ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 091942Z JUN 03 ZYB MIN PSN 789046J34 FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV UNCLAS //N01400// ALNAV 050/03 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/JUN// SUBJ/SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS// REF/A/DOC/CONGRESS/01OCT1996// REF/B/DOC/SECNAV/25APR1997// NARR/REF A IS 10 U.S.C. SECTIONS 628, 14502. REF B IS SECNAVINST 1401.1B.// RMKS/1. IAW REF A, THIS ALNAV PROMULGATES TWO IMMEDIATE CHANGES TO REF B. 2. FIRST, NEW SUBPARAGRAPH 6.C. IS INSERTED IN REF B TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "ALL APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE THE CONTESTED BOARD RESULTS WERE MADE PUBLIC. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE THE CONTESTED BOARD RESULTS WERE MADE PUBLIC WILL BE TREATED AS UNTIMELY AND WILL BE DENIED." 3. SECOND, THE WORD "ANY", IN THE CURRENT SUBPARAGRAPH 12.B(1) OF REF B, IS REPLACED BY THE WORD "ALL". ACCORDINGLY, NEW SUBPARAGRAPH 12.B(1) OF REF B WILL READ AS FOLLOWS: "ARE BETTER QUALIFIED FOR PROMOTION THAN ALL OF THE OFFICERS WHO FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION BEFORE THE PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD." 4. CHANGES REFLECTING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT REVISION OF REF B. 5. RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE HANSFORD T. JOHNSON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.// BT NNNN