2023 NAVY RESERVE FORCE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR SELRES SAILORS SEASON TWO ANNOUNCEMENT

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NARR/REF A IS ALNAVRESFOR 003/23, UPDATE TO THE 2023 NAVY RESERVE
FORCE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR SELRES SAILORS (MAP-R)
SEASON ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. REF B IS ALNAVRESFOR 029/20, SELRES
MAP-R AUTOMATION. REF C IS NAVADMIN 201/20, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
KNOWLEDGE ELIGIBILITY EXAM REVISED BUSINESS RULES. REF D IS
MILPERSMAN 1510-030, ADVANCED ELECTRONICS FIELD,
ADVANCED TECHNICAL FIELD, AND NUCLEAR FIELD PROGRAMS.
REF E IS BUPERSINST 1430.16G, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR
ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY RESERVE.//
RMKS/1. This ALNAVRESFOR message supersedes reference (a) and
provides guidance for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Season Two (S2)
Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP) for Selected Reserve (SELRES)
Sailors, beginning 1 September and ending 31 October 2023.
2. To improve MAP in the Navy Reserve, we are empowering
reserve command triads to identify and recognize their
most talented Sailors through the meritorious advancement process.
Our Reserve Force is largely prior service with unique accession
pathways. SELRES overall rating health and advancement outlook is
similar but not identical to AC/TAR planning factors. Reserve MAP
has specific controls to ensure our force maintains a healthy and
balanced total advancement opportunity for each rating.
3. For MAP-R CY23 Season Two, Navy Reserve Force will convene
an Echelon II MAP board for E-4 to E-5 and E-5 to E-6 candidates
in readiness units and all E-5 to E-6 controlled ratings for
operational and CNIFR units. The ECH II MAP board will ensure MAP
selections are determined utilizing a board precept, convening
order and selection standards consistent with promotion boards.
4. CY23 Reserve MAP-R Season Two
 a. Each MAP-R season is aligned with the Navy-wide advancement
exam (NWAE) cycles to reward the best performing Sailors. This
will require command triads to select their best and fully qualified
Sailors for MAP-R nominations, without regard to NWAE results;
however it does not relieve Sailors from the need to study for the
technical rating information tested by the NWAE.
 b. Season Two window: 1 September - 31 October 2023.
 c. Action: All Navy Reserve Units must request Unit Approver
access using NSIPS. Readiness and Mobilization Commands (REDCOMs)
and Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) Commands must request
approver access respectively. MAP-R NSIPS tutorials are located
at https://www.nsips.cloud.navy.mil under the training tab.
Reference (b) contains guidance on NSIPS MAP-R user roles.
5. Eligibility. MAP-R is open to all E-3, E-4 and E-5 Sailors who
meet MAP-R advancement eligibility requirements per references
(d) and (e) 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 September 2023.
 a. Sailors may only meritoriously advance one paygrade.
Sailors in a frocked status are not eligible for advancement to the
next higher paygrade until advanced (i.e., frocked E-5 cannot be
meritoriously advanced to E-6).
 b. MAP-R Time-in-Rate (TIR) requirements. The minimum TIR dates
must be on or before:
 (1) E-6: 1 July 2022
 (2) E-5: No TIR requirement
 (3) E-4: 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 may compete for a SELRES
MAP-R nomination opportunity but are ineligible for AC/TAR quotas.
Nomination packages for Sailors on Mobilization, Definite Recall,
and ADOS orders must be submitted in NSIPS via the automation tool
by the Sailor's respective Navy Reserve Unit (specifically their
Unit Mobilization Unit Identification Code (UMUIC)). Nomination
packages for Sailors on CANREC orders must be submitted manually to
CNRF via their respective recruiting region. Nomination packages
for Sailors supporting the Navy Reserve Center on long term ADOS or
Definite Recall orders must be submitted manually to the REDCOM.
 d. PMK-EE. Per reference (c), Sailors must complete PMK-EE for
the desired advancement paygrade to be eligible for the Meritorious
Advancement Program.
 e. Required attachments for E-4 to E-5 and E-5 to E-6 MAP-R
candidates (all readiness units and operational units submitting
a Sailor in a controlled rating listed in paragraph 10):
 (1). MAP-R nominations submitted in the automation tool must
contain evaluations from 1 July 2021 through 31 July 2023.
Packages submitted without the required evaluations will be
determined ineligible for MAP-R unless a waiver is submitted in
the NSIPS MAP-R Package.
6. Nominations. Readiness units receive one nomination to E5 and one
nomination to E6. Additional MAP-R nomination opportunities are
allocated as follows:
 a. CANREC. Each Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) will
compete for nominations within their respective region (East, West
or Reserve). Region East and Region West both are allotted one E-6
nomination. Recruiting Reserve Command is allotted two E6
nominations. Navy Recruiting Command HQ and PERS-9 are allotted one
E-6 nomination each.
7. Quotas. Readiness units receive one E3 to E4 quota. The list of
MAP-R quotas by UIC for Operational and CNIFR ISICs will be loaded
into the NSIPS automation tool and will be visible after the
guidance sheet is released.
8. E-3 to E-4 MAP-R process:
 a. The authority to select and MAP-R Sailors to E-4 is
delegated to reserve readiness and operational unit Commanding
Officers (CO) so they may recognize their most deserving E-3 Sailor.
 b. Each Unit CO will receive one E-3 to E-4 MAP-R quota.
 c. Advanced Electronic Field and Advanced Technical Field
ratings are ineligible for E-4 MAP-R due to rating requirements
described in reference (d).
