UNCLASSIFIED// ATTENTION INVITED TO ROUTINE R 152001Z MAY 14 PSN 452636K26 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO ZEN/CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS SUBJ: ADVANCEMENT POLICY UPDATE UNCLASSIFIED/ PASS TO ALL OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// UNCLAS//1430// NAVADMIN 114/14 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAY// SUBJ/ADVANCEMENT POLICY UPDATE// REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/02NOV07// NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16F, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVE.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO ENLISTED ADVANCEMENT POLICIES INTENDED TO REWARD SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AND INCREASE THE ROLE OF THE COMMAND TRIAD (COMMANDING OFFICER (CO)/EXECUTIVE OFFICER (XO)/COMMAND MASTER CHIEF (CMC)) IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR SAILORS. CHANGES INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE (FMS) AND THE COMMAND ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM (CAP). 2. FMS UPDATES AND TIMELINE. IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PERFORMANCE BASED INITIATIVE, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FMS AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2014 ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM (NWAE) CYCLES. ANY SAILOR WHO IS COMPETING FOR ADVANCEMENT IN A PAST MISSED CYCLE WILL BE SCORED WITH THE FMS USED DURING THE MISSED CYCLE (FOR EXAMPLE, SAILORS WHO WERE UNABLE TO TAKE AN EARLIER EXAM DUE TO INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE (IA) STATUS OR WHO MISS EXAMS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN AND FILE A PETITION THROUGH THE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS (BCNR)). A. STANDARD SCORE (SS) AND PERFORMANCE MARK AVERAGE (PMA). TO ACCOUNT FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT PAYGRADES, SS AND PMA POINTS AND PERCENTAGES WILL BE ADJUSTED. THESE CHANGES EMPHASIZE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AS MEASURED BY EXAM SCORES FOR JUNIOR PAYGRADES AND EMPHASIZE THE CO'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SAILOR'S PERFORMANCE AS MEASURED BY EVALUATIONS FOR SENIOR PAYGRADES. B. AWARDS. WHILE THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND NAVY RESERVE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL ARE VALUED, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED IN THE AWARD POINT CALCULATION AS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN USEFUL AS DISCRIMINATORS. COMMANDS WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE TOP PERFORMANCE OF SAILORS AND POINTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AWARDED FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS SUCH AS THE FLAG LETTER OF COMMENDATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, AND NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL. C. SERVICE IN PAYGRADE (SIPG). TO EMPHASIZE PERFORMANCE OVER LONGEVITY, SIPG POINTS HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN WEIGHT. D. PASSED NOT ADVANCED (PNA). TO EMPHASIZE CURRENT RATING KNOWLEDGE OVER PAST EXAM PERFORMANCE AND TO REWARD TOP PERFORMANCE, PNA POINTS WILL ONLY BE AWARDED TO SAILORS RANKED IN THE TOP 25 PERCENT OF PMA AND SS AMONG ALL ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES COMPETING FOR ADVANCEMENT. E. THE NEW FMS COMPUTATION FOR E4/5 IS AS FOLLOWS: FACTOR COMPUTATION MAX POINTS MAX PERCENT PMA (PMA*80) - 256 64 36% SS EXAM SCORE 80 45% AWARDS PER ADVANCEMENT MANUAL AND THIS NAVADMIN 10 6% IA INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE PTS 2 1% PNA PTS FOR TOP 25 PERCENT SS AND PMA FOR LAST FIVE EXAM CYCLES 15 9% SIPG SIPG/4 2 1% EDUCATION 2 PTS AA/AS; 4 PTS BA/BS OR HIGHER 4 2% TOTAL 177 F. THE NEW FMS COMPUTATION FOR E6 IS AS FOLLOWS: FACTOR COMPUTATION MAX POINTS MAX PERCENT PMA (PMA*80) - 206 114 50% SS EXAM SCORE 80 35% AWARDS PER ADVANCEMENT MANUAL AND THIS NAVADMIN 12 5% IA INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE PTS 2 1% PNA PTS FOR TOP 25 PERCENT SS AND PMA FOR LAST FIVE EXAM CYCLES 15 6% SIPG SIPG/4 3 1% EDUCATION 2 PTS AA/AS; 4 PTS BA/BS OR HIGHER 4 2% TOTAL 230 G. THE NEW FMS COMPUTATION FOR E7 IS AS FOLLOWS: FACTOR COMPUTATION MAX POINTS MAX PERCENT PMA (PMA*50) - 80 120 60% SS EXAM SCORE 80 40% TOTAL 200 3. CAP UPDATES. A PENDING REVISION TO REF (A) WILL DESCRIBE THE REVISED CAP POLICY IN DETAIL. A. REVISED CAP TIMELINE. CAP WILL SHIFT FROM A CALENDAR YEAR PROGRAM TO A FISCAL YEAR (FY) PROGRAM, WITH THE PERIOD OF OBSERVANCE FROM 1 OCTOBER THROUGH 30 SEPTEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE REVISED POLICY INCORPORATES A CAP SEASON, 1 JULY TO 30 SEPTEMBER OF EACH FY. THE CAP SEASON IS THE ONLY TIMEFRAME WHEN COMMANDS CAN ADVANCE ELIGIBLE SAILORS UNDER CAP. SPECIFICALLY, IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REVISED POLICY ARE: (1) THE PERIOD OF OBSERVANCE FOR FY15 CAP WILL BEGIN ON 1 OCTOBER 2014. (2) THE CAP SEASON FOR FY-15 IS 1 JULY TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2015. THE CAP SEASON IS THE ONLY TIME THAT COMMANDS CAN EFFECT CAPS. (3) ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2014, CURRENT CAP POLICY WILL END. COMMANDS MUST SEND THEIR 2014 ANNUAL CAP REPORT TO PERS-81, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF (A), BY 15 OCTOBER 2014. QUOTAS FROM CURRENT CAP WILL NOT CARRY- OVER INTO THE NEW POLICY AFTER 30 SEPTEMBER 2014. B. COMMAND CAP QUOTAS. OPNAV N1 WILL RELEASE AN ANNUAL NAVADMIN LISTING ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE COMMANDS AUTHORIZED TO UTILIZE CAP AND THEIR APPROVED NUMBER OF QUOTAS. THE FIRST NAVADMIN WILL BE RELEASED PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2014, THE START DATE OF THE REVISED POLICY. COMMANDS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO EXCEED THEIR QUOTA. C. SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES WILL BE DESCRIBED IN THE UPCOMING REVISION TO REF (A). 4. ADVANCEMENT MANUAL. THE UPDATED ADVANCEMENT MANUAL IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED PRIOR TO THE END OF FY-14. COMMAND LEADERSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING ALL SAILORS, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS QQQQ (ESOS), AND COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS (CCCS) ARE MADE AWARE OF THESE UPDATES. 5. POINTS OF CONTACT: A. NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER (CSC), AT 1-866-U-ASK- NPC (1-866-827-5672) OR VIA E-MAIL AT UASKNPC(AT)NAVY.MIL. B. GENERAL EXAMINATION QUESTIONS, E-MAIL SFLY_EXAM_QUESTIONS(AT)NAVY.MIL. C. GENERAL ADVANCEMENT QUESTIONS, E-MAIL SFLY_NAVY_ADVANCEMENT(AT)NAVY.MIL OR 850-473-6148, DSN 753. 6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHANGES TO REF (A), AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS MAY ALSO BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/ BUPERS- NPC/CAREER/ENLISTEDCAREERADMIN/PAGES/DEFAULT1.ASPX. 7. THIS NAVADMIN WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL REF (A) HAS BEEN REVISED IN ITS ENTIRETY. 8. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL W. F. MORAN, N1.// BT #0386 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//