Promotion Boards
FY17 CDR Promotion Board Stats by Specialty
Here are the FY17 CDR promotion board statistics broken down by specialty:
Excel File – MC FY17 CDR SELECTIONS
| FY17 MEDICAL CORPS COMMANDER SELECTION BY SUBSPECIALTY | |||||||||
| SELECTION OPPORTUNITY 65 % | |||||||||
| # IZ | #SEL IZ | % SELECT IZ | # AZ | #SEL AZ | % SELECT AZ | # BZ | #SEL BZ | % SEL BZ | |
| FLT SRG | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0 | 0.00% |
| RAM | 9 | 5 | 55.56% | 7 | 3 | 42.86% | 5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| ANESTH | 8 | 4 | 50.00% | 8 | 3 | 37.50% | 33 | 0 | 0.00% |
| SURG | 11 | 3 | 27.27% | 11 | 4 | 36.36% | 42 | 0 | 0.00% |
| NEURO SURG | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0 | 0.00% |
| OB GYN | 8 | 2 | 25.00% | 0 | 0 | N/A | 20 | 0 | 0.00% |
| GMO | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7 | 0 | 0.00% |
| OPHTH | 4 | 1 | 25.00% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0 | 0.00% |
| ORTHO | 22 | 13 | 59.09% | 5 | 1 | 20.00% | 26 | 0 | 0.00% |
| OTO | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 11 | 0 | 0.00% |
| URO | 4 | 1 | 25.00% | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 4 | 0 | 0.00% |
| PREV MED | 5 | 3 | 60.00% | 7 | 3 | 42.86% | 10 | 0 | 0.00% |
| OCC MED | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 7 | 3 | 42.86% | 6 | 0 | 0.00% |
| PHYS MED | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0 | 0.00% |
| PATH | 5 | 4 | 80.00% | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | 9 | 0 | 0.00% |
| DERM | 6 | 3 | 50.00% | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 0 | 0.00% |
| EMERG | 15 | 6 | 40.00% | 9 | 2 | 22.22% | 30 | 0 | 0.00% |
| FAM PRAC | 23 | 8 | 34.78% | 15 | 2 | 13.33% | 38 | 0 | 0.00% |
| INT MED | 31 | 16 | 51.61% | 9 | 3 | 33.33% | 42 | 0 | 0.00% |
| NEURO | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| UMO | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| PEDS | 7 | 2 | 28.57% | 8 | 5 | 62.50% | 15 | 0 | 0.00% |
| NUC MED | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| PSYCH | 7 | 5 | 71.43% | 4 | 1 | 25.00% | 14 | 0 | 0.00% |
| DIAG RAD | 13 | 5 | 38.46% | 10 | 5 | 50.00% | 29 | 0 | 0.00% |
| RAD ONC | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 192 | 85 | 44.27% | 129 | 40 | 31.01% | 381 | 0 | 0.00% |
| FY17 MC CDR SELECTIONS BY ZONE | |||||||||
| # OF PEOPLE | # SELECTED | % SELECTED | |||||||
| ABOVE ZONE | 129 | 40 | 31.01% | ||||||
| IN ZONE | 192 | 85 | 44.27% | ||||||
| BELOW ZONE | 381 | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||
You Didn’t Make CDR. Now What?
I receive questions all the time about what happens when you are passed over for promotion and are now “above-zone”. If you find yourself in this position, here is what you need to do:
- Realize that it is not the end of the world. Based on the FY 17 CDR promotion board statistics, 56% of in zone officers were passed over, but a large number of the officers selected were from the above zone group.
- If you do nothing, you will continue to get looked at by promotion boards until you retire, resign, or are forced out of the Navy. There is no limit on the number of chances you get to promote and your record will be evaluated for promotion every year. That said…
- You need to try to promote. At a minimum, you need to send a letter to the promotion board. What do you say in this letter? First, briefly state that you want to be promoted and to continue your career in the Navy. Second, explain what a promotion would allow you to do that you can’t do at your current rank. Answer the question, “Why should they promote you?” For example, if you want to be a Department Head at a large military treatment facility (MTF) or a Residency Director (or whatever you want to do), tell them that you need to be promoted to CDR to be competitive for these jobs. The Navy wants to promote leaders. Make it clear to them that you are a motivated future leader.
