UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 271759Z OCT 14 PSN 913463H26 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 248/14 SUBJ/MARCH 2015 (CYCLE 227) NAVY-WIDE PETTY OFFICER (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATIONS FOR USN, USNR (ACTIVE), FULL TIME SUPPORT, AND CANVASSER RECRUITER SAILORS// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// UNCLAS//N01418 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/OCT// REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/2NOV07// 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 EXAM FOR SAILORS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE HORN OF AFRICA.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the March 2015 (Cycle 227) 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 * 5 March 2015 E5 * 12 March 2015 E4 * 19 March 2015 b. Educational Services Officers (ESO) must follow the exam requirements in the exam verbatim and chapter 6 of reference (a) are located at https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-advancement-center. 2. Eligibility Requirements. Advancement candidate eligibility requirements are found in reference (a), with the following information specific only to Cycle 227: a. The terminal eligibility date used to compute time-in-rate (TIR) is 1 July 2015. b. The minimum TIR date must be on or before: E6 - 1 July 2012 E5 - 1 July 2014 E4 - 1 January 2015 c. E6 candidates with an approved TIR waiver must have a TIR of 1 July 2013 or earlier. d. High Year Tenure (HYT) date or approved HYT waiver must be on or after 1 July 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 have a commanding officer's interim clearance granted before 1 March 2015. 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 reference (b), for additional guidance. f. Change of rate must be approved and retention approvals must be completed before the candidate's scheduled exam date. This includes approvals from Navy Personnel Command, "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 June 2014 to 28 February 2015 E5 exam - 1 December 2013 to 28 February 2015 E6 exam - 1 March 2012 to 28 February 2015 h. For additional guidance on computing PMA, refer to reference (a). For PMA guidance for Individual Augmentee (IA) Sailors refer to reference (c). i. CWAY: Sailors who have received a "Denied Final - Active" from CWAY as of the December 2014 application rack and stack (results released in January 2015) are ineligible and shall not be administered Cycle 227 NWAE. 3. Exam Ordering. a. Deploying commands can order exams up to six months prior to the scheduled exam date. Refer to reference (d), for IA Sailors. b. CTI/CTN/CTR Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) exam web ordering dates can be found on the Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) website at https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil. (1) ESO must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEAS 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 reference (a). 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 31 January 2015. The deadline for substitute exam orders is 5 April 2015. c. Exam web ordering for non-SCI exams begins 8 December 2014. ESO must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEASOS website during the following time periods: (1) Initial TIR lists will be available: E6 - 8 Dec 2014 - 1 Jan 2015 E5 - 8 Dec 2014 - 8 Jan 2015 E4 - 8 Dec 2014 - 15 Jan 2015 (2) Additional TIR lists will be available: E6 - 2 Jan 2015 - 22 Jan 2015 E5 - 9 Jan 2015 - 29 Jan 2015 E4 - 16 Jan 2015 - 5 Feb 2015 (3) Exams required after the TIR lists have closed are ordered via message or in message format via e-mail to sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil following the guidelines of reference (a). 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 6 April 2015. e. ESO 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 for exam administration and answer sheet return instructions. b. ESO 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, refer to reference (a). In addition to processing discrepancy corrections via letter or message, NETPDTC will also accept discrepancy corrections by encrypted e-mail. 5. Any additional information regarding this cycle will be posted on the NEASOS website. 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 and Orders, 850-473-5867/ DSN 753. c. Exam Orders, Records, and Discrepancies, 850-473-6148/ DSN 753. 7. For further information (Exam Verbatim, Advancement Manual, and other related documents), visit the Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) website at https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-advancement-center. 8. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 9. Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.// BT #1489 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//