UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 252053Z OCT 21 MID600051081427U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 236/21 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/OCT// SUBJ/JANUARY 2022 CYCLE 254 ACTIVE DUTY AND FULL-TIME SUPPORT E-7 NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATION// REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/19SEP18// REF/B/MSG/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/052044ZMAR13// REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/201449ZDEC18// REF/D/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/272057ZDEC18// REF/E/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/161157ZJUL20// NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16G, 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 312/18, ADVANCEMENT POLICY UPDATE. REF D IS NAVADMIN 316/18, ENLISTED ADVANCEMENT WORKSHEET. REF E IS NAVADMIN 201/20, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY KNOWLEDGE ELIGIBILITY EXAM REVISED BUSINESS RULES// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the guidance for the administration of the January 2022 (cycle 254) E-7 Navy-wide advancement examination (NWAE) for Active-Duty and Full-Time Support Sailors. As a continued safety measure during the COVID-19 outbreak, exams will be administered utilizing a testing window from 17-28 January 2022. This testing window will allow for smaller groups of test takers to ensure adequate social distancing can be maintained between testers at testing facilities, while maintaining the high standards and continued culture of learning that drive our enlisted advancement system. Information pertaining to selection board criteria will be promulgated in a future NAVADMIN. 2. Timeline a. 30 November 2021: Professional Military Knowledge - Eligibility Exam (PMK-EE) completion deadline. b. 17-28 January 2022: Administration of exams. c. 31 January 2022: Congressionally-designated combat zones and approved contingency operations areas (CDCZ/ACOA) evaluations used for time-in-rate (TIR) waivers must have an ending period by this date. 3. Eligibility requirements are found in chapter 2 of reference (a). The following information is specific only to cycle 254: a. The terminal eligibility date used to compute TIR is 1 January 2023. b. The minimum TIR date must be on or before 1 January 2020. c. TIR requirements for early promote Sailors can be waived by one year with commanding officer (CO)/officer-in-charge (OIC) approval, in line with paragraph 214.e. of reference (a). d. High-year tenure (HYT) date must be effective 1 September 2022 or later. All HYT waivers must be approved prior to 20 January 2022. e. Candidates in a rating requiring a security clearance must have a favorable investigation adjudication by the Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudication Facility reflected properly in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) prior to 1 January 2022. If the CO/OIC of the candidate grants an interim clearance, DISS must be updated prior to 1 January 2022. Candidates who do not meet the outlined criteria shall not be allowed to participate in the exam. Candidates must maintain security clearance eligibility throughout the advancement cycle to be eligible for advancement. If, for any reason, a clearance is denied or revoked, an exam is not authorized until a new clearance is granted. Ratings 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, GM, HT, IC, IS, IT, LN, MA, MC, MN, ND, OS, QM, SB, SO, STG, YN as well as all nuclear and submarine ratings. Refer to references (a) and (b) for additional guidance. f. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) personnel. In line with reference (a), the NSW alternative final multiple score will be used to determine selection board eligibility for special warfare operator and special warfare boat operator ratings. g. Reporting Senior Cumulative Average Performance Mark Average (RSCA PMA). RSCA PMA must be computed as outlined in reference (c), using E-6 evaluations with the ending date that falls within the period of 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. Refer to reference (c) and paragraph 308 of reference (a) for additional guidance. h. Enlisted Advancement Worksheet (EAW). For guidance on establishing EAW user roles and completing worksheets, refer to reference (d). EAW is mandatory for cycle 254 and will be the authority for RSCA PMA. i. PMK-EE is mandatory for candidates to participate in the cycle 254 advancement cycle and must be successfully completed once for the administration paygrade, in line with reference (e). The completion deadline is 30 November 2021. Candidates who have not completed PMK-EE for the E-7 paygrade requirement shall not be allowed to participate in the exam. 4. Exam Ordering. Order exams in line with chapter 4 of reference (a). a. Deploying commands and candidates departing to CDCZ/ACOA can order exams up to 6 months prior to the scheduled exam date. Refer to chapter 4 and paragraph 614 of reference (a) for additional guidance. b. Regular Exams: (1) Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Exams. Cryptologic Technician-Interpretive (CTI)/Cryptologic Technician- Network /Cryptologic Technician-Collection SCI exam ordering dates can be found on the Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) website via MyNavy Portal at https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/advancement-and- promotion/command-information. Select command advancement tools, then NEAS website. Educational Services Officers (ESOs) must verify initial active TIR eligibility lists on the NEAS website for exam ordering. Supplemental SCI exams are ordered via preferred message- formatted e-mail to sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil or naval message following the guidelines in chapter 4 of reference (a). Refer to NEAS website for additional TIR SCI exam ordering timelines. (2) Non-SCI Exams. Exam ordering dates can be found on the NEAS website via MyNavy Portal at https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/advancement-and-promotion/command- information. Select