- Try and get letters of support to attach to your letter. These letters should be from the most senior officers who can personally attest to your value to the Navy. In other words, it is probably better to get a letter from an O6 who knows you well than a 3 star who doesn’t. If you are not sure who to ask for letters, ask those more senior to you or your Detailer for advice. Your Specialty Leader is always someone to consider if he/she knows you well and can speak to your contributions to the specialty and Navy.
- Have your record reviewed by your Detailer, Specialty Leader, other trusted senior advisor, or by me. Because of promotion board confidentiality, you will never know the reason(s) you did not promote, but most of the time experienced reviewers can come up with an educated guess. They’ll often find things that you were not even aware of, like potentially adverse fitreps, or information missing from your record. My promo prep document will help you as well.
- Do everything you can to get “early promote” or “EP” fitreps. This is largely accomplished by continually striving for positions of increased leadership. You need to get a job that has historically led to a promotion. As a LCDR who got passed over for CDR, try to get one of these jobs and excel at it (this list is not exhaustive and these positions are not the only path to CDR, but they are a good start):
- Assistant/Associate Residency Director
- Department Head at a small/medium sized MTF
- Senior Medical Officer or Medical Director
- Chair of a hospital committee
- MEC member
- Meet with your chain-of-command. After you’ve been passed over is not the time to be passive. You need to sit down with your leadership and get an honest assessment from them of how you’re doing and what they would recommend continuing to advance your career. You may not like what you hear, but it is better to find out early if they don’t think you’re doing a good job or that you are unlikely to break out on your fitreps. That way you can try and put yourself in a better situation by changing commands.
In addition to the above list of things you should do, there are a few things you should not do:
- Do not lie in your letter to the board. In other words, don’t tell them you want to do Executive Medicine if you don’t really want to. Your record reads like a book, and if it tells a story that is contrary to what your letter says, this is unlikely to help you and may hurt you.
- Do not send long correspondence. Promotion boards have to read everything sent to them, and a long letter may not be appreciated. Keep it brief and to the point.
- Do not ask your current CO to write you a letter to the board if they’ve done an observed fitrep on you. His or her opinion about you should be reflected on that fitrep, so they don’t need to write you a letter. If they’ve never given you an observed fitrep or there is some new information not reflected on prior fitreps, they could either write you a letter or give you a special fitrep. Ultimately it is up to them whether they do either of these or none.
- Do not discuss anything adverse unless you want the board to notice and discuss it. This issue comes up frequently and people will ask me for advice, but ultimately it is up to the individual officer. The one thing I can guarantee is that if you send a letter to the board and discuss something adverse, they will notice it because they will read your letter! If you think there is a chance the adverse matter will get overlooked, it is probably better not to mention it and keep your fingers crossed.
Those are my tips for those who find themselves above zone. Most importantly, if you want to promote, NEVER STOP TRYING. You can stay in as a LCDR for 20 years, and I personally know of people who got promoted their 4th look and have heard of people who succeeded on their 9th try!
FY17 CDR Promotion Board Basic Stats
Here are the promotion board statistics from the FY17 O5 board released yesterday:
- Below Zone – 0 officers selected/382 eligible – 0% selection rate
- In Zone – 85 officers selected/192 eligible – 44% selection rate
- Above Zone – 40 officers selected/129 eligible – 31% selection rate
You can find an introduction to promotion board math here, but the basics for this specific board were:
- The overall promotion opportunity was 65%, the lowest in years. Why was it so low? The short answer is that the promotion opportunity is selected as a force management tool. In other words, someone somewhere decided that 65% was the right number to right size the Medical Corps.
- The number of in zone officers was 192.
- Multiply 65% by 192 and you have 125 officers they could select, which is exactly how many they picked.
I’ll put together an updated post on what to do if you didn’t promote, and one on what to do if you did, but here is the old one for those not selected for promotion.
