ALNAVRESFOR 001/21 - 2021 NAVY RESERVE FORCE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR SELRES SAILORS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SEASON 1 AND 2

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ALNAVRESFOR 001/21
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SUBJ/2021 NAVY RESERVE FORCE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR
SELRES SAILORS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SEASON ONE AND SEASON TWO//
REF/A/MSG/COMNAVRESFOR NORFOLK VA/121459ZJUN20//
REF/B/MSG/COMNAVRESFOR NORFOLK VA/152034ZDEC20//
REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/201604ZDEC18//
NARR/REF A IS ALNAVRESFOR 014/20, 2020 NAVY RESERVE FORCE
MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR SELRES SAILORS. REF B IS
ALNAVRESFOR 029/20. REF C IS NAVADMIN 313/18, PROFESSIONAL
MILITARY KNOWLEDGE ELIGIBILITY EXAM BUSINESS RULES.//
RMKS/1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES COMMANDER, NAVY RESERVE FORCE
(CNRF) POLICY AND GUIDANCE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR (CY) 2021
MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM (MAP) FOR SELECTED RESERVE (SELRES)
SAILORS AND SUPERSEDES REFERENCE (A).
2. MAP INTENT. WE CONTINUE TO REFINE AND IMPROVE MAP TO EMPOWER
COMMAND TRIADS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR MOST TALENTED SAILORS THROUGH
IMMEDIATE ADVANCEMENT. OUR RESERVE FORCE IS A PREDOMINANTLY PRIOR
SERVICE FORCE WITH UNIQUE ACCESSION PATHWAYS. RATING HEALTH AND
ADVANCEMENT OUTLOOK IS SIMILAR BUT NOT IDENTICAL TO ACTIVE DUTY/FTS
PLANNING FACTORS. BECAUSE OF THESE DIFFERENCES, RATING HEALTH FOR
SELRES NECESSITATES A DIFFERENT PROCESS IN NOMINATION OPPORTUNITY
RATHER THAN A DIRECT ADVANCEMENT QUOTA. SELRES ENLISTED COMMUNITY
MANAGERS AT BUPERS-352 REMAIN LASER-FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
FUTURE YEAR ADVANCEMENT MODELS TO ENSURE SELRES MAP TAKES NO
UNNECESSARY RISK TOWARDS RATING INVENTORY OR REQUISITE ADVANCEMENT
EXPERIENCE. ADDITIONALLY, MAP HAS CONTROLS TO ENSURE WE MAINTAIN A
BALANCED AND HEALTHY ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY BY RATING. ALLOTTED
QUOTAS TO RESERVE UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFERRED TO AS
"NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES" TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS FOR CORRECTLY
MANNED RATINGS AND MAY CONTAIN A LIMITED OPPORTUNITY FOR MERITORIOUS
ADVANCEMENT.
3. GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF MAP IN CY20, WE WILL TAKE A SUBSTANTIAL
STEP FORWARD IN CY21 TO EXPAND THE ABILITY OF EACH COMMAND TRIAD TO
RECOGNIZE TOP PERFORMING TALENT DIRECTLY. THIS CHANGE BETTER ALIGNS
WITH TOTAL FORCE INITIATIVES.
4. NEW CHANGES FOR THE CY21 MAP INCLUDE:
 A. ALIGNING MAP SEASONS WITH THE NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM
(NWAE) CYCLES. WE ARE MOVING TO A TWO-SEASON FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THE
MAP SEASONS OVERLAP THE NWAE AND CLARIFY THE INTENT OF MAP TO SELECT
AND REWARD THE RIGHT SAILORS. THIS CHANGE WILL REQUIRE COMMAND
TRIADS TO SELECT THEIR MOST-QUALIFIED SAILORS FOR MAP, WITHOUT
REGARD FOR NWAE RESULTS; HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT RELIEVE SAILORS FROM
THE NEED TO PREPARE AND STUDY FOR THE TECHNICAL RATING INFORMATION
TESTED BY THE NWAE.
 B. SEASON ONE WINDOW: 01 MARCH 2021 - 30 APRIL 2021. SEASON TWO
WINDOW: 01 SEPTEMBER 2021 - 31 OCTOBER 2021
 C. MAP-R AUTOMATION TOOL. SIMILAR TO ACTIVE DUTY MAP, RESERVE
MAP NOW HAS AN AUTOMATION TOOL, IN NSIPS, FOR NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS.
THE TOOL AUTOMATICALLY VERIFIES CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY AND CORRECTLY
ROUTES NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS. THE AUTOMATION REDUCES THE POSSIBLE
NOMINATION OF INELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.
5. MAP ELIGIBILITY. MAP IS OPEN TO SAILORS WHO MEET ADVANCEMENT
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND ARE IN A VALID PAY BILLET. PRIOR
SERVICE RE-ENLISTMENT ELIGIBILITY RESERVE (PRISE-R) SAILORS ARE
ELIGIBLE ONLY IF THEIR NEW RATE IS PERMANENT BEFORE 1 MARCH 2021.
 A. UNITS CAN ONLY MERITORIOUSLY ADVANCE SAILORS ONE PAYGRADE.
SAILORS IN A FROCKED STATUS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ADVANCEMENT TO THE
NEXT HIGHER PAYGRADE UNTIL EFFECTIVELY ADVANCED (I.E., FROCKED E-5
CANNOT BE MERITORIOUSLY PROMOTED TO E-6).
