Absolutely, sir.
I've done many comparative studies of various countries, particularly the U.K., Denmark, Ukraine, and Israel. In the U.K.—and I'm sure you guys have a version of this, depending on the military occupational specialty—if someone is a heavy equipment operator in the British army, they can't operate that equipment on base until they're licensed by the civilian credentialing body.
That makes too much sense for our military to ever invoke, unfortunately, but it's what we need to get to. We can't allow these individuals to walk out of service without something saying that they can operate this equipment, or stand next to a doctor and perform surgery. [Technical difficulty--Editor]] ...we close the skills gap. I think that's a really good best practice.
The United States Air Force also has the Community College of the Air Force, and they encourage their service members to get credentials while they're in service as well. Unfortunately, as marines, we don't have that type of thing. The fact that it differs between services is unfortunate as well.
I would definitely point to the U.K. as a really good example of how credentialing works pre- and post-service.