• SELRES Cycle 117 Results
• Active Duty Cycle 268 Results
• TAR Cycle 268 Results

AC/TAR Advancement Announcement Timeline is here

• December 19 – Quotas released
• December 23 – Triad notifications
• December 24 – Public release

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SUBJ/ADVANCE CHANGE NOTICE TO ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR ENLISTED
PERSONNEL OF THE U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVE//
REF/A/ DOC/BUPERS/07FEB22//
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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
NAVADMIN 255/24, BILLET BASED ADVANCEMENTS 2025. REF C IS
NAVADMIN
112/25, BILLET BASED ADVANCEMENT 2025 UPDATE.
RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN provides advance change notice to the
advancement manual for enlisted personnel, reference (a). This
change and references (b) and (c) will be incorporated into the
revised advancement manual on or about December 2025.
2. Billet Based Advancement (BBA) is expanding to include
advancements for eligible E6 candidates for all active duty
ratings
during the March 2026 Rating Knowledge Exam (RKE) cycle with the
exception of the following ratings: Submarine, Nuclear,
Musicians
(MU), Special Warfare Operators (SO), Special Warfare Boat
Operators
(SB), Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) and
Selected
Reserves (SELRES). Sailors in these communities will continue
to be
advanced via the legacy processes.
The March 2026 RKE will be utilized to support BBA eligibility.
Sailors who pass the RKE may begin applying for advancement
opportunities in the August 2026 MyNavy Assignment (MNA) cycle.
3. Command Advance to Position (CA2P) Eligibility. Effective
immediately, the minimum time on station requirement for CA2P
eligibility has been removed. Commands may only recommend
assigned
Sailors for CA2P via a Member Realignment Request (MRR) in MNA
to
fill billets that are projected to be vacant within six months
or
less. Requests will be initiated using 'CA2P' as the MNA
request
reason for the transaction.
 a. Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC), Type Commanders
(TYCOMS), or Budget Submitting Offices (BSOs) may also submit
IntraUnit CA2P requests to reassign eligible Sailors to another
command
with a billet available in the next higher paygrade. These
moves
must be between activities with the same type of duty (sea or
shore)
and within the same geographic area.
 b. All CA2P requests will be adjudicated by PERS4. Sailors
approved for CA2P sea duty, will be required to obligate service
for
a minimum of 36 months and will be extended 36 months onboard
from
the date of advancement.
 c. Sailors approved for CA2P shore duty, will be required
to
obligate service for a minimum of 36 months from the date of
advancement, while maintaining their original shore tour length.
CA2P requests may not be submitted for Sailors within 12 months
of
their PRD.
4. Senior Enlisted Marketplace (SEM) changes. Advancement
Request
Alignment (ARA). ARA is only available to board screened
Sailors.
 a. The MRR window for submitting ARAs will open four times
a
year, starting the day after Detailer Selections and closing the
day
after TYCOM Requisition Review in the months of January, April,
July, and October. This timeframe ensures that ARAs are
submitted
in alignment with the Sailors selected for assignments through
the
MNA and TYCOM Requisition Review process, allowing for efficient
tracking and review. Requests will be submitted in MNA via a
crossdeck or comptour personnel manning action and use 'ARA' as
the
reason.
 b. All Sailors approved for ARA will be issued orders;
however,
if the ARA approved billet has a required Distribution Navy
Enlisted
Classification Code associated with the billet sequence code,
only
UICs designated as 'sea duty' will have training included in the
orders.
 c. Commands may request ARA via a MRR in MNA to fill
billets
that are projected to be vacant within six months or less.
 d. SEM Eligibility Timeline. Effective FY-27 screening
boards,
eligibility will be expanded from 24 months to 30
months. Sailors
have up to 30 months to be selected for a job in the next higher
paygrade.
5. For questions regarding BBA, please contact MyNavy HR at
srenlistedmarket.fct@navy.mil or bba.fct@navy.mil.
6. Released by Vice Admiral Jeffrey J. Czerewko, N1.//

• July 31, 2025: PMK-EE Completion Deadline
• Aug 31, 2025: ELD Course Completion Deadline

Exam Dates:

• Sept 4, 2025: E6 Exam
• Sept 11, 2025: E5 Exam

EAW will close one week after exam date on worksheet.

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NARR/REF A IS ALNAVRESFOR 004/24, UPDATE TO THE 2024 NAVY RESERVE
FORCE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR SELRES SAILORS (MAP-R)
SEASON ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. REF B IS ALNAVRESFOR 001/21, SELRES
MAP-R AUTOMATION. REF C IS MILPERSMAN 1510-030, ADVANCED ELECTRONICS
FIELD, ADVANCED TECHNICAL FIELD, AND NUCLEAR FIELD PROGRAMS. REF D
IS BUPERSINST 1430.16G, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL
OF THE U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVISTS. REF E IS NAVADMIN 201/20,
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY KNOWLEDGE ELIGIBILITY EXAM REVISED BUSINESS
RULES. REF F IS NAVADMIN 254/21, UPDATES TO THE NAVY LEADER DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.//

RMKS/1. This message announces Commander, Navy Reserve Force (CNRF) Policy
and Guidance for the calendar year (CY) 2025 and 2026 Meritorious
Advancement Program (MAP) for Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors and
supersedes reference (a) and (b).

2. MAP Intent. The Navy Reserve has reached its authorized end strength of
57,700 Sailors for Fiscal Year 2025, for the first time since 2020, boosting
the Navy’s ability to project power, respond to crises, and deliver combat
capability across all domains. To support continued readiness, Reserve
commands are empowered to nominate top-performing Sailors through a tailored
Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP), designed to maintain balanced opportunities
and account for the Reserve’s unique force structure. Reserve MAP utilizes specific
controls to maintain a healthy and balanced total advancement opportunity.

3. CY25 MAP-R: One season. The Navy Reserve Force will convene a MAP season for
E-4 to E-5 and E-5 to E-6 candidates in December 2025 and conclude an ECH II MAP
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board in January 2026. Ratings will be identified in the MAP-R season announcement
for those ratings identified as open, controlled and closed. Ratings identified as
open will be delegated to the Fleet or Force Reserve Program Director (F-RPD)
Pillar/Reserve Program Code for utilization. For controlled ratings, the ECH II
board will ensure MAP selections are determined utilizing a board precept, convening
order and selection standards consistent with advancement boards. Ratings not eligible
for MAP due to community health will also be identified.

4. CY26 and beyond. MAP-R: Two seasons annually. Starting in 2026, MAP-R will commence
twoseasons, Summer and Winter, to allow flexibility in quota utilization to ensure
advancement opportunities are fully leveraged across eligible ratings and allow commands
to focus on NWAE eligibly requirements.

5. Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) Approver Access is Required. All Navy
Reserve Units must request and maintain Unit Approver access in NSIPS. Readiness and
MobilizationCommands (REDCOMs) and Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) Commands must request
REDCOM Approver and ISIC Approver access respectively. Utilize MAP-R NSIPS tutorials that are
located at https://www.nsips.cloud.navy.mil under the training tab. Reference (b) contains
guidance on NSIPS MAP-R user roles.

6. Eligibility. MAP-R is open to all E-3, E-4 and E-5 Sailors who meet MAP-R advancement
eligibility requirements per reference (d) and (e) and are in valid billets. For CY25,
Prior Service Re-enlistment Eligibility - Reserve (PRISE-R) Sailors are eligible only if their
new rate is permanent before 1 September 2025.
a. Sailors may only meritoriously advance one paygrade. Sailors in frocked status
are not eligible for advancement to the next higher paygrade until advanced (i.e.,
frocked E-5 cannot be meritoriously advanced to E-6).
b. PMK-EE. Per reference (e), Sailors must complete PMK-EE for the desired advancement
paygrade to be eligible for the Meritorious Advancement Program.
 c. Enlisted Leadership Development ELD Course. Per reference (f), Sailors must complete
ELD for the desired advancement paygrade to be eligible for MAP-R.
 d. Sailors must have passed, Not Advanced last participating NWAE.
 e. Mobilized, Definite Recall, Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS), and Canvasser
Recruiter (CANREC) Sailors. Sailors who are currently mobilized or serving on Definite Recall,
ADOS, or CANREC orders may compete for a SELRES MAP-R nomination opportunity but are ineligible
for AC/TAR quotas. Nomination packages for Sailors on Mobilization, Definite Recall, and ADOS
orders must be submitted in NSIPS via the automation tool by the Sailor's respective Navy Reserve
Unit (specifically their Unit Mobilization Unit Identification Code (UMUIC)). Nomination packages
for Sailors on CANREC orders must be submitted manually to CNRF via their respective recruiting
region or Navy Recruiting Reserve Command.
Nomination packages for Sailors supporting the Navy Reserve Centers on long term ADOS or Definite
Recall orders must be submitted manually to the REDCOM.

7. The MAP-R program manager is NCCM(AW) Melody Rivas, available at e-mail: melody.b.rivas.mil(at)us.navy.mil.

8. This ALNAVRESFOR message will remain in effect until superseded or cancelled.

9. Leaders, now is the time to assess and recognize our exceptional Sailors who demonstrate superior
performance. By selecting these individuals for advancement, we not only reward excellence but also strengthen
our strategic capabilities and enhance warfighting readiness by advancing them to perform jobs with increased
authority and responsibility. Let's take decisive action and ensure our Force is poised for success.

10. Released by Vice Admiral N. S. Lacore, Commander, Navy Reserve Force.//
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Sailors who are at least at an E-4 with the rates of aviation boatswain’s mate (launching and recovery equipment), aviation boatswain’s mate (fuel), aviation boatswain’s mate (aircraft handling), aviation structural mechanic-safety equipment, aviation ordnanceman, culinary specialist, damage controlman, electrician’s mate, interior communications electrician, gunner’s mate, gas turbine systems technician-mechanical, machinist’s mate, quartermaster and retail services specialist can enter the detailing marketplace in August, the first available month, according to a Navy fact sheet on the policy.

• May 22 - BOL TRIAD notification
• May 23 - Public Release

Reminders:

• Triads must have a BOL account to retrieve early notification of E-5 and E-6 advancement results
• BOL only lists the Sailors that are selected for advancement; non-selected names are not part of the BOL display
• Sailors must be on a .mil domain computer to see their exam profile sheets in NEAS
• Profile information may not be available in NSIPS immediately

SUBJ/2025 E-5/E-6 MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM SEASON ONE//

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NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 174/24, 2024 MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM SEASON 
TWO.   
REF B IS NAVADMIN 255/24, BILLET BASED ADVANCEMENTS 2025.   
REF C IS NAVADMIN 111/24, IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMAND ADVANCE TO POSITION.  
REF D IS NAVADMIN 201/20, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY KNOWLEDGE ELIGIBILITY EXAM 
REVISED BUSINESS RULES.//

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN extends reference (a) and announces the policy and 
guidance for Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Season One Meritorious Advancement 
Program (MAP) for Active Component and Training and Administration of the 
Reserves (TAR) E5 and E6 Sailors.
MAP Season One runs from 15 March through 15 April 2025.  This season 
continues the added preseason window for commands to verify MAP user role 
access and Unit Identification Code (UIC) assignments in Navy Standard 
Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) ahead of the season.  The timeline in 
paragraph 3 contains details.

2.  MAP quotas are distributed over two seasons during CY25, with roughly 
half of the available MAP quotas allocated for each of the two MAP seasons.  
This aligns MAP with the Navy-Wide Advancement Exam (NWAE) to ensure any 
unused MAP quotas are included in the NWAE cycle and to emphasize the intent 
of MAP to select and reward top- performing Sailors.  To meet required Time-
in-Rate (TIR) for MAP advancement eligibility, Sailors must have a date of 
rank no later than the following:
    a.  E5:  1 January 2024. 
    b.  E5 (Nuclear-trained Sailors):  1 January 2023. 
    c.  E4:  No TIR requirement.

