ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 031310Z FEB 03 ZYB MIN PSN 467565J33 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS //N07220// NAVADMIN 027/03 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/-/FEB// SUBJ/FY-03 AVIATION CAREER CONTINUATION PAY (ACCP) MODIFICATION// REF/A/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/151045ZOCT2002// REF/B/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/151046ZOCT2002// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 342/02 PART ONE ANNOUNCING NAVY'S FY-03 AVIATION CAREER CONTINUATION PAY (ACCP) PROGRAM. REF B IS NAVADMIN 342/02 PART TWO ANNOUNCING NAVY'S FY-03 ACCP.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN EXPANDS SHORT-TERM ACCP ELIGIBILITY AND CLARIFIES FAILS OF SELECT (FOS) ACCP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. THOSE OFFICERS MEETING ACCP CRITERIA ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR A TWENTY-FOUR MONTH CONTRACT IF THEY HAVE AT LEAST 13 MONTHS BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS REMAINING UNTIL PRD. OFFICERS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR A THIRTY AND THIRTY-SIX MONTH CONTRACT (AS APPROPRIATE) IF THEY HAVE 25 MONTHS OR MORE UNTIL PRD. THE SPECIFIC CHANGES ARE LISTED IN PARA TWO. ACCP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HAS BEEN CHANGED TO PRECLUDE LIEUTENANTS WHO FOS TO THE NEXT HIGHER PAYGRADE FROM RECEIVING ACCP. THE SPECIFIC CHANGES ARE LISTED IN PARA (3). THE REMAINDER OF THE FY-03 ACCP PROGRAM STATED IN REFS A AND B REMAIN IN EFFECT EXCEPT AS CHANGED BY THIS NAVADMIN. 2. CHANGE PARA 5.C. REMOVE SENTENCE BEGINNING WITH: TWELVE MONTH CONTRACT FOR AVIATORS WITH SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR REMAINING UNTIL PRD; TWENTY-FOUR MONTH CONTRACT FOR AVIATORS WITH AT LEAST 18 MONTHS BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS REMAINING UNTIL PRD; THIRTY OR THIRTY-SIX MONTH CONTRACT (AS APPROPRIATE) FOR ELIGIBLE AVIATORS WITH 30 MONTHS OR MORE UNTIL PRD. REPLACE WITH: TWELVE MONTH CONTRACT FOR AVIATORS WITH SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR REMAINING UNTIL PRD; TWENTY-FOUR MONTH CONTRACT FOR AVIATORS WITH AT LEAST 13 MONTHS BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS REMAINING UNTIL PRD; THIRTY OR THIRTY-SIX MONTH CONTRACT (AS APPROPRIATE) FOR ELIGIBLE AVIATORS WITH 25 MONTHS OR MORE UNTIL PRD. 3. CHANGE PARA 6.J. TO INCLUDE (3) LIEUTENANTS WHO FOS TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE ARE INELIGIBLE FOR ACCP. ONCE SELECTED FOR PROMOTION, OR CONTINUATION ACCP ELIGIBILITY IS REINSTATED. 4. IN PARA 14.C.3. NOTE 1: A-D SUBSTITUTE 1 OCT 02 FOR 1 OCT 03. 5. RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.// BT NNNN