UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 181719Z OCT 17 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// NAVADMIN 252/17 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/OCT// SUBJ/MARCH 2018 (CYCLE 239) NAVY-WIDE PETTY OFFICER (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATIONS FOR USN, FULL TIME SUPPORT, AND CANVASSER RECRUITER SAILORS// 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// REF/E/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/011557ZFEB17// NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16F, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE 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. REF E IS NAVADMIN 021/17, ESTABLISHMENT OF YEOMAN (SUBMARINE), LOGISTICS SPECIALIST (SUBMARINE), CULINARY SPECIALIST (SUBMARINE) AND FIRE CONTROLMAN (AEGIS) SERVICE RATINGS.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the March 2018 (Cycle 239) Navy-wide advancement examination (NWAE) for advancement in rate of U.S. Navy, Full Time Support and Canvasser Recruiter Sailors. a. Exam dates are: E6 - 1 March 2018 E5 - 8 March 2018 E4 - 15 March 2018 b. In addition to the requirements chapter 6 of reference (a) and this message, educational services officers (ESO) must follow the pre-exam preparation requirements in the exam verbatim located at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil. 2. Eligibility Requirements. Advancement candidate eligibility requirements are found in reference (a), chapter 2, with the following information specific only to Cycle 239: a. The terminal eligibility date used to compute time-in-rate (TIR) is 1 July 2018. b. The minimum TIR date must be on or before: E6 - 1 July 2015 E5 - 1 July 2017 E4 - 1 January 2018 c. TIR requirements for early promote E5 Sailors can be waived by 1 year with commanding officer (CO)/officer in charge approval. d. High year tenure (HYT) date or approved HYT waiver must be effective 1 July 2018 or later and approved prior to 1 March 2018. e. Candidates in a rating requiring a security clearance must have a favorable investigation adjudication issued by the Department of Defense Central Adjudication Facility and it must be reflected properly in Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) prior to 1 March 2018. If the CO of grants an interim clearance, JPAS must be updated prior to 1 March 2018. Refer to reference (b) for additional guidance. Once Sailors have a clearance they must maintain that clearance eligibility. If for any reason a clearance is denied or revoked, an exam is not authorized until a new clearance is granted. Rates requiring a security clearance are AC, AE, AG, AO, ATI, ATO, AWF, AWO, AWR, AWS, AWV, AZ, CTI, CTM, CTN, CTR, CTT, EOD, ET, FC, FCA, FT, GM, HT, IC, IS, IT, LN, MA, MC, MN, MT, ND, OS, QM, SB, SO, STG, YN, and nuclear and submarine ratings. f. Change of rate must be approved and retention approvals must be completed before the scheduled exam date of the candidate. This includes approvals from Navy Personnel Command and Career Waypoints (CWAY), etc. Sailors under instruction in A-school for rating conversion on the scheduled date of the NWAE are prohibited from taking any examination. g. Compute performance mark average (PMA) using all evaluations in the current rank of the candidate with an ending date that falls within the following time periods: E4 exam - 1 June 2017 to 28 February 2018 E5 exam - 1 December 2016 to 28 February 2018 E6 exam - 1 March 2015 to 28 February 2018 h. For additional guidance on computing PMA, refer to reference (a), chapter 3. For PMA guidance for individual augmentee (IA) Sailors refer to reference (c). i. Sailors who have received a "Denied Final - Active" from CWAY and have a soft end of active obligated service prior to 1 July 2018 are ineligible and shall not be administered the Cycle 239 NWAE. j. Cryptologic Technician Interpretive (CTI) Sailors must achieve a minimum of L2/R2 on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) in their primary language, as assigned by their CO, within 12 months of NWAE. Any CTI whose primary language DLPT is over 12 months old must receive an advancement cycle participation waiver from the Navy Foreign Language Office (N13F12). k. Sailors assigned to a submarine source rating must be fully qualified, in line with Submarine Qualification Designation for Enlisted Members, MILPERSMAN 1220-040. 3. Exam Ordering a. Deploying commands can order exams up to 6 months prior to the scheduled exam date. Exams required prior to the TIR list opening are ordered via message or in the preferred message format via e-mail to sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil following the guidelines in chapter 4 and figure 4-1 of reference (a). Specify in the subject line the order request is for early exams. Ensure a point of contact (POC) is included in the message. Refer to reference (d) for IA Sailors who are pending deployment to, or are deployed to and operating in a congressionally designated combat zones and approved contingency operations areas. b. CTI/CTN/CTR sensitive compartmented information (SCI) exam cycle opening and closing ordering dates can be found on the Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) Web at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil. (1) ESO must verify initial Active TIR eligibility lists on NEAS Web for exam ordering. (2) Additional exams are ordered in message format via e-mail to sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil or via message following the guidelines of reference (a), chapter 4. Commands should replace SHIP TO UIC on the message format with their Department of Defense Activity Address Code account number. In addition, include POC, the number of exams required with full name, rate, and Department of Defense Identification number. The deadline for additional orders is 3 January 2018. The deadline for SCI substitute exam orders is 4 April 2018. c. Exam ordering for non-SCI exams begins 26 November 2017. ESOs must verify TIR eligibility lists on NEAS Web during the following time periods: (1) Initial TIR lists will be available: E6 - 26 November 2017 to 13 December 2017 E5 - 26 November 2017 to 1 January 2018 E4 - 26 November 2017 to 15 January 2018 (2) Additional TIR lists will be available: E6 - 14 December 2017 to 24 January 2018 E5 - 2 January 2018 to 28 January 2018 E4 - 16 January 2018 to 4 February 2018 (3) Additional regular exams required after the TIR list has closed will be considered, otherwise, substitute exams will be sent. Exams ordered after the TIR lists have closed shall be ordered via message or in message format via e-mail to sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil following the guidelines in chapter 4 of reference (a). Ensure a POC is included in the message. d. Commands must select the appropriate exams (i.e., NCC/NCR, ATI/ATO, etc.). e. Substitute exams must be kept to a minimum and require justification as stipulated in chapter 4 of reference (a). (1) Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) is the approval authority for all substitute exams. The deadline for ordering non-SCI substitute examinations is 6 April 2018. (2) Recent graduates of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program training pipeline on transfer leave in route to their first at-sea assignment during the E4/E5 examination date will have substitute examinations ordered for them by their ultimate duty station if dates permit exam ordering before the published deadline. f. ESOs must verify the examination order at the "View Previous Exam Orders" link via NEAS Web within 14 days of placing the order. If discrepancies are noted, contact the Exam Ordering and Discrepancies Branch NETPDC (N321). g. Separate exams are given for Yeoman (Submarine) (YNS), Logistics Specialist (Submarine) (LSS), Culinary Specialist (Submarine) (CSS) and Fire Controlman (Aegis) (FCA) service ratings. Refer to reference (e) for the establishment of these new service ratings. h. USN candidates in the following ratings are separated into the following competitive groups: (1) CTI Group 1 - Middle East/North Africa Group 2 - East/Far East Group 3 - Latin/South America Group 4 - Eastern Europe (2) EMN, ETN, and MMN Group 1 - Submarine Group 2 - Surface Group 3 Training 4. Exam Administration and Answer Sheet Returns a. For exam administration and answer sheet return instructions, refer to the exam verbatim at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil. b. ESO must check the exam tote board on NEAS Web at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil/Public/Toteboard.aspx often to ensure answer sheets have been received and processed. Answer sheets that are in error will not be counted until they are processed successfully. c. Substitute examinations must be administered within seven days of receipt. d. A detailed discrepancy list will be maintained on NEAS Web. For guidance on correcting discrepancies, refer to reference (a), chapter 7. In addition to processing discrepancy corrections via letter or message, NETPDC will also accept discrepancy corrections by encrypted e-mail. 5. Exam Results a. E4-E6 results will be provided via Bureau of Naval Personnel On-Line to authorized command representatives prior to release of profile sheets. b. Commands are directed to verify the examination status verification report for accuracy before frocking and/or advancement of E4-E6 candidates. c. Individual Sailors may view/download their profile sheet at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil/NEASRpts/Individual.aspx. 6. Any additional information regarding this cycle will be posted on NEAS Web. 7. Points of contact: a. Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center: 866-U-ASK-NPC or via e-mail at uasknpc(at)navy.mil. b. SCI exam questions and orders: (850) 473-5867/DSN 753 or via e-mail at sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil. c. Exam orders, records, and discrepancies: (850) 473-6148/DSN 753 or via e-mail at sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil, or sfly_N321_discrepanc(at)navy.mil. 8. For further information such as reference (a), exam verbatim, and other related documents, visit NEAS Web at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil. 9. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 10. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//