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. 
 

Current Guidance

• NAVMILPERSMAN 1212-010
• NAVMILPERSMAN 1212-030
• NAVMILPERSMAN 1542-010
• OPNAVINST 1210.5B
• OPNAVINST 1301.10C

• FY26 Lateral Transfer NAVADMIN

• February 2026 Board Letter of Instruction (LOI)

• Command Endorsement
• Lateral Transfer Application Template
• 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