Transfer/Redesignation

BUPERS-31 is the sponsor for the Active Duty Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board. The Board will be held in February and August each year. 
 

        ***Updated 27 August 2026*** 

The August 2026 Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board was held on Tuesday, 25 Aug 2026. The Board Results and Convening Order will be posted on the 'Lateral Transfer Results' link on the left side of this page when approved.
 
For any questions regarding the Active Duty Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board process, please email BUPERS 31 LATXFR Admin. Any questions regarding a specific community, please contact the appropriate Officer Community Manager (OCM).
 

Current Guidance

• NAVMILPERSMAN 1212-010
• NAVMILPERSMAN 1212-030
• NAVMILPERSMAN 1542-010
• OPNAVINST 1210.5B
• OPNAVINST 1301.10C
• FY26 Lateral Transfer NAVADMIN
• August 2026 Letter of Instruction (LOI)

• Lateral Transfer Application Template (Updated 5 May 2026)
• Lateral Transfer Sample Waiver Request

Tailored Community Transition (TCT) provides a pathway for SWOs to lateral transfer to the Engineering Duty Officer (1440), Maritime Space Officer (1870), or Foreign Area Officers (1710) communities, following successful completion of their SWO Department Head (DH) tours. DH screened SWOs (YG17 and junior) selected for TCT will be detailed to assignments relevant to their TCT community for post division officer tours. Upon successful completion of two DH tours or a single longer DH tour as assigned by PERS-41, the officer's designator will shift to the appropriate RL community designator and they will be detailed to their next assignment by their gaining community detailer. Selected officers remain eligible for SWO Single Long Tour (SLT) as well as SWO Department Head Retention Bonus (DHRB) in accordance with current guidance. SWO TAR, IRR, or SELRES are not eligible to apply.  ​

• TCT ALNAVSURFOR
• TCT Program Information
• TCT Application Template