Proposed Modifications to the Officer Promotion System
There’s been a lot of recent articles about proposed changes to the officer promotion system. There are some references as the end of this post, but the summary is that all of the following are being considered but would require legislative change by Congress:
- Incentivize our best performing officers by authorizing the services to establish policies to determine rank order for promotions based upon an individual’s superior performance, instead of promoting based on the date which the officer was initially commissioned.
- Providing the option for an officer to defer when they are considered for a promotion, giving officers and the services flexibility to pursue career-broadening opportunities that benefit the force without jeopardizing their career progression.
- Officers in a “critical career field” would be offered the chance to continue to serve beyond the current maximum terms (20 years as a LCDR, 28 years as a CDR, 30 years as a CAPT). It is not clear whether medicine would be a “critical career field.”
Here are the references:
Fact-Sheet-The-Next-Two-Links-to-the-Force-of-the-Future
Memorandum-The-Next-Two-Links-to-the-Force-of-the-Future
The 4 big takeaways from Ash Carter’s new push for military personnel reform
FY17 O6 Selection Stats Broken Down by Specialty
Here are the FY17 O6 selection stats broken down by specialty:
How to Read Your Performance Summary Report (PSR)
One of the most important documents viewed during promotion boards is your Performance Summary Report or PSR. It is the document that summarizes all of your FITREPs for the board, and it can be difficult to interpret. I created a screencast that will show you how to read your PSR. Here are the PPT slides and the screencast:
FY17 O4 Promotion Board Members and Convening Order Released
The FY17 O4 promotion board just concluded. As usual, the promotion opportunity for LCDR was 100%. This means that the board COULD select every eligible officer for promotion if they wanted to. They never do, but they could. If you read the convening order, you’ll see that Medical Corps is the only community that has a 100% promotion opportunity:
FY17 CAPT Board Statistics and Basic Promotion Board Math
The FY17 Staff Corps O6 promotion board basic statistics are here. I don’t have the specialty specific ones yet, but I’m sure they’ll be coming soon.
Let’s go over the basic stats for Medical Corps so that everyone understands them as they can be very confusing.
According to page 2 of the convening order, the promotion opportunity was 70%. The number of people in zone was 91. In order to find the total number of officers they could select for promotion, you take the promotion opportunity x the size of the zone:
(70% promotion opportunity) x (91 officer zone size) = 64 officers could be selected for promotion
As you see in the stats, they selected exactly 64:
- Above Zone – selected 32 of 183 or 17.5%
- In Zone – selected 31 of 91 or 34.1%
- Below Zone – selected 1 of 150 or 0.7%
As you can see, even though the promotion opportunity was 70%, the chance you got selected in zone was only 34.1% because selects came from above and below zone.
CAPT Select List Released
Congrats to all the new Captain Selects! (link here and list pasted below)
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RMKS/1. I am pleased to announce the following Staff Corps Officers on the
Active-Duty List for promotion to the permanent grade of Captain.
2. This message is not authority to deliver appointments. Authority to
effect promotion will normally be issued by future NAVADMINs requiring
NAVPERS 1421/7 preparation and forwarding of document to PERS-806.
3. Frocking is not authorized for any Officer listed below until specific
authorization is received per SECNAVINST 1420.2A.
4. For proper alphabetical order read from left to right on each line. The
numbers following each name to the right indicate the relative seniority
among selectees within each competitive category. Members are directed to
verify their select status via BUPERS Online.
