JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- In a move to provide streamlined training management and reduce administrative burdens, Department of the Air Force (DAF) personnel are actively migrating the Ready Airman Training (RAT) program, along with its 12 associated Ready Training Areas (RTA), from the myLearning platform to the DAF e-Learning (DAFeL) platform.
While all RTA-related content will be conveniently accessed from one location on DAFeL, the tracking and Unit Deployment Manager (UDM) tasks will be more effectively executed within Envision.
“This transition introduces several critical efficiencies designed to deliver a more seamless, automated, and accurate readiness tracking experience for Airmen and leadership alike, shifting UDM tracking and management tasks to the DAFLR directly supporting the AFFORGEN deployment model,” said John Brown, Air Education and Training Command’s Ready Airman Training Branch lead. “By leveraging Envision's advanced data integration capabilities, the new system eliminates manual tracking and improves the overall accuracy of readiness data.”
To support this transition, customized dashboards for Airmen and UDMs have been created within DAFLR to ensure real-time data integrity and accurate readiness reporting through AFFORGEN Connect, Brown said.
Data accuracy is also heavily improved by automatic syncing. When Airmen complete specialized courses across different military training websites—such as Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) and the Automated Readiness Information System (ARIS)—the completion dates automatically feed directly into DAFLR. This effectively ends the frustrating process of dual-logging and eliminates mismatched dates between different databases.
“Most notably, an Airman's unit assignment and jurisdiction are now automatically synced directly from the central personnel database,” Brown said. “The new system eliminates the need for UDMs to manually reset training timelines. An Airman's training status is now automatically linked to their scheduled deployment window.”
Additionally, the DAFLR environment resolves previous system conflicts by not allowing the assignment of multiple RAT Categories to a single user. To ensure authentic training validation, the platform also removes the manual "Mark as done" buttons for readiness training. This critical update prevents users from prematurely forcing completion statuses ensuring senior leaders see an accurate reflection of true operational capability, Brown said.
Before the official rollout, specialized testing is underway to ensure the platform meets the rigorous demands of Air Force readiness tracking. The primary objective of this phase is to collect comprehensive feedback from the people who will use the system most, Brown said.
“Ultimately, the data and feedback collected during this phase will drive a critical launch decision on whether to officially migrate to the new system,” Brown said. “Should leadership decide not to move forward, the testing data will immediately identify what needs to be fixed before the platform can deploy.”
UDMs selected for this initial phase play a vital role in validating the system. Testers are currently required to perform a specific set of tasks using the newly developed RAT UDM Playbook.
“The success of the migration relies heavily on the diligent efforts of the testing community,” Brown said. “The feedback gathered now will directly impact the initial launch and will help build a prioritized list of features for future updates.”