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SUBJ/JUNE 2015 ACTIVE-DUTY OFFICER LATERAL TRANSFER/REDESIGNATION BOARD//
NAVADMIN 073/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR//
REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/24DEC05//
REF/B/DOC/COMNAVPERSCOM/22AUG02//
REF/C/DOC/COMNAVPERSCOM/31MAY05//
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REF/E/DOC/COMNAVPERSCOM/6JAN13//
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NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1210.5, LATERAL TRANSFER/REDESIGNATION AND
AUGMENTATION OF OFFICERS IN THE NAVY. REF B IS MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1212-010,
LATERAL TRANSFER AND CHANGE OF DESIGNATOR CODES OF REGULAR AND RESERVE
OFFICERS. REF C IS MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1212-030, REDESIGNATION OF REGULAR
PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS. REF D IS MILPERSMAN ARTICLE
1210-220, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE OFFICER (SEA-AIR-LAND AND SEAL DELIVERY
VEHICLE (SEAL AND
SDV) TEAMS). REF E IS MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1220-410, SEAL/EOD/SWCC/ DIVER/AIRR
PHYSICAL SCREENING TESTING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES.
REF F IS SECNAV M-5510.30, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY
PROGRAM.//
RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces convening of the June 2015 Active- Duty
Officer Lateral Transfer/Redesignation Board. One element of the Navy's
personnel program is to properly balance the skills and experience in the
officer corps. As part of the process, applications from qualified
unrestricted line, restricted line, staff corps, and limited duty officers
(LDO) are now being accepted for an Active-Duty Officer Lateral
Transfer/Redesignation Board which convenes 1 June 2015. Full-Time Support
and Selected Reserve officers are not eligible to apply for this board.
2. In addition to the year group (YG) limitations imposed in paragraph 6,
applicants must also meet eligibility requirements detailed in references (a)
through (c).
a. Members who do not meet eligibility requirements per references (a)
through (c), such as time-in-grade (TIG), years of commissioned service
(YCS), or time in service (TIS) must submit a waiver package, in addition to
their lateral transfer/redesignation application.
b. Waiver packages must include member's waiver request and commanding
officer's endorsement. This endorsement is separate from any endorsements
contained in the member's lateral transfer/ redesignation application and
must specifically address the eligibility requirement for a waiver.
3. Submit applications and waiver packages per reference (b) to:
Navy Personnel Command
Customer Service Center
June 2015 Active-Duty Lateral Transfer/Redesignation Board #240
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington TN 38055-0000
4. Application and waiver packages must be received NLT 10 April 2015.
5. To confirm application receipt, contact Navy Personnel Command Customer
Service Center at (866) 827-5672/DSN 882, or log onto http:
//www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/organization/npc/csc/Pages/default.
aspx.
6. The following information provides potential candidates an indication of
existing lateral transfer/redesignation opportunities:
a. Designators indicated are authorizing a limited number of active-duty
officers to transfer from their current community.
Each YG is subject to change prior to the board convening:
Community/Designator Available YG Notes
Surface Warfare (111X) 12 and senior a, b, o
Submarine (112X) 09 and senior b, c
Pilot (131X) 06 and senior d
Naval Flight Officer (132X) 08 and senior d
Aerospace Maintenance (152X) q
JAG (250X) 06-00 e
Supply (310X) 11 and senior N/A
Limited Duty (6XXX) f
Civil Engineer Corps (510X) 10-04 r
b. Requests for transfer from communities not listed in paragraph 6a
(including all LDO designators) are extremely limited and handled on a case-
by-case basis.
c. The following designators have requirements for a limited number of
officers to transfer into their active-duty community.
Each YG is subject to change prior to the board convening:
Community/Designator Available YG Notes
Surface Warfare (116X) 12 and junior g
Special Warfare (118X) 12 and junior h
Human Resources (120X) 13, 10, 07, 05-03 N/A
Pilot (139X) 12 and junior N/A
Naval Flight Officer (137X) 12 and junior N/A
Engineering Duty (146X) 11-00 o, p
Aerospace Engineering (151X) 08-00 s
Aerospace Maintenance (152X) 13-02, 00-99 i
Information Warfare (181X) 11-09, 04-03 j
Information Professional (182X) 08-03 j
Intelligence (183X) 12-11, 05-03 j
Public Affairs (165X) 12 and junior,
09-10, and 05 N/A
Foreign Area Officer (17XX) 10-02, 98, 96 k
Oceanography (180X) 12-09, 07, 05 l
Medical Service Corps (230X) 04 and junior N/A
Supply Corps Officer (310X) 09-07 m
Civil Engineer Corps (510X) 11 and junior n
7. Notes:
a. Must have surface warfare officer (SWO) qualification completed to
apply for transfer. Officers under SWO Continuation Pay (SWOCP) or Revised
Junior Critical Skills Retention Bonus contract are not eligible for transfer
until completion of bonus obligation. SWOs serving under an agreement for
any of the SWO bonuses are eligible to apply to the board if the board
application due date is within one year of satisfaction of the full bonus
obligation.
b. Waivers to the requirements of paragraph 4h of reference (b) for
nuclear-trained surface and submarine warfare officers may be considered, on
a case-by-case basis.
c. Officers screened "not cleared" for their next career milestone are
eligible.
d. The YG range provided displays possible opportunities.
