|  Recruiting
• Increase visibility of military career options • Place recruits with specialized credentials already in hand | Readiness • Signal readiness of personnel with credentials • Determine credentials that best support operations and maintenance • Align credentials and competencies to training and assessments | Professionalization
of the Force • Provide Service members with opportunity to grow professionally resulting in better trained Force | Retention • Incentivize Service members to re-up to complete credential requirements • Show value of the accumulation of credentials in a military career | 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 |