UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 211243Z NOV 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 282/18 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// SUBJ/NOTICE OF CONVENING FY-20-1 TEST PILOT SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/NOV// REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/14SEP18// NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1500.62D, TEST PILOT SCHOOLS// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the convening of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) selection board on 12 December 2018. This board will select highly qualified Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers (NFO) for USNTPS. Test Pilot School (TPS) graduates have significant and long-lasting influence on platforms and systems and thus directly impact the future warfighting capability of their fleet community. Request command and fleet community assistance to identify candidates with strong operational performance and ideally, strong academic backgrounds in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields of study. 2. For board eligibility consideration, a command endorsed application in line with the requirements of reference (a), must be received by MyNavy Career Center (MNCC) no later than 3 December 2018. Additional documentation (including Wing/CAG endorsements, letters of recommendation, FITREPs, etc.) will be accepted until 7 December 2018, but must be submitted by the applicant, as a letter to the board, in line with subparagraph 3a below. The command endorsement shall address whether the applicant, if selected, will be available to report for initial training by the following dates: 11 March 2019 for Fixed Wing pilots 20 May 2019 for Rotary Wing pilots 17 June 2019 for NFOs Endorsements with availability dates after these respective dates may be removed for consideration and not reviewed by the board. Inability of the applicant to meet the above dates may be mitigated by conducting initial training in a temporary additional duty (TAD) status at the expense of the endorsing command. If this is required, it must be explicitly stated in the command endorsement that the endorsing command will provide TAD funds until the applicant can officially detach. Due to TPS Board FY-20-1 timing, endorsing commands detailed discussion of applicants’ performance is highly encouraged especially in cases where applicant will not yet have a January 2019 Fitness Report to submit. The e-mail address(es), phone number(s), college transcripts, and post-TPS test squadron assignment preferences of the applicant must be included with the application. Contact information of the commanding officer must be included to expedite notification, if selected. 3. Eligibility: a. Designated Naval Aviators and NFOs through the grade of lieutenant commander who are qualified for flight duties and have not been terminated from flying status are eligible for selection. b. The preferred Unrestricted Line (URL, 13x0) aviators are junior officers (O2 or O3) with detailer-forecasted career timing to complete the selected TPS program and a 36-month follow-on test tour prior to their expected department head tour. If there are not enough qualified junior officers to meet requirements, lieutenant commanders with exceptional records may be selected, provided they can meet follow-on test tour requirements and applicable career milestones. c. Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer (1510) aviators through the grade of lieutenant commander may be selected if they are able to serve a 36-month follow-on test tour and still meet career milestones. d. Applicants determined to have insufficient career timing to meet a minimum test tour of 24 months may have their application removed from consideration. e. Applicants may only apply for the fixed wing, rotary wing, or airborne systems curriculums as test pilots and test NFOs. The flight test engineer syllabus is for AIR 5.1 civilian personnel and not available for naval officers. 4. Application package submissions: a. The preferred method of application submission is electronic. E-mail encrypted Portable Document Format submissions to cscselboard(at)navy.mil and carbon copy brandy.theisen.ctr(at)navy.mil and kyle.bockey(at)navy.mil. If you are sending your board package from a non-NMCI network (bumed.mil, usmc.mil, etc.), please visit https://dod411.gds.disa.mil to download the required mailbox certificate. To download the cert (please note, you must be using Microsoft Outlook with a Common Access Card reader, including activclient software and have internet explorer or Netscape 7), go to https://dod411.gds.disa.mil, type cscselboard@navy.mil in the e-mail address field, then click search. Click the CSC link under last name. Click on the link download certificate(s) as vcard. Click software certificate for cscselboard(at)navy.mil. Click the open button for the file download popup. The certificate will then open. Click save and close. The certificate is then saved to the profile and can be used to send your encrypted e-mail. If unable to send encrypted, please contact brandy.theisen.ctr(at)navy.mil for assistance. b. If unable to send electronically, applications may be sent via U.S. Postal Service to the following address: MyNavy Career Center FY-20-1 Test Pilot School Selection Board (Board #220) 5720 Integrity Drive Millington, TN 38055 c. Applications sent via FEDEX/UPS/DHL should use the following address: MyNavy Career Center FY-20-1 Test Pilot School Selection Board (Board #220) 5640 Ticonderoga Loop, BLDG 768, RM E302 Millington, TN 38055-6300 5. Applicants should confirm receipt of their application package and all correspondence by selecting the customer service link at https://npccontactcenter.ahf.nmci.navy.mil/OA_HTML/npc.html or by calling the MNCC at 833-330-MNCC or 901-874-MNCC/DSN 882-5672. 6. Applicants should periodically check for updates and additional information at the TPS Board website at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/boards/administrative/testpilot/Pages/default.aspx 7. Points of contact are CDR Kyle Bockey, PERS-434B, via e-mail at kyle.bockey(at)navy.mil or Ms. Brandy Theisen, PERS-434B1, via e- mail at brandy.theisen.ctr(at)navy.mil. 8. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//