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SUBJ/REVISED E5 PROMOTION RECOMMENDATION RULES//

REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/09JUL08//

AMPN/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1610.10B, NAVY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM.  
A DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC VERSION CAN BE FOUND AT 
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/NR/RDONