Navy Maintains Increased Meritorious Advancement Quotas for Petty Officer First Class

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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has a finite amount of money for retaining experienced enlisted sailors, so to ensure proper ship staffing, the service is increasing the number of meritorious promotions to petty officer first class.

The Navy has monetary incentives to retain sailors in hard to fill billets. Staffing ships, though, require sailors with ratings that don’t qualify for reenlistment bonuses, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell said last week at the 2020 Surface Navy Association symposium. https://news.usni.org/2020/01/22/navy-increases-meritorious-advancement-quotas-for-petty-officer-first-class