JANUARY 2016 CYCLE 230 ACTIVE AND FULL TIME SUPPORT E7 NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATION

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SUBJ/JANUARY 2016 CYCLE 230 ACTIVE AND FULL TIME SUPPORT E7 NAVY-WIDE 

ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATION//

 

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NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16F, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR 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 259/10, 

NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE ALTERNATIVE FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE IMPLEMENTATION IN FY-

11.  REF D IS NAVADMIN 215/10, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ADVANCEMENT 

GUIDANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE SAILORS.  REF E 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 provides guidance for administration of the January 

2016 (Cycle 230) E7 Navy-Wide Advancement Examination (NWAE) for active and 

full time support (FTS) Sailors only.  Information pertaining to selection 

board criteria will be promulgated via a future NAVADMIN.

 

2.  Timeline

    a.  21 January 2016:  Administration of exams for USN (active) and FTS.

    b.  29 February 2016:  Individual augmentation (IA) evaluations used for 

time-in-rate (TIR) waivers must have an ending date by this date.

 

3.  Eligibility Criteria

    a.  Candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements outlined in 

chapter 2 of reference (a) prior to 31 December 2015 to be considered as a 

candidate.  Candidates who do not meet the eligibility requirements are 

ineligible for cycle 230 NWAE and shall not be administered an advancement 

examination.

    b.  Terminal eligibility date (TED) for cycle 230 used to compute the TIR 

is 1 January 2017.  The minimum TIR date must be on or before l January 2014.

    c.  TIR waivers of early promote candidates must be approved on or before 

1 January 2016.

    d.  High year tenure (HYT) date or approved HYT waiver must be effective  

1 September 2016 or later.

    e.  Commissioning Programs.  Candidates who have been selected for Seaman 

to Admiral (STA-21), Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECP) and 

Medical Service Corps (MSC) in-service procurement programs remain eligible 

for advancement consideration. Selection to any other officer commissioning 

program renders candidates ineligible and those examinations must be 

invalidated by their commands.

    f.  Security Clearance.  Candidates in a rating requiring a security 

clearance must have a favorable investigation adjudication issued by the 

Department of Defense Central Adjudication Facility or the commanding 

officers interim clearance must have been granted before 1 January 2016.  

Refer to reference (b) for additional guidance.  Once Sailors have a 

clearance they must maintain that clearance eligibility.  If for any reason a 

clearance is denied or revoked, an exam is not authorized until a new 

clearance is granted. Rates requiring a security clearance are 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.

    g.  Branch class (BRCL) and special program indicator (SPI) code:  BRCL 

32 with a blank SPI code is an invalid Navy accounting status.  Commands 

should take action to have this corrected for Sailors reflecting no SPI code.  

Sailors in this status will be invalidated.

    h.  Canvasser recruiter (CANREC) personnel with BRCL of 32 and a SPI of W 

are ineligible for advancement to E7 and are only authorized to take the NWAE 

for limited duty officer purposes.

    i.  Naval Special Warfare (NSW) personnel.  Per reference ©, the NSW 

alternative final multiple score (AFMS) will be used to determine selection 

board eligibility for Special Warfare Operator (SO) and Special Warfare Boat 

Operator (SB) ratings.

    j.  Candidates must meet special requirements (citizenship, security 

clearance, medical, etc.) for certain ratings as outlined in paragraph 204 of 

reference (a), prior to the regular exam date.

    k.  Evaluations used to compute performance mark average (PMA) must be 

inclusive of period 1 January 2013 - 31 December 2015.  For additional 

guidance on computing PMA, refer to chapter 3 of reference (a).  Refer to 

reference (d) for use of concurrent evaluations for specific IA/global 

support assignment (GSA) tours for PMA computation and to establish 

eligibility for early promote TIR waivers.  Only E6 evaluations are to be 

used for PMA computation.  If a service member does not have an evaluation 

during the period specified, prepare a special evaluation with 31 December 

2015 in block 15.

 

4.  Exam Ordering

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

scheduled exam date.  Exams required prior to the TIR list opening are 

ordered via message or in the preferred message format via e-mail to 

sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil following the guidelines in chapter 4 and 

figure 4-1 of reference (a).  Specify in the subject line the order request 

is for early exams.  Ensure a point of contact (POC) is included in the 

message.  Refer to reference (e) for IA Sailors.

    b.  CTI/CTN/CTR sensitive compartmented information (SCI) exam ordering 

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

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

        (1) Educational Services Officers (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 in 

chapter 4 of reference (a).  Commands must include their Department of 

Defense activity address code (DODAAC) account number, 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 28 September 2015.  The deadline for substitute SCI exam 

orders is 31 January 2016.

    c.  Exam ordering for non-SCI exams begins 14 September 2015. ESOs must 

verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEAS website during the following time 

periods:

        (1) Initial TIR lists will be open for review and editing until 8 

November 2015.  Initial TIR exam orders will be processed 9 November 2015.

        (2) Eligible candidates that were not added to the initial TIR list 

can be added to a supplemental TIR list.  Additional TIR lists will be 

available 9 November 2015 to 6 December 2015.  The supplemental orders will 

be processed 8 December 2015.

        (3) Additional regular exams required after the TIR list has closed 

will be considered; otherwise, substitute exams will be sent. Exams ordered 

after the TIR list has closed should be ordered via message or in the 

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

following the guidelines in chapter 4 of reference (a).  Ensure a POC is 

included in the message.

