RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 2010006-UUUU--RUCRNAD. ZNR UUUUU R 190006Z JUL 08 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT UNCLAS //N01400// NAVADMIN 197/08 MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JUL// SUBJ/RATING ENTRY FOR GENERAL APPRENTICES (REGA)// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE UPDATED RATING ENTRY FOR GENERAL APPRENTICE (REGA) LEVELS. REGA IS A TOOL THAT PROVIDES THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS TO LEARN ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO SPECIFIC RATINGS. JOINING A NEW COMMUNITY IS A MILESTONE FOR OUR JUNIOR SAILORS, AND KEEPING SAILORS INFORMED OF THEIR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IS THE JOB OF ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND. THIS MESSAGE, USED WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WILL ALLOW LEADERS TO HELP OUR MOST JUNIOR SAILORS MAKE EDUCATED CAREER DECISIONS. 2. COMMANDS ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE FLEET RATING IDENTIFICATION ENGINE (FLEET RIDE) AT HTTPS://FLEETRIDE.SSCNO.NMCI.NAVY.MIL TO VALIDATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIRED RATING. TO EXECUTE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER STRATEGY FOR OUR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT COUNSELORS COMPLY WITH REGA REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORM TO SERVE (PTS) POLICIES AVAILABLE IN FLEET RIDE WHILE DETERMINING BEST CAREER OPTIONS WITH THE SAILOR. POINT OF CONTACT (POC) FOR ACCESS TO FLEET RIDE IS MR. PAUL MARTIN AT (901) 874-2970/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT PAUL.D.MARTIN(AT)NAVY.MIL. 3. THIS PARAGRAPH LISTS EACH RATING AND THE PROCEDURES FOR NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS TO ENTER THAT RATING VIA EXAMINATION, IF AUTHORIZED. COMMAND LEADERSHIP SHOULD USE THIS INFORMATION TO PROPERLY COUNSEL SAILORS TO ENSURE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. THE COLUMNS LIST: RATING; RATING ENTRY STATUS; ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO E-4 FOR ALL SAILORS FROM THE SEP 07 (CYCLE 196) AND MAR 08 (CYCLE 199) NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM; OVERALL ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO E-4 FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS FROM THE SEP 07 (CYCLE 196) AND MAR 08 (CYCLE 199) NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM; AND OVERALL OPPORTUNITY TO E-3 DESIGNATION FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS FROM THE SEP 07 (CYCLE 196) AND MAR 08 (CYCLE 199) NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM. "N/A" LISTED INDICATES NO NON-DESIGNATED ACTIVITY IN THAT RATING. PERCENTAGES INDICATED ARE NOT NECESSARILY A PROJECTION OF FUTURE ADVANCEMENT/DESIGNATION OPPORTUNITIES. RATING-SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS LISTED UNDER THE NOTES COLUMN. A. ACTIVE DUTY (USN) RATINGS: (1) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE APPROVAL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS. COMMANDS SHALL VALIDATE SAILOR QUALIFICATIONS VIA FLEETRIDE AND THEN FORWARD A NAVPERS 1306/7 FOR EACH NON-DESIGNATED ACTIVE DUTY SAILOR REQUESTING TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROVAL REQUIRED EXAMS TO COMNAVPERSCOM VIA BUPERS ONLINE (PERS-811B ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED ADVANCEMENTS) OR E-MAIL TO MILL_ADVANCEMENTS_ACTIVE(AT)NAVY.MIL NLT 10 AUG 08. REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THESE DATES WILL BE DISAPPROVED. ONCE APPROVAL IS RECEIVED, FORWARD A COPY OF THE APPROVAL TO NETPDTC (N321) VIA EMAIL AT EDWARD.WEST(AT)NAVY.MIL OR FAX AT (850) 452- 1694/DSN 922. EXAMS TAKEN IN THESE RATINGS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. COMMANDS WITH ELIGIBLE NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN AN EXAM WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION. OPNAV N132G WILL SOLICIT THIS INFORMATION UNDER SEPCOR. ACTIVE DUTY COMMANDS USE NPC WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ENLISTEDCAREERPROGRESSION/ACTIVEDUTY ADVANCEMENT TO VERIFY STATUS OF THEIR ACTIVE DUTY REGA REQUESTS. RATING NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT NOTES 196/199 196/199 196/199 ABE APPRV REQD 48.27/60.67 43.88/48.78 98.18/100.00 ABF APPRV REQD 20.55/18.4 79.03/4.08 70.92/34.04 13 ABH APPRV REQD 20.88/18.31 11.81/5.00 97.91/35.09 AD APPRV REQD 26.72/33.49 13.58/19.89 7.50/25.50 13 AE APPRV REQD 35.23/44.23 9.86/19.67 6.25/100.00 13 AM APPRV REQD 39.24/60.00 16.17/40.63 7.86/100.00 13 AO APPRV REQD 28.28/37.85 15.57/12.50 54.29/50.00 AS APPRV REQD 50.48/48.35 20.00/16.05 22.73/100.00 AT APPRV REQD 61.50/71.46 42.07/68.80 96.84/100.00 AZ APPRV REQD 73.78/86.19 N/A/80.77 N/A/100.00 BM APPRV REQD 19.45/10.71 15.98/7.75 10.63/28.92 CS APPRV REQD 45.47/43.36 25.00/56.25 100.00/100.00 13 CS(SS) APPRV REQD 54.55/37.14 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 1,13 DC APPRV REQD 39.61/27.51 N/A/20.00 N/A/100.00 10 EN APPRV REQD 77.66/100.00 100.00/100.00 N/A/0.00 10 ET(SS-NV) APPRV REQD 82.20/100.00 100.00/100.00 N/A/0.00 1 ET(SS-RF) APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 100.00/100.00 N/A/0.00 1 FT APPRV REQD 60.22/35.16 N/A/N/A N/A/0.00 1 GM APPRV REQD 92.31/100.00 N/A/100.00 N/A/0.00 GSM APPRV REQD 96.32/93.267 0.00/0.00 100.00/100.00 10 MC APPRV REQD 24.18/70.06 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 14 MM APPRV REQD 24.92/21.15 7.69/0.00 100.00/100.00 10,13 MM(SS-AX) APPRV REQD 81.10/100.00 N/A/100.00 N/A/0.00 1 MM(SS-W) APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 N/A/100.00 N/A/0.00 1 MU APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/0.00 OS APPRV REQD 94.26/92.53 84.28/88.96 86.11/100.00 13 QM APPRV REQD 80.33/88.59 N/A/78.57 N/A/100.00 13 RP APPRV REQD 100.00/90.00 N/A/71.43 N/A/100.00 9 SH APPRV REQD 7.75/12.78 2.63/0.00 6.76/100.00 13 SK APPRV REQD 25.87/29.96 6.09/4.00 77.78/100.00 13 SK(SS) APPRV REQD 62.16/48.65 N/A/0.00 N/A/0.00 1,13 STS APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 N/A/0.0 N/A/0.00 1 YN APPRV REQD 52.63/37.38 N/A/22.05 N/A/39.39 13 (2) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE ENTRY VIA CLASS "A" SCHOOL ONLY. REQUESTS FOR CLASS "A" SCHOOL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER MILPERSMAN 1306- 606 TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-4010) VIA 1306/7. POC IS NCC STACEY BELL AT COMM (901) 874-2380/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT STACEY.B.BELL(AT)NAVY.MIL. EXAM PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION OF THE EXAM. NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT CLASS "A" SCHOOL AFTER COMPLETING 12 MONTHS AT THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT NOTES 196/199 AC A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 AG A SCHL REQD 37.88/47.71 AME A SCHL REQD 40.65/53.65 AW A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 BU A SCHL REQD 90.53/86.49 6 CE A SCHL REQD 90.36/90.41 6 CM A SCHL REQD 90.70/90.09 6 CTI A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 2,3 CTN A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 3,12 CTR A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 3 CTT A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 3 EA A SCHL REQD 20.37/24.41 6 EM(SS-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 EM(SW-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 EO A SCHL REQD 90.91/90.53 6 EOD A SCHL REQD N/A/N/A 7 ET A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 ET(SS-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 ET(SW-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 FC A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 FC(AEGIS) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 GSE A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 HM A SCHL REQD 20.55/26.21 IC A SCHL REQD 86.47/70.00 IS A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 8,11 IT A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 3,5 MA A SCHL REQD 87.19/90.27 4 