Medical Corps
Akins Roger Scott 0031 Alsina Manuel F 0053
Altamar Hernan Orlando 0011 Ancona Michael R 0008
Antle Susan Farrar 0035 Berry Kyle R 0047
Bunten Bradley L 0033 Bustamante Alexander I 0051
Callan James E 0056 Carr Russell B 0057
Dalitsch Walter W 0003 Demers Gerard 0032
Ellingson Christopher 0025 Espiritu Jennifer M 0026
Feldman Brian L 0061 Franzos Marc A 0043
Gallus Katerina Maria 0017 Gilhooly Jonathan E 0062
Gonzalez Hermann Franc 0015 Hagerman Rodney S 0038
Hanley Keith A 0001 Hanling Steven R 0023
Hussey Sean M 0034 Johnson David P 0058
Juliano Michael L 0052 Klugh Arnett 0036
Lavery Eric A 0054 Lee Mike Hyun 0048
Lenart Mark J 0041 Lujan Eugenio 0050
Matwiyoff Gregory N 0027 Mclean Matthew David 0039
Moroney John W 0060 Nanos George P III 0028
Norris Craig Dewayne 0042 Omeara Kevin Michael 0046
Orsello Christopher A 0030 Penta Joseph F 0013
Powell Blaine Michael 0020 Quast Timothy M 0022
Rader Scott B 0037 Ramirez Alfredo R 0021
Randall Craig J 0045 Ricca Robert L 0064
Rice George M 0010 Robinson Michael A 0055
Rue John Paul Harris 0012 Sanchez Marlene L 0049
Sayles Timothy E 0014 Schiemel Andrew W 0007
Shiau Danny T 0016 Shippey Stuart H III 0006
Shusko Michael P 0063 Spalding Bryan M 0029
Spooner Michael T 0044 Stedjelarsen Eric T 0019
Steigleman Walter A 0040 Temple Richard W 0059
Thomas Karin E 0009 Tucker Anthony 0024
Wells Brian P 0004 Whittaker David Robert 0018
Wilson Charles E 0002 Wittenberger Michael D 0005
Dental Corps
Adcook Richard Scott 0014 Avillo Andrew James 0009
Craig David Merrill 0004 Donovan Sean Pat 0005
Evans Eric Scott 0013 Lee Chad Alan 0002
Mclaughlin John Daniel 0012 Monasky Ann Barbara 0008
Morales Enrique Manuel 0006 Myaingmisfeldt Rachel 0011
Stokes Steven Marc 0010 Walker Gary Jude 0003
Wilson John Hinton 0007 Young Benjamin Wayne J 0001
Medical Service Corps
Archila Andrew Mario 0008 Artino Anthony R Jr 0007
Bouma Matthew Frank 0014 Brenner David Bruce 0019
Brown Gabriel Toliver 0012 Bunch Roger Lynn 0025
Christian Alan Brent 0017 Darby Jason B 0020
Durand Paul Brandon 0005 Gellman Gregg William 0013
Greenstein Scott Lawre 0016 Gross Jessie Enrique 0004
Hardin Brandon Wayne 0021 Hindman Traci Jo 0009
Hodapp Kristin Rebecca 0031 Im Peter Oo 0018
Lauby Todd J 0002 Lepore Karla Mae 0030
Linderman James Russel 0011 Mckenzie Chad Eric 0022
Newell Steven Wayne 0003 Newton Keith Bernard 0024
Obenauer Peter Joseph 0015 Pimentel Guillermo 0023
Pinkham Wendy Hauler 0001 Rice Rose Ellen 0028
Ringer Cheryl Christin 0026 Shobe Katharine Krause 0029
Smith Tara Nicole 0010 Stancil Jeffrey Dwayne 0027
Stephens Douglas Eugen 0006
Judge Advocate General's Corps
Cooper Shane D 0008 Eskridge Laurin N 0007
Goldsmith Jennie L 0013 Gonzalez David Michael 0014
Hoelz Joseph Gehlen 0004 Leary Thomas Francis 0002
Lemoyne Irve Charles J 0005 Luken Michael John 0003
Mcleod Jonathan Mark 0001 Monahan Robert Paul Jr 0006
Nauman Joshua Paul 0012 NgBaumhackl Elysia Gah 0010
Vavra Randall James 0011
Nurse Corps
Bailey Johannes Michae 0028 Barnett Melissa Ann 0022
Braun Lisa Anne 0005 Buss Kevin Paul 0004
Carrillo Raul J 0018 Cunningham Craig Andre 0025
Deaton Laura Dawn 0027 Domotorffy Eva S 0019
Eckenrode John Edwin 0011 Farino Melissa Ann 0024
Fisak Jean Frances 0017 Hawker Jeremy John 0020
Hillery Julie Maria 0001 Hosea Lonnie Shelton 0016
King Heather Cuniff 0008 Kohler Michael Shawn 0002
Lemaire Clint Anthony 0023 Lewis Rachel Marsh 0030
Loesche Paul Andrew 0012 Lopez Eddie 0015
Messmer Scott Jacob 0010 Meyerhuber Daniel Nels 0021
