UNITED STATES NAVY SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY:
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UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 192102Z NOV 14 PSN 450770K23 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS SUBJ/UNITED STATES NAVY SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY// NAVADMIN 266/14 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/NOV// Rmks/1. In alignment with the Chief of Naval Operations* vision set forth in the 2013 Navy Leader Development Strategy, and the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy*s (MCPON) focus on developing leaders, the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA) is expanding its delivery format to afford every Navy senior chief petty officer (SCPO) (E-8) the opportunity to attend the SEA prior to selection to master chief petty officer (MCPO) (E-9). 2. Starting in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (October 2016), all newly selected SCPO*s will be required to complete the SEA in Newport, Rhode Island, or attend either the United States Air Force Senior Enlisted Academy, United States Marine Corps Senior Enlisted Academy, Coast Guard Senior Enlisted Academy, or the Joint Special Warfare Academy in order to be eligible for advancement to MCPO. Currently, the SEA resident course is six weeks. To meet the increased resident demand without compromising content, the SEA will modify its delivery format to nine weeks of distance learning online, prior to three weeks of resident education in Newport. During the nine weeks of distance learning, each senior chief should expect to spend approximately three to five hours per week on assignments. From the SEA perspective, reducing the resident portion to three weeks allows the SEA to increase the number of classes per year without increasing the SEA*s footprint requirements for base infrastructure. From the student perspective, reducing the resident requirement from six weeks to three weeks significantly reduces the Sailor*s time away from home and parent command, while not compromising educational content. 3. The present SEA blended course format (six weeks of distance learning followed by two weeks of rigorous in resident education) will continue to be the primary method to attend the SEA for Reserve component Sailors. As of October 2015, all active-duty personnel attending the SEA will be required to complete the nine weeks of distance learning, followed by the three weeks in resident format. The enrollment requirements remain the same. 4. Those Sailors who have already earned the rank of senior chief or are selected prior to the FY 2017 board will be grandfathered under the old policy and will not be required to attend the SEA. The course still remains a requirement for those who have been selected to become a Command Senior Chief, Command Master Chief and/or Chief of the Boat. 5. Limited funding will be available during a permanent-change- of-station transfer. The vast majority of senior chiefs will attend the SEA on temporary-assigned duty orders. The primary funding for the program will come from the Naval War College. 6. As a prerequisite to attending the SEA, students must have completed the required 70 hours of online Primary Professional Military Education via Navy Knowledge Online. It is mandatory that this work be completed prior to arrival at the SEA. The Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Awareness Challenge and the Personally Identifiable Information training modules are also mandatory for all users of DoD information systems as required by the Federal Information Security Management Act. All students must provide a printed certificate of completion upon check-in at the SEA. 7. Students must also be within body composition assessment standards upon arrival. Any student arriving to the SEA out of standards will be disenrolled and required to wait 12 months prior to re-enrollment in the course. Any student who fails the course due to his/her academic performance will also have to wait 12 months to re-enroll in the course. 8. In general, waivers will not be approved. However, exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis to deal with any extenuating circumstances. Upon selection to SCPO, it is imperative that the potential student*s Command Senior Enlisted Leader conduct a Career Development Board to determine earliest possible enrollment into the SEA. Poor career planning will not be considered a reason for waiver approval. Waiver requests will be submitted by the member*s Command Senior Enlisted Leader and forwarded to his/her respective Fleet Master Chief via their Immediate Superior In Command and Force Master Chief or direct-report Command Senior Enlisted Leader for his/her concurrence. The request will then be forwarded directly to MCPON for final approval. 9. For additional information, refer to the SEA website for the initial course schedule. 10. The Senior Enlisted Academy*s points of contact are CMDCM Jason Wallis, Director, at (401) 841-2912, CMDCM Sidney Dawson, Deputy Director, at (401) 841-4270, and PSCM Danielle Gunsett, Course Director, at (401) 841-4946. 11. This message will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 12. Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.// BT #9097 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//