command advancement tools, then NEAS Website. ESOs must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEAS website during the following time periods: (a) Initial TIR lists will be available through 31 October 2021. (b) Supplemental TIR lists will be available from 1 November 2021 to 28 November 2021. (3) Exams ordered after the TIR lists have closed shall be ordered using preferred message-formatted e-mail to sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil or naval message following guidelines in chapter 4 of reference (a). Ensure a point of contact is included in the submitted e-mail or message. Orders submitted after supplemental TIR list closure will result in a substitute exam being sent. c. Substitute Exams: (1) The deadline for ordering both SCI and non-SCI substitute exams is 31 January 2022. (2) Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC N321) is the approval authority for all substitute exams. (3) Substitute exams may be administered with regular exam administration or in line with reference (a), paragraph 606. d. ESOs must verify exam orders at the *View Previous Exam Orders* link via the NEAS website within 7-10 days of placing the order. If exam order discrepancies are noted, contact the Fleet Services Branch NETPDC (N321), as listed on the NEAS website in the NETPDC (N321) point of contact table. e. Policy on deviations from scheduled exam administration dates is outlined in paragraph 605 of reference (a). f. 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 (3) MU: Group 1 Premier Band Group 2 Fleet Band 5. Exam Administration and Answer Sheet Returns a. AD/FTS E-7 exams will be administered using a testing window from 17-28 January 2022. This testing window will allow for smaller groups of test takers to ensure that adequate social distancing can be maintained between testers at testing facilities. Administration for all substitute exams will follow guidelines in reference (a). b. All commands should develop a plan to meet COVID-19 mitigations. Every effort should be made to ensure appropriate COVID-19 mitigation measures are in place, to include, but not limited to, face coverings, adequate social distancing, available hand sanitizer, medical (questionnaire) screenings and temperature checks. c. To the maximum extent practicable, exams for the same ratings should be administered on the same day. Sailors are directed not to discuss exam content after taking an exam to ensure no advancement candidate is disadvantaged in the advancement process. Unauthorized disclosure of exam content may result in administrative and/or disciplinary action. d. For exam administration and answer sheet return instructions, refer to chapter 6 of reference (a). Do not administer cycle 254 examinations prior to 17 January 2022 unless specifically authorized by Navy Personnel Command, Enlisted Career Administration (PERS-8031). e. Authorized materials during examination administration. Only those materials specifically identified and listed in chapter 6 of reference (a), this NAVADMIN and the general examination verbatim instructions are authorized for use during examination administration. f. If an exam is administered in error, the command must request to invalidate in line with paragraph 610 of reference (a). g. ESOs must check the exam toteboard on the NEAS website often to ensure answer sheets have been received and processed. The toteboard can be accessed via MyNavy Portal at https://www.mnp.navy.mi/group/advancement-and-promotion%2Fcommand- information. Select command advancement tools, then exam toteboard. Answer sheets that are in error will not be counted until they are processed successfully. 6. Discrepancy Correction a. A detailed discrepancy list can be found on the NEAS website. For guidance on discrepancy correction requirements, refer to reference (d) and chapters 3 and 7 of reference (a). b. Post-exam administration discrepancy correction correspondence with NETPDC (N321) is to be submitted using the EAW post-exam administration comments function outlined in reference (d). All corrections must have a CO/OIC letter and all required supporting documentation included as attachments. c. Selection Board Eligibility Waivers (1) CDCZ/ACOA Candidates. As an additional enclosure to cycle 254 Letter of Transmittal, commands with CDCZ/ACOA candidates should submit a list of Selection Board Eligible Candidates by activity as an additional enclosure with cycle 254 E-7 Letter of Transmittal. This is a change to paragraph 614.f.(5) of reference (a). (2) Non-CDCZ/ACOA Candidates. Submit Exception to Policy for selection board eligibility waiver directly to Enlisted Plans and Policy Branch (OPNAV N132C) at NXAG_N132C(at)navy.mil, in line with paragraph 104 of reference (a). This is a change to paragraph 614.f.(5) of reference (a). 7. NWAE Results. Selection board eligibility results will be provided via Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) on-line to authorized command representatives prior to release of profile sheets. See chapter 7 of reference (a) for additional information on selection board eligibility and advancement results. 8. Any additional information regarding this cycle will be posted on the NEAS website. 9. Points of Contact a. MyNavy Career Center (MNCC) is available 24/7 by phone at 1- 833-330-MNCC (1-833-330-6622) or via e-mail at askmncc(at)navy.mil. b. SCI exam questions and orders can be reached at (850) 473- 5867/DSN 753 or via e-mail at sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil. c. Non-SCI exam questions and orders can be reached at (850)473-6148/DSN 753 or via e-mail at sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil. d. Exam records and discrepancies can be reached at (850) 473- 6148/DSN 753 or via the EAW PAC function. 10. For further NEAS information, to include exam verbatim and other related documents, visit MNP at https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/advancement-and-promotion/command- information. 11. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 12. Released by Vice Admiral John B. Nowell, Jr, N1// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//