Efforts by the Navy in the early 1960's to reduce training time and costs with instructional technology resulted in efficient technical training, but at the expense of motivation and "espirit de corps." A Group Assisted Self-Paced (GRASP) program was initiated at one technical school in an attempt to overcome the previous drawbacks. GRASP is individualized, as was prior instruction, but where the associated shop work previously had staggered beginning times, students now progress in groups of 16. Each group has a permanent learning supervisor and a single identifiable group for the entire length of the school. By retaining self-paced, individualized instruction, yet building in group identity and instructor leadership, the GRASP program has proved even more efficient than purely individualized instruction. (DAG)