Parks Steven James 0014 Parrott Justice Mason 0006
Pickett Sara Sharmayne 0013 Scott Thecly H 0009
Smith Kathaleen Lynett 0007 Taylor Joseph Lee 0003
Vogelrogers Elizabeth 0029 Volk John Edward 0026
Supply Corps
Ayers Susan L 0021 Benedetto Michael V 0004
Blake Patrick Christop 0024 Booth William D 0018
Carnal David Dewitt 0028 Cash Eugene S 0002
Doyle David Edward 0019 Dozier Pamela Chanel 0008
Duenas John Sablan 0011 Dwy Charles 0031
Feliz Jose L 0007 Fitch Jason Bradley 0003
Garrigus Mark Reed 0015 Gathright Nicola M 0020
Gawaran Edmond J 0010 Heryford Michael Willi 0017
Holman Matthew D 0026 Hunter Julie M 0006
King Jerry Allen 0023 Lask Gregory Robert 0030
Mackenzie Douglas Stew 0005 Neville Thomas Joseph 0012
Scott Thomas A 0001 Treanor Julie Mary 0016
Troy Milton W III 0009 Turner Alsandro H 0029
Turner Dennis J 0013 Wanack Todd Alan 0022
Weber Leroy H 0014 Yanero Anthony Dominic 0027
York Michael 0025
Chaplain Corps
Brown Michael David 0011 Donahue Kim Macdonald 0010
Hakanson John Michael 0006 Haley Brian Joseph Cam 0002
Johnson James Lowell 0008 Kalantzis John Angelo 0009
Mode Daniel Lawrence 0012 Moured Emile George 0007
Pittman James Howard 0004 Schluter Greg Thaddeus 0005
Stallard William Danie 0003 Stamm Brian James 0001
Civil Engineer Corps
Anderson John Rogers 0002 Cook Daniel W 0012
Cuadros Jorge Ricardo 0014 Dandrea Eileen Jean 0004
Deviney Jeffrey Corbin 0009 Geertsema Cameron Jae 0008
Hendricks Kent R 0011 Lengkeek Jeffrey Dale 0010
Price Nathanael B 0013 Siemer William Andrew 0001
Spears Kemit Wayne 0006 Stasick Steven James 0007
Via Christopher R 0003 Vogel Burr Michael 0005
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What are AQDs and How Do You Get Them?
Additional Qualification Designation Codes or AQDs are 3 letter codes that:
- Identify special skills required by a billet.
- Identify a qualification awarded to an officer for serving in a specially coded billet.
In other words, they are tools used by Navy Personnel Command (PERS) to assign officers to billets.
They also serve another purpose, though, because they feed the “Special Qualifications” section in the lower left of your Officer Summary Record (OSR), which is seen by promotion boards. (This section is noted the the lower left circle on this fabricated OSR.) This is why officers try to get as many AQDs as they can. The more things are in your Special Qualifications section, the better it looks to a promotion board. (That said, I have to tell you that some officers can get a little carried away with AQDs. Get as many as you can that make sense for your specialty and career, but don’t chase AQDs because you think they’ll get you promoted. AQDs, in general, don’t get you promoted. Competitive EP fitreps do.)
The full list of AQDs can be found here, and the list of medical AQDs can be found here, but I think a very useful list to have would be a list of all the AQDs that any physician can get irrespective of their specialty. That list is below, and if you qualify for any of them you’ll have to send your Detailer the proof that you qualify in order to get them added to your record.
What’s the bottom line? To make sure you have all the AQDs you can get, you have to do 4 things:
- Review the chart below and see which general AQDs you qualify for.
- Review the AQDs for your specialty in this document.
- If you had a prior career before you became a Medical Corps officer of any kind, you’re stuck reviewing the complete list of AQDs and seeing if there are any you qualify for that weren’t covered by #1 or #2 above.