Contact your specific community placement officer with questions regarding
quota availability for each platform/community/year group.
General aviation officers (1300) are eligible to apply for lateral transfer
regardless of active duty service obligation (ADSO) from winging. Aviation
officers (131X and 132X) are eligible to apply for lateral transfer if the
officer has fulfilled ADSO, or will be within 12 months of completing ADSO at
the time the board convenes.
Aviation officers with obligated service as a result of Aviation Career
Continuation Pay (ACCP) are eligible to apply if the officer will be within
12 months of completing ACCP obligation at the time the board convenes.
Additionally, aviation officers with obligated service as a result of ACCP
are eligible to apply if the officer will be within 12 months of department
head tour projected rotation date (PRD) at the time the board convenes,
regardless of contrary ACCP contract language. Redesignation immediately
following department head tour may result in cancellation of ACCP, which will
be adjudicated by PERS-43. Aviation officers shall not be permitted to
redesignate until completion of ADSO, fulfillment/expiration/ cancellation of
ACCP contract, or PRD, as determined by BUPERS-313.
Aviation officers in operational flying billets (billet designator
XXX1 or XXX2) will not be permitted to redesignate until PRD.
BUPERS-313 authorizes redesignation timing and PERS-43 is the final approval
authority on the above eligibility constraints.
e. Judge advocates looking to laterally transfer to another community
should be aware that upon lateral transfer to another community, they will
lose the three years of constructive credit provided to judge advocates upon
commissioning. As a consequence, some junior officers with less than four
years of total service looking to laterally transfer may be reduced in rank
to LTJG.
f. LDO redesignation requests will be reviewed on a case-by- case basis,
considering impact to overall community health. Nuclear LDO submissions will
not be considered. All other designators must have completed four years
commissioned service and accepted permanent LDO appointment to LT prior to
lateral transfer/ redesignation. LDO out-quotas are extremely limited,
special consideration will be given to officers projected to be statutorily
separated for years of service prior to attaining the rank of commander.
Supply Corps (SC) and Information Dominance Corps applicants in YGs 09 and
senior will receive favorable consideration.
g. Officers in YG-12 and senior seeking lateral transfer into the
surface warfare community are strongly encouraged to contact the SWO
community manager prior to applying in order to discuss critical SWO career
milestone requirements.
h. Only Restricted Line and Staff Corps selections to the Naval Special
Warfare (NSW) community will be processed via this board.
Unrestricted Line applications for NSW will not be considered by this board.
All applicants must be eligible for Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented
Information (TS/SCI) security clearance, worldwide assignable, meet
requirements of reference (d) and pass a physical screening test per
reference (e).
i. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the Aerospace
Maintenance Duty Officer Community Manager to discuss milestones and
qualifications commensurate with YG.
j. Officers applying for Information Professional (IP), Information
Warfare (IW) or Intelligence (Intel) communities: O4 applicants for 1820
with more than two years time-in-grade should contact the IP community
manager to discuss milestone and performance requirements. All officers who
are either above or in-zone for FY-16 promotion to LCDR through CAPT will not
be considered for lateral transfer. IP, IW, and Intel applicants must be
eligible for TS/SCI, submit a personnel security questionnaire
(SF-86) per reference (f), or include a letter from a Special Security
Officer (SSO) indicating successful completion of an SCI pre-screening
interview. IW applicants that do not hold or are not currently eligible for
TS/SCI must complete an SCI eligibility pre-screening interview with the
Fleet Cyber Command Security Directorate field office at (850) 452-6868 and
submit the results as part of their application. All applicants must be
worldwide assignable and fit for full sea duty. All YG-09 and senior 6440
and
6450 redesignation applicants will be considered. All YG-09 and senior 6420
redesignation applicants will be considered.
k. All Foreign Area Officer (FAO) applicants must be eligible for TS/SCI
security clearance and worldwide assignable. Worldwide assignability shall
be verified and documented via successful overseas screening to NAVCENT
standards (e.g., Bahrain) to include family members using NAVMED form 1300/1.
Candidates must have their language abilities documented by a recent (2012 or
later required) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT), oral proficiency
interview (OPI), or Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB).
