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Lateral Transfer/Redesignation

 

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 04 September 2025*** 
Lateral Transfer Board

The Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board was held on 19 Aug 2025. The results are now available in the Results link on the left side of this page. For those who were selected, please notify your new Officer Community Manager (OCM) on either accepting or declining your offer to redesignate within 30 days (04 Oct 2025 deadline). 

The next Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board will be held on 24 Feb 2026. The official Lateral Transfer Package deadline date will be posted shortly but expect it to be approximately 12 Dec 2025. 

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.  ​

 

 
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