Navy shifts to time-in-service advancement for E-1 to E-4 sailors

Posted on August 1, 2023 Updated on July 30, 2023

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NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16G CH-1, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR ENLISTED
PERSONNEL OF THE U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVE.
REF B IS OPS ALERT 007-21 (PMK-EE).
REF C IS NAVADMIN 201/20, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY KNOWLEDGE ELIGIBILITY EXAM
REVISED BUSINESS RULES.
REF D IS NAVADMIN 131/23, FALL 2023 SELECTED RESERVE E-4 THROUGH E-6
ADVANCEMENT (CYCLE 113).
REF E IS MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1510-033, GOVERNING ADVANCED ELECTRONICS FIELD,
ADVANCED TECHNICAL FIELD AND NUCLEAR FIELD RATINGS.
REF F IS NAVADMIN 312/18, ADVANCEMENT POLICY CHANGE.//

RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN changes apprentice (E-1 – E-4) advancements into a
time-in-service (TIS) based construct, effective 1 July 2024.
This change will better regulate advancement through E-4 in order to provide
a solid foundation for billet based advancements (BBA) into the journeyman
ranks (E-5 and E-6). It also provides a more predictable and transparent
advancement path to E-4 for all Sailors and ensures that every Sailor can be
in a position to make a re- enlistment decision as an E-4 prior to the end of
their initial obligated service.

2. As a modification to reference (a), all E-1 through E-4 advancements will
   transition on 1 July 2024 to a TIS-based construct. TIS requirements to
   advance from E-1 through E-4 will be as follows:
   a. E-1 – E-2: 9 months TIS.
   b. E-2 – E-3: 18 months TIS.
   c. E-3 – E-4: 30 months TIS.
3. Eligibility. The only two requirements to be eligible to advance E-1
   through E-4 are to maintain a commanding officer’s (CO) retention and
   promotion recommendation and meet the required TIS.
   E-2 through E-4 advancements will be automatically effected by the Navy
   Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS). This NAVADMIN removes all
   other associated E-4 advancement eligibility criteria listed in references
   (a) through (d), to include the requirement to complete E-4 Professional
   Military Knowledge Eligibility Exam (PMK-
   EE) for any advancement program. E-4 time-in-rate dates for advancement
   eligibility to E-5 will be established based on advancement month to E-4.
   For Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors, the effective date for purposes of TIS
   is the pay entry base date.
4. Exclusions. This new policy does not include nuclear, advanced
   technical, and electronic field Sailors who already obligate for additional
   service in order to advance to E-4. Those Sailors will continue to receive
   an accelerated advancement for service in those needed skill sets in line
   with reference (e). Additionally, Sailors in the Professional Apprenticeship
   Career Track (PACT) program will continue to earn rating designations and
   advancement to E-4 in line with PACT program requirements, with a timeline
   that is similar to TIS-based advancements described above.
5. Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP). MAP to E-4 will remain for top-
   performing Sailors that have necessary experience as an E-3.
   A specified number of quotas will be made available for COs to request to
   advance those Sailors utilizing the MAP function of NSIPS. Detailed guidance
   will be provided in advance of each MAP season. SELRES Sailors should refer
   to the annual Reserve MAP ALNAVRESFOR messages for further guidance.
6. Sailors reduced in rate below E-4. In order to advance, Sailors must
   receive their CO’s advancement recommendation and the member will be required
   to serve six months at their reduced paygrade and any subsequent paygrades,
   or meet required TIS gates (whichever is later).
7. Transition. While this new TIS-based construct does not go into effect
   until 1 July 2024, the Fall 2023 advancement cycles (260 and
   113) for E-4 advancements will be adjusted to help transition the force into
   a fully TIS based system over the next year.
   Specifically, calculations via the alternative final multiple score
   (A-FMS) are now heavily weighted towards longer TIS, there are increased
   quotas for ratings with historically slower advancement timing, and there is
   no requirement to complete PMK-EE for E-4. The A-FMS computations will
   replace the E-4 FMS computations in reference (f). There will not be a
   Spring 2024 advancement cycle for E-4 advancements due to implementation of
   the TIS based system on 1 July 2024.
8. In order to facilitate this transition, commands are directed to finalize
   or certify all cycle E-4 enlisted advancement worksheets
   (EAW) in NSIPS as “Eligible for Advancement” or “Not Eligible for
   Advancement” for the Fall 2023 advancement cycles. The only criteria
   necessary to validate advancement eligibility for the Fall
   2023 advancement cycles are required time-in-rate and current CO’s
   advancement recommendation. Commands should refrain from completing manual
   EAWs and instead rely on NSIPS to validate cycle eligibility prior to EAW
   closeout dates. Each Sailor’s Educational Services Officer (ESO) must
   certify E-4 EAWs as eligible if these two conditions are met. EAW closeout
   dates are promulgated in the cycle NAVADMINs.
9. This NAVADMIN represents a fundamental process change for first- term
   Sailors and guarantees advancement opportunity to E-4 for eligible Sailors
   currently in the process of deciding to “Stay Navy.” Those who do decide to
   “Stay Navy” will soon thereafter become eligible to compete for billet based
   advancements into Journeyman leadership roles within the detailing
   marketplace.
10. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect unless otherwise cancelled.
11. Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.//

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