MM(SS-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 MM(SW-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 MN A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 MT A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 ND A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 7 PR A SCHL REQD 36.51/68.44 SB A SCHL REQD N/A/N/A 7 SO A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 7 STG A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 SW A SCHL REQD 50.91/70.91 6 UT A SCHL REQD 90.16/89.09 6 (3) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE CLOSED. NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THESE RATINGS DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT NOTES 196/199 CTM CLOSED 100.00/100.00 3 EM CLOSED 43.13/49.16 HT CLOSED 43.64/31.23 MR CLOSED 60.00/100.00 PC CLOSED 32.65/59.57 PS CLOSED 2.16/13.29 YN(SS) CLOSED 84.62/100.00 1 B. FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS) RATINGS: (1) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE OPEN. FULLY QUALIFIED NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THESE EXAMINATIONS WITH APPROVAL OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER. ALL SAILORS MUST MEET THE REQUIRED ASVAB SCORES FOR THE RATING AS DIRECTED IN MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1306-618. RATING NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT 196/199 196/199 196/199 AD OPEN 100.00/100.00 100.00/100.00 N/A/N/A AE OPEN 100.00/88.90 N/A/100.00 N/A/N/A AS OPEN 100.00/90.00 N/A/100.00 N/A/N/A AT OPEN 70.37/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A BM OPEN 20.00/27.78 0.00/20.00 100.00/80.00 EN OPEN 100.00/75.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A YN OPEN 86.96/100.00 N/A/100.00 N/A/N/A (2) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE APPROVAL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS. FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) COMMANDS SHALL FORWARD A NAVPERS 1306/7 FOR EACH NON-DESIGNATED FTS SAILOR REQUESTING TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROVAL REQUIRED EXAMS TO COMNAVPERSCOM VIA BUPERS ONLINE (PERS-812A FTS-RESERVE ENLISTED ADVANCEMENTS) OR E-MAIL TO MILL_ADVANCEMENTS_RESERVE (AT)NAVY.MIL NLT 10 AUG 08. REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THESE DATES WILL BE DISAPPROVED. ONCE APPROVAL IS RECEIVED, FORWARD A COPY OF THE APPROVAL TO NETPDTC (N321) VIA EMAIL AT EDWARD.WEST(AT)NAVY.MIL OR FAX AT (850) 452-1694/DSN 922. EXAMS TAKEN IN THESE RATINGS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS USE HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ENLISTEDCAREERPROGRESSION/RESERVEADV ANCEMENT TO VERIFY STATUS OF FTS REQUESTS. RATING NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT 196/199 196/199 196/199 AM APPRV REQD 44.23/82.28 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A AO APPRV REQD 52.94/39.13 0.00/66.00 100.00/33.00 AZ APPRV REQD 36.36/81.25 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A EM APPRV REQD 100.00/42.86 N/A/100.00 N/A/N/A HT APPRV REQD 14.29/28.57 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A MR APPRV REQD 33.33/66.67 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A SK APPRV REQD 66.67/100.00 0.00/100.00 100.00/N/A (3) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE ENTRY VIA CLASS "A" SCHOOL ONLY. REQUESTS FOR "A" SCHOOL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER MILPERSMAN 1306-606 TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-812). EXAM PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION OF THE EXAM. NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT CLASS "A" SCHOOL AFTER COMPLETING 12 MONTHS AT THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT 196/199 NOTES AC A SCHL REQD 66.67/100.00 AME A SCHL REQD 46.67/53.33 AW A SCHL REQD 66.67/100.00 ET A SCHL REQD N/A/100.00 HM A SCHL REQD 29.27/17.95 IC A SCHL REQD 25.00/66.67 IT A SCHL REQD 100.00/80.00 3,5 PR A SCHL REQD 47.06/43.75 (4) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE "CLOSED". NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THESE