promotion
Final FY19 Promotion List is Out – What is the Obligation for Accepting Promotion? What if You Don’t Want the Promotion?
The final FY19 promotion list is out (with my name on it), so it seemed appropriate to answer a few promotion related questions:
Question: What is the obligation for accepting promotion?
Answer: There is no obligation if you end up resigning. If you want to retire, though, the additional obligation is:
- 2 years for LCDR
- 3 years for CDR and CAPT
This can all be found on page 5 of OPNAVINST 1811.3A. Or you can read one of my other posts called “You were accepted for promotion to O5 or O6 – should you accept it?” where I break it all down for you.
Question: What if you want to decline the promotion? The promotion NAVADMIN tells you how to decline it in paragraph 2:
2. If a selected officer does not decline promotion in writing prior to the
projected date of rank (noted above in paragraph 1), that officer is
considered to have accepted the promotion on the date indicated. An officer
who chooses to decline promotion must submit the declination in writing to
COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-806) within 30 days of the release of this NAVADMIN.
FY21 Promotion Board Schedule
You can see the whole FY21 board schedule on this page, but here are the medically relevant ones:
- Active O-8 Staff – 11-Sep-2019
- Active O-7 Staff – 16-Sep-2019
- Medical Service Corps In-service Procurement – 9-Oct-2019
- Reserve O-8 Staff – 30-Oct-2019
- Reserve O-7 Staff – 4-Nov-2019
- Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECP) – 6-Nov-2019
- Nurse Corps Duty Under Instruction (DUINS) – 4-Dec-2019
- Active O-6 Staff – 4-Feb-2020
- Reserve O-6 Staff – 25-Feb-2020
- Reserve O-5 Staff – 25-Feb-2020
- Active O-5 Staff – 24-Mar-2020
- Active O-4 Staff – 12-May-2020
- Reserve O-4 Staff – 8-Jun-2020
- Medical Dept Career Milestone Screen – 22-Jul-2020
- Medical Dept Command Screen – 22-Jul-2020
- MSC DUINS – 16-Sep-2020
FY20 LCDR Promotion Notes and Stats by Specialty
Here are the statistics for the recent LCDR promotion board and some notes from BUMED:
- 4 in zone individuals were auto-deferred due to having been on active duty less than a year.
- 90.5% of the in zone group were selected; the vast majority of those who were not selected had approved resignations.
- There were 6 above zone and 18 below zone selections. 7 of those 18 below zone selects were in General Medical Officer, Flight Surgery, or Undersea Medical Officer billets.
FY-20 Active-Duty LCDR Staff Corps Promotion List
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AMPN/REF A IS THE FY-20 ACTIVE-DUTY NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER STAFF PROMOTION
SELECTION BOARD CONVENING ORDER.//
RMKS/1. I am pleased to announce the following Staff Officers on the Active-
Duty List selected for permanent promotion to the grade of Lieutenant
Commander.
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 the document to PERS-806.
3. Frocking is not authorized for any officer listed below until specific
authorization is received per SECNAVINST 1420.2B.
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. Note: An (*) by the name
indicates the selectee was merit reordered to the top of the promotion list
in accordance with reference (a). Members are directed to verify their
select status via BUPERS Online.
Medical Corps
Algiers Timothy James 0129 Allan Elizabeth Jean 0135
Anderson Christine Lee 0127 Anderson Erik Lundberg 0054
Annis Heather 0040 Awodele Elizabeth Ann 0018
Baldeshwiler Mark J 0089 Banaag Shanley Hughes 0209
Barnett Patrick M 0137 Barrett Laura Danielle 0200
Beale Peter Alexander 0061 Beck Justin Lee 0210
Beckmann Robert C 0053 Beer Joshua Robert 0217
