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SUBJ/RECRUITING INCENTIVES FOR SELECTED RESERVE OFFICERS//
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NARR/REF (A) IS NAVADMIN 002/12, RECRUITING INCENTIVES FOR SELECTED RESERVE
OFFICERS. REF (B) IS RESPERS M-1001.5 NAVY RESERVE PERSONNEL MANUAL. REF
(C) IS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS (ASD (HA))
MEMORANDUM DESIGNATING FY 2012-2013 RESERVE COMPONENT WARTIME HEALTH CARE
SPECIALTIES WITH CRITICAL SHORTAGES. REF (D) IS DOD 7000.14-R, DOD FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS, VOL. 7A.
RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces recruiting incentives for Selected Reserve
(SELRES) officers. This message supersedes ref (a), provides the current
listing of eligible specialties for SELRES officer recruiting incentive
programs effective immediately, and remains in effect until superseded. This
message also updates ref (b). Applicants who received a
quota/precertification (PRECERT) prior to this message and have not been
commissioned and affiliated as of the release of this message are subject to
the requirements of this message. Applicants whose designator and/or
subspecialty are no longer listed or no longer eligible for the incentive for
which a quota/PRECERT was previously issued are no longer eligible, and any
previous quota/PRECERT is rescinded.
2. To ensure operational effectiveness today and into the future, our Navy
must attract the highest quality officers possible. A vigorous recruiting
plan, governed by ref (c), requires flexible tools to ensure we are
recruiting the correct number of officers with the right skills to optimize
our warfighting capability.
3. The following paragraphs identify each of the Selected Reserve Officer
Bonus/Incentive Programs and provide lists of eligible designators,
subspecialties (SSPs), and paygrades for each program.
Throughout this message, the term "Selected Reserve" indicates a member
drilling in an inactive duty training (IDT) pay status in the Navy Reserve.
The effective date for all incentives described herein is the affiliation
date in the Selected Reserve.
4. Officer Affiliation Bonus
a. This bonus is for prior service Navy veterans (NAVET) and other
service veterans (OSVET). Direct Commission Officers (DCOs) are not eligible
for this bonus. (See Officer Accession Bonus in para 5).
b. Eligibility criteria:
(1) Have no current contractual obligations for receipt of any other
incentive or educational assistance per chapter 56 of ref (d).
(2) Must have satisfactorily completed any required active duty
obligated service.
(3) Must not have served in the Selected Reserve of the
Navy Reserve at any time in the previous 12 months.
(4) Must affiliate in the Selected Reserve for a minimum of three
years and maintain satisfactory participation for each year of this
obligation. Failure to satisfactorily complete the required obligated period
will result in bonus eligibility termination and a pro-rated recoupment of
monies received.
(5) Members electing a critical skill shortage healthcare incentive
contained in paras 7 through 9 cannot also receive an affiliation bonus.
(6) Affiliation bonuses are $10,000 lump sum payments, less taxes.
(7) Members who voluntarily enter active duty in the Navy Reserve as
Canvasser Recruiters (CANREC) or Full Time Support (FTS) are subject to
restrictions in ref (b), Section 311.
c. Eligible designators, paygrades and SSPs:
Designator Paygrade SSP
1115 LCDR and LT only N/A
1125 LCDR and LT only N/A
1135 CDR and Below N/A
1145 LCDR and LT only N/A
1205 LCDR only N/A
1315 LCDR and LT only N/A
1325 LCDR and LT only N/A
1445 LCDR only N/A
1515 LCDR and LT only N/A
1525 LCDR only N/A
1655 LT only N/A
1805 LCDR only N/A
1825 LCDR only N/A
1835 LCDR only N/A
2105 LCDR and LT only Any
2205 LCDR and Below 1700, 1725, 1750
2505 LCDR only N/A
2305 LCDR and Below Any
2905 LCDR and Below Any
3105 LCDR only N/A
4105 LCDR and LT only N/A
5105 LCDR and LT only N/A
5. Officer Accession Bonus
a. This incentive is for members commissioned for the first time in the
armed forces as a DCO in specific healthcare professional designators only.
b. Eligibility criteria:
(1) Must be qualified and applying for an appointment as a designated
medical Corps, dental Corps, medical service Corps, or nurse corps officer in
the Selected Reserve.
(2) Must possess a current, valid, and unrestricted health
professional license(s)/certification and such additional credentials and
privileges as required to perform duties in the designators for which this
bonus is authorized.
(3) Must agree to serve in the Selected Reserve for a minimum of three
years and maintain satisfactory participation each year.
Failure to satisfactorily complete the required obligated period will result
in termination of bonus eligibility and recoupment of a pro-rated amount of
monies received.
(4) A member who elects to receive a Critical Skill Shortage Specialty
Healthcare Incentive contained in paras 7 through 9 cannot also receive an
Accession Bonus.
(5) All Accession Bonuses are $10,000 lump sum payments, less
applicable taxes.
(6) Members who voluntarily enter active duty in the CANRECs or FTS
are subject to restrictions in ref (b), Section 311.
c. Eligible designators, paygrades and SSPs:
Designator Paygrade SSP
2105 CDR, LCDR, and LT only Any
2205 CDR, LCDR, and LT only 1750
2205 LCDR and LT only 1700
2305 LCDR and Below Any
2905 LCDR, LT and LTJG only Any
6. Healthcare profession specialties which the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs) (ASD (HA)) has determined to be critically short are
referred to as critical shortage specialties (CSS) and are provided by ref
(c). The following table lists incentive eligibility for each CSS designator
and SSP for special pay, stipend, and loan repayment programs (LRP).
Designator SSP Paygrade
2105 15BX CDR and Below
2105 15CX CDR and Below
2105 15DX CDR and Below
2105 15HX CDR and Below
2105 16PX CDR and Below
2105 16QX LCDR and LT only
2105 16XX CDR and Below
2205 1700 LT only
2205 1725 CDR and Below
2205 1750 CDR and Below
2305 1800 LCDR and Below
2305 1805 LCDR and Below
2305 1860 LCDR and Below
2905 1910 LCDR and Below
2905 1930 LCDR, LT and LTJG only
2905 1950 LCDR, LT and LTJG only
2905 1960 LCDR, LT and LTJG only
2905 1972 LCDR and Below
2905 1973 LCDR and Below
2905 1981 LCDR and Below
Note: Where the letter x is the last character of a SSP code, it indicates
any character is acceptable in that place.
7. Special Pay
a. Eligibility criteria:
(1) Must be a graduate of an accredited school of medicine,
dentistry, nursing program, or an accredited educational program in an
eligible specialty in para 6 above.
(2) Have not previously received this incentive in any branch of the
armed forces.
(3) Have no current contractual obligations for receipt of any other
affiliation bonus, accession bonus or financial assistance per chapter 56 of
ref (d).
(4) Be a commissioned medical, dental, medical service, or Nurse
Corps officer affiliating with a unit or position in the Selected Reserve and
who have fulfilled their active duty service obligation (if any); or
(5) Be qualified and applying for an appointment as a commissioned
officer designated as a medical, dental, medical service, or nurse corps
officer in the Selected Reserve.
(6) Must possess current valid and unrestricted health professional
license(s)/certification(s) and such additional credentials and privileges as
required to practice in the critical specialty for which special pay is
authorized.
(7) Be fully qualified in a CSS for which bonus program participation
is approved.
(8) Have not served in the Selected Reserve of the Navy Reserve in an
IDT pay status at any time in the previous 12 months.
(9) Must elect to serve in the Selected Reserve for a three year
obligation and must maintain satisfactory participation for each year in
which payments are made. Failure to satisfactorily complete the required
obligated period will result in bonus eligibility termination and a pro-rated
recoupment of monies received in the year of unsatisfactory participation.
b. Special Pay designators, SSPs and amount per year:
Designator SSP Special Pay Amount/Year
2105 15BX, 15CX, 15DX, 15HX $25,000
2205 1750 $25,000
2105 16PX, 16QX, 16XX $15,000
2205 1700, 1725 $15,000
2305 1805 $15,000
2905 1950, 1972, 1973 $15,000
2305 1800, 1860 $10,000
2905 1910, 1930, 1960, 1981 $10,000
8. Stipend Program
a. Available to medical, dental, medical service, or nurse corps
officers in a medical residency program or in a post baccalaureate education
program in the applicable nursing or medical service corps allied health
profession. Members are entitled to receive a monthly stipend payment for
each month of their training program.
b. Eligibility criteria:
(1) Be a graduate of a medical, dental, or nursing school or an
accredited educational program leading to a subspecialty listed in para 6
above.
(2) Must be appointed, designated, or assigned as a medical, dental,
medical service, or nurse corps officer in the selected reserve.
(3) Must possess a current valid, and/or unrestricted license(s) to
practice medicine, dentistry, or nursing, and such additional health
professional privileges as are required to pursue professional training in
the critical specialty for which assistance is being provided.
(4) Must be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in a program per
para 8.a. that will lead to qualification in a designated CSS by the ASD
(HA).
(5) Must elect to receive a stipend for the entire program period, or
entire remaining program period if already enrolled. Partial receipt for
less than the full program period is not authorized.
(6) Must maintain satisfactory participation in the Selected Reserve
during each year in which a stipend is received.
c. Shall incur a one year selected reserve obligation for each six
months or portion thereof in which stipend is received per ref (d). This
obligation shall begin immediately upon completion of the residency or
accredited training program and member must maintain satisfactory
participation in the selected reserve for the entire obligated period.
d. Stipend and training in medical specialty (TMS) relationship:
(1) Eligible members approved by their BUMED Reserve Affairs Officer
to participate in the TMS drill option are not required to also participate
in the stipend program.
