Why I Started This Blog and How You Can Help Me
After the recent O6 results came out, I received an e-mail that went something like this:
“You don’t know me, but I was selected for promotion. Without your website and promotion board prep, I never would have promoted. I just wanted to thank you for all the work you put into it.”
I received a few more messages that were similar in nature. All I can say is, “You’re welcome. Now it is your turn to help me.”
The Origin of the Blog
In 2014, I became one of the Medical Corps Detailers. It didn’t take long for me to realize a few things:
- There was a lot of good career information out there, but it was on 20+ different websites.
- If I didn’t do something, I was going to be responding to the same questions and typing the same e-mails over and over again.
- There had to be an easier way.
There was. I created this blog. Then I created the promotion prep document. Then the fitrep prep document.
191,374 web hits later, the rest is history.
The Next Phase of the Blog
As I assume more senior leadership roles in the Navy, I find that my time is the bottleneck in the continuous process of trying to improve this blog. I’ve just got too much going on.
And this is where you come in…I need your help.
I Need People Who Want to Get Involved in the Blog
I periodically get guest posts, but they are few and far between. If you are interested in writing for the blog, send me ideas for guest posts. We will likely publish them.
Did something good happen to you in the Navy? That’s a guest post.
Did something bad happen to you in the Navy? What did you learn from it? That’s a guest post.
Did you figure something out that would benefit others? That’s a guest post.
Get the point yet?
Do you have ideas for where we should take the blog or ways we could improve it? Let me know.
I’m particularly interested in finding someone who’d like to expand the podcast associated with the blog, becoming the voice of the podcast. There is no doubt that it takes the most time, which is why the frequency of podcasts has gradually declined to the point where a podcast is a very rare occurrence.
Improving the Navy by Helping Each Other Out
This is really why this blog and all its resources were created. To help each other out and make our lives just a little bit easier. I don’t make any money off of it. In fact, it costs me $99/year to run.
If you’d like to get involved and try to help out your Naval colleagues, making their lives easier and improving their personal and professional lives, contact me and let me know. Maybe we can make this blog better together.
University Launches New Degree for Veterans Who Want to Go Into Politics
Thought this was an interesting program:
University Launches New Degree for Veterans Who Want to Go Into Politics
FY19 O4 Medical Corps Promotion Opportunity is 100%
As usual, the O4 promotion opportunity for Medical Corps officers is 100%. How do I know? Because the day the board starts you can go to the board webpage, download the convening order, and check page 2. It is always there.
Here’s the website:
http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/boards/activedutyofficer/04staff/Pages/FY-19.aspx
Here’s the convening order. Check page 2:
Updated Guidance on Career Intermission Program
Within the last few months there has been some updated guidance on the Navy’s Career Intermission Program (CIP) released in a new OPNAV instruction. In addition, the Medical Service Corps Chief put together this summary document for senior officers entitled “Talking Points #42 – Career Intermission Program” that is certainly relevant to the Medical Corps as well.
Just in case you are allergic to clicking on links and reading PDFs, here is the test from her summary document:
Director’s Guidance – The Career Intermission Program’s guidelines have recently been revised and updated with the release of OPNAVINST 1330.2C dated 12 March 2018. Senior MSC Officers should know of its existence as a talent management initiative and be able to discuss the potential benefits, risk and career impact with anyone who expresses a desire to participate.
Background – The Navy continues to explore talent management initiatives to ensure we are accessing and retaining the highest quality officers to ensure readiness. The CIP was piloted back in 2009 with the goal of reducing the number of quality service-members separating from Naval service for short- term personal reasons or to pursue professional or educational goals. The updated instruction delineates changes to the program, expands opportunities through the removal of the initial minimum service requirement and adds policy regarding ineligibility.
Key Messages:
- Participants are transferred from Active Duty to the In-active Ready Reserve (IRR) for a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 36 months. This is a one-time per career opportunity.
- Participants and their families are still entitled to health care, commissary and exchange benefit.
- They will receive 2/30ths of their current base pay while in the IRR.
- Members must apply for CIP 12 months in advance of their PRD or “soft” end of active obligated service, whichever comes first.
- Participants are not eligible to receive any special or incentive pays or bonuses. Nor are they eligible for SGLI coverage, contributions to TSP or TA benefits.
- They will receive not observed fitreps during IRR.
- Participants are authorized PCS travel and transportation to their designated residence and to their subsequent duty station.
- Members must serve at least 12 months in IRR, but may return early.
- Some examples of non-eligible personnel: FOS’d officers, personnel in training pipeline, PFA failures within last 36 months or who don’t meet current standards, any record of legal issues within 36 months, currently deployed, limited duty status, or in receipt of PCS orders.
- Upon return to Active Duty, a service member’s date of rank (officers) or TIR (enlisted) will be adjusted 1 day forward for every day spent in the IRR (e.g, 365 days in the IRR will adjust a DOR of 1 January 2019).
- Requests will be processed as delineated in OPNAVINST 1330.2C
Talking Points:
- The Navy in general, and our Corps specifically, seeks to retain quality officers. The CIP is a talent management initiative to allow Sailors to take an intermission for personal or professional reasons.
