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R 082134Z MAY 00  ZYB MIN PSN 834071J23
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01430//
NAVADMIN 117/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N13//
 
SUBJ/ADVANCEMENT POINTS FOR ENLISTED WARFARE QUALIFICATION AND
/VOLUNTARY EDUCATION//
 
REF/A/RMG/CNO/081329ZSEP97//
 
REF/B/DOC/BUPERS/100791//
 
NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 219/97, ENLISTED WARFARE QUALIFICATIONS
POLICY CHANGES.  REF B IS BUPERSINST 1430.16D, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL//
 
RMKS/1. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE ENLISTED WARFARE QUALIFICATION HAS
COME TO REPRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF WARFARE SYSTEMS AND
THE MOTIVATION TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WARFIGHTING TEAM.
DESIGNED TO BE THE BEDROCK OF A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE UNITED
STATES NAVY, RECEIVING THE RECOGNITION OF A WARFARE QUALIFICATION
IS A LANDMARK EVENT IN A SAILOR'S CAREER.  THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
QUALIFICATION IS REITERATED IN REF A WHICH ANNOUNCED THAT ALL
SAILORS ASSIGNED TO COMMANDS WITH QUALIFYING PROGRAMS MUST BE
QUALIFIED IN THAT UNIT'S PRIMARY WARFARE MISSION AND COMMON CORE
PQS PRIOR TO ADVANCEMENT TO E6 OR HIGHER.  THE FIRST ADVANCEMENT
CYCLE FOR WHICH INITIAL QUALIFICATION WILL BE REQUIRED IS SEP 2000.
 
2.  REF A ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT ADVANCEMENT POINTS PRESENTLY AWARDED
FOR WARFARE QUALIFIED SAILORS ADVANCING TO E6 WILL BE ELIMINATED
BEGINNING WITH THE SEP 2000 CYCLE.  THIS POLICY CHANGE IS BEING
EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THOSE COMPETING FOR E4 AND E5 AS WELL.  THE
REASON FOR THIS CHANGE IS THE AWARD FOR WARFARE QUALIFICATION HAS
BECOME INTRINSIC IN THE INDIVIDUAL SAILOR'S OVERALL CAREER
DEVELOPMENT.  ADDITIONALLY, THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE WARFARE
QUALIFICATION PROGRAM, TO BUILD TEAMWORK AS WELL AS INCREASE
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, ARE NOW TRULY THE DESIRED BEDROCK OF A
PROFESSIONAL SAILOR'S CAREER.  IN SHORT, THE GOAL IS TO GO FROM A
SYSTEM WHERE ENLISTED WARFARE QUALIFICATION SETS A SAILOR APART
FROM THEIR PEERS TO A SYSTEM WHERE WARFARE QUALIFICATION MAKES THEM
PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER -- THE WARFIGHTING TEAM.
 
3.  ADDITIONALLY, VOLUNTARY EDUCATION HAS ALSO BECOME PART OF THE
PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR CAREER SAILORS.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE VALUE OF EDUCATION IS IN THE EDUCATION ITSELF,
AND NOT SIMPLY THE COMPLETION OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM.  AWARDING
ADVANCEMENT POINTS FOR VOLUNTARY EDUCATION IS FURTHER COMPLICATED
IN THAT OBTAINING IT IS OFTEN DEPENDENT ON SEA OR SHORE DUTY.
THEREFORE, IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE ADVANCEMENT SYSTEM MORE
EQUITABLE, VOLUNTARY EDUCATION WILL NOW BE VIEWED AS A PART OF A
SAILOR'S OVERALL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE AND SELF IMPROVEMENT,
RATHER THAN BEING REWARDED SEPARATELY.
 
4.  THE FOLLOWING CHANGE TO PARA 418 OF REF B ARE DIRECTED:
    A.  DELETE THE FOLLOWING AWARDS LISTED IN PARA 418:  ENLISTED
AVIATION WARFARE INSIGNIA, ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE INSIGNIA,
ENLISTED SPECIAL WARFARE INSIGNIA, ENLISTED SUBMARINE QUALIFICATION
INSIGNIA, SEABEE COMBAT WARFARE INSIGNIA, BASIC OR SENIOR MASTER
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL BADGE.
    B.  DELETE THE FOLLOWING AWARDS LISTED IN PARA 418:
BACHELORS DEGREE (OR ABOVE)
ASSOCIATES DEGREE
    C.  DELETE NOTE 3 FROM PARA 418.
 
5.  POC IS CDR M. SIMMONS, N132C4, AT (703) 695-3856/DSN 225.
 
6.  RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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