***The SWO LRB remains in effect until 30 September 2022***

ELIGIBILITY:

PLEASE NOTE:

PAYMENT SCHEME:  
Approved applicants will receive payments on the second, third and fourth anniversary of their promotion to LCDR.
-$22,000 ($12,000 for FTS) on 2nd LCDR Promotion Anniversary
-$12,000 (both AC and FTS) on 3rd LCDR Promotion Anniversary
-$12,000 (both AC and FTS) on 4th LCDR Promotion Anniversary
 
OBLIGATION:  
Three years; concurrent with any other obligation.
 
 
TO APPLY:  
Submit your application via email (preferred) or snail mail.
 
Submit EMAIL applications with command endorsement to the SWO LRB Manager 
             Mrs. Lucille Jones -      lucille.n.jones@navy.mil
               
 
Submit SNAIL MAIL applications with command endorsement to:
               Department of the Navy
               Navy Personnel Command
               PERS-411/SWO LRB
               5720 Integrity Drive
               Millington, TN 38055-4100
 

Early submission is allowed and encouraged.  You may submit your application for the SWO LRB to PERS-41 upon promotion to LCDR.  Please note that applications MUST be received by PERS-41 PRIOR to the commencement of your 12th YCS.  Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of the initial installment and there is NO waiver for this requirement.  Contact Mrs. Lucille Jones at lucille.n.jones@navy.mil if you have questions concerning eligibility or submission requirements.  


DO NOT SUBMIT DUPLICATE SNAIL MAIL/EMAIL APPLICATIONS 

For those still under SWOCS Contracts the below information still applies:

SWO Critical Skills Bonus (SWOCS) agreements will be made available to all eligible SWO LCDRs.  The program is designed to be an incentive, paying an eligible SWO LCDR up to 46,000 dollars to stay in the navy, and SWO community, through the fifteenth year of commissioned service (YCS). 

     NAVADMIN 326/02 (SWOCS announcement)
     NAVADMIN 084/10 (SWO Bonus Program update - no more single-year contracts)
     NAVADMIN 156/12 (FY 12 Revisions to SWOCS and SWOCP Programs)

ELIGIBILITY:  
  -  Qualified and serving as a SWO (111X)
  -  Permanently appointed LCDR
  -  Completed two afloat DH tours or single-longer tour as assigned by PERS-41
  -  Sea duty assignable (An officer not fit for sea duty on the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th anniversary 
     of promotion to LCDR will be ineligible  for SWOCS bonus for that one-year period.
     Should an officer who becomes fit for sea duty, they can apply for the next eligible
     period)
  -  An officer is not eligible to receive both SWOCP and SWOCS concurrently
  -  Officer currently under a single-year contract will not be eligible for further SWOCS
     payments beyond existing contract expiration

PAYMENT SCHEME:  Approved applicants will receive payments on the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th anniversary of their date of rank as LCDR, dependent upon when they apply.  
  - $22,000 at 2nd anniversary of LCDR
  - $12,000 at 3rd anniversary of LCDR
  - $12,000 at 4th anniversary of LCDR

OBLIGATION:  Three years; concurrent with any other obligation.