- The Navy is tracking participation numbers in the CIP, retention numbers, and the impact of participation in the CIP as it relates to promotion statistics or leadership opportunities.
- It is a viable option for Sailors, officers and enlisted, to attain or achieve personal or professional goals without sacrificing their Naval careers.
Guest Post – How to Get the New Blended Retirement System Continuation Pay
by Dr. Caroline Schlocker
There is very little information available on how a service member applies for continuation pay (CP) under the Blended Retirement System. MILPERSMAN 1810-081 provides some detail but does not mention the NSIPS requirement.
There are two items to complete in order to opt-in to CP:
- Fill out the appropriate section in NSIPS. Here is a go-by with PPI scrubbed screenshots.
- Through the Command Career Counselor office, have a NAVPERS 1070/613 generated and verified. It looks like this:
This needs to be sent by the Command Career Counselor Office to NAVPERSCOM (PERS-8) or the servicing PSD if access through the Navy Personnel System is unavailable.
The decision to opt-in to CP must occur between years 8-12 of military service. Once a person hits the 12 year mark, the decision is irrevocable. If you have not done the above steps by your 12 year mark, you will not be able to obtain CP. CP incurs a four year payback that is served concurrently with other service obligations.
How to Get the BUMED Public Affairs Office MedMACRE Phase II Update
Naval physicians are certainly interested in MedMACRE and all the potential changes coming our way as a result of it. I check the Medical Corps Sharepoint on a weekly basis looking for new positions available as well as information posted, and I noticed that sometime within the last week a six page PDF on Phase II of MedMACRE was posted. I’d post it here, but it is labelled as for internal use only so I can’t post it openly on the internet. I’d like to continue not getting in trouble for this blog.
How do you get this document? Click on the link below, select your e-mail CAC certificate when asked, and look in the upper left (which is where it was earlier today):
Navy Medical Corps Sharepoint Page
Download it and enjoy.
FY19 O6 Staff Corps Promotion Board Statistics
The Medical Corps statistics were:
- Above Zone: 33 selected of 162 eligible = 20.4%
- In Zone: 30 selected of 73 eligible = 41.1%
- Below Zone: 3 selected of 190 eligible = 1.6%
- Total Selected = 66
The other staff corps board stats can be found in this document:
Navy Revises Delayed Dependent Travel of School-aged Dependents of Sailors Undergoing a PCS
WASHINGTON (NNS) — Effective immediately, to minimize the disruption to the education of school-aged children and increase family stability, Navy has revised the delayed dependent travel policy for Sailors who are undergoing a permanent change of station (PCS) and have school-aged dependents.
In line with Joint Travel Regulations, when PCS orders have been issued, a Sailor’s dependents may perform PCS travel at a different time. The Sailor may also be authorized a housing allowance based on the location at which the dependents maintained a permanent residence, at the previously approved designated place or the old permanent duty station.
Sailors with school-aged dependents frequently request delayed dependent travel. Under the old policy, approval for requests to delay dependent travel were normally limited to the end of the current school term, which is usually the end of June or December (depending on the member’s detach date). The new policy allows Sailors with school-aged dependents to request delayed dependent travel until the end of the school year.
For questions on this updated policy, contact the Military Pay and Compensation Policy Branch via email at Nxag_n130c@navy.mil.
For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnp/.
FY19 O6 Staff Corps Select List is Out
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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
Alexander Zachary M 0053 Allard Jay E 0029
Aubin Alex L 0022 Axelsen Frank O 0012
Barrows David Allan 0061 Bell Randy S 0065
Biery John C 0014 Boganey Anthony Corey 0004
Bradford Chad 0002 Brito Jorge L 0020
Carney Leo A 0059 Carpenter Robert J III 0040
Cason John Braxton 0028 Clark Susan C 0015