9. E-4 to E-5 MAP-R process for operational units and CNIFR units:
 a. The authority to select and MAP-R Sailors to E-5 is
delegated to each squadron CO, operational unit CO and NIFR Region
CO.
 b. MAP-R quotas for all operational units will be loaded into
the NSIPS automation tool.
 c. Full MAP-R packages are not required in NSIPS but should
follow paragraph 11b guidance if authorized by the respective CO.
10. E-5 to E-6 MAP-R process for operational units and CNIFR units:
 a. The authority to elect and MAP-R Sailors to E6 is delegated
to each squadron CO, operational unit CO, and NIFR Region CO.
 b. In order to control over advancing particular E6 rates and
to maintain rating health, several ratings will be controlled. MAP-R
candidates in controlled ratings will not automatically be advanced.
Instead, they will be reviewed at the ECH II MAP-R board, where a
completed NSIPS MAP-R package will be evaluated.
 c. Controlled ratings: ABF1, ABH1, AC1, AD1, AE1, AM1, AME1,
AO1, AT1, AWF1, AWO1, AWR1, AWS1, AZ1, CE1, CS1, CTI1, CTR1, CTT1,
DC1, EA1, EM1, EN1, EOD1, ETV1, FC1, FCA1, FT1, GSE1, GSM1, ITS1-EW,
ITS1-COMM, LN1, MC1, MM1, MMA1, MN1, MR1, ND1, PR1, PS1, QM1, RP1,
SB1, RS1, SO1, STG1, STS1, SW1, AND TM1.
11. Process:
 a. To utilize E-3 to E-4 MAP-R quotas, UMUIC must use NSIPS to
process and validate the meritorious advancement. MAP-R Unit
Approvers will use steps 1-5 in paragraph 11b of this message for
MAP-R validation.
 b. NSIPS utilizes mandatory gates for MAP-R submission.
Following the below steps is crucial for MAP-R quota usage and must
be completed NLT 2359 on 25 September 2023 by the MAP-R Unit
Approver.
 (1) MAP-R Unit Approver selects the E-3/E-4/E-5 Sailor in
 NSIPS.
 (2) MAP-R Unit Approver marks each "nomination comments"
 blocks N/A. Controlled ratings must submit a full package.
 (3) MAP-R Unit Approver will upload 2023 PFA results and
 current evaluation to satisfy system requirements.
 (4) MAP-R Unit Approver will save the document which will
 automatically be forwarded on 25 September 2023 at 2359 to
 the respective ISIC.
 (5) In the upper right hand corner, the MAP-R submission
 will update from "Not Recommended" to "Recommended when all
 requirements are met.
 (6) REDCOM MAP-R approvers will rank all submissions
 alphabetically NLT 2359 on 9 October 2023 and save the
 selection.
12. Timeline. The MAP-R automation tool is designed to route MAP-R
packages automatically on the dates below. Failure to comply with
selection due dates is irrevocable, resulting in commands forfeiting
their opportunity to submit MAP-R nomination package(s) for season
two.
 a. 25 September 2023: Deadline for all readiness and
operational units to submit nomination packages in NSIPS. The
automation tool will automatically route the nomination to the
appropriate REDCOM or ISIC on this date at 2359.
 b. 25 September 2023: Deadline for NTAGs to submit nomination
packages to their respective region. NRC Regions will provide
submission guidance to their commands.
 c. 9 October 2023: Deadline to submit ranked nomination
packages to CNRF for the below commands.
 (1) Operational ISIC HQ units and aviation commands. The
automation tool will automatically route selected and ranked
packages to CNRF at 2359 on the deadline date.
 (2) Readiness and Mobilization Commands. The automation tool
will automatically route selected and ranked readiness unit packages
to CNRF at 2359 on the deadline date. REDCOMs shall follow guidance
in 10b(5).
 (3) Navy Recruiting Command HQ, NRC Region, PERS-9, CANREC
and MARFORRES nominations will be submitted to the POC listed in
paragraph 12 below.
 d. 17 October 2023: MAP-R nomination board convenes for E-4 to
E-5 and E-5 to E-6 readiness unit nominations and all E5 to E6
operational nominations for controlled rates.
13. MAP-R Board membership. We are seeking MAP-R board membership,
including a Board President and eight Board Members. All MAP-R board
participants must be available 16-20 October 2023 with travel dates
of 16 and 20 October.
 a. TAR or SELRES board president solicitation. The Board
President must be an O-5 or O-6, and be currently serving or
post-tour CO/OIC.
 b. TAR and SELRES board membership solicitation. Board members
must be a Senior Chief or Master Chief and be able to gain NSIPS
MAP-R access upon selection.
 c. All candidates for board president and membership should
submit requests directly to NRFORCM(at)us.navy.mil
no later than 08 September 2023 and include the following
information: full name, rank, current command, UIC, NRC, NRC UIC,
e-mail address and best phone number.
14. The MAP-R Board Sponsors are NCCM(AW) Kimberly Cedar, available
at e-mail: kimberly.a.cedar.mil(at)us.navy.mil and NCCM(AW)
Melody Rivas, available at e-mail:
melody.b.rivas.mil(at)us.navy.mil.
15. This ALNAVRESFOR message will remain in effect until superseded
or cancelled.
16. Leaders, it is time to identify - and select for advancementyour best performing Sailors. Let's get busy. Released by Vice
Admiral J.B. Mustin, Commander, Navy Reserve Force.//
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