Berner Sara Beth 0012 Bessolo Andrew Michael 0132
Beyer Patrick Thomas 0172 Bianchi William David 0227
Biberston Jeffrey D 0138 Bond Emily Alison 0214
Booth Gregory James 0184 Bowen Michael Patrick 0058
Bradley Anthony S Jr 0023 Brawner Christopher M 0056
Brown Gary Orian 0192 Buel Katie Lauren 0190
Cannon Kathleen Ann 0083 Cayce Thomas Elliott 0049
Chauvin Meagan G 0201 Checchi Kyle Douglas 0047
Chece John Thomas 0006 Childers Benjamin Alan 0150
Clerc Jacqueline Gail 0078 Cole Jacob Henry 0252
Collins Jeannette R 0204 Cooper Ryan Thomas 0149
Cordes Mitchel F 0032 Costantoth Camille B 0097
Dear Thomas Augustus 0105 Decicco Joseph Daniel 0033
Desantis Kristin Marie 0126 Devore Charlotte E 0029
Deyoung Tracey H 0242 Dimond Leilani Lee 0088
Dombroski Eric Frank 0101 Donoughe John Scott 0008
Doudt Alexander Daniel 0087 Drayer Sara Marie 0240
Dugar Brandon Campbell 0072 Earley James Patrick 0151
Elliott Emily Jerniga 0243 Erdle Nicholas James 0106
Ernstsignore Elizabeth 0102 Eubanks Joshua David 0080
Ewing Christopher Kane 0017 Fang Ashley Lynn 0216
Fayos Zane Allyn 0142 Fehringer Adam Joseph 0236
Fenton Ronald C 0146 Fernicola Stephen D 0177
Fiore Benjamin Dylan 0130 Ford Alexandra Laine 0090
Fortner Grady A 0107 Freund Brin Etan 0016
Gambrell Justin Blake 0229 Garrett Andrew Robert 0235
Geddes Cody Michael 0231 Geurin Joel Preston 0206
Goold Michael Prince 0093 Gorman John Dunham 0232
Gosselin Michelle M 0024 Gosztyla Carolyn Emma 0114
Gould Allison Anne 0164 Grady Derek William 0144
Graf Andrew Clifford 0118 Granda Christopher S 0228
Gray Carrie Nicole 0073 Greenwald John Addison 0156
Griffis Clare Ellen 0128 Grim Andrew Ward 0079
Grounds Benjamin Eric 0179 Gurley Jessica Anne 0185
Gutierrez Lino A III 0022 Hamilton Ross Michael 0094
Harris Christopher W 0159 Harrison Kathryn Mary 0125
Hasson Ryan James 0136 Heig Todd W 0007
Held Jenny Michelle 0062 Heller Johnathan M 0034
Hendy Dylan Michael 0021 Hildreth Amy Follmer 0020
Hill Steven Michael 0085 Hill Susan Elena 0140
Hornacek Michael W 0123 House Tyler Bernard 0178
Houskamp Daniel John 0043 Hru Jessica Mahela 0113
Hughes Charlotte K 0121 Hughes Chase Andrew 0239
Hurdiss Sean Michael 0041 Hyman Leslie Jared 0213
James William F III 0038 James Kay Louise 0152
Johnson Andrew Steven 0050 Johnson Cody Reid 0202
Johnson William Rainey 0247 Jones Brendan Adam 0195
Jones Heather Louise 0092 Joseph Shane Paul 0133
Kim Cecilia Jung Ah 0175 Kitz Robert Joseph 0109
Kopp Jason Allen 0031 Kosmach Sterling N 0188
Kramer Todd Raymond 0193 Krepela Alyssa Leigh A 0173
Kucera Walter Bailey 0181 Kurth Benjamin James 0168
Landvater Jeremy Ray 0212 Lane Kelsey White 0064
Lavin Shane Thomas 0165 Lecourt Amarateedha P 0103
Lesko Joshua David 0246 Liddell Daniel Patrick 0244
Light Michael Lee II 0158 Lindsey Matthew C 0011
Litwin Aileen Joanna G 0067 Long James Owen 0111
Lovoi John Edward 0082 Lowery Matthew Joseph 0211
Mackey Meagan Orourke 0015 Madison Kristan E 0154
Maldonado Paul Anthony 0208 Manners Jody Lynne 0180
Marinides Zoe Olga 0183 Mcdevitt Joshua M 0234
Mcdowell Caroline M 0009 Mcevoy Christian S 0153
Mcguire Morgan Michael 0245 Mciver Ian James 0205
Mckinley Joseph Landon 0010 Mcneese Safiya D 0161
Mellor Thomas Edward 0169 Meyer Charles Deblois 0027
Mikals Kyle Arthur 0134 Ming Gerald 0124
Moon Patrick Sung Gook 0131 Morgan Lisa Lin 0241
Mullinix Patrick C 0057 Murnan Sean David 0248
Murphy Erin Alexis 0224 Myers Ryan Christopher 0037
Myers Shawn Michael 0221 Naymick Stephen A II 0207
Nguyen Alexandre D 0116 Nguyen Tuongvi Dang 0098
Nichols Christina E 0112 Noritake Alana Rae 0074
Norris Emily Ann 0060 Oliver David Scott 0249
Olsen Meredith Lutz 0187 Olsen Aaron Arthur 0197
Paloian Russell Joseph 0191 Park Jesse Aaron 0052
Paul Lauren Ashley 0220 Peacock Andrew Pringle 0115
Pelka Bryan Michael 0120 Perry Nicholas Peter J 0160
Pesqueira Jason M 0039 Peters John Daniel 0199
Petersen Kevin Thomas 0026 Pickett Maryanne Louis 0066
Pinches Helene Marie 0176 Plyler Sarah Elizabeth 0084
Porter Ian Michael 0048 Preston Ryan Kelburne 0095
Quacinella Michael A 0233 Rauschnot James C Jr 0225
Ray Mary Elizabeth 0059 Remick Stephen Robert 0025
Robinson Sara L 0155 Rose Thomas J 0100
Ross Heather Anne 0077 Rubado Eric Chad 0030
Salazar Alexander J 0071 Sanders Henry Sinclair 0003
Sanders Terrel 0065 Sarran Lauren C 0186
Schiavone Kaitlyn M 0219 Schwan Rory Daniel 0222
Schwer Ryan Peter 0145 Sears Stephen Carver 0108
Serpico Eric Joseph 0171 Shiv Erin Nichole 0163
Short Tyler Kent 0237 Sikes Michael Andrew 0035
Sing Derek Cheng Yung 0117 Slama Richard Eugene 0226
Smith Benjamin Thomas 0194 Spellman Kelli Rae 0070
Stark Michael David 0119 Stclair Jesse W IV 0198
Steele Clarence E 0143 Stefanowicz Jessica A 0189
Stockton Jon David 0046 Stottlemyre Morgan G 0148
Suggs Laura Caitlin 0215 Syski Andrew Lawrence 0081
Taillon Carolyn Edson 0157 Tam Tiffany Joy 0162
Teruya Kara Keiko 0086 Thomas Matthew Scott 0174
Tingzon Marlon Q 0230 Tompkins Brett Lowell 0091
Trainer Donald Ray 0036 Trentacosta Robert J 0253
Underbrink Troy P 0099 Verga Jared Michael 0218
Voss Ashley E 0196 Wackowski Gillian R 0223
Waggoner John Patrick 0005 Walker Karrie Anne B 0238
Wannemacher Nicholas Q 0096 Wasmund Joshua Brandon 0203
Weber Christopher Joel 0166 Weber Michael Conrad 0051
Weipert Michael James 0004 Weiss Merissa Ida A 0042
Weisse Angela Marie 0045 Wiemholt Edward B III 0141
Wiles Brittany Lynne 0182 Williams Barbara Jean 0122
Williams Jason Tyler 0028 Williamson Ryan Alan 0139
Wilson Davida E Y 0075 Wilson Benjamin Tsuba 0110
Wilson Matthew James 0063 Winslow Andrew Warren 0014
Wong Joshua Bryant 0055 Wray Jason Maurice II 0250
Wren Garrett Michael 0147 Wu Wei Wei 0069
Zah Angela 0251
Dental Corps
Aguigam Holly K 0050 Alexander Anthony S 0010
Baho Samantha Hee 0021 Baumann Kerry Beth 0013
Betterbed Thomas W 0052 Betz Sasha Jane 0003
Brown Lauren Ervin 0043 Buechele Ryan William 0035
Bussell Adam Peter 0023 Cardon Jonathan S 0056
Carter Megan Renee 0029 Christensen Jordan S 0054
Cole Diana Kay 0055 Collymore Page Linae 0017
Dachershapiro Judson A 0038 Daniel Catherine E C 0032
Daulton Ian Joseph 0057 Donaldson Blake Aaron 0033
Draper Eric Randall 0012 Dummett Scott Lee 0049
Eurick Kyle Andrew 0004 Evans Tracy Renee 0022
Ferretti Vincent J 0044 Fewins Jenna 0058
Freeark Jordan Thomas 0053 Harris Kristofer S 0001
Heeter Henry Benjamin 0027 Holliday John Lawrence 0026
Jenista John Steven 0037 Kantaris Kaely Marie 0047
Kelly Matthew John 0061 Kritzas Yianne George 0031
Lee Candace Joi 0051 Liu Wei 0040
Martin Ashley Ann 0016 Mckinney Richard Adam 0030
Mendoza Michael C 0045 Miller Justin Robert 0002
Moberg Jared Alan 0008 Mullen Bryan Robert 0028
Nguyen Thien Thong 0020 Norris Jessica Renee 0011
Novak Heidi Marie 0005 Owen Michael Richard 0039
Oxley Eric Blair 0060 Ragsdale Kyle William 0015
Randall Thomas Scott 0019 Readel Thomas John 0036
Rothwell David Joseph 0006 Sarmiento Kathrina M 0025
Sarwar Thamar Ansari 0007 Schmidt Carter James 0024
Simon Matthew Elliott 0042 Smith Stephen Estes 0018
Smith Whitney Aiko 0034 Spoelstra Michael P 0009
Takeda Ryan Toru 0048 Tangney Kyle Marshall 0059
Thompson Joseph R 0014 Uhrich Ross Martin 0041
Weinberg Allison Diane 0046
Medical Service Corps
Alba Alexander 0045 Alexander Emmy Jean 0070
Alleman Lee Armond 0110 Anderson Yekaterina L 0072
Armas George C 0100 Badic Janine Marie 0027
Bandermann Kyle M 0043 Beard Jason Bryan 0103
Bowerahming Michael L 0071 Boyer Robert Bain 0060
Brown Kevin Clayton 0091 Brown Nickita M A 0108
Bush Matthew Lane 0048 Camaya Victor M 0096
Caperton Ricky J Jr 0109 Castillo Christopher E 0039
Christy Nathaniel C 0112 Colton Matthew Aaron 0038
Cosgrove Sarah Emily 0086 Cutler Darren Wesley 0053
Do Nhu Quynh 0024 Druhl Carl Benjamin 0068
Ehrsam Mary Christine 0111 Evans Adrian Idris 0033
Fabunmi Bababowale O* 0004 Forrey Gabriel William 0035
Foss Pamela Cole 0101 Franks James Donald 0022
Garcia Daniel Cesar 0069 Garciarivera Jose A 0015
Gaxiola Laura Nicole 0105 Green Michelle Sereese 0080
Greenfield Richard T 0034 Gresko Derek Allen 0049
Grullon Emily Rose 0042 Haag Austin Jade 0006
Haden Brittany G 0094 Hallahan John P III 0051
Halwany Firdous D 0104 Harasimowitz Eric M 0054
Heath Christopher Jay 0041 Hebert Jeffrey Collin 0008
Hensley Philip D Jr 0106 Hermansen Brandon S 0093
Hoang Kevin Quoc Khoi 0050 Holifield Kenneth C 0066
Hsiang Jason Gordon 0074 Huang Ingrid Wilson 0012
Jairam Rohan Amir 0032 Jenkins Sarah Ann 0098
Johnson Margaret C 0056 Kenner Michael Ross 0059
Knight Rachel Ann 0009 Lacanilao Annaelisa P 0047
Lawler Tammi Lynn 0077 Leidel Jason Michael 0011
Lemma Jason Charles D 0090 Lenfert Amber Alayne 0058
Lester David Warren 0075 Logsdon Daniel Lyle 0065
Lugo Christopher 0102 Lund Daniel Paul 0088
Manasco Adrienne Joy 0014 Manning Michael Bryant 0019
Middleton Larry Jr* 0003 Montgomery Ralph R Jr 0113
Moore Joshua A 0097 Mowoe Austin Ochuko 0044
Muffett Joshua David 0099 Neuroth Michelle Renee 0087
Neville Andrew Michael 0081 Newman Safiat O 0023
Nobles Kelly Nicole 0028 Numanoi Mari Kino 0007
Nyberg Yuri Nicholaus 0026 Oconnor Kevin Matthew 0064
Orr Michael Dewayne 0084 Pascetta Joseph G 0040
Paturzzio Mindy Lee 0062 Pearson Mickenzie J* 0001
Peterson Ryan Lloyd 0031 Polito Michael A Jr 0052
Pollmanturner Courtney 0013 Porter Eric Andrew 0057
Quinn Roy Wayne 0079 Rabor Emiliano Calo 0076
Raza Saima Sadaf 0005 Reichold Adam Colter 0016
Riebel Laura Kathleen 0073 Robinson Nicola M A 0085
Romanperez Erick 0010 Saunders Jessica L 0078
Schermer Michael A 0030 Scott Chad Ryan* 0002
Selvarajah Kamalan 0018 Sharpe Linda Diane 0029
Shepard Kyle Hanson 0063 Shirley Ranjan A 0082
Siepker Alison 0083 Simmons Lamont Dewayne 0021
Simonds Wayne Glen 0046 Sterling William E 0092
Stopford Samantha Jane 0095 Sullivan John Lance 0036
Tailey Prince K 0020 Tan Paul Richard F 0025
Torrison Robert L 0107 Tran Hoang Harry Huy J 0061
Unruh Jason Cory 0037 Viano James Richard W 0055
Wearing Myra Samika 0089
Judge Advocate General's Corps
Baker Rachael E 0037 Bombard Robert Charles 0018
Breech Allyson Lee 0030 Bright Thomas John 0010
Bunkers Jessica House* 0001 Burkett Sarah Falvey 0016
Burman Damon Lamont 0036 Cardellino Matthew J 0013
Carroll Jennifer S 0024 Ceder Timothy C 0004
Corrigan Philip Joseph 0011 Elko Sharai Landesberg 0032
Fontenot Leah Michelle 0035 Foote Joshua D 0025
Hein Jonah A 0020 Holt Abigail Rose 0023
Horton Joseph Paul 0006 Howitt Caitlin Rachel 0033
Johnson Jennifer Lynn 0039 Juhn Jacqueline Misah 0022
Kissner Andrea May* 0003 Luzwick Allison June 0029
Marinos Megan Pauline 0028 Mccarl Lindsay Irene 0014
Mcmahon Catherine T 0007 Mcmahon Christopher C 0005
Portzer Joelle C 0026 Preis Ann Vodhanel 0034
Rausa Nicholas Joseph 0008 Sadhwani Alvir Ashok 0012
Santamaria Frank R 0027 Schwartau Jennifer H 0017
Scott Andrew Joyce 0031 Siladi Jonathan F 0038
Smith Adam Christopher 0009 Smith Karen Malia 0021
Solis Spenser Daniel 0040 Sonson Vincent Joseph 0019
Stamper Lucianna H* 0002 Wooten Sara Jane 0015
Nurse Corps
Aclese Ashley A 0070 Aranas Leonard N 0010
Argoncillo Kenneth B 0060 Barba Michelle 0066
Bartle Samantha L 0087 Beatty Stephanie Ann 0093
Bene Amy Lynn 0038 Boeder Katherine Mae 0018
Bonair Lauren E 0092 Braiotta Danielle M 0050
Caltagirone Megan Ann 0034 Carter James Nolan II 0057
Chiong Marie Frances N 0075 Clardy Katelin E 0067
Connell Christopher C 0020 Coronado Calina Marie 0021
Craft Ananda D 0097 Cross Mark Edward II 0030
Curry Candyce Marie 0102 Czarzasty Devon R 0052
Czubernat Lisa Suzanne 0026 Davis Shantel R 0023
Dougherty Shannon Lee 0071 Duarte Samira L 0037
Dunston Shaun David 0044 Ebili Patrick O 0008
Fears Burnetta F 0099 Fink Angelica Monique 0094
Fitzgerald Matthew D 0079 Foster Katelyn Ann 0078
Fowler Molly Eileen 0051 Frasure Sarah An 0059
Gallegos Tasha 0022 Gay Zebulon Daniel 0076
Giampaoli Agustin E 0054 Gibson Brandi Lynn 0025
Godfrey Chelsea R 0080 Gunter Larry Alton II 0061
Harper Kara Lynn 0007 Hays Kierstin Anne May 0040
Hendricks Michael Ryan 0082 Hennen Bryan Timothy 0077
Holmstrom Megan P 0017 Horigan Stephanie M 0058
Howell Jessica Rose 0095 Howell Krystal Mary 0064
Jackson Ruby Luz 0074 Jenkins Breda Helen* 0004
Kennovin Amanda Jill 0036 Kuelz Amanda Allison 0009
Kuhn Paul Eugene 0062 Latimer Emily Rose 0039
Lau Tiffany 0053 Lo Jennifer R 0063
Louk Sarah U 0046 Ludlow Clint Galen 0011
Mamaril Eugene E 0048 Mcgill Jesse Jordan* 0005
Mcginnis Tiffany C 0098 Miller Kathryn Ann 0072
Mix Lizetteanne C 0049 Morris Tameka Latoya 0033
Murphy Susan Ann 0029 Nguyen Billy Argus 0065
Njoroge Anthony N 0014 Oates Julianne Rose* 0003
Odriscoll Lisa Marie 0086 Ogungbe Olufemi O Jr 0083
Onwujiobi Samuel E 0085 Orozco Roberta Linda 0091
Parker Robin Lee 0027 Paul Uriah 0069
Payne Christopher G 0089 Quinn Brittany Hansen 0041
Reimonenq Ashley J 0047 Rios Rafael J 0028
Robinson Angela Sherie 0056 Rosales Angelica A 0068
Ryan Erin Rose 0100 Scott Kelly Ann* 0002
Sizemore Aileen David 0084 Smith Chad Everett* 0001
Stephan Lucy Padro 0043 Talvo Raben Bumatay* 0006
Thomas Stephanie D 0024 Tobias Kirra Kristen 0088
Tsuhako Brennda Ann 0073 Turner Constance Marie 0096
Vanhorn Shain Douglas 0055 Visser Lindsay Auman 0101
Voelkel Nathan Edward 0081 Wasson Aaron Nathaniel 0035
Wheelous Rachael Dee 0045 Whiteside Jade Tiari 0031
Whiteside Zachary K 0032 Williams Erin Mattie 0090
Wilson Samina 0042 Zelsdorf Gisselle I 0012
Supply Corps
Amposta Janpaul P 0029 Anderson Keith C 0052
Anschuetz Christopher 0068 Bellington Matthew S 0026
Bermudez Daniel C 0089 Bloxham Evan Raydel 0039
Brill Thad Robert Jr 0042 Brooks Mario Dion P 0091
Brown Christopher J 0087 Carney Tara Jill 0054
Castellanos Eduardo J 0032 Chu Calvin Thanh Hoang 0088
Colon Wanda Ivelize 0066 Crabb Jacob Colby 0024
Cruz Russell 0094 Cuff Stephen Alphonso 0084
Davis Dessislava I 0048 Davis Jacob Reed 0027
Deanon Aaron Benri H 0083 Deiter Jared Ray 0038
Delateur Emmett Louis 0046 Devlin Alanna Mary 0086
Diop Alioune S 0050 Disanto David Joseph* 0005
Dyal David A III* 0001 Ellis Kyle Paul 0071
Escobar Luis Carlos* 0008 Fuentes Madeleine 0030
Garrett Jami Michelle 0036 Gay Justin Chaz* 0002
Givens Jared Lyn 0080 Grayum Travis Michael* 0003
Grogan Shawn Michael* 0004 Guire Charles Walter 0011
Hague Arash 0055 Hamdouni Najib 0047
Harpel Aaron James 0023 Harpel Blake Michael 0074
Hatting Daniel Stewart 0035 Heisler Andrew Charles 0058
Hendricks Crette O II* 0007 Henry Ian Alexander 0044
Herrick Jonathan Andre 0056 Higgins Justin N 0028
Hinds Anthony Learie 0043 Hinkley Daniel F 0037
Hodsdon Bentley D 0015 Howell Brent James 0049
Hunnell Justin Michael 0059 Hutchings Amy Rose 0092
Irby Traci Leigh* 0006 Jacques Analee Huffman 0076
Jacques Peter Wesley 0078 Johnson Jonathan Leroy 0041
Jones Phillip Charles 0016 Ketring Jacquelyn Mei 0019
Kovachev Nicholas K 0022 Koye Stephen B 0057
Kung Michael Shihche 0013 Lamb Winston Callis 0064
Lopez John Froylan 0010 Machinporrata David R 0090
Martinez Anthony T 0018 Maryan Broward Clark 0093
Meyer Anthony Franklin 0073 Montgomery Jason Wayne 0009
Morlan Jason Ray 0085 Murphy Joseph Patrick 0067
Nechak Matthew Michael 0061 Okonak Jonathan M 0060
Ortiz Bryan Harmon 0077 Riverafontan Gamalier 0079
Roach Adam Michael 0025 Roberts Bret Masters 0082
Salami Saheed Abayomi 0020 Sceviour Gregory Paul 0070
Schoff Jeffrey Lynn 0021 Shane Patrick Charles 0033
Stephens Jordan Tyler 0072 Story Jason Leroy 0062
Suarez Pablo Harana 0063 Sullivan Christina Ann 0081
Thompson Tracy Marie 0012 Travis Jonathan R 0053
Vadala Timothy Patrick 0095 Villanueva Raymond 0031
Vu Tung Pham The 0075 Walsh Erin Cathleen 0034
White Orlando Jerrod 0014 Wiesman Michael Andrew 0045
Wilson Richard James 0069 Zamudio Michael Tyler 0065
Zheng Lin Lin 0040
Chaplain Corps
Amora Eduardo Beritos 0013 Bayer Adam Edward 0022
Carlson Kristian L 0020 Downey David Douglas 0019
Grady Christopher R 0008 Hart Jason Ryan 0021
Hickman Joshua Wade 0016 Jean Wilking* 0002
Johnson Klint Arley 0017 Kirschenbaum Brian J* 0001
Maloney Jonathon Ray 0014 Martin David Robert 0011
Murphy Mario Kenyon 0007 Owen Jason Douglas 0012
Peterson David Aaron* 0003 Porter Jason Thomas 0023
Rodgers Paul Benjamin 0006 Russell Keith Alan 0005
Shaw Jason J 0009 Tambur David Allen 0010
Warren Yonatan Moshe 0018 Williams Roilynn K 0015
Woodard Gregory Scot 0004
Civil Engineer Corps
Acosta Ramon 0021 Anderson Andrew B 0030
Berube Jonathan Paul 0033 Blauwiekel Joseph P 0029
Bly Joshua Patrick 0036 Castin Jonathan L 0023
Cotherman Andrew James 0014 Depersia Raul Roberto 0006
Durnan Patrick Emmett 0034 Eldred Daniel Robert 0031
Erwin Mark Russell 0025 Fletcher William T 0017
Greunke Justin T 0032 Hernandez Robert G 0013
Huber Elizabeth A* 0004 Huls Donald Allen 0007
Kaiser John Michael 0009 Kiel Jason Douglas 0015
Kim Jonathan J 0012 Korpi Andrew K 0024
Krushinski Kristen 0005 Laycock Ronald Barton* 0003
Mcguire Jonathan David* 0001 Mitsch Michael Gregory 0011
Painter Kevin T 0038 Palik Timothy Sean 0027
Payne Daniel Y 0026 Pouliot John Joseph 0020
Renoewick Celeste D 0010 Rovinsky Alexander Jr 0028
Sims Corinne Ann 0035 Stock Thomas Ryan* 0002
Trejo Vincent 0019 Uglow Ronald J 0018
Webb Samuel David 0008 Weber Morgan Charles 0022
White Casie Marie 0037 Yu Sen Feng 0016
Limited Duty Officer (Staff)
Catanese Matthew W 0003 Glover Grant Cassidy* 0001
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Throwback Thursday Classic Post – What Should You Do If You Didn’t Promote?
If you are particularly interested in this post, I’m sorry. You or someone you care about probably failed to promote. In reality, nowadays it is normal and expected to fail to promote to O5 and O6, so you have company. Here are my suggestions for those that fail to promote.
First, try to figure out why you didn’t promote. Because the promotion board members are not allowed to speak about your board, you’ll never actually find out why you failed to promote, but you can usually take a pretty educated guess if you talk to the right people (like me).
If any of these things happened to you, they are likely a main reason you didn’t promote:
- Any PFA/BCA failures.
- Legal issues, such as a DUI or any other legal trouble.
- Failure to become board certified.
There are other things that could happen to you that make it difficult but not impossible to promote. They include:
- Coming into zone while in you were in GME.
- Having non-observed (NOB) fitreps before the board, such as those in full-time outservice training.
- Spending too much time in the fleet as a GMO, Flight Surgeon, or UMO. This is mostly because it causes you to come into zone for O5 while you are still in GME, and is more of a problem if your residency is long.
- Never getting a competitive early promote (EP) fitrep. Many officers who fail to select have never had a competitive EP fitrep in their current rank. This can be because they were stationed places without competitive groups and they get 1/1 fitreps, or it can be because they were in a competitive group and did not break out and get an EP. To me this is the #1 ingredient to promote…competitive EP fitreps. If you don’t have them, you are really up against it.
- Receiving potentially adverse fitreps. This most commonly happens when you are at an operational command and your reporting senior is not someone who is used to ranking Medical Corps officers, although it could happen for other reasons (like your reporting senior felt you deserved this type of fitrep). The most common situation would be if there is a competitive group of 2 officers but both are given must promote (MP) fitreps instead of 1 getting an EP and the other the MP. When both get an MP, it reflects poorly on both officers unless the reason for this is CLEARLY explained in the fitrep narrative, which it often is not. The other thing that happens is that a reporting senior gives you a 1/1 MP instead of a 1/1 EP. If you are ever getting a 1/1 fitrep, make sure you get an EP. You should consider getting a 1/1 MP an adverse fitrep. If there is no way around this, often because the reporting senior has a policy that they don’t give newly promoted officers an EP, make sure that this policy is clear in the fitrep narrative.
- Having a declining fitrep. Mostly this happens when you go from getting an EP to an MP on your fitrep under the same reporting senior. If it is because you changed competitive groups, like you went from being a resident to a staff physician, that is understandable and not a negative. If you didn’t change competitive groups, though, make sure the reason you declined is explained.
- Making it obvious to the promotion board that you didn’t update your record. The most obvious ways a promotion board will know you didn’t update your record is if your Officer Summary Record (OSR) is missing degrees that you obviously have (like your MD or DO) or if many of the sections of your OSR are either completely blank or required updating by the board recorders. Remember that although promotion board recorders will correct your record for you, anything they do and any corrections they make are annotated to the board. While a few corrections are OK, you don’t want a blank record that the recorders had to fill in. It demonstrates that you didn’t update your record.
So who actually promotes to O5 and O6? In general, the officer who promotes is:
- Board certified.
- Has a demonstrated history of excellence as an officer. In other words, whenever they are in a competitive group, they successfully break out and get an EP fitrep. Being average is just not good enough anymore.
- They have no PFA failures, legal problems, declining fitreps, or potentially adverse fitreps.
- They have updated their record, and if they previously failed to select they reviewed their record with their Detailer and actively worked to improve it.
So what do you do if you were passed over and failed to promote?
Realize that it is not the end of the world. Based on the recent promotion board statistics (which you can get in the Promo Prep), most officers were passed over for O5 or O6, 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 to 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. Consider sending 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 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
If you are a CDR who got passed over for CAPT, try to get one of these jobs and excel at it:
- Residency Director
- Department Head in a large MTF
- Associate Director or Director
- Officer-in-Charge (OIC)
- MEC President
- Division, Group, or Wing Surgeon
- CATF Surgeon
- Specialty Leader
- Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
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 usually stay in as a LCDR for 20 years, and I personally know of people who got promoted their 9th look!
Throwback Thursday Classic Post – Is Commander the New Terminal Rank? (And Other O6 Promotion Board Takeaways)
(2019 Note – This is one of the most popular posts on the blog and helped put it on the map. Since the FY16 O6 promotion opportunity of 50% when it was published in 2015, we’ve seen an uptrend:
- FY17 – 70% promotion opportunity – 34% in zone selection rate
- FY18 – 80% – 37%
- FY19 – 90% – 41%
- FY20 – 81% – 51%
That said, much of what I said in 2015 is still very true. Enjoy!)
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, it is getting harder to promote to Captain. Here are the historical promotion opportunities for O6. You don’t have to be a mathematician to notice the trend:
| FY08 | FY09 | FY10 | FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | |
| CAPT | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 50% |
There are a lot of physicians who came into the Navy when it was relatively easy for a physician to promote to Captain. If you could fog a mirror, you could likely promote. Well…things seem to have changed.
This has frustrated some physicians who failed to promote and is likely to frustrate more in the future. Aside from getting frustrated, though, it would benefit all involved if they could learn from this trend and try to adjust while there is still time. Here are my O6 promotion board takeaways:
- It is now normal when you fail to select for Captain the first time. In the FY16 board only 39% of Commanders who were in zone were promoted, leaving 61%, a clear majority, who did not. Physicians should expect to fail to select or “get passed over” the first time they are up for O6. (Only FY20 got over 50%, and barely at 51%.)
- Commander is the new terminal rank for full-time clinicians, and there’s nothing wrong with that. If the thought of taking on a significant collateral duty makes you want to cringe because you want to remain a full-time clinician during your time as an O5, you have likely reached your terminal rank. Physicians get very frustrated when they fail to promote to O6, thinking that the Navy doesn’t value clinical productivity, and this is just not true. The Navy does value clinical productivity, it just doesn’t think that they need to be Captains! The Captain rank has moved from being a reward obtained by most physicians who hang around long enough to a reward for those with senior leadership potential.
- The overwhelming majority of Commanders who promote to O6 take on a significant collateral duty. Whether they were a department head at a large MTF, a specialty leader, a residency director, a director, president of ECOMS, or in a senior operational role, they all had to pay their dues in these roles in order to score the EPs on their fitreps that allowed them to promote. These roles almost always necessitate a reduction in clinical activity, which is why you are less likely to promote to O6 as a full-time clinician.
- Having only one competitive EP fitrep before the promotion board is often not enough. At some of the larger MTFs it can take quite a while to “break out” from the pack of Commanders and get an EP on your fitrep. If you are lucky enough to get an EP but you only slide one in before you are in zone, it may not be enough. As the competition heats up, it is the people with multiple competitive EPs that will be in the best position to promote.
- You need to demonstrate career diversity while not hurting your chances to promote. The best time to mix it up is right after you are selected for Commander. You are finally senior enough to get a decent position at an operational command, BUMED, PERS, or some other alternative command. If instead of mixing it up you stay where you are, you will be the new, small fish in the largest pond in the Navy, the Commander fitrep competitive group. No matter what you do you are probably going to get promotable fitreps for a few years. You might as well use those years to break things up, PCS (even locally to an operational command – I’m not saying you have to move), and demonstrate that you are willing to flex for the needs of the Navy. You may get 1/1 EP fitreps but while you are a junior commander this is unlikely to hurt you. Then once you are done with that tour, you can return to a larger competitive group and compete for one of the aforementioned jobs if you have making O6 on your radar.
MCCareer.org The Book – Chapter 3 – Career Progression and Promotion Board Math
Introduction
When you start your Naval career, the future is largely a mystery. As you progress is your career, things will crystalize, you’ll become wiser, and you’ll think, “It would have been nice to know all of this in the beginning.”
I’m going to try and tell you what you should have known about career progression and promotion board math from the beginning.
Career Progression
This diagram below demonstrates the typical career progression of a Medical Corps officer who has no prior service. Assuming you are not picked early for promotion, you typically promote every six years. You will become a Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) at approximately 6 years, a Commander (CDR) at 12 years, and a Captain (CAPT) at 18 years. I had no prior service, I have never been promoted early, and this is exactly the timing I experienced in my career.
Along the left are the ranges of promotion opportunity for each rank from fiscal year 2013-2020. In each year, the promotion opportunity for LCDR has been 100%. In theory, if all the Lieutenants are suitable for promotion they can all be promoted to LCDR. When it comes to the promotion opportunities for CDR or CAPT, interpreting them is a touch more difficult because we have to talk about promotion board math.
Promotion Board Math
In Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19), people were very excited about a 90% promotion opportunity for the FY19 Staff Corps O6 promotion board. But it was easy to misinterpret this opportunity. It did not mean that 90% of CDRs were selected for CAPT.
Where Does the Promotion Opportunity Come From?
The short answer is from manpower projections. How many physicians are getting out or retiring? What is the current Medical Corps manning level for that rank? What are future needs anticipated to be? What is the size of the promotion zone? The answers to all of these questions determines the promotion opportunity and guide Navy Personnel Command (NPC) and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) when they are making their decision.
As you can see here, the promotion opportunity varies from year-to-year:
| FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | |
| LCDR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | Pending |
| CDR | 80% | 80% | 70% | 70% | 65% | 75% | 85% | 77% |
| CAPT | 60% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 81% |
Historical promotion opportunities for FY13-20.
But as you can see here, the percentage who are promoted from the in zone group is substantially lower:
| FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | |
| LCDR | 97% | 89% | 90% | 93% | 88% | 85% | 87% | Pending |
| CDR | 58% | 66% | 49% | 53% | 44% | 40% | 52% | 53% |
| CAPT | 55% | 43% | 47% | 39% | 34% | 37% | 41% | 51% |
Historical percentage of in-zone candidates selected for promotion for FY13-20.
Promotion Board Zones
There are three “zones” for promotion – below zone, in zone, and above zone. Medical Corps officers are below zone for two years, in zone for one year, and above zone until they are either selected for promotion or get out of the Navy. A few people are usually picked early or below zone, but most people will not get picked until they are in or above zone.
FY19 O6 Promotion Board Math
In FY19, there were 74 CDRs in zone for promotion. To figure out how many officers can be selected for promotion, you have to multiple the zone size by the promotion opportunity. For example, if you take the 90% promotion opportunity everyone was excited about and multiply it by the zone size of 74, you’ll see that they could have promoted 67 CDRs to CAPT during the board:
90% opportunity X 74 people in zone = 66.6 (rounded up to 67) people they can pick for O6
These 67, though, were picked from CDRs who were below zone, in zone, or above zone. Usually, there is a small number picked from below zone, and a much larger number from the in zone and above zone categories. Here were the results:
As you can see, the 90% promotion opportunity only led to a 41% selection rate for those who were in zone. The remainder came from the below and above zone CDRs.
The Bottom Line on Career Progression
The typical career progression occurs with a promotion every six years, as detailed in the diagram below. The promotion opportunities listed, though, result in a much lower chance of getting picked when you are in zone because the selections come from those below, in, and above zone.
