UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 241807Z JUL 15 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 175/15 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINTON DC/N1/JUL// SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2016 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CAREER MILESTONE SCREENING BOARD// REF/A/DOC/MILPERSMAN/15FEB13// REF/B/DOC/BUMED/3JUN15// NARR/REF A IS MILPERSMAN 1301-811, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MEDICAL COMMUNITY SCREENING FOR COMMANDING OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER. REF B IS BUMED NOTICE 1410, APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 NAVY MEDICINE ACTIVE COMPONENT CAREER MILESTONE POSITIONS.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the FY-16 Medical Department Career Milestone Screening Board scheduled to be convened by Commander, Navy Personnel Command on 23 September 2015. 2. Background. Per reference (a), officer communities may designate a limited number of billets as milestone billets that represent positions of leadership analogous to command. Similar to the command screening process, milestone screening identifies individuals whose records indicate that they possess the leadership abilities required to successfully execute the duties associated with Navy Medicine (NAVMED) career milestone billets. Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery has designated certain NAVMED billets as career milestone billets. Career milestone billets include commander (O-5) and captain (O-6), Director for Administration (DFA), Officer in Charge (OIC), and Director of Nursing Services (DNS) opportunities that require specialized healthcare leadership expertise, experience, and a documented career progression that prepares an officer for the duties and responsibilities associated with these positions. 3. Reference (b) provides application procedures, executive medicine required criteria, available positions, and business rules and will be posted on NAVMED website at www.med.navy.mil/directives/Pages/NAVMEDForms.aspx/. 4. Deadline for application is 31 August 2015 to Navy Personnel Command, Medical Department Assignments (PERS 4415). Late and incomplete applications will not be considered. 5. Point of contact is Ms. Gabriele G. Farmer at (901) 874-4097/DSN 882 or via e-mail at gabriele.farmer(at)navy.mil. 6. This message will remain in effect until superseded or 30 June 2016, whichever occurs first. 7. Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//