BUPERS-3 is the sponsor for the Active Duty Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board. The Board will be held in February and August each year.
***Updated 17 June 2025***
Lateral Transfer Board
The next Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board will be held on 19 Aug 2025. The LOI is posted below under 'Current Guidance'. Due dates: Lateral Transfer Packages due by 13 Jun 2025, Warfare Qualifications due by 14 Jul 2025 and FITREPS due by 12 Aug 2025.
The Lateral Transfer Packages due date was 13 Jun 2025. If you have submitted a package and have not received a confirmation email, please send us an email for a confirmation notice at BUPERS-3 Lateral Transfer Board.
Those interested in Aviation (PILOT/NFO) training should read both of the following MILPERSMAN articles, 1212-010 and 1542-010, available below in the 'Current Guidance' section.
If applying for the Foreign Area Officer (FAO) community, review OPNAVINST 1301.10C, available below in the 'Current Guidance' section. For the most up-to-date information regarding the FAO Community, please select this link: FAO OCM Information
Please be aware that the Lateral Transfer email address has been updated to Flank Speed. 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
Lateral Transfer Templates
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.