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R 091230Z JUL 01 ZYB MIN PSN 353801J20
 
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NAVADMIN 173/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//
 
SUBJ/SPECIAL INITIAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE (SICA) WRT E6 APPOINTED TO
/TEMPORARY OFFICER STATUS//
 
REF/A/BUPERSINST/1430.16D/01JUL1991//
 
REF/B/DOD/FIN MGNT GUIDE FEB 2001/01FEB2001//
 
NARR/REF A IS NAVY ADVANCEMENT MANUAL.  REF B IS DOD FEDERAL
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS, VOLUME 7A CHAPTER 9.//
 
RMKS/1.  THE FOLLOWING POLICY CHANGE WILL BE EFFECTIVE COMMENCING
WITH THE FY-02 LIMITED DUTY OFFICER (LDO) SELECTION AND ONLY APPLIES
TO SPECIAL INITIAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE (SICA).  IAW REF (A) QUALIFIED
E6 PERSONNEL APPOINTED TEMPORARY OFFICER STATUS AS AN LDO AND
ADVANCED TO PERMANENT ENLISTED GRADE E7, SHALL RECEIVE SICA.  REF
(B) TABLE 29-2 RULE THREE APPLIES (MALE $970.55/FEMALE $987.25).
THIS POLICY CHANGE IS NOT RETROACTIVE TO EARLIER YEARS.
 
2.  E6 PERSONNEL APPOINTED TO TEMPORARY OFFICER (LDO) ARE ADVANCED
TO PERMANENT ENLISTED GRADE E7.  ALL REQUIREMENTS OF REF (A) MUST
BE MET:
    A. THREE YEARS TIME IN RATE (TIR) COMPUTED FROM TIR DATE TO
1 JAN PRECEDING DATE OF APPOINTMENT.
    B. ELEVEN YEARS TOTAL ACTIVE FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE (TAFMS) IN
FISCAL YEAR OF APPOINTMENT.
EXAMPLE:  IF APPOINTED 1 APR 02 ADVANCEMENT TO E7 MAY BE
SAME DATE AS APPOINTMENT TO LDO IF E6 HAS THREE YEARS TIR COMPUTED
FROM TIR DATE TO 1 JAN 02 AND TOTAL TAFMS IS ELEVEN YEARS COMPUTED
FROM ACTIVE DUTY BASE DATE (ADBD) TO 30 SEP 02.
    C.  OTHERWISE, ADVANCEMENT TO PERMANENT PAY GRADE E7 WILL BE
EFFECTED 1 SEP OF THE YEAR IN WHICH MEMBER HAS THREE YEARS
TIR IN PAY GRADE E6 WHEN COMPUTED TO 1 JAN OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING
AND ELEVEN YEARS TAFMS COMPUTED AT THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
EXAMPLE:  MEMBER'S ADVANCEMENT TO E7 MAY BE EFFECTED 1 SEP 02
IF E6 TIR TOTALS THREE YEARS COMPUTED TO 1 JAN 03, AND ELEVEN
YEARS TAFMS PRIOR TO 1 OCT 03.  ALL SERVICE IN A DUAL STATUS
IS CREDITABLE FOR TAFMS AND TIR IN THE MEMBER'S PERMANENT GRADE.
TIR DATE FOR E7 IS 1 SEP.
 
3.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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