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SUBJ/FY-18 RESERVE COMPONENT FOREIGN AREA OFFICER REDESIGNATION BOARD//

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AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 188/15, ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT FOREIGN 
AREA OFFICER COMMUNITY.//

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces convening of the FY-18 Reserve Component 
(RC) Foreign Area Officer (FAO) Redesignation Board on 15 February 2017.  
Applications from qualified Selected Reserve (SELRES) officers will be 
accepted for this board.  Volunteer training unit and Individual Ready 
Reserve active status pool officers are not eligible.

2.  Complete application packages and waiver requests must be received by the 
Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center (NPC CSC) no later than 9 
January 2017.  Applications should be submitted electronically to 
cscselboard(at)navy.mil.  Electronic submissions are the preferred delivery 
method and must be sent using military e-mail accounts and be encrypted.  
Applications may be mailed to NPC CSC.  Hard copy and electronic submissions 
must include command endorsement.  The application mailing address is:
    a.  Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center
        President FY-18 Navy Selected Reserve Foreign Area Officer
        Redesignation Board #324
        5720 Integrity Drive
        Millington, TN 38055
    b.  Express mail:
        Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center
        President FY-18 Navy Selected Reserve Foreign Area Officer
        Redesignation Board #324
        5640 Ticonderoga Loop Bldg 768 RM E302
        Millington, TN 38055

3.  Eligibility.  Limited to officers in grades of lieutenant through 
captain.  The RC FAO redesignation board is offering opportunities for SELRES 
officers from all designators to meet immediate manning needs of the newly 
established RC FAO community.
     a.  All applicants must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in 
reference (a) and the FY-18 RC FAO eligibility criteria document:  
http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-
npc/officer/communitymanagers/reserve/selres/Pages/default.aspx.
     b.  Members who do not meet all eligibility requirements in conformance 
reference (a) and the FY-18 RC FAO eligibility criteria posted on the SELRES 
redesignation website, listed in paragraph 3a may submit a waiver request 
with their application.  Waiver packages shall include members waiver request 
and commanding officers endorsement of the waiver request.  This endorsement 
is separate from any endorsements contained in the members redesignation 
application and shall specifically address the eligibility criterion 
requiring a waiver.  Waiver request procedures and constraints are described 
in the eligibility criteria document.  An example of a waiver request can be 
found on the SELRES redesignation website listed in paragraph 3a.
     c.  All SELRES officers will incur a three year drilling obligation in 
the SELRES upon transfer into the RC FAO community.

4.  Application requirements and procedures are provided on the SELRES 
redesignation board website listed in paragraph 3a.

5.  Upon approval of the board proceedings, the results of the board will be 
posted on the SELRES redesignation board website listed in paragraph 3a.  
Applicants can expect to see the results posted within 45 days of board 
adjournment.  Selectees have 14 calendar days from the date results are 
released to accept or decline RC FAO redesignation.

6.  Points of contact are CDR John Hazlett, PERS-92 at (901) 874-4512/DSN 882 
or CPO Catherine Kuntz, PERS-92 at (901) 874-3209/DSN 882.

7.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled.

8.  Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.//

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