E4) OR HIGHER (PFC/E3 AND
BELOW ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ATTENDANCE TO WLC).

(2) SOLDIERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO SSD 2 UPON COMPLETION OF WLC
AND PROMOTION TO SERGEANT (E5). SSD 2 COMPLETION IS A PREREQUISITE TO
ATTEND ALC.

(3) SOLDIERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO SSD 3 UPON COMPLETION OF ALC
AND PROMOTION TO STAFF SERGEANT (E6). SSD 3 COMPLETION IS A PREREQUISITE TO
ATTEND SLC.

(4) SOLDIERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO SSD 4 UPON COMPLETION OF SLC
AND PROMOTION TO SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (E7). SSD 4 COMPLETION IS A
PREREQUISITE TO ATTEND SMC.

(5) SOLDIERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO SSD 5 UPON PROMOTION TO
SERGEANT MAJOR (E9). SSD 5 IS A PREREQUISITE FOR NONIMATIVE AND JOINT
ASSIGNMENTS.

C. CONSISTENT WITH RECENT GUIDANCE; SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A PREREQUISITE
LEVEL OF SSD IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO MAKING A RESERVATION IN THE ARMY TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS AND RESOURCES SYSTEMS (ATRRS) FOR THE CORRESPONDING LEVEL OF
NCOES.

D. SGT, SGT(P) AND ANYONE PROMOTED TO SSG ON OR AFTER 1 JUN 14 MUST
COMPLETE ALC CC OR SSD 2 AND ALC TECHNICAL RESIDENCE PHASE IN ORDER TO (IOT)
RECEIVE ALC COURSE COMPLETION CREDIT.

E. GRANDFATHER PROVISION: PRIOR TO 1 JUN 14, ANY SSG WHO HAS COMPLETED A
TECHNICAL RESIDENT PHASE OF ALC ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE SSD 2.
INSTEAD, THESE SOLDIERS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE MET THE TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS (CONSISTENT WITH THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF RESIDENT NCOES
TRAINING) AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT INTO SSD 3.

F. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH A MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY THAT
DOES NOT HAVE A TECHNICAL RESIDENT PHASE ALC AND HAVE COMPLETED ALC-CC OR
SSD 2 WILL BE GRANTED CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT FOR ALC. THESE SOLDIERS WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO SSD 3 UPON PROMOTION TO SSG.

5. EFFECTIVE 1 FEBRUARY 2015:

A. AC AND USAR.

(1) TO SUPPORT SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE NCO EDUCATION SYSTEM WITH PROMOTIONS
(DELIBERATE, CONTINUOUS, SEQUENTIAL AND PROGRESSIVE), COMPLETION OF SSD 2 IS
REQUIRED BEFORE A SGT ATTAINS ELIGIBILITY FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR PROMOTION
TO SSG (INTEGRATION ONTO THE SSG RECOMMENDED LIST). PROMOTABLE SERGEANTS
(ALREADY INTEGRATED ONTO THE SSG PROMOTION LIST) MUST COMPLETE SSD 2 OR ALC
CC NLT 8 JAN 15 IOT RETAIN THEIR PROMOTION LIST STATUS. FAILURE TO COMPLETE
THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF SSD 2 WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC PROMOTION LIST
REMOVAL.

(2) SSD IS FORMALLY LINKED TO PROMOTION ELIGIBILITY AS FOLLOWS:

(A) SSD 1: REQUIRED BEFORE RECOMMENDATION TO SGT.
(B) SSD 2: REQUIRED BEFORE RECOMMENDATION TO SSG.
(C) SSD 3: REQUIRED BEFORE CONSIDERATION FOR SELECTION TO SFC.
(D) SSD 4: REQUIRED BEFORE CONSIDERATION FOR SELECTION TO MSG.

(3) CONSISTENT AND CONCURRENT WITH PREVIOUSLY ISSUED GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN
MILPER MESSAGE 14-016 (STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL 1 (SSD 1) AND
SEMI-CENTRALIZED PROMOTIONS, ISSUED 21 JAN 14), EFFECTIVE 1 JUL 14, THE ARMY
WILL NOT AWARD PROMOTION POINTS TO SOLDIERS FOR THE COMPLETION OF SSD 1.
IAW THIS ALARACT THE ARMY WILL NOT AWARD PROMOTION POINTS TO SOLDIERS FOR
THE COMPLETION OF ANY SSD COURSE (ALL LEVELS).

B. ARNG: TO SUPPORT SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE NCO EDUCATION SYSTEM WITH
PROMOTIONS (DELIBERATE, CONTINUOUS, SEQUENTIAL AND PROGRESSIVE), COMPLETION
OF SSD 2 IS REQUIRED BEFORE A SGT ATTAINS ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION PIN-ON
TO SSG (INTEGRATION ONTO THE SSG RECOMMENDED LIST WITHOIUT SSD-2 IS
OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED).

