SEPTEMBER 2014 (CYCLE 224) NAVY-WIDE PETTY OFFICER (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATIONS FOR USN, USNR (ACTIVE), FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS), AND CANVASSER REC

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SUBJ/SEPTEMBER 2014 (CYCLE 224) NAVY-WIDE PETTY OFFICER (E4-E6) ADVANCEMENT 

EXAMINATIONS FOR USN, USNR (ACTIVE), FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS), 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 

EXAMINATION FOR SAILORS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE HORN OF 

AFRICA.//

 

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces the September 2014 (Cycle 224) 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 - 4 September 2014

         E5 - 11 September 2014

         E4 - 18 September 2014

    b.  Educational Services Officers (ESOs) must follow the exam 

requirements in the exam verbatim and chapter 6 of ref (a).

 

2.  Eligibility Requirements.  Advancement candidate eligibility requirements 

are found in chapter 2 of ref (a) with the following information specific 

only to Cycle 224:

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

(TIR) is 1 January 2015.

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

         E6 - 1 January 2012

         E5 - 1 January 2014

         E4 - 1 July 2014 

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

1 January 2013 or earlier.

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

after 1 January 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 the commanding officer's interim clearance must have 

been granted before 1 September 2014.  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 ref (b) for additional guidance.

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

before the candidate's scheduled exam date.  This includes approvals from 

Navy Personnel Command (NPC), "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 January 2014 to 31 August 2014

        E5 exam - 1 June 2013 to 31 August 2014

        E6 exam - 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2014

    h.  For additional guidance on computing PMA, refer to chapter 3 of ref 

(a).  For PMA guidance for individual augmentee (IA) Sailors refer to ref©.

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

as of the June 2014 application rack and stack (results released in July) are 

ineligible and shall not be administered Cycle 224 NWAE. 

 

3.  Exam Ordering:

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

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

    b.  CTI/CTN/CTR SCI exam web ordering dates can be found on the Navy 

enlisted advancement system website (NEASOS) at https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil. 

        (1) ESOs must verify TIR eligibility lists on the NEASOS 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 

ref (a), chapter 4.  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 30 June 2014.  The deadline for substitute 

exam orders is 29 September 2014. 

    c.  Exam web ordering for non-SCI exams begins 26 May 2014.  ESOs must 

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

periods:  

        (1)  Initial TIR lists will be available:

               E6 - 26 May 2014 to 2 July 2014

               E5 - 26 May 2014 to 10 July 2014

               E4 - 26 May 2014 to 17 July 2014

        (2)  Additional TIR lists will be available:

               E6 - 3 July 2014 to 24 July 2014

               E5 - 11 July 2014 to 31 July 2014

               E4 - 18 July 2014 to 7 August 2014 

        (3)  Exams required after the TIR list has closed are ordered via 

message or in message format via e-mail to sfly_N321_order(at)navy.mil 

following the guidelines of ref (a), chapter 4.  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 7 October 2014.  

    e.  ESOs 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 at https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navy-

advancement-center for exam administration and answer sheet return 

instructions.  

    b.  ESOs 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 via an encrypted e-mail, refer to 

chapter 7 of ref (a).

 

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

NEASOS website or the NPC enlisted career admin webpage.

 

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 at 850-473-5874/5867, DSN 753

    c.  SCI Exam Orders via e-mail at sfly_cryptologic.products(at)navy.mil.

    d.  Exam Orders, Records, and Discrepancies at 850-473-6148, 

DSN 753 or via e-mail at sfly_n321_discrepanc(at)navy.mil.

    e.  Exam Orders via e-mail at sfly_n321_exam_order(at)navy.mil.

    

7.  For further questions refer to the following links:

    a.  NPC:  http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-

npc/career/enlistedcareeradmin/Pages/Advancement.aspx

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

    c.  NEAS Tote Board:  

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

    d.  NKO (Exam Verbatim, ADVMAN, and other related documents):  

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

 

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

whichever occurs first.

 

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

 

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