- For any AQDs you qualify for, you send your Detailer the 3 letter code, the year you qualified, and the proof that you qualify (usually scanned copies of fitreps, certificates, etc.).
| CODE | TITLE | CRITERIA TO GET IT |
| BT1 | Parachutist, Static-line Qualified | Qualified IAW MILPERSMAN 1220-030. |
| BT2 | Parachutist, Freefall Qualified | Qualified IAW MILPERSMAN 1220-030. |
| BX2 | Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer | Qualified IAW current fleet instructions and SECNAVINST 1412.10. |
| BX3 | Expeditionary Warfare | Successfully completed at least 18 months in an operational expeditionary warfare billet within the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Force. |
| JS7 | Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I | Successfully completed JPME Phase I from schools defined by the Joint Staff:
(a) Naval War College for classes commencing March 1989 and beyond (to include the Distance Learning, Non- Resident curriculum), OR (b) Other service colleges for classes commending August 1989 and beyond (to include the Distance Learning, Non- Resident curriculum), OR (c) Selected Foreign War Colleges, OR (d) Selected Fellowship programs. |
| JS8 | JPME Phase II | Successfully completed JPME Phase II from schools defined by the Joint Staff:
(a) Joint Forces Staff College, Joint & Combined Warfighting School, OR (b) Senior Level Service War Colleges. |
| J1M | Joint Staff Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Interservice Interagency Coalition) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| J2M | Multinational HQ Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Interservice Interagency Coalition) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| J3M | Combatant Commander Level Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Interservice Interagency Coalition) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| J4M | Fleet/Division Staff Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Interservice Interagency Coalition) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| J5M | Joint Task Force Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Interservice Interagency Coalition) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| J6M | Other Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Interservice Interagency Coalition) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| LA7 | Qualified Medical Department | Officer who has qualified as a Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer IAW OPNAVINST 1412.8. |
| U1M | Joint Staff Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Intra Service) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| U2M | Multinational HQ Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Intra Service) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| U3M | Combatant Commander Level Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Intra Service) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| U4M | Fleet/Division Staff Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Intra Service) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| U5M | Joint Task Force Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Intra Service) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| U6M | Other Medical | Successfully completed assignment to an Individual Augmentation (Intra Service) for a minimum period of 6 months. |
| 233 | White House Fellowship | Participant in White House Fellowship Program. |
| 2C1 | Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Green Belt Certified | Certified as a Green Belt per local command policy and recommended by the Commanding Officer via the local command’s Certified Black Belt/Master Black Belt. The command’s Certified Black Belt/Master Black Belt (NMSC CPI/LSS PMO for Navy Medicine Corps) will validate completion of the following requirements:
(a) Formal training (A-557-0003 or A-557-3100); AND (b) The DON approved JQR standards have been met: – Lead two LSS full DMAIC projects; OR – Lead two KAIZENs/RIEs; OR – Lead one full DMAIC project and one KAIZEN/RIE. |
| 2C2 | CPI Black Belt Certified | Certified as a Black Belt per local command policy and recommended by the Commanding Officer via the local command’s Certified Black Belt/Master Black Belt. The command’s Certified Black Belt/Master Black Belt (NMSC CPI/LSS PMO for Navy Medicine Corps) will validate completion of the following requirements:
(a) Formal training (A-557-0009 or A-557-3005); AND (b) The DON approved JQR standards have been met: – Lead two LSS full DMAIC projects and one KAIZEN/RIE; AND – Mentor two Green Belts through one full DMAIC project each or two KAIZENs/RIEs. |
