RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0110 1351756-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU R 151756Z MAY 14 PSN 452206K19 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT UNCLAS//N01418// NAVADMIN 110/14 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAY// SUBJ/SEPTEMBER 2014 (CYCLE 224) NAVY-WIDE PETTY OFFICER (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATIONS FOR USN, USNR (ACTIVE), FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS), AND CANVASSER RECRUITER SAILORS// REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/02NOV07// REF/B/MSG/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/052044ZMAR13// REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/252221ZJUN10// REF/D/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/131544ZDEC07// NARR/ REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16F, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR THE ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVE. REF B IS ALNAV 015/13, PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. REF C IS NAVADMIN 215/10, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ADVANCEMENT GUIDANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE SAILORS. REF D IS NAVADMIN 336/07, ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATION FOR SAILORS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE HORN OF AFRICA.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the September 2014 (Cycle 224) Navy-Wide Advancement Examination (NWAE) for advancement in rate of USN/USNR (Active), full-time support, and canvasser recruiter Sailors. a. Exam dates are: E6 - 4 September 2014 E5 - 11 September 2014 E4 - 18 September 2014 b. Educational Services Officers (ESOs) must follow the exam requirements in the exam verbatim and chapter 6 of ref (a). 2. Eligibility Requirements. Advancement candidate eligibility requirements are found in chapter 2 of ref (a) with the following information specific only to Cycle 224: a. The terminal eligibility date (TED) used to compute time-in-rate (TIR) is 1 January 2015. b. The minimum TIR date must be on or before: E6 - 1 January 2012 E5 - 1 January 2014 E4 - 1 July 2014 c. E6 candidates with an approved TIR waiver must have a TIR of 1 January 2013 or earlier. d. High year tenure (HYT) date or approved HYT waiver must be on or after 1 January 2015. e. Candidates in a rating requiring a security clearance must have a favorable investigation adjudication issued by Department of Defense Central Adjudication Facility or the commanding officer's interim clearance must have been granted before 1 September 2014. Sailors in the following ratings must, at a minimum, maintain continuous security clearance eligibility for this cycle: AC, AE, AG, AO, ATI, ATO, AWF, AWO, AWR, AWS, AWV, AZ, CTI, CTM, CTN, CTR, CTT, EOD, ET, FC, FT, GM, HT, IC, IS, IT, ITS, LN, MA, MC, MN, MT, ND, OS, QM, SB, SO, STG, STS, and YN, as well as all nuclear and submarine ratings. Refer to ref (b) for additional guidance. f. Change-of-rate and retention approvals must be approved and completed before the candidate's scheduled exam date. This includes approvals from Navy Personnel Command (NPC), "A" schools, career waypoints (CWAY), etc. g. Compute performance mark average (PMA) using all evaluations in the candidate's current rank with an ending date that falls within the following time periods: E4 exam - 1 January 2014 to 31 August 2014 E5 exam - 1 June 2013 to 31 August 2014 E6 exam - 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2014 h. For additional guidance on computing PMA, refer to chapter 3 of ref (a). For PMA guidance for individual augmentee (IA) Sailors refer to ref(c). i. CWAY: Sailors who have received a "Denied Final - Active" from CWAY as of the June 2014 application rack and stack (results released in July) are ineligible and shall not be administered Cycle 224 NWAE. 3. Exam Ordering: a. Deploying commands can order exams up to six months prior to the scheduled exam date. Refer to ref (d) for IA Sailors. b. CTI/CTN/CTR SCI exam web ordering dates can be found on the Navy enlisted advancement system website (NEASOS) at https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil. (1) ESOs must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEASOS website for initial exam ordering. (2) Additional exams are ordered via message or in message format via e-mail to sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil following the guidelines of ref (a), chapter 4. Commands must include their Department of Defense Activity Address Code account number, point of contact (POC), and the number of exams required. Commands requesting the forwarding of exams should include the forwarding command as an info addressee on the message. The deadline for additional orders is 30 June 2014. The deadline for substitute exam orders is 29 September 2014. c. Exam web ordering for non-SCI exams begins 26 May 2014. ESOs must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEASOS website during the following time periods: (1) Initial TIR lists will be available: E6 - 26 May 2014 to 2 July 2014 E5 - 26 May 2014 to 10 July 2014 E4 - 26 May 2014 to 17 July 2014 (2) Additional TIR lists will be available: E6 - 3 July 2014 to 24 July 2014 E5 - 11 July 2014 to 31 July 2014 E4 - 18 July 2014 to 7 August 2014 (3) Exams required after the TIR list has closed are ordered via message or in message format via e-mail to sfly_N321_order(at)navy.mil following the guidelines of ref (a), chapter 4. Ensure a POC is included in the message. d. Substitute exams should be kept to a minimum. Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center (NETPDTC) is the approval authority for all substitute exams. Deadline for ordering substitute examinations is 7 October 2014. e. ESOs must verify the examination order at the "View Previous Exam Orders" link via NEASOS within 14 days of placing the order. f. USN candidates in the following ratings are separated into the following competitive groups: (1) CS, LS, and YN Group 1 - Submarine Group 2 - All others (2) CTI Group 1 - Middle East/North Africa Group 2 - East/Far East Group 3 - Latin/South America Group 4 - Eastern Europe (3) EMN, ETN, and MMN Group 1 - Submarine Group 2 - Surface Group 3 - Training (4) FC Group 1 - Non-AEGIS Group 2 - AEGIS 4. Exam Administration and Answer Sheet Returns. a. Refer to the exam verbatim at https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy- advancement-center for exam administration and answer sheet return instructions. b. ESOs must check the exam tote board on the NEASOS website at https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil/neas/public/toteboard.aspx often to ensure answer sheets have been received and scanned. Answer sheets that are in error will not be counted until they have scanned successfully. c. Substitute examinations must be administered within seven days of receipt. d. A detailed discrepancy list will be maintained on the NEASOS website. For guidance on correcting discrepancies via an encrypted e-mail, refer to chapter 7 of ref (a). 5. Any additional information regarding this cycle will be posted on the NEASOS website or the NPC enlisted career admin webpage. 6. Points of Contact: a. NPC Customer Service Center at 866-U-ASK-NPC/866-827-5672 or via e- mail at uasknpc(at)navy.mil. b. SCI Exam Questions at 850-473-5874/5867, DSN 753 c. SCI Exam Orders via e-mail at sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil. d. Exam Orders, Records, and Discrepancies at 850-473-6148, DSN 753 or via e-mail at sfly_n321_discrepanc(at)navy.mil. e. Exam Orders via e-mail at sfly_n321_exam_order(at)navy.mil. 7. For further questions refer to the following links: a. NPC: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/career/enlistedcareeradmin/Pages/Advancement.aspx b. NEAS: https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil c. NEAS Tote Board: https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil/neas/public/toteboard.aspx d. NKO (Exam Verbatim, ADVMAN, and other related documents): https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-advancement-center 8. This message will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 9. Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.// BT #0366 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//