        (4) Substitute exams should be kept to a minimum and require 

justification as stipulated in chapter 4 of reference (a).  Naval Education 

and Training Professional Development and Technology Center (NETPDTC) is the 

approval authority for all substitute exams. The Deadline for non-SCI 

substitute examination ordering is 12 February 2016.

    d.  ESO must verify the examination order at the View Previous

Exam Orders link via NEAS web within 14 days of placing the order.

 

5.  General Examination Information

    a.  Examination will be administered per chapter 6 of reference (a). Do 

not administer cycle 230 examinations prior to 21 January 2016 unless 

specifically authorized by Reserve Enlisted/Reserve Officers (PERS-812).

    b.  Refer to reference (e) regarding examination options for Sailors who 

are pending deployment to, or are deployed and operating in Iraq, 

Afghanistan, or the Horn of Africa.  Commands must submit the command letter 

of transmittal in accordance with reference (a). The in-theatre selection 

board eligibility waiver is not an automatic process.

    c.  Authorized materials during examination administration, only those 

materials specifically identified and listed in chapter 6 of reference (a), 

this NAVADMIN and the general examination verbatim instructions are 

authorized for use during examination administration.

    d.  Navy Counselor (NC) Recruiter examinations.  Administer Navy Career 

Counselor (Recruiter) (NCCR) examinations to the NCs holding the 2186 NEC.  

Administer Navy Career Counselor (Counselor) (NCCC) examinations to all other 

NCs.

    e.  Aviation Electronics Technician (AT) examinations. Administer 

Aviation Electronics Technician (Intermediate) (ATI) examinations for 

intermediate maintenance personnel and Aviation Electronics Technician 

(Organizational) (ATO) examinations for organizational maintenance personnel.  

Personnel will continue to be tested via two separate examinations, but will 

be merged together for advancement purposes.

    f.  Air Traffic Controllers (AC) must possess a valid FAA 7220-1

ATCS certificate and meet requirements established in NAVMED P-117.

    g.  Nuclear Electronics Technician (ETN), Nuclear Electricians

Mate (EMN), and Nuclear Machinists Mate (MMN) examinations:

        (1) ETN, EMN, and MMN candidates will take nuclear-specific rating 

examinations.

        (2) Nuclear Surface and Submarine candidates will take the same 

examination.

    h.  The Non-Nuclear Electronic Technicians (ET) rating has separate exams 

for Electronic Technicians (Communications) (ETR), Electronic Technicians 

(Navigation) (ETV) and ET.  The Non-Nuclear Machinists Mate (MM) rating has 

separate exams for Machinists Mate (Engineering) (MME), Machinists Mate 

(Weapons) (MMW), and MM. Administer the appropriate examination in accordance 

with (IAW) applicable NEC:

        (1) ET Examinations:

            ETR - NEC 14BH, 14HH, 14RO, 14TO, 14CM, 14TM, 14EM, 14RM

            ETV - NEC 14NM, 14NO, 14NV, 14SM, 14TK, 14XM, 14NP,

            14GM, 14XO

            NOTE:  ET surface - Administer the ET examination.

        (2) MM examinations:

            MME - NEC 4230, 4231, 4234

            MMW - NEC 4232, 4233, 4235

            NOTE:  MM Surface - Administer MM examinations.

    i.  If an exam is administered in error, the command must request to 

invalidate IAW reference (a), paragraph 610.

 

6.  Competing Groups.  USN candidates in the following ratings are separated 

into the following competing groups:

    a.  CS, LS, and YN

        GROUP 1 - Submarine

        GROUP 2 - All others

    b.  CTI

        GROUP 1 - Middle East/North Africa

        GROUP 2 - East/Far East

        GROUP 3 - Latin/South America

        GROUP 4 - Eastern Europe

    c.  EMN, ETN, and MMN

        GROUP 1 - Submarine

        GROUP 2 - Surface

    d.  FC

        GROUP 1 - Non-AEGIS

        GROUP 2 - AEGIS

    e.  MU

        GROUP 1 - Premier Band

        GROUP 2 - Fleet Band

 

7.  Exam administration and answer sheet return

    a.  Refer to the exam verbatim at

https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-advancement-centerfor exam  

administration and answer sheet return.

    b.  ESOs must check the exam tote board on the NEAS website at

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

sheets have been received and processed.

    c.  Substitute examinations must be administered within seven days of 

receipt.

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

Refer to reference (a), chapter 7 for guidance on correcting discrepancies.

 

8.  Examination Results

    a.  Results will be provided online via Bupers On-Line (BOL) to 

authorized command representatives prior to the release of the profile 

sheets.

    b.  Commands must verify their exam status verification report (ESVR) and 

submit a message to Naval Education and Training Professional Development and 

Technology Center (N321), info Eligibility and Promotions Branch (PERS-802), 

requesting invalidation for candidates no longer eligible or no longer 

recommended for advancement.  Withdrawal of advancement must be

documented per reference (a), paragraph 721.b.

    c.  Individual Sailors may view/download their profile sheet at the 

"Profile Sheets" link on the Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) Navy Advancement 

Center website under the career management link.

 

9.  Additional information regarding this cycle will be posted on the NEAS 

website.

 

10.  Points of Contact

     a.  Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center: 866-U-ASK-NPC or via 

e-mail at uasknpc(at)navy.mil.

     b.  SCI exam questions and orders:  850-473-5874/5867/DSN 753 or via 

e-mail at sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil.

     c.  Exam orders, records, and discrepancies:  850-473-6148/DSN

753 or via e-mail at sfly_N321_exam_order(at)navy.mil, or

sfly_N321_discrepanc(at)navy.mil.

 

11.  For further information (exam verbatim, advancement manual, and other 

related documents) visit the NKO website at

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

 

12.  This message will remain in effect until canceled or superseded, 

whichever occurs first.

 

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

 

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