 B. MAP TIME-IN-RATE (TIR) REQUIREMENTS. THE MINIMUM TIR DATES
MUST BE ON OR BEFORE:
 (1) E-6: 1 JANUARY 2020
 (2) E-5: NO TIR REQUIREMENT
 C. MOBILIZED, DEFINITE RECALL, ADOS, AND CANVASSER RECRUITER
(CANREC) SAILORS. SAILORS WHO ARE CURRENTLY MOBILIZED OR SERVING
ON DEFINITE RECALL, ADOS, OR CANREC ORDERS CAN COMPETE FOR A SELRES
MAP NOMINATION OPPORTUNITY. THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AC/FTS
QUOTAS. NOMINATION PACKAGES FOR SAILORS ON MOBILIZATION, DEFINITE
RECALL, AND ADOS ORDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN NSIPS VIA THE
AUTOMATION TOOL BY THE MEMBER'S RESPECTIVE NAVY RESERVE UNIT
(SPECIFICALLY THEIR UMUIC). NOMINATION PACKAGES FOR SAILORS ON
CANREC ORDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED MANUALLY TO CNRFC VIA THEIR
RESPECTIVE RECRUITING REGION. REFERENCE (B) CONTAINS GUIDANCE ON
NSIPS MAP-R USER ROLES.
 D. PER REFERENCE (C), SAILORS MUST COMPLETE PMK-EE FOR THE
DESIRED ADVANCEMENT PAYGRADE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MERITORIOUS
ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM.
 E. MAP PACKAGE REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS. MAP NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED
IN THE AUTOMATION TOOL MUST CONTAIN EVALUATIONS FROM 1 JANUARY 2019
THROUGH 1 JANUARY 2021. PACKAGES WITHOUT A 2020 EVALUATION WILL NOT
BE CONSIDERED FOR MAP.
6. MAP NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES. THE LIST OF MAP NOMINATION
OPPORTUNITIES BY UIC FOR COMMISSIONED UNITS AND RESERVE COMPONENT
COMMAND (RCC) FOR AUGMENT UNITS WILL BE LOADED INTO THE AUTOMATION
TOOL. THEY WILL BE VISIBLE BY UNIT LEADERSHIP ONCE USER ROLE
PERMISSIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED. CANREC NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES WILL
BE PROVIDED TO NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND BY POC LISTED BELOW IN
MESSAGE. MAP NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS:
 A. SELRES COMMISSIONED UNITS. NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
COMMISSIONED UNITS ARE BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT'S E-4 AND E-5
BILLETS AUTHORIZED (BA).
 B. SELRES AUGMENT UNITS. EACH RCCS NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE
BASED ON E-4 AND E-5 BA FOR THE AUGMENT UNITS WITHIN THEIR AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY. EACH AUGMENT UNIT WILL COMPETE FOR A NOMINATION
OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE RCC. EACH RCC WILL PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION GUIDANCE ON THEIR MAP BOARD FOR RESPECTIVE
AUGMENT UNITS.
 C. CANREC. EACH NAVY TALENT ACQUISITION GROUP (NTAG) WILL
COMPETE FOR NOMINATION OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGION
(EAST OR WEST). NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND (NRC) HQ AND PERS-9 ARE
ALLOTTED ONE NOMINATION OPPORTUNITY.
7. SELRES MAP RATES. ALL E-4 AND E-5 RATES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MAP,
BUT SELECTIONS WILL BE CONTROLLED. ALL NOMINATIONS WILL BE
SUBMITTED PER THE TIMELINE IN PARAGRAPH 8 BELOW.
8. TIMELINE.
 A. THE MAP AUTOMATION TOOL IS DESIGNED TO ROUTE THE MAP PACKAGES
AUTOMATICALLY ON THE DATES BELOW. ANY FAILURE TO MAKE SELECTIONS BY
THE DUE DATES IS IRREVOCABLE AND COMMANDS WILL FORFEIT THEIR
OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT MAP NOMINATION PACKAGE(S) FOR SEASON ONE.
 B. 15 MARCH 2021: DEADLINE FOR AUGMENT UNITS AND NTAGS TO SUBMIT
NOMINATION PACKAGES TO APPROPRIATE RCC OR NRC REGION, RESPECTIVELY.
FOR AUGMENTS UNITS, THE AUTOMATION TOOL WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROUTE THE
NOMINATION TO THE APPROPRIATE RCC ON THIS DEADLINE DATE. NRC REGIONS
WILL PROVIDE SUBMISSION GUIDANCE TO THEIR COMMANDS.
 C. 31 MARCH 2021: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT RANKED NOMINATION PACKAGES
TO CNRF FOR THE BELOW COMMANDS.
 (1) COMMISSIONED UNIT. THE AUTOMATION TOOL WILL
AUTOMATICALLY ROUTE SELECTED AND RANKED PACKAGES TO CNRF.
 (2) RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS. THE AUTOMATION TOOL WILL
AUTOMATICALLY ROUTE SELECTED AND RANKED AUGMENT UNIT PACKAGES TO
CNRF.
 (3) NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND (NRC) HQ, NRC REGION, AND PERS-9
CANREC NOMINATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE POC LISTED IN PARAGRAPH
9 BELOW.
 D. 10 APRIL 2021: SELRES COMMISSIONED, AUGMENT UNIT, AND CANREC
NOMINATION BOARD CONVENES.
9. THE CNRF POC IS NCCM(AW) KIMBERLY CEDAR AT (757) 322-5774, EMAIL:
KIMBERLY.CEDAR(AT)NAVY.MIL.
10. THIS NAVRESFOR WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUPERSEDED OR
CANCELED.
11. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL J.B. MUSTIN, COMMANDER, NAVY RESERVE
FORCE.//
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