2010 SWO(N) Career Path Changes (DEC2010)  

The SWO(N) Career Planner is a valuable personal and mentoring tool.  By providing various pieces of data, users can chart multiple career options and visibly compare them against the notional SWO(N) career path, including FITREP/board timing and even school schedules.

The planner runs as a "macro" in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or 2003.  The planner above is not yet compatible with PowerPoint 2007 or 2010.

Right click, download, and save the SWO(N) Career Planner to a location of your choice.  The planner requires macros to run; ensure your computer's security setting will allow macros this.  Normally, this is done by going to Tools -> Macros -> Security and then selecting "Medium."

The Nuclear Officer Incentive Pay instruction which governs the Annual Incentive Bonus (AIB) and Continuation Pay (COPAY) was recently revised and updated.  You can review the new version here.

SWO(N)s are compensated for two skills sets and are eligible for both Nuclear Officer Incentive Pay (NOIP) which is governed by OPNAVINST 7220.11D and the full spectrum of Surface Warfare Officer bonuses (Revised Jr. CSRB and SWOCS) which are described on the PERS-41 Pay and Incentives page which has links to all of the applicable references including sample letters for each bonus.

Please contact the SWO(N) Community Manager before applying to any program which obligates you to additional service (including Nuclear COPAY), as there are usually timing concerns with current or future Nuclear COPAY eligibility that you need to be aware of before making any decisions.

The new NOIP instruction has provisions for new contracts and replacement contracts (see paragraph 7 for details).  Use this sample letter as a template when applying for a new Nuclear COPAY contract.  Use this sample letter as a template when applying for a replacement Nuclear COPAY contract.