UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 081942Z AUG 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 192/18 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/AUG// SUBJ/INCREASED HIGH YEAR TENURE WAIVER OPPORTUNITIES FOR E7-E9// REF/A/DOC/COMNAVPERSCOM/8MAY18// REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/162058Z APR 18// NARR/REF A IS MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1160-120, HIGH YEAR TENURE. REF B IS NAVADMIN 095/18, BRILLIANT ON THE BASICS II PART A REVISITING THE BASICS.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces increased high year tenure (HYT) waiver opportunities for hard-charging E7-E9s who want to stay Navy. In accordance with reference (a), E7s must retire at 24 years of service (YOS), E8s at 26 YOS, and E9s at 30 YOS. However, as part of our Sailor 2025 Up-And-Stay initiative, we are granting more HYT waivers to E7-E9s who are willing to serve at sea or in other hard jobs and continue their Naval service. This is not to say that you will remain in your current paygrade. Your opportunity to advance will continue and in our growing Navy is expected to remain high, especially for those Sailors willing to do the hard jobs with sustained superior performance. HYT policy allows for continued advancement opportunity and prevents Sailors who are on the retired on active duty (ROAD) program from staying by requiring Command endorsement. COs are expected to recommend approval of HYT requests only for Sailors who demonstrate sustained superior performance. 2. As I said in my message to the Fleet, Brilliant on the Basics II reference (b), to build the Navy the Nation Needs, we need Sailors who are personally engaged in the success of our Navy as well as their own personal success. Similarly, we need leaders who encourage and enable this. This initiative to provide increased opportunity for our senior enlisted leaders to stay Navy will help us maintain the leadership experience and technical acumen we need at sea as we grow the force. It also allows our senior enlisted leaders to continue to perform and compete for advancement. 3. If you are a senior enlisted leader who is approaching your HYT gate and still want to compete and serve the Navy, reach out to your community manager and start the process now. 4. Point of contact: PSC Rolland Van Meter, Community Management Support Branch BUPERS-328C, (901) 874-3048/DSN 882, or via e-mail at rolland.vanmeter(at)navy.mil. 5. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//