UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 241527Z NOV 08 BT UNCLAS FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// UNCLAS //N01040// NAVADMIN 333/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/NOV// SUBJ/STANDARD ENLISTED RETENTION MEASURES// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/062142ZAPR2001// AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 082/01, STANDARD ENLISTED RETENTION MEASURES.// RMKS/1. THIS MESSAGE SUPERCEDES REF A AND PROMULGATES STANDARD ENLISTED RETENTION MEASURES FOR BOTH THE ACTIVE DUTY AND THE SELECTED RESERVES (SELRES). 2. RETAINING QUALITY, TRAINED PERSONNEL IS INTEGRAL TO SHAPING NAVY'S TOTAL WORKFORCE TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE WARFIGHTING REQUIREMENTS. WITH THIS IN MIND, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR NAVY HAS ACCURATE, TIMELY, AND STANDARDIZED ENLISTED RETENTION DATA. THE NAVY FIRST STANDARDIZED ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED RETENTION MEASURES IN 2001. THIS NAVADMIN REPRESENTS THE FIRST TIME STANDARD MEASURES ARE FORMALLY ESTABLISHED FOR THE SELRES. ACTIVE DUTY RETENTION MEASURES ARE CALCULATED IN THE NAVY RETENTION MONITORING SYSTEM (NRMS), NAVY'S AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE OF RETENTION INFORMATION AND THE TOOL USED TO DETERMINE WHICH COMMANDS MEET THE FLEET RETENTION EXCELLENCE AWARD CRITERIA. THE SELRES RETENTION MEASURES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO NRMS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 3. THIS PARAGRAPH DEFINES ACTIVE DUTY RETENTION MEASURES. A. THE RETENTION MEASURES WILL BE COMPUTED BY ZONE CONSISTENT WITH SRB ZONES A, B AND C. TWO ADDITIONAL ZONES ARE INCLUDED TO PROVIDE PERSONNEL PLANNERS INCREASED CAPABILITY FOR RETENTION ANALYSIS: ZONE D INCLUDES SAILORS WITH OVER 14 UP TO 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND ZONE E INCLUDES SAILORS WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. B. ATTRITION RATE MEASURE. NAVY'S STANDARD ATTRITION RATE MEASURES THE PROPORTION OF SAILORS WHO LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY PRIOR TO REACHING THEIR EXPIRATION OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE (EAOS). THE ATTRITION RATE IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (NON-EAOS LOSSES) DIVIDED BY (NON-EAOS INVENTORY) NOTE 1: NON-EAOS LOSSES ARE LOSSES OCCURRING GREATER THAN 90 DAYS FROM EAOS. THE EAOS IS COMPUTED TO INCLUDE ALL NON-OPERATIVE EXTENSIONS. NON-EAOS LOSSES DO NOT INCLUDE SAILORS WHO ENTER OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS, NOR ARE HIGH-YEAR TENURE OR EARLY RELEASE LOSSES INCLUDED. NOTE 2: NON-EAOS INVENTORY INCLUDES ALL SAILORS WHO ARE GREATER THAN 90 DAYS FROM EAOS. WHEN COMPUTING ATTRITION RATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME GREATER THAN ONE MONTH, THE NAVY RETENTION MONITORING SYSTEM USES AN AVERAGE OF THE NON-EAOS INVENTORIES FROM EACH MONTH IN THE PERIOD. NOTE 3: THE NAVY RETENTION MONITORING SYSTEM ALWAYS, REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF THE TIME PERIOD, COMPUTES ATTRITION ON AN ANNUALIZED (12- MONTH) BASIS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY IN REPORTING. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A COMMAND HAS ONE NON-EAOS LOSS IN A PARTICULAR MONTH (PROJECTED TO BE 12 OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD) AND A NON-EAOS INVENTORY OF 100, THE REPORTED ATTRITION RATE IS 12 PERCENT ((1 NON-EAOS LOSS) TIMES (12 MONTHS) DIVIDED BY (NON-EAOS INVENTORY OF 100)) VICE ONE PERCENT. NOTE 4: NATIONAL CALL TO SERVICE SAILORS ARE NOT COUNTED IN ANY PART OF THE ATTRITION RATE MEASURE. C. REENLISTMENT RATE MEASURE. NAVY'S STANDARD REENLISTMENT RATE MEASURES THE PROPORTION OF SAILORS WHO MAKE LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS TO STAY ON ACTIVE DUTY UPON REACHING THEIR EAOS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THOSE WHO DECIDE TO REENLIST EARLY. THE REENLISTMENT RATE IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (REENLISTMENTS PLUS LONG TERM EXTENSIONS (LTE)) DIVIDED BY (REENLISTMENTS PLUS LTE PLUS EAOS LOSSES) NOTE 1: LTE ARE EXTENSIONS OF 24 MONTHS OR GREATER. LTE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 24-MONTH EXTENSION INCURRED BY A SIX-YEAR ENLISTMENT OBLIGATION. NOTE 2: EAOS LOSSES ARE LOSSES OCCURRING AT OR WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE EAOS. THE EAOS IS COMPUTED TO INCLUDE ALL NON-OPERATIVE EXTENSIONS. NOTE 3: ALL HIGH-YEAR TENURE AND EARLY RELEASE LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY OCCUR IN RELATION TO THE EAOS, ARE COUNTED AS EAOS LOSSES. SAILORS ENTERING OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS ARE NOT COUNTED AS EAOS LOSSES. NOTE 4: NATIONAL CALL TO SERVICE SAILORS ARE NOT COUNTED IN ANY PART OF THE REENLISTMENT RATE MEASURE. D. RESERVE AFFILIATION (RA) MEASURES. THERE ARE TWO MEASURES, RA RATE AND REENLISTMENT RATE WITH RA, WHICH CREDIT THE SAILOR'S LAST ACTIVE DUTY COMMAND WITH THE RA. A RA IS ONLY COUNTED IN THESE MEASURES IF THE SAILOR AFFILIATES WITH THE SELECTED RESERVE WITHIN 180 DAYS OF LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY. RA RATE IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (RA) DIVIDED BY (EAOS LOSSES ELIGIBLE TO AFFILIATE) NOTE: ELIGIBILITY TO AFFILIATE IS DETERMINED BY REENLISTMENT ELIGIBILITY CODE. THE REENLISTMENT RATE WITH RA CONSIDERS RA THE SAME AS A REENLISTMENT IN THE REENLISTMENT RATE MEASURE DEFINED IN PARA 3C. THE REENLISTMENT RATE WITH RA IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (REENLISTMENTS PLUS LTE PLUS RESERVE AFFILIATIONS) DIVIDED BY (REENLISTMENTS PLUS LTE PLUS EAOS LOSSES) 4. A WORKING GROUP CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM DCNO(MPTE), THE FLEET, AND THE NAVY RESERVE FORCE ESTABLISHED RETENTION MEASURES THAT WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP A CLEARER VIEW OF SELRES ATTRITION AND REENLISTMENT BEHAVIOR. THIS PARAGRAPH DEFINES THE SELRES RETENTION MEASURES. A. LIKE THE ACTIVE DUTY, SELRES RETENTION MEASURES WILL BE COMPUTED BY ZONE, BUT THE ZONES USE PAY ENTRY BASE DATE (PEBD) AND ACCOUNT FOR CAREER GATES UNIQUE TO THE SELRES. SELRES ZONE A INCLUDES SAILORS FROM ZERO TO EIGHT YEARS FROM PEBD, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE END OF THE INITIAL MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION. SELRES ZONE B INCLUDES SAILORS WITH OVER 8 YEARS UP TO 14 YEARS FROM PEBD, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE SELRES E4 HIGH YEAR TENURE GATE. SELRES ZONE C INCLUDES SAILORS WITH OVER 14 YEARS UP TO 20 YEARS FROM PEBD, WHICH COINCIDES WITH RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. SELRES ZONE D INCLUDES SAILORS WITH OVER 20 YEARS AND UP TO 24 YEARS FROM PEBD, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE SELRES E6 AND E7 HIGH YEAR TENURE GATE. SELRES ZONE E INCLUDES SAILORS WITH OVER 24 YEARS FROM PEBD. B. SELRES ATTRITION. THERE ARE TWO MEASURES, SELRES ATTRITION RATE AND SELRES FOCUSED ATTRITION RATE, WHICH MEASURE THE PROPORTION OF SAILORS WHO LEAVE A DRILL PAY STATUS MORE THAN 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF OBLIGATED SERVICE (EOS). SELRES ATTRITION RATE INCLUDES ALL ENLISTED LOSSES TO NON-PAY AND IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; IT IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (NON-EOS LOSSES TO NON-PAY (LNP)) DIVIDED BY (NON-EOS INVENTORY) SELRES FOCUSED ATTRITION RATE IS A BETTER INDICATOR OF COMMAND RETENTION CLIMATE THAN IS SELRES ATTRITION RATE; IT IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (NON-EOS FOCUSED LOSSES TO NON-PAY (FLNP)) DIVIDED BY (NON-EOS INVENTORY) NOTE 1: THE LARGE MAJORITY OF LNP NOT COUNTED IN FLNP INCLUDES TRANSFERS TO ACTIVE DUTY AND TRANSFERS TO THE VOLUNTEER TRAINING UNIT FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN ADMINSTRATIVE SEPARATION PROCESSING. NOTE 2: NON-EOS LNP INCLUDES ALL LOSSES TO NON-PAY OCCURRING GREATER THAN 90 DAYS FROM THE EOS. NON-EOS FLNP INCLUDES ALL FOCUSED LOSSES TO NON-PAY OCCURRING GREATER THAN 90 DAYS FROM THE EOS. THE EOS IS COMPUTED TO INCLUDE ALL NON-OPERATIVE EXTENSIONS. NON-EOS LNP AND NON-EOS FLNP DO NOT INCLUDE SAILORS WHO ENTER OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS. NOTE 3: NON-EOS INVENTORY INCLUDES ALL SELRES SAILORS WHO ARE GREATER THAN 90 DAYS FROM EOS. WHEN COMPUTING ATTRITION MEASURES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME GREATER THAN ONE MONTH, THE AVERAGE NON-EOS INVENTORY FROM ALL MONTHS IN THE PERIOD WILL BE USED. NOTE 4: SELRES ATTRITION MEASURES WILL ALWAYS, REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF THE TIME PERIOD, BE REPORTED ON AN ANNUALIZED (12-MONTH) BASIS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY IN REPORTING. NOTE 3 IN PARA 3B ILLUSTRATES THE CONCEPT OF REPORTING ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS. C. SELRES REENLISTMENT RATE. THE SELRES REENLISTMENT RATE MEASURES THE PROPORTION OF SAILORS WHO MAKE LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS TO STAY IN THE SELRES UPON REACHING THEIR EOS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THOSE WHO DECIDE TO REENLIST EARLY. THE SELRES REENLISTMENT RATE IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (REENLISTMENTS PLUS LTE) DIVIDED BY (REENLISTMENTS PLUS LTE PLUS EOS FLNP LOSSES) NOTE 1: LTE ARE EXTENSIONS OF 24 MONTHS OR GREATER. NOTE 2: EOS FLNP LOSSES ARE FOCUSED LOSSES THAT OCCUR AT OR WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE EOS. THE EOS IS COMPUTED TO INCLUDE ALL NON-OPERATIVE EXTENSIONS. NOTE 3: ALL FORCED ATTRITION TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE AND HIGH- YEAR TENURE LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY OCCUR IN RELATION TO THE EOS, ARE COUNTED AS EOS LOSSES. SAILORS ENTERING OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS ARE NOT COUNTED AS EOS LOSSES. D. TRANSFER TO ACTIVE DUTY (TA) RATE. THE TA RATE MEASURES THE PROPORTION OF SELRES SAILORS WHO VOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO ACTIVE DUTY; IT IS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: (TA) DIVIDED BY (INVENTORY) NOTE 1: TA EXCLUDES TRANSFERS DUE TO MOBILIZATION AND ACTIVE DUTY FOR SPECIAL WORK. NOTE 2: INVENTORY INCLUDES ALL SELRES SAILORS. WHEN COMPUTING THE SELRES TA RATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME GREATER THAN ONE MONTH, THE AVERAGE OF THE INVENTORIES FROM EACH MONTH IN THE PERIOD IS USED. NOTE 3: SELRES TA RATE IS ALWAYS, REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF THE TIME PERIOD, REPORTED ON AN ANNUALIZED (12-MONTH) BASIS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY IN REPORTING. NOTE 3 IN PARA 3B ILLUSTRATES THE CONCEPT OF REPORTING ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS. 5. POINTS OF CONTACT: - LCDR CLAY CHILSON AT (901) 874-4230/DSN 882, OR E-MAIL AT CLAY.CHILSON(AT)NAVY.MIL - NCCM JOSEPH MACK AT (901) 874-3194/DSN 882, OR E-MAIL AT JOSEPH.MACK(AT)NAVY.MIL. 6. RELEASED BY VADM M. E. FERGUSON III, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN