JANUARY 2015 E7 NAVY-WIDE EXAMINATION AND FY-16 ACTIVE AND FULL TIME SUPPORT E7 SELECTION BOARD CYCLE 226

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SUBJ/JANUARY 2015 E7 NAVY-WIDE EXAMINATION AND FY-16 ACTIVE AND FULL TIME 

SUPPORT E7 SELECTION BOARD CYCLE 226// 

 

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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 OPNAVINST 1220.1D, CHANGING OR 

REMOVING PRIMARY NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION CODES FOR NUCLEAR PROPULSION 

PLANT OPERATORS.

REF C IS ALNAV 015/13, PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATION SUBMISSION 

REQUIREMENTS.  REF D IS NAVADMIN 259/10, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE ALTERNATIVE 

FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE IMPLEMENTATION IN FY-11.

REF E IS NAVADMIN 215/10, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ADVANCEMENT GUIDANCE FOR 

INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE SAILORS.  REF F IS NAVADMIN 336/07, ADMINISTRATION OF 

THE NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM FOR SAILORS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE HORN 

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RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN provides guidance for administration of the January 

2015 E7 Navy-Wide Advancement Examination and the FY-16 Active and Full Time 

Support (FTS) E7 Selection Board Cycle 226.

    a.  It is the responsibility of the candidate and command to ensure that 

the candidate*s official military personnel file (OMPF) is up-to-date and any 

discrepancy impacting the eligibility of the candidate, to include being in 

the correct competitive group, is identified to PERS-802/812 prior to board 

convening.  The authoritative source to determine if a candidate is selection 

board eligible or not is the profile sheet.  Because eligibility status can 

change without direct notification, candidates should verify their profile 

sheet on a continuous basis up to the board convening date.

    b.  Communication to the board must originate from the individual Sailor 

and must be accompanied under the candidate*s signed letter to the board 

(LTB).  Information received that is not under a signed LTB or not received 

by Navy Personnel Command (NPC) Customer Service Center (CSC) by the 

established deadline will not be presented to the board.

 

2.  Timeline

    a.  15 January 2015:  Administration of exams for USN/USNR (Active), 

(FTS).

    b.  28 February 2015:  Individual Augmentation (IA) evaluations used for 

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

available to the board.

    c.  17 April 2015:  FTS board candidates changing rating must be in their 

new rating by this date to be considered for selection in the new rating.

    d.  27 April 2015:  LTB for FTS E7 selection board eligible candidates 

must be received at NPC CSC.

    e.  18 May 2015:  FTS (Reserve) E7 selection board convenes. All 

eligibility requirements, to include any waivers, must have final approval 

prior to this date.

    f.  22 May 2015:  Active Component (AC) board candidates changing ratings 

must be in their new rating to be considered as a candidate in the new 

rating.

    g.  1 June 2015:  LTB for AC selection board eligible candidates must be 

received at NPC CSC.

    h.  22 June 2015:  AC E7 selection board convenes.  All eligibility 

requirements, to include any waivers, must have final approval prior to this 

date.

 

3.  Eligibility Criteria

    a.  Candidates must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in chapter 

2 of reference (a).

    b.  Terminal Eligibility Date (TED) for cycle 226 used to compute the TIR 

is 1 January 2016.  The minimum TIR date must be on or before l January 2013.

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

1 January 2014 and the evaluation must be available to the board.

    d.  High Year Tenure (HYT) date or approved HYT waiver must be on or 

after 1 September 2015.

    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.  Per reference (b), nuclear candidates will be 

assigned NEC 3359/3389 upon transfer of a nuclear propulsion plant operator 

to a non-nuclear billet at sea or ashore, or to duty under instruction 

including special college education programs.  Therefore, nuclear candidates 

transferred to a STA-21 duty station will not be selection board eligible.

    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 

officer*s interim clearance must have been granted before 1 January 2015. 

Refer to reference © 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.  Naval Special Warfare (NSW) personnel.  Per reference (d), 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.  See reference (d) for further explanation.

    i.  Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel.  To be eligible for 

advancement to E7, Sailors must hold the senior EOD Technician Naval Enlisted 

Code (NEC) 5335, or the Master EOD Technician NEC 5337 prior to the E7 board 

convening date.  Commands must verify and invalidate examination results for 

those selection board eligible Sailors that fail to meet these 

qualifications.

    j.  Navy Diver (ND) personnel.  To be eligible for advancement to E7, 

Sailors must hold the first class diver NEC 5342, prior to the E7 board 

convening date.  Commands must verify and invalidate examination results for 

those selection board eligible Sailors that fail to meet these 

qualifications.

    k.  Nuclear Trained Personnel

        (1)  To be eligible for advancement to E7, submarine Sailors in 

nuclear ratings must hold a supervisor NEC (3363, 3364, 3365, 3366) prior to 

the E7 board convening date.  Additionally, these personnel must have 

qualified as Engineering Watch Supervisor (EWS).  Acceptable documentation of 

EWS qualification includes an evaluation with EWS in block 29 or a letter 

from the Sailor*s command forwarded to the board via the Sailor*s LTB. 

Commands must verify and invalidate examination results for those selection 

board eligible Sailors that fail to meet these qualifications.

        (2) Surface Sailors in nuclear ratings must hold a supervisor NEC 

(3393, 3394, 3395, 3396) prior to the E7 board convening date.  Additionally 

these personnel must have qualified as EWS or Propulsion Plant Watch 

Supervisor.  The same acceptable documentation applies as submarine Sailors 

in nuclear ratings.

    l.  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.

    m.  Evaluations used to compute performance mark average

(PMA) must be inclusive of period 1 January 2012 * 31 December 2014.  For 

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

Refer to reference (e) 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 

2014 in block 15.

    n.  Canvasser recruiter personnel are ineligible for advancement to E7. 

 

4.  Exam Ordering 

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

scheduled exam date.  Refer to reference (f) for IA Sailors. 

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

Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) website at https://neasos.cnet.navy.mil.

        (1) Educational Services Officers (ESOs) 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 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 29 September 2014.  The deadline for 

substitute exam orders is 31 January 2015.

       c.  Exam web ordering for non-SCI exams have begun.  ESOs must verify 

TIR eligibility lists on the NEAS website during the following time periods:

        (1) Initial TIR lists will be available until 9 November 2014.

        (2) Additional TIR lists will be available 10 November 2014 to 

7 December 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 in chapter 4 of reference (a).  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 31 January 2015.

 

5.  General Examination Information

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

not administer cycle 226 examinations prior to 15 January 2015 unless 

specifically authorized by PERS-812.

    b.  Refer to reference (f) 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 NC*s 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.  

To ensure the best possible candidates are selected for chief petty officer, 

beginning with cycle 226 E7 selection board, ATI and ATO board eligible 

personnel will be merged into one selection pool.  Personnel will continue to 

be tested via two separate examinations.

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

certificate and meet requirements established in NAVMED P-117.

    g.  Aerographer*s Mate (AG) must complete the Aerographers Mate Class C-1 

course and hold the 7412 NEC.

    h.  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 with take the same 

examination.

    i.  The ET rating has separate exams for ETR, ETV and ET.  The MM rating 

has separate exams for MME, MMW, and MM.  Administer the appropriate 

examination IAW applicable NEC:

        (1) Non-Nuclear Electronic Technicians (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) Non-Nuclear Machinists Mate (MM) examinations:

            MME - NEC 4230, 4231, 4234

            MMW - NEC 4232, 4233, 4235

            NOTE:  MM Surface * Administer MM examinations.

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

invalidate IAW reference (a), paragraph 610.

 

6.  Competitive Groups.  USN candidates in the following ratings are 

separated into the following competitive 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-center for exam 

administration and answer sheet return.

    b.  ESO*s 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.  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 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 NETPDTC (N321), Info PERS-81, 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.

 

9.  Records review and communication with the E7 Selection Board

    a.  Communications to the board must originate from the individual Sailor 

and must be accompanied under the candidate*s signed LTB.  Information 

received that is not under a signed cover letter or not received by NPC CSC 

by the established deadline will not be presented to the board.

    b.  The time and date LTB*s are received in the NPC CSC (central standard 

time) inbox is the time and date used for deadline verification.  Although 

late LTB*s may be accepted by the NPC CSC, they will not be presented to the 

board.  Third party correspondence is any communication to the board which is 

not accompanied by the candidate*s signed LTB and will not be permitted.  

This supersedes reference (a).

    c.  All LTB*s should be on plain white paper, paper clipped (no staples, 

binders, folders or tabs) and submitted under signed cover letter to the 

president of the board.  Candidates must verify that the correct board number 

is on their signed cover letter.

Board numbers are 336 for FTS and 360 for AC.

    d.  LTB*s must contain the Sailor*s full name and full social security 

number.  Additionally, this information must be affixed and legible on all 

enclosures submitted.

FTS E7 Letters must be addressed to:

        Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center

        President

        FY-16 Reserve E7 Selection Board #336 (FTS)

        5720 Integrity Drive

        Millington, TN 38055

Active E7 Letters must be addressed to:

        Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center

        President

        FY-16 Active E7 Selection Board #360

        5720 Integrity Drive

        Millington, TN 38055

        (1) Address for e-mailing encrypted LTB*s is cscselboard(at)navy.mil.  

E-mailed LTB*s must be encrypted to protect personally identifiable 

information (PII).  Trouble with file encryption or certificate issues does 

not justify a late LTB.

        (2) If the candidate is unable to send an encrypted e-mail, they may 

utilize the safe access file exchange (SAFE) website at 

https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe to transmit their LTB to 

cscselboard(at)navy.mil.  In order for the LTBs to be considered by the 

board, the NPC CSC must receive the e-mail notification of the file upload 

from SAFE before the LTB deadline.

    e.  Certified or registered mail is not advised due to delays in 

handling.

    f.  Candidates are authorized to submit more than one LTB, vice waiting 

until the deadline to submit one all-inclusive LTB.

Although multiple LTB*s are authorized, candidates should not duplicate 

previously sent information.  The E7 selection board will review all 

necessary information per policy and this NAVADMIN as outlined in chapter 12 

of reference (a).

    g.  The LTB deadline still applies to candidates who gain eligibility 

after the LTB deadline and before the convening date. If a candidate is 

working to fix an eligibility issue and expects to be selection board 

eligible prior to the board convening date, they may submit a LTB prior to 

the deadline.

 

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

website or at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/boards/

activedutyenlisted /pages/cposelectionboards.aspx or 

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/boards/reserveenlisted/pages/

cposelectionboards.aspx. Record review and correspondence submission guidance 

is provided at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/

boards/activedutyenlisted/pages/generalinformation.aspx.

 

9.  Official results will be announced by NAVADMIN.  Selectee profile sheets 

will be published by NETPDTC within 30 days of NAVADMIN release.

 

10.  Points of Contact.

     a.  NPC Customer Service Center at 866-U-ASK-NPC/866-827-5672 or via 

e-mail at UASKNPC@NAVY.MIL

     b.  SCI Exam Questions and Orders:  850-473-5874/5867, DSN 753.

     c.  Exam Orders, Records, and Discrepancies:  850-473-6148, DSN 753.

 

11.  For further information visit the NKO (exam verbatim, advancement 

manual, and other related documents) 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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