| 234 | Legislative Fellowship | Successfully completed at least 9 months in a Legislative Fellow assignment. |
| 24F | SECDEF Corporate Fellow | Successfully participated in the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows program. |
| 6AA | Aviation Medical Examiner | Medical Corps Officer from the Primary Care medical subspecialty codes who has successfully completed Aviation Medical Examiner training at the Naval Aerospace and Operational Medical Institute. |
| 6AB | General Flight Officer | Medical Corps Officer who has successfully completed a formal flight surgeon training program and is a designated Naval Flight Surgeon. |
| 6AC | Naval Aviator (Naval Flight Officer (NFO))/ Aeromedical Officer | Medical Corps Officer who is a designated Naval Flight Surgeon and NFO. |
| 6AE | Naval Aviator (Pilot)/ Aeromedical Officer | Medical Corps Officer who is a designated Naval Flight Surgeon and Naval Aviator (Pilot). |
| 6AG | Aerospace Medicine (Preventive Medicine) | Medical Corps Officer who has successfully completed:
a. formal Flight Surgeon Training program at NAMI; b. a tour as a flight surgeon; c. an approved Master’s degree program in public health; and d. an approved Aerospace Medicine residency program; or e. is eligible for the Aerospace Medicine specialty examination offered by the Board of Preventive Medicine. |
| 6FA | Marine Corps Medical Department Officer | Successfully completed a deployment of 90 or more consecutive days with the Marine Corps. |
| 6FC | Fleet Marine Force Medical Logistics | (a) Successfully completed the USMC Ground Supply Officer School, AND
(b) Holds AQD 6FA. |
| 6FD | Surface Experienced Medical Officer | (a) Successfully completed an internship with sufficient primary care training to operate within the needs and operations of the fleet, AND
(b) Has successfully completed a tour of duty with the Surface Fleet. |
| 6FE | Senior Marine Corps Staff Officer | Successfully completed a senior Marine Corps staff position.
NOTE: Brigade, Group, Wing, Division and Force Surgeons, Force Preventive Medicine Officers, and the Headquarters Director for medical programs qualify. |
| 6OB | Shipboard Assignment | Successfully completed an assignment of 90 or more consecutive days aboard a ship (other than a hospital ship). |
| 6OC | Hospital Ship Assignment | Successfully completed an assignment of 90 or more consecutive days aboard a hospital ship. |
| 6OH | Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Response | (1) Served a minimum 90 days in one or more foreign or domestic HA/DR missions and demonstrated operational competence relevant to assigned position in the following HA/DR mission elements: mission leadership and planning (operations, manpower and logistics), international diplomacy, cultural awareness, host nation centered HA/DR health care, IT, communications and administration. AND
(2) Completed two of the following: (a) Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course (MMHAC), (b) Combined Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (CHART), (c) Joint Humanitarian Operations Course (JHOC), (d) Joint Operations Medical Managers Course (JOMMC), (e) UM-CMCoord IMPACT Course, (f) NATO CIMIC Basic Course (NCBC), (g) Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P .), (h) Joint Planning Orientation Course (JPOC), (i) Joint Medical Planners Course (JMPC) , (j) Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Planner’s Course (JIMPC), (k) JTF Senior Medical Leader Seminar, (l) Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC), (m) SWMI Humanitarian Assistance Course, (n) CATF Surgeons Course, (o) DMRTI Medical Stability Operations (MSO) Course, (p) Alternate course(s) deemed to have sufficient didactic content comparable with other qualifying courses by the Mission Commander, T-AH Commander, MTF Commanding Officer, CATF Surgeon, Navy Medical Mission Commander, or USMC Task Force/Group Surgeon or USMC Medical Element Commander. NOTE: Verification that member has met the above prerequisites must be provided via endorsement by the Mission Commander, T-AH Commander, MTF Commanding Officer, CATF Surgeon, Navy Medical Mission Commander, USMC Task Force/Group Surgeon, or USMC Medical Element Commander. |
| 6OR | CATF Surgeon | Any Medical Department Officer who has:
(a) Successfully completed CATF Surgeon course; OR (b) Successfully completed a tour as CATF surgeon; OR (c) Successfully completed: 1. Surface Warfare Medical Officer Indoctrination course or holds AQD 6OB or 6FA; AND 2. Medical Regulating course; AND 3. Landing Force Medical Staff Planning course; AND 4. Amphibious Indoctrination course.
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| 6OU | Fleet Hospital Assignment | Successfully completed an assignment of 90 or more consecutive days at a deployed fleet hospital/EMF. |
| 6OW | Trauma Team Trained Officer | Completed formal Navy Trauma training at NHSH-SD (NTCC USC-LAC Hospital) or equivalent Army or Air Force course. |
| 6UD | Diver | Qualified in Saturation Diving IAW MILPERSMAN 1210-140. |
| 6UM | Submarine | Qualified in Undersea Medicine IAW MILPERSMAN 1210-130. |
| 6ZA | Instructor | Medical Department Officer awarded the academic faculty position of instructor by an accredited U.S. University consistent with the officer’s field of training. |
| 6ZB | Assistant Professor | Medical Department Officer awarded the academic faculty position of instructor by an accredited U.S. University consistent with the officer’s field of training. |
| 6ZC | Associate Professor | Medical Department Officer awarded the academic faculty position of instructor by an accredited U.S. University consistent with the officer’s field of training. |
| 6ZD | Professor | Medical Department Officer awarded the academic faculty position of instructor by an accredited U.S. University consistent with the officer’s field of training. |
| 6ZE | Medical Ethicist | Medical Department Officer who has successfully completed an officially approved program of training in Medical Ethics. |
| 6ZF | Researcher | (a) Completed an IRB approved research project fully consistent with the guidelines as promulgated by HSETC; AND (b) Met the rigorous guidelines of their medical community for publication in a Peer-reviewed journal. |
| 6ZG | Residency Program Director | Medical Department Officer who has met all the established criteria of the certifying agencies (i.e., Residency Review Committees for conducting an accredited training program for officers in training). |
| 62D | Faculty Development | (a) Completed an ACGME approved residency, AND (b) Completed an accredited advanced residency in Faculty Development. |
| 62L | Clinical Epidemiology | Established competence in biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics. Preferably, a Masters in Public Health degree or comparable training/experience. |
| 67A | Executive Medicine | Met all the competencies of the Joint Medical Executive Skills Program (JMESDP). |
| 67B | Expeditionary Medicine | Completed the Expeditionary Medicine core operational training courses. |
| 67H | Ambulatory Care Administration (ACA) Officer | A master’s degree and has successfully completed: (a) 18 months in an ACA officer related position; OR (b) 12 months in an ACA officer related position provided master’s degree obtained in concentration in ACA. |
| 68H | Health Promotion Coordinator | Completed the Navy Environmental Health Center Health Promotion Director Course and one year experience as a coordinator. |
| 68I | Health Care Management | Completed a Masters of Science in Health Care Management. |
| 68J | Public Health Emergency Officer (PHEO) | (a) Completed an MPH degree or 4 years of public health experience as outlined by BUMEDINST 6200.17A;
AND(b) Successfully completed the following distance learning courses:- FEMA IS-100.A, Introduction to Incident Command System
– FEMA IS-200.A, Incident Command System for Single Resource and Initial Action Incidents – FEMA IS-700.A, National Incident Management System, An Introduction – FEMA IS-800.B, National Response Framework, An Introduction; OR (c) Completed the Defense Medical Training Institute tri-service PHEO training course. AND (d) Successfully performed as a PHEO for 12 months. NOTE: Per BUMEDINST 6200.17A, PHEOs must be clinicians, as defined as officers who can diagnose, treat, and prescribe treatment for illness and injury. |
| 68K | Alternate Public Health Emergency Officer (APHEO) | (a) Completed an MPH degree or 4 years of public health experience as outlined by BUMEDINST 6200.17A;
AND(b) Successfully complete the following distance learning courses:- FEMA IS-100.A, Introduction to Incident Command System
– FEMA IS-200.A, Incident Command System for Single Resource and Initial Action Incidents – FEMA IS-700.A, National Incident Management System, An Introduction – FEMA IS-800.B, National Response Framework, An Introduction; OR (c) Completed the Defense Medical Training Institute tri-service PHEO training course. AND (d) Successfully performed as an APHEO for 12 months. |
| 68L | Clinical Informatics | (1) Completed the corps appropriate certification exam or fellowship, OR
(2) Completed a certificate program or graduate degree in Informatics, or the AMIA 10X10, OR (3) Worked >50% of their time in informatics for at least 12 months. |
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