ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 061335Z SEP 02 ZYB MIN PSN 919482J33
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01100//
NAVADMIN 311/02
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
 
SUBJ/ACTIVE DUTY LIMITED DUTY OFFICER AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
/PROGRAM FOR FY-04//
 
REF/A/DOC/CNO WASHINGTON DC/17JUL2000//
 
REF/B/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/24MAY2002//
 
NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1420.1 THE ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING
PROGRAMS APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL.  REF B IS NAVADMIN
156/02 ACTIVE DUTY LIMITED DUTY OFFICER AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
PROGRAMS FOR FY-04.//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFT CREWMAN (717X)
DESIGNATOR, SOLICITS APPLICATIONS FOR THE FY-04 COMMISSIONING YEAR,
AND EXTENDS THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR ALL DESIGNATORS FOR THE LDO
CWO SELECTION BOARD TO 1 NOV 02.
 
2.   PACKAGES MUST ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 1 NOV 02 AT PERS-801G.
APPLICATIONS MUST FOLLOW GUIDANCE OF REFS A AND B.
 
3.  ELIGIBLE CHIEF, SENIOR CHIEF, AND MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS
WHO ARE SPECIAL WARFARE-QUALIFIED AND HAVE AN NEC OF 535X MAY APPLY
FOR THE NEW 717X DESIGNATOR.  MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS WITH TWO
YEARS IN RATE AS OF 1 OCT 03 WILL BE APPOINTED TO CWO3.
 
4.  APPLICANTS SHOULD ALSO REVIEW THE "APPLICANTS PAGE" ON THE
LDO/CWO HOMEPAGE LOCATED AT WWW.BUPERS.NAVY.MIL/PERS211/INDEX.HTML
FOR ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND TO OBTAIN A COPY OF
CHANGE 1 TO OPNAVINST 1420.1.
 
5.  QUESTIONS CONCERNING APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MR
DEBAECKE, PERS-801G AT (901) 874-3172, 3170/DSN 882 OR E-MAIL:
P801G4@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL.
 
6.  RELEASED BY MATTHEW G. HENRY, N1 ACTING.//
 
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