6. CONSISTENT WITH EARLIER INCORPORATION OF SSD COURSES, SOLDIERS WILL BE
NOTIFIED OF SSD 2 ENROLLMENTS VIA AN EMAIL FROM THE ATRRS TO THEIR
ENTERPRISE E-MAIL ADDRESS ALERTING THEM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR
SSD; THE EMAIL WILL CONTAIN THE URL OF THE WEBSITE FOR THE SSD COURSEWARE.
THE ALMS WILL GENERATE DA FORM 87, CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING, FOR ALL SSD
PHASES AND PROVIDE COMPLETION NOTIFICATION TO ATRRS. THE ATRRS WILL UPDATE
PERSONNEL RECORDS AS REQUIRED. THE COMPLETION OF ALL LEARNING EVENTS AND
END OF COURSE SURVEY IS MANDATORY PRIOR TO OBTAINING THE CERTIFICATE OF
TRAINING FOR SOLDIERS ENROLLED IN SSD. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THEIR ENTERPRISE E-MAIL ACCOUNTS ARE UPDATED IN
ATRRS.

7. RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, NCOS AND SOLDIERS HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO
ENSURE THAT SSD IS COMPLETED WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED IAW ALMS
INSTRUCTIONS. SSD IS BOTH AN INDIVIDUAL AND FIRST LINE LEADER
RESPONSIBILITY EXECUTED AT THE INDIVIDUAL'S PACE BUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION
OF THE FIRST LINE LEADER.

B. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER ACADEMIES DELIVERING ALC WILL VERIFY ALC CC OR
SSD 2 COMPLETION USING DA FORM 87 (TRAINING CERTIFICATE GENERATED BY THE
ALMS) OR ATRRS EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 14 PRIOR TO SOLDIERS ATTENDING ALC.

C. THE ARMY HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND (AHRC) WILL MANAGE SSD 2 ENROLLMENTS
FOR ACTIVE ARMY SOLDIERS. AHRC WILL ENSURE ALL SSG WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED
ALC TECHICAL PHASE ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO SSD 2. ENSURE THE ARMY'S
POPULATION OF SERGEANTS (P) ON THE ORDER OF MERIT LIST (OML) ARE ENROLLED TO
ATTEND ALC CC, ONCE ALC CC RESERVATIONS REACH MAXIMUM CAPACITY, ALL OTHERS
ON THE OML WILL BE ENROLLED INTO
SSD 2.

D. THE USARC WILL MANAGE SSD 2 FOR USARC SOLDIERS.

E. THE ARNG WILL MANAGE SSD 2 FOR ARNG SOLDIERS.

8. EXCEPT AS MODIFIED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING RELATED MESSAGES REMAIN IN
EFFECT:

A. ALARACT 317/2010, DA DIRECTED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING TRAINING (7 OCT 10).

B. DA POLICY MEMORANDUM, ADVANCED LEADER COURSE COMMON CORE (ALC CC)
DISTRIBUTED LEARNING (DL) POLICY (21 JUL 10).

C. ALARACT 216/2012 STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT (SSD) PREREQUISITE FOR
NCOES DTG: 101452Z AUG 12.

D. ALARACT 346/2012 STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT (SSD) ENROLLMENT POLICY,
DTG: 211928Z DEC 12.

E. ALARACT 288/2010 STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT (SSD) GOVERNANCE:
IMPLEMENTATION OF SSD POLICY, DTG 151806Z SEP 10.

F. ALARACT 300/2010 STRUCTURED SELF DEVELOPMENT (SSD) GOVERNANCE:
IMPLEMENTATION OF SSD POLICY, DTG: 271533Z SEP 10.

9. THE POINTS OF CONTACT (POC) FOR ISSUES WITH RESERVATIONS FOR NCOES ARE
AS FOLLOWS:

A. AC SOLDIERS, THROUGH YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND CONTACT THE AHRC AT
[login to see]

B. RC AGR, IRR AND IMA SOLDIERS, THROUGH YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND CONTACT THE
AHRC AT [login to see]

C. USAR SOLDIERS, THROUGH YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND CONTACT MS. WATTS AT
[login to see]

D. ARNG SOLDIERS, THROUGH YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND CONTACT THE STATE QUOTA
MANAGERS APPOINTED BY THE STATE OR MR. JAMES VAIL AT
[login to see]

10. USASMA POINTS OF CONTACT:

A. ALC CC COURSE MANAGER: [login to see] /2126.

B. SSD COURSE MANAGER: [login to see] /2237.

11. ARMY G-3/5/7 POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS MESSAGE IS MR. RONALD
SCHEXNAYDER, [login to see] .

12. EXPIRATION DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2014 5:39 AM

2014-05-16T05:39:12-04:00

Excellent, i'll check this out when i get into work today.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2014 10:50 AM

2014-05-16T10:50:06-04:00

Is there any official documentation put out for this? Or is this word of mouth for now?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2014 12:45 PM

2014-05-16T12:45:11-04:00

ALARACT 126/2014

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2014 12:57 PM

2014-05-16T12:57:33-04:00

About time. I've seen too many SGTs unable to get ALC CC due to the backlog. Because of the backlog it halted their promotion to SSG.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2014 4:52 PM

2014-05-16T16:52:15-04:00

Ok, I'm confused. I was under the assumption that putting the "this thread is a duplicate" would lead everyone back to the original, not simply the newer thread that put the content into the description better.

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made May 16 at 2014 4:57 PM

2014-05-16T16:57:05-04:00

This was pushed out by my Group SGM this afternoon. The email thread went back to the Army G1 SGM. I am sure that it will hit the S1 Net email early next week...

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 17 at 2014 11:45 AM

2014-05-17T11:45:08-04:00

THIS IS A GREAT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I JUST RECENTLY WENT TO ALC IM STILL BEEN WAITING OVER 2 YEARS FOR COMMON CORE SO I CAN EVEN USE MY POINTS FROM SCHOOL UNTIL I COMPLETE COMMON CORE THAT WHY IM EXCITED BOUT SSD2

Response by SSG Kevin McCulley made May 20 at 2014 10:19 PM

2014-05-20T22:19:36-04:00

Here is my question.. I've completed ALC-CC but got selected for Advanced Civil Schooling. By the time I'm done with that and can attend the resident portion, this will be fully in effect. Will I have to take SSD2 and CC be invalid?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 1 at 2014 2:16 AM

2014-06-01T02:16:49-04:00

Ok so I know that as of June 1 SSD2 and ALC-CC will run together and that all E5-E6 that have completed WLC will be automatically enrolled NLT 1OCT14. My question to anyone is is this automatically enrollment done as of 1JUN or 1OCT?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2014 8:02 PM

2014-06-09T20:02:52-04:00

This is a stupid question but, what does one work on if they are a SGT with over 11 years of service, who has never been to a board, but has completed ALC-CC, ALC, SSD-3 and SSD-4 besides begging to go to the board? I am sure fixing my run on sentence would help.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 24 at 2014 4:42 PM

2014-06-24T16:42:09-04:00

Hi,

I got ALC resident portion done and friday last week I completed my Blackboard (ssd2). Does anyone know If Ill get the point from ALC, since I got both portions done or I have to wait until Oct ?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2014 10:48 PM

2014-07-21T22:48:54-04:00

I recieved the email stating that i was enrolled into SSD2. But I am not seeing the course offered on ALMS. Is anyone else running into this issue?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2014 10:53 PM

2014-07-21T22:53:03-04:00

Has anyone else ran into this issue? I reived the email stating that I was enrolled in SSD2. When I logged onto ALMS, I cannot find the course listed. Thanks

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 25 at 2014 12:08 PM

2014-07-25T12:08:04-04:00

The movement to SSDII allowed me to finally make cut off for SSG. It was a great idea..due to the back log of Common Core it was very difficult to compete for points. That doesnt mean i didn't give it my all though!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2014 5:17 AM

2014-09-22T05:17:19-04:00

CSM,

I am a SGT (P) who has completed ALC and now Im just waiting on SSD2. Is there a time frame for how long the wait is to receive the attrs reservation for the SSD2?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2014 9:18 PM

2014-11-03T21:18:47-05:00

Any suggestions on how to get enrolled in SSD 2? I have already forwarded the ALARACT and highlighted the POC for USAR using my chain of command and am still not enrolled. My active duty friends were enrolled and some have even completed ALC already. It's seems the Reserves side is falling behind....

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Jan 13 at 2015 8:18 AM

2015-01-13T08:18:18-05:00

Just saw this on the HRC Military Schools Branch page:

**REGARDING SSD 2 RESERVATIONS**

As of this time SSD 2 is not being reserved through ALMS, like the ohter SSD courses. Because of this, a lot of Soldiers already have reservations for SSD 2 and are not aware of these reservations.

To check and see if you have a reservation for SSD 2, please follow the below steps:

1. Go to http://www.train.army.mil.
2. Access "My Courses".
3. There are tabs showing "Active" and "Historical" courses. Any current reservations for SSD 2 will show under "Active". You'll be able to access the course if it is showing under this tab.

If you have a reservation and are having difficulties accessing the course; or have completed the course but the graduation is not showing in your ATRRS record, you can contact the ALMS helpdesk. Even though they currently do not have the course itself in the system, they do have access to see enrollment and completion statuses. ALMS Helpdesk: [login to see] ; listen for the "SSD 2" option.

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