ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 251450Z APR 00  ZYB MIN PSN 686882J38
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS  //N01430//
NAVADMIN 102/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N13//
 
SUBJ/INTERIM CHANGE TO BUPERSINST 1430.16D//
 
REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/100791//
 
AMPN/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16D, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES A CHANGE TO REF A, EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY, ADDING LETTERS OF COMMENDATION SIGNED BY SENIOR
EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES) OFFICERS TO THE LIST OF AWARDS FOR WHICH
FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE (FMS) POINTS MAY BE AWARDED.
 
2.  CHANGE NOTE 2.A OF PARAGRAPH 418 OF REF A TO READ:  "A LETTER OF
COMMENDATION MUST BE SIGNED BY A FLAG OR GENERAL OFFICER, OR A
MEMBER OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE IN THE CASE WHERE THERE IS NO
FLAG OR GENERAL OFFICER IN THE SAILOR'S CHAIN-OF-COMMAND."
 
3.  POC IS CDR M. SIMMONS, N132C4, AT (703) 695-3856/DSN 225.
 
4.  RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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