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NAVADMIN 097/06
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SUBJ/AMPLIFICATION OF UNIFORM REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RATING
/MERGERS AND ESTABLISHMENTS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN AMPLIFIES UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR
RATINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY MERGED OR ESTABLISHED.
2.  PER UNIFORM REGULATIONS, PARA 4235, PERSONNEL SERVING IN RATINGS
WHICH HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH ANOTHER RATING MAY CONTINUE WEARING THE
OLD RATING BADGE UNTIL THEIR NEXT ADVANCEMENT OR UNTIL 24 MONTHS
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE COMPLETION DATE OF THE MERGER, WHICHEVER OCCURS
FIRST.  THE EFFECTIVE COMPLETION DATE IS DEFINED AS THE DATE IN THE
APPLICABLE NAVADMIN THAT DELINEATES WHEN EACH RATING BY PAYGRADE AND
COMPONENT WILL MERGE OR BE ESTABLISHED.  RATING ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT
DISCUSSED IN THE UNIFORM REGULATIONS, HOWEVER IT ADHERES TO THE
MERGER REGULATIONS ABOVE AND AS DELINEATED BELOW.
3.  APPLICABLE NAVADMINS REQUIRING UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION:
    A.  NAVADMIN 338/05 ANNOUNCED THE MERGER OF THE INFORMATION
SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (IT) AND CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN (COMMUNICATIONS)
(CTO) RATINGS.  THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (IT) RATING BADGE
WILL BE USED FOR THE NEW COMBINED RATING.  CTO PERSONNEL, E1-E5,
MAY CONTINUE WEARING THE CTO RATING BADGE UNTIL THEIR NEXT
ADVANCEMENT, OR UNTIL 1 APR 08 FOR ACTIVE DUTY SAILORS, AND 31 MAY
08 FOR SELECTED RESERVE SAILORS.  ALL CTO PERSONNEL, E6-E9, MAY
CONTINUE WEARING THE CTO RATING BADGE UNTIL THEIR NEXT ADVANCEMENT,
OR UNTIL 30 SEP 08.
    B.  NAVADMIN 339/05 ANNOUNCED THE MERGER OF THE ILLUSTRATOR
DRAFTSMAN, JOURNALIST, LITHOGRAPHER, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS MATE RATINGS
INTO THE MASS COMMUNICATIONS (MC) SPECIALIST RATING.  A NEW RATING
BADGE IS BEING CREATED FOR THE MC RATING.  DM, JO, LI, AND PH
PERSONNEL MAY CONTINUE WEARING THEIR CURRENT RATING BADGE UNTIL
THEIR NEXT ADVANCEMENT, OR UNTIL 30 JUN 08 FOR ACTIVE DUTY AND
SELECTED RESERVE SAILORS.
    C.  NAVADMIN 003/06 ANNOUNCED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NAVY
DIVER (ND) RATING.  THE ND RATING BADGE WILL BE THE CURRENT SECOND
CLASS DIVER INSIGNIA.  ALL NAVY DIVER PERSONNEL, E1-E5, MAY CONTINUE
WEARING THEIR ULTIMATE SOURCE RATING BADGE UNTIL THEIR NEXT
ADVANCEMENT, OR UNTIL 1 OCT 08 FOR ACTIVE DUTY SAILORS, AND 1 MAR 09
FOR SELECTED RESERVE SAILORS.  ALL PERSONNEL, E6-E9, ACTIVE DUTY
AND SELECTED RESERVE MAY CONTINUE WEARING THEIR ULTIMATE SOURCE
RATING BADGE UNTIL THEIR NEXT ADVANCEMENT, OR UNTIL 1 JUN 08.
4.  POCS FOR EACH RATING MERGER OR ESTABLISHMENT ARE LISTED IN THE
APPLICABLE NAVADMIN.
5.  POC:  LCDR WILLIAM KRAMER AT (901) 874-2870/DSN 882, OR EMAIL AT
WILLIAM.J.KRAMER1@NAVY.MIL.
6.  RELEASED BY W. SCOTT SLOCUM, N1/NT, ACTING.//
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