- DLPT/OPI level 2 or higher, DLAB score greater than 120 are highly
desirable.
- Applicants without a regionally-focused master*s degree must have
an academic profile code (APC) of 265 or better or an undergraduate GPA of at
least 2.60. The following paragraphs provide rank and year group specific
information for officers considering lateral transfer/redesignation to FAO:
(1) LT - applicants in YG 10-07 are desired. Waiver requests for
less than 8 YCS are required.
(2) LCDR or LCDR(sel) - applicants in YG 06-02 are desired.
(3) CDR or CDR(sel). Limited quotas are available for YG 96 and
98. Applicants should already possess a regionally- focused master*s degree.
The community is especially interested in applicants who have substantial
overseas experience and/or language capabilities. Interested CDR/CDR(sel)
are highly encouraged to contact the FAO community manager to discuss
milestones, qualifications and career implications before applying.
l. Oceanography applicants shall request to have APC calculated by the
Naval Postgraduate School prior to the board convening date.
All YG-10 and senior 6460 redesignation applicants will be considered. All
applicants must be eligible for TS/SCI, submit a personnel security
questionnaire (SF-86) per ref (f), or include a letter from a Special
Security Officer (SSO) indicating successful completion of an SCI pre-
screening interview.
m. The SC is only accepting applicants from the LDO Supply community
(651X) in YG 09-07 in accordance with the LDO off-ramp initiative.
n. Civil Engineer Corps applicants must have an Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering degree or a National
Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) accredited architecture degree.
o. Board applicants commissioned under a still-valid SWO-option
agreement (ED, Intel, IP, IW, OCEANO) must contact their respective
restricted line option community manager regarding desire to be released from
the SWO-option agreement and seek lateral transfer to a different community.
p. Officers without a warfare qualification are expected to submit an
application for the ED dolphin program. Contact the Engineering Duty
Community Manager for additional guidance.
q. AMDO out-quotas are extremely limited. Redesignation requests shall
be reviewed on a case-by-case basis with careful consideration given to
impact on overall community health.
r. Civil Engineer Corps Officers under CEC critical skills retention
bonus (CSRB) contract are eligible to apply to the board if the board
application due date is within one year of satisfaction of the full bonus
obligation.
s. Officers who are first failure of selection for LCDR will not be
considered for lateral transfer to 1510. Applicants must meet the
eligibility requirements in Note d. In addition, aviation officers (13XX)
are eligible and may apply for 1510 (only) regardless of ADSO if they are a
graduate of USNTPS Class 144 (December 13, 2013 Graduation) or Class 145
(June 13, 2014 Graduation).
8. Each applicant is required to list their lateral transfer/ redesignation
choice(s) by priority in their application.
Additionally, each applicant is required to indicate their desire to be
considered/not considered for lateral transfer/redesignation by communities
not listed in the application with the following
statement: "If not selected by one of my listed choices, I desire/ do not
desire my package to be reviewed by other communities during the lateral
transfer/redesignation board". If selected by a community not listed in
their application, these applicants will be notified via official
correspondence after the selection results are released with the option to
accept or decline.
9. For additional lateral transfer eligibility information, refer to the
selection board website at www.public.navy.mil/bupers-NPC/
boards/administrative/transferredesignation/pages/default.aspx and click on
*Letter of Instruction*. Interested officers are strongly recommended to
contact their respective community managers listed
below:
SPECWAR (703) 604-5059/DSN 664
IP (901) 874-2846/DSN 882
HR (901) 874-4049/DSN 882
FAO (901) 874-3694/DSN 882
AEDO (301) 757-8480/DSN 858
EDO (901) 874-3473/DSN 882
AMDO (301) 757-8481/DSN 858
SWO (901) 874-3173/DSN 882
CEC (901) 874-4034/DSN 882
MSC (901) 874-2370/DSN 882
IW (901) 874-3123/DSN 882
EOD (901) 874-4991/DSN 882
INTEL (901) 874-3426/DSN 882
OCEANO (901) 874-2461/DSN 882
SUPPLY (901) 874-3189/DSN 882
PAO (901) 874-3098/DSN 882
AVIATION (901) 874-3353/DSN 882
SUB (703) 604-5490/DSN 664
SWO(N) (703) 604-5488/DSN 664
LDO (901) 874-3044/DSN 882
10. Points of contact are CWO3 Mitchell D. Allen, at (901) 874-3170 /DSN 882
or via e-mail at mitchell.d.allen@navy.mil and Ms. Linda Coffield, at
(901) 874-3171/DSN 882 or via e-mail at linda.coffield (at)navy.mil.
11. This message will remain in effect until canceled or superseded,
whichever occurs first.
12. Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.//
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