MARCH 2015 (CYCLE 227) NAVY (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT EXAMS FOR USN, USNR (ACTIVE), FULL TIME SUPPORT, AND CANVASSER RECRUITER SAILORS

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SUBJ/MARCH 2015 (CYCLE 227) NAVY-WIDE PETTY OFFICER (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT 

EXAMINATIONS FOR USN, USNR (ACTIVE), FULL TIME SUPPORT, AND CANVASSER 

RECRUITER SAILORS//

 

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NARR/ REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16F, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR THE ENLISTED 

PERSONNEL OF U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVE.  REF B IS ALNAV 015/13, 

PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.  REF C IS NAVADMIN 

215/10, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ADVANCEMENT GUIDANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL 

AUGMENTEE SAILORS.  REF D IS NAVADMIN 336/07, ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY-WIDE 

ADVANCEMENT EXAM FOR SAILORS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE HORN OF AFRICA.//

 

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces the March 2015 (Cycle 227) Navy-Wide 

Advancement Examination (NWAE) for advancement in rate of USN/USNR (Active), 

Full Time Support, and Canvasser Recruiter Sailors.

    a.  Exam dates are:

         E6 * 5 March 2015

         E5 * 12 March 2015

         E4 * 19 March 2015

    b.  Educational Services Officers (ESO) must follow the exam requirements 

in the exam verbatim and chapter 6 of reference (a) are located at 

https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-advancement-center.

 

2.  Eligibility Requirements.  Advancement candidate eligibility requirements 

are found in reference (a), with the following information specific only to 

Cycle 227:

    a.  The terminal eligibility date used to compute time-in-rate

(TIR) is 1 July 2015.

    b.  The minimum TIR date must be on or before:

         E6 - 1 July 2012

         E5 - 1 July 2014

         E4 - 1 January 2015

    c.  E6 candidates with an approved TIR waiver must have a TIR of 1 July 

2013 or earlier.

    d.  High Year Tenure (HYT) date or approved HYT waiver must be on or 

after 1 July 2015.

    e.  Candidates in a rating requiring a security clearance must have a 

favorable investigation adjudication issued by Department of Defense Central 

Adjudication Facility or have a commanding officer's interim clearance 

granted before 1 March 2015.  Sailors in the following ratings must, at a 

minimum, maintain continuous security clearance eligibility for this cycle:

AC, AE, AG, AO, ATI, ATO, AWF, AWO, AWR, AWS, AWV, AZ, CTI, CTM, CTN, CTR, 

CTT, EOD, ET, FC, FT, GM, HT, IC, IS, IT, ITS, LN, MA, MC, MN, MT, ND, OS, 

QM, SB, SO, STG, STS, and YN, as well as all nuclear and submarine ratings.  

Refer to reference (b), for additional guidance.

    f.  Change of rate must be approved and retention approvals must be 

completed before the candidate's scheduled exam date.

This includes approvals from Navy Personnel Command, "A" schools, Career 

Waypoints (CWAY), etc.

    g.  Compute Performance Mark Average (PMA) using all evaluations in the 

candidate's current rank with an ending date that falls within the following 

time periods:

        E4 exam - 1 June 2014 to 28 February 2015

        E5 exam - 1 December 2013 to 28 February 2015

        E6 exam - 1 March 2012 to 28 February 2015

    h.  For additional guidance on computing PMA, refer to reference (a).  

For PMA guidance for Individual Augmentee (IA)  Sailors refer to reference 

©.

    i.  CWAY:  Sailors who have received a "Denied Final - Active"

from CWAY as of the December 2014 application rack and stack (results 

released in January 2015) are ineligible and shall not be administered Cycle 

227 NWAE.

 

3.  Exam Ordering.

    a.  Deploying commands can order exams up to six months prior to the 

scheduled exam date.  Refer to reference (d), for IA Sailors.

    b.  CTI/CTN/CTR Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) exam web 

ordering dates can be found on the Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) 

website at https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil.

        (1) ESO must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEAS website for 

initial exam ordering.

        (2) Additional exams are ordered via message or in message format via 

e-mail to sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil following the guidelines of 

reference (a).  Commands must include their Department of Defense Activity 

Address Code account number, point of contact (POC), and the number of exams 

required.  Commands requesting the forwarding of exams should include the 

forwarding command as an info addressee on the message.  The deadline for 

additional orders is 31 January 2015.  The deadline for substitute exam 

orders is 5 April 2015.

    c.  Exam web ordering for non-SCI exams begins 8 December 2014.

ESO must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEASOS website during the 

following time periods:

        (1)  Initial TIR lists will be available:

               E6 - 8 Dec 2014 - 1 Jan 2015

               E5 - 8 Dec 2014 - 8 Jan 2015

               E4 - 8 Dec 2014 - 15 Jan 2015

        (2)  Additional TIR lists will be available:

               E6 - 2 Jan 2015 - 22 Jan 2015

               E5 - 9 Jan 2015 - 29 Jan 2015

               E4 - 16 Jan 2015 - 5 Feb 2015

        (3)  Exams required after the TIR lists have closed are ordered via 

message or in message format via e-mail to sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil 

following the guidelines of reference (a).  Ensure a POC is included in the 

message.

    d.  Substitute exams should be kept to a minimum.

Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center 

(NETPDTC) is the approval authority for all substitute exams.  Deadline for 

ordering substitute examinations is 6 April 2015.

    e.  ESO must verify the examination order at the "View Previous Exam 

Orders" link via NEASOS within 14 days of placing the order.

    f.  USN candidates in the following ratings are separated into the 

following competitive groups:

        (1) CS, LS, and YN

            Group 1 - Submarine

            Group 2 - All others

        (2) CTI

            Group 1 - Middle East/North Africa

            Group 2 - East/Far East

            Group 3 - Latin/South America

            Group 4 - Eastern Europe

        (3) EMN, ETN, and MMN

            Group 1 - Submarine

            Group 2 - Surface

            Group 3 - Training

        (4) FC

            Group 1 - Non-AEGIS

            Group 2 - AEGIS

 

4.  Exam Administration and Answer Sheet Returns.

    a.  Refer to the exam verbatim for exam administration and answer sheet 

return instructions.

    b.  ESO must check the exam tote board on the NEASOS website at 

https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil/neas/public/toteboard.aspx often to ensure 

answer sheets have been received and scanned.  Answer sheets that are in 

error will not be counted until they have scanned successfully.

    c.  Substitute examinations must be administered within seven days of 

receipt.

    d.  A detailed discrepancy list will be maintained on the NEASOS website.  

For guidance on correcting discrepancies, refer to reference (a).  In 

addition to processing discrepancy corrections via letter or message, NETPDTC 

will also accept discrepancy corrections by encrypted e-mail.

 

5.  Any additional information regarding this cycle will be posted on the 

NEASOS website.

 

6.  Points of contact:

    a.  NPC Customer Service Center at 866-U-ASK-NPC/866-827-5672 or via e-

mail at uasknpc(at)navy.mil.

    b.  SCI Exam Questions and Orders, 850-473-5867/ DSN 753.

    c.  Exam Orders, Records, and Discrepancies, 850-473-6148/ DSN 753.

 

7.  For further information (Exam Verbatim, Advancement Manual, and other 

related documents), visit the Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) website at 

https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-advancement-center.

 

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

whichever occurs first.

 

9.  Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.//

 

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