RATINGS DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT 196/199 CS CLOSED 4.55/26.32 DC CLOSED 4.00/23.08 PS CLOSED 35.85/34.62 NOTES: (1) RATING CLOSED TO WOMEN. SAILORS MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS OF MILPERSMAN 1306-402 AND BE APPROVED AS A SUBMARINE VOLUNTEER. SAILORS MUST BE A GRADUATE OF BASIC ENLISTED SUBMARINE SCHOOL TO COMPETE FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THIS RATING. (2) CTI "A" SCHOOL REQUIRES A MINIMUM DEFENSE LANGUAGE APTITUDE BATTERY (DLAB) SCORE OF 100. REFER TO MILPERSMAN 1306-608 FOR CLASS "A" SCHOOL RQMTS. (3) CT/IT CANDIDATES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS. (4) REFER TO MILPERSMAN 1440-010, PARAGRAPH 15 OR THE MA ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/ENLISTED/COMMUNITYMANAGERS /SECURITY. SUBMIT REQUESTS TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-405). FOR INFORMATION, CALL (901) 874-2228/DSN 882. (5) MUST BE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE ELIGIBLE PRIOR TO CLASS "A" SCHOOL CONVENING DATE. (6) ENSURE ALL NAVPERS 1306/7 REQUESTS FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS REQUESTING ENTRY INTO THE BU/CE/CM/EA/EO/UT/SW RATINGS ARE FORWARDED TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-401). INCLUDE THE LAST 2 COMPUTER GENERATED PRIMS SCORE SHEETS, WITH ACTUAL NUMBERS, WHEN SUBMITTING PACKAGE. (7) MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1220-100 THRU 340 APPLIES. (8) BOTH THE APPLICANT AND HIS/HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS. IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS ARE WAIVERABLE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. (9) MUST COMPLY WITH MILPERSMAN 1440-010. (10) APPROVAL WILL BE GRANTED FOR FN GENDET AND EPACT SAILORS ONLY. (11) IS CANDIDATES MUST BE US CITIZENS AND MUST MEET PERSONNEL SECURITY STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION. (12) CTN CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CTN "A" AND NEC 9305 (BASIC DIGITAL NETWORK ANALYST-BDNA) "C" SCHOOL COURSE PRIOR TO BEING RATED A CTN. (13) NO WAIVER OF ASVAB SCORES WILL BE GRANTED DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS. (14) MUST HAVE A COMMAND ENDORSED NAVPERS 1306/7, SUBMIT PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PHOTOS AND HAVE A MC E-7 OR ABOVE ENDORSEMENT. 4. RATING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. COMMANDS SHALL USE ASVAB CRITERIA CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 344/06 AND THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IN MILPERSMAN 1306-618 FOR RATING ENTRY. WAIVERS BEYOND THESE LIMITS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COGNIZANT ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER. 5. ASVAB RE-TESTING VIA THE ARMED FORCES CLASSIFICAION TEST (AFCT) IS RECOMMENDED TO MEET RATING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. AFCT TEST SITE EXPANSION ANNOUNCED IN NAVADMIN 161/04 RESULTED IN MORE THAN 67 AUTHORIZED TEST SITES TO ASSIST SAILORS WHO MAY NOT HAVE SCORED WELL IN PREVIOUS TESTING. THIS EFFORT GREATLY IMPROVES SAILOR OPTIONS FOR CAREER CHOICES THROUGH FORCE SHAPING INITIATIVES AND ASSISTS NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS IN SELECTING A RATING. NAVADMIN 156/07 ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO TEST ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS WHICH STREAMLINE PROCEDURES, REDUCE ERRORS THROUGH AUTOMATED SCORING, AND RESULT IN REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE ENLISTED MASTER FILES (EMF). TEST MATERIAL SAFEGUARDING AND TESTING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN MILPERSMAN 1236-010 AND 1236-030. 6. POINTS OF CONTACT: - MR. JOE KELLY, BUPERS - 32P, (901) 874-2826/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT JOSEPH.E.KELLY(AT)NAVY.MIL. - PSCS(SW) RON MILLER, BUPERS - 32P1, (901)874-2950/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT RON.MILLER(AT)NAVY.MIL. 7. RELEASED BY VADM M. E. FERGUSON III, N1.// BT #0000 NNNN