UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 061317Z MAY 15 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 110/15 SUBJ/FY-15 AVIATION DEPARTMENT HEAD RETENTION BONUS PROGRAM// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAY// RMKS/1. This announces the FY-15 Aviation Department Head Retention Bonus (ADHRB) Program for the active component. A vital part of developing a total force strategy and maintaining combat readiness is to provide appropriate incentives to retain skilled personnel for critical naval aviation enterprise billets. The Aviation Career Continuation Pay (ACCP) program (of which the ADHRB is a subset) incentivizes talented, hard-working, career-minded Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers (NFO) to choose to remain on active duty. Our return on investment is the retention for continued Navy service of our aviation warfighters, with their invaluable and truly irreplaceable skill sets and capacity for leadership. 2. The FY-15 Aviation Department Head Retention Bonus offers the following community-specific bonus amounts: HM Pilot $75,000 HSC Pilot $75,000 HSL/HSM Pilot $75,000 VAQ Pilot $125,000 VAQ NFO $100,000 VAW/VRC Pilot $125,000 VAW NFO $75,000 VFA Pilot $125,000 VFA NFO $75,000 VP/VQ(P) Pilot $75,000 VP/VQ(P) NFO $75,000 VQ(T) Pilot $75,000 VQ(T) NFO $100,000 3. Aviation officers designated 1310 or 1320 are eligible if their active duty service obligation (ADSO) for undergraduate flight training expires in FY-15 or FY-16. Payment will begin when the officer is within one year of completion of the ADSO. All ADHRB contracts incur a five-year service obligation beginning at ADSO expiry or at contract approval date, whichever is later. 4. Officers accepting ACCP contracts are not precluded from participating in the Career Intermission Pilot Program (CIPP). Officers interested in both ACCP and CIPP should contact the ACCP program manager and their detailer for more specifics. 5. FY-15 ACCP applications must be received prior to 31 August 2015. 6. For specific details, eligibility, and application procedures visit the aviation officer community manager website at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/officer/Detailing/aviation/OCM/Pages/ACCP.aspx. 7. Points of contact for application or contract execution questions are Mr. Paul Boundy at (901) 874-3947/DSN 882-3947 or via e-mail at paul.boundy(at)navy.mil or Ms. Melinda Weeden at (901) 874-3964/DSN 882-3964 or via e-mail at melinda.weeden(at)navy.mil. Point of contact for ACCP policy is LCDR Greg Jonic at (901) 874-3484/DSN 882-3484 or via e-mail at gregory.jonic(at)navy.mil. 8. This message will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 9. Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//