(2) TMS participation is not a CNRFC requirement to receive stipend.
(3) Stipend and TMS service obligations run concurrently, vice
consecutively (minimum three years if stipend obligation is less than TMS
three year obligation).
e. Failure to satisfactorily complete the full period of the program for
which stipend was approved, or, failure to satisfactorily complete the
selected reserve service obligation incurred by receipt of stipend payments
will result in stipend program eligibility termination and recoupment of
stipend payments per ref (d).
f. If eligible, may be combined with LRP, however, obligations for each
program will run consecutively and not concurrently. Stipend obligation
begins after receipt of the final LRP installment.
g. Stipend amount: The current monthly amount is $2,122 (monthly amount
increases annually on 1 July per ref (d)).
9. LRP
a. Maximum total incentive of $50,000 (maximum of $20,000 in a single
year) toward outstanding loans used to obtain certification in a CSS. Loans
must be at least one year old and cannot be in default.
b. Eligibility criteria:
(1) Must possess professional qualifications, or have completed at
least two years of qualified program per para 8.a. that will lead to a
qualification in a CSS, designated as critical per ref (c) prior to
repayment. Members who have completed one year of residency can apply, as
they will have two years completed prior to the first payment.
(2) Must possess a current, valid, unrestricted health professional
license(s)/certification and such additional medical privileges as are
required to practice as a health professional in the CSS for which loan
repayment participation is authorized; or have completed at least two years
of the approved program for that specialty.
(3) Must not currently be a member of the selected reserve and must
not have any contractual agreement for any other incentive program per ref
(d). Exception: Members requesting LRP based on participation in a
residency or approved training program to qualify for a specialty listed in
para 6 must also agree to participate in the ready reserve healthcare
professionals stipend program (service obligations will run consecutively).
(4) Serve satisfactorily in the selected reserve for each year in
which loan repayment is made (LRP payments are made at the end of each
satisfactory year of service). Failure to maintain satisfactory
participation will make member ineligible for loan repayment.
10. All interested personnel are highly encouraged to contact their local
reserve officer recruiter to determine their eligibility.
11. Quota/PRECERT application procedures
a. Recruiters shall:
(1) Request incentive quota/PRECERT from CNRFC Officer Incentives
Division prior to applicant's affiliation date.
(2) Submit a NAVCRUIT Form 1143/31 via the upload link located on the
Navy Reserve homeport officer incentives page at:
https://private.navyreserve.Navy.mil/cnrfc/n-codes/n1/n1/cnrfc_n112a/
pages/n112a.aspx.
b. Career Transition Office (CTO) Transition Assistants shall:
(1) Request incentive quota/PRECERT from CNRFC Officer Incentives
Division prior to applicant's affiliation date.
(2) Notify CNRFC Officer Incentives Division via email of
quota/PRECERT request in HP Trim Records Management System.
c. CNRFC Officer Incentives Division shall:
(1) Review quota/PRECERT applications for basic eligibility
requirements.
(2) Issue quota/PRECERT number and provide applicable incentive
written agreement(s) to recruiter or transition assistant.
12. Eligibility verification and incentive application procedures.
a. NRAs shall verify eligibility for officer incentives for newly
assigned personnel per this message.
b. NRA incentive coordinators shall scan and upload a signed incentive
written agreement and supporting documents as required using the "Upload
Officer Incentive Packages And Supporting Documents" link located on the Navy
Reserve homeport officer incentives page at:
https://private.navyreserve.Navy.mil/cnrfc/n-codes/n1/ cnrfc_n112a/
pages/n112a.aspx.
c. Recruiters, CTO or NRAs may contact COMNAVRESFORCOM (N11) officer
incentive program specialist at cnrfc_officerbonus_shop@navy.mil or (757)
444-3650 for assistance in determining and establishing eligibility or
submitting documents.
d. Issuance of a quota/PRECERT does not imply an incentive guarantee. A
quota/PRECERT certifies that if a member meets final eligibility
requirements, funds are available to pay the incentive.
e. If a subsequent NAVADMIN updates eligible specialties or payment
amounts after issuance of a quota/PRECERT and prior to the member's
commissioning and affiliation, the member's quota/PRECERT must be reissued
following the requirements of the new message.
f. If ref (c) is superseded while this NAVADMIN is in effect,
specialties listed in para 6 that do not appear on the FY-14 through
15 ASD (HA) will no longer be eligible for the incentives offered in paras 7
through 9 and any outstanding quotas/PRECERTS will be cancelled.
13. Point of contact for policy is Mr. James Johnson, CNRFC N1C21, at
(757) 322-2244/DSN 262 or via e-mail at james.p.johnson@navy.mil.
14. Released by Vice Admiral S. R. Van Buskirk, N1.//
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