3.  Timeline:
    a.  MAP Pre-season:  1-14 March 2025. 
    b.  MAP Quotas Uploaded:  14 March 2025. 
    c.  CY25 MAP Season One:  15 March - 15 April 2025.

4.  In line with reference (b), MAP advancement is not authorized for Sailors 
that participate in Billet Based Advancement (BBA).  BBA ratings that are not 
authorized for MAP are ABE, ABF, ABH, AME, AO, CS, DC, EM, IC, GM, GSM, MM, 
QM, and RS.  Sailors in these ratings have advancement opportunities via 
Command Advance to Position (CA2P).  In line with references (b) and (c), 
CA2P will be available for all Sailors not under orders or with orders 
pending release.
CA2P will eventually replace legacy MAP season execution for advancement to 
E5 or E6, with MAP quotas in future MAP seasons transitioning fully over to 
CA2P usage in the next calendar year (following the CY25 MAP seasons).  
Additional details are located on the MyNavy HRs DMAP website, 
[https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Detailing/Enlisted/Detailing-Marketplace/].

5.  Commands are required to have two NSIPS MAP user roles (command reviewer 
and command reporting senior) in order to submit MAP advancements, Exceptions 
to Policy (ETP), and additional MAP quota requests through NSIPS.  NSIPS Web 
Afloat users and commands without access to NSIPS should refer to paragraph 
5a for instructions on submitting their MAP advancements.  The system uses 
authoritative data to determine eligibility.  However, commands are required 
to locally validate that MAP candidates have successfully completed the 
Professional Military Knowledge Eligibility Examination (PMK-EE) requirement 
for E-5 and E-6 MAP advancements prior to the first day of the MAP season (15 
March 2025) as outlined in reference (d).  For training on user roles, log 
into NSIPS via [https://www.nsips.cloud.navy.mil/], click on training tab, then 
click MAP tutorial (JPA).
    a.  NSIPS Web Afloat users and commands without access to NSIPS must 
submit a MAP nomination request via e-mail directly to their Immediate 
Superior in Command (ISIC), Type Commander (TYCOM) or Budget Submitting 
Office (BSO)/Echelon II command using the Meritorious Certification Letter 
(MCL).  The letter must be signed by the commanding officer and should 
address any ETP or additional quotas requested.  Sample MCLs and detailed 
information regarding the offline process can be found via the MAP page on 
the MyNavy HR website at [https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Community-Management/Enlisted-Career-Admin/Advancement/MAP/].
    b.  Quota usage, modifications, and distribution will be managed within 
the NSIPS environment.  BSO and command quotas will be uploaded into NSIPS on 
14 March 2025 and can be found under the quota summary report tab.  Quotas 
can also be found via the MyNavy HR MAP page.
    c.  Additional quotas can be requested using the quota request option by 
the command reviewer user role.  Commands must contact their BSO to determine 
the timeline for additional quota requests.
Whether or not command quotas are authorized, all commands have the 
opportunity to request quotas from their BSO/Echelon II command, via their 
ISIC and TYCOM.
    d.  NSIPS will automatically determine if an ETP is required using 
predetermined criteria.  Sailors in ratings requiring security clearances and 
rates/pay grades requiring TIR waivers will be automatically routed for 
adjudication.  The request will be routed through the ISIC, TYCOM, and 
BSO/Echelon II command using a hierarchical workflow.
    e.  NSIPS will not automatically generate an ETP for Nuclear- trained 
Sailors.  Commands desiring to advance a nuclear-trained Sailor not meeting 
the TIR requirement must send notification to the Nuclear Enlisted Community 
Manager (N133D) at bullnuke@navy.mil.

6.  MAP Website.  MAP quotas by UIC, forms, and frequently asked questions 
can be found on MyNavy HR at: [https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Community-Management/Enlisted-Career-Admin/Advancement/MAP/].
7.  Contact MyNavy Career Center (MNCC) at (833) 330-6622 or by email at 
askmncc@navy.mil.

8.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, 
whichever comes first.

9.  Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.//

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