Danko Janine R 0054 Dawson Gray Newton 0027
Devlin John Joseph 0024 Doan Andrew P 0056
Dorey Harlan F 0008 Emerick Jill Ellen 0038
Gallagher Thomas Q 0058 Gardner Todd A 0037
Gleeson Todd D 0013 Grasmuck Elizabeth A 0042
Greer Joy A 0050 Hagan Catherine E 0021
Hawley Daniel B 0064 Hollis Ewell M 0036
Huebner Chadley R 0032 Juba Daniel Richard 0001
Keller Anthony W 0047 Kucik Corry J 0048
Leyva Fernando F 0046 Lin Andrew H 0039
Liotta Robert A 0049 Liu Michelle F 0055
Ly Nam Thanh 0007 Mann William 0003
Manning Debra A 0044 Mcfarland Joel T 0026
Mcgowan Peter Charles 0019 Milder Edmund A 0018
Miller Joe 0033 Minarcik John Robert 0025
Moore Emori Anne 0035 Neal Christopher J 0052
Robson Kristie A 0062 Ropp Corby D 0057
Sanchack Kristian E 0066 Sauter Bettina Mae 0031
Schofer Joel M 0043 Snitchler Andrea N 0017
Soley Leah Kristen 0045 Stevens David M 0010
Stroup Sean P 0063 Taysom Danielle A 0016
Trafeli John P 0005 Vanwagner Tricia E 0023
Walter Robert N 0006 Walters Rustin C 0051
Wells Natalie Yvette 0030 Wilks Timothy M 0009
Woodbridge Mark L 0060
Dental Corps
Alova Rene June 0018 Barndt Peter Ryan 0019
Barrientos Raul L 0005 Berchtold Thomas E 0021
Bissell John Edward 0012 Briggs Preston Charles 0003
Brooks Troy William 0016 Doan Vinh Dang 0004
Evers Martin Ernest 0022 Goodin Kelly Marie 0001
Hamlin Christopher M 0014 Hoyos John Bayron 0017
Jones Bradley Elliot 0020 Kane Christopher James 0002
Khorassani Nima Abbasi 0025 Luu Thu Nhuan 0023
Miller Matthew Braden 0013 Mooney Michael Todd 0027
Perry Johvin 0008 Rudmann Michael Edward 0007
Scott Rodney Vincent 0006 Song Zhengshi 0024
Thompson James M Jr 0015 Turner Joyce Yang 0026
Vanness Howard K 0011 Yun Sabina Sukran 0010
Yune Stephen Sonyoung 0009
Medical Service Corps
Anderson Robert Lee II 0012 Cooperman Kathleen K 0020
Green Darryl Edward 0006 Green Rona Denise 0007
Hagen James Raymond 0021 Hatch Brian Clair 0018
Herwitz Marc David 0017 Holcomb Matthew J 0016
Howard William Rawling 0015 Jones Franca Rebecca 0014
Kindling Leslie Alice 0002 Plummer William J III 0005
Poulin Donna 0009 Quick James Curtis III 0013
Read Margaret Marie 0019 Repass Jeffrey Jordan 0011
Saitzyk Arlene Ruth 0003 Schoonover Ronald Lee 0010
Sharp Thad Jeffery 0004 Wooten Danielle M 0008
Judge Advocate General’s Corps
Burke Hugh 0001 Cruz Tanya 0006
Elkins Kathleen A 0009 Gaston Arthur Lee III 0002
Malik Joan Marie 0003 Miani Wayne A Jr 0005
Smith Megan K 0007 Westbrook Edward K II 0004
Williams Christopher M 0008
Nurse Corps
Allen Paul Robert 0003 Bain Jessica Sacheen 0028
Basabe Laurie E 0021 Byers William Sullivan 0008
Clouser Lana Rae 0001 Couture Darren Joseph 0005
Darling Julie Ann 0020 Fancher Ronald A 0014
Fitzpatrick Patrick J 0019 Giles Tracey R 0016
Guidry Stephen L 0022 Hinds Rhonda O 0007
House Sharon L 0012 Isaac Tracy Reeva 0018
Kase Shawn B 0010 Lawrence Richard Bruce 0023
Lewandowski Jeanne M 0027 Mcmullen Laura L 0006
Olivero Thomas 0025 Shaughnessy Kim P 0015
Sol Darryl B 0013 Tarrant Andrew D 0026
Vass Craig Timothy 0024 Waara Michele A 0009
Wiegmann William W 0017 Wonpat Francisco I 0011
Yaden Steven Thomas 0004 Zablan Kim T 0002
Supply Corps
Adams Jason William 0013 Dellanno Arcangelo P 0008
Demeyer Paul Wayne 0009 Hamilton John H IV 0015
Hornyak Albert Lee 0004 Johnson Wesley Parks 0003
Lewis Andrew Justin 0012 Lookabill Ryan Davis 0016
Naley Erik Ronald 0010 Obellos Ernan S 0007
Schemm Cory Douglas 0002 Thomas Johnetta C 0005
Triggs Shawn M 0014 Warner Jason Carl 0006
Yarbrough Lagena Kerri 0001
Chaplain Corps
Bagrow Philip Benjamin 0013 Cline David Lee 0003
Foskett Michael Edward 0016 Haddad Wayne M 0002
Hoffman Roy E 0012 Holcombe Henry F Jr 0019
King Philip David 0001 Mcclellan Hagan R Jr 0006
Rupe Ryan R 0005 Ryan Richard H Jr 0018
Stallinga Beth Ann 0008 Stuart Clifford Allen 0015
Thames David Blake 0017 Todd David Michael 0014
Tremblay Paul Scott 0010 Varsogea Charles E 0004
Weigelt Brian D 0009 Williams Teddy L Jr 0007
Yang David Sunghton 0011
Civil Engineer Corps
Chan Paul Chun 0002 Doss Gary Ward 0006
Flood Lance Michael 0005 Franco Ana I 0007
Greene Luke B 0011 Harder Joseph D III 0010
Harmeyer Randall E 0008 Lorenzana Chad O 0004
Mclemore Thomas B 0003 Miller Edward B IV 0009
Straub Nathaniel R 0001
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