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     Recruiting 
    
   • Increase visibility of military career options 
   • Place recruits with specialized credentials already in hand 
    
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     Readiness 
    
   • Signal readiness of personnel with credentials 
   • Determine credentials that best support operations and maintenance 
   • Align credentials and competencies to training and assessments 
    
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     Professionalization 
   of the Force 
    
   • Provide Service members with opportunity to grow professionally resulting in better trained Force 
    
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     Retention 
    
   • Incentivize Service members to re-up to complete credential requirements 
   • Show value of the accumulation of credentials in a military career 
    
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     Transition 
    
   • Bridge military occupations training to postsecondary education as advanced standing to save time and money 
   • Show connections to private-sector career opportunities 
   • Show employers value of military occupations, competencies, and credentials 
   • Signal competency equivalency between military training and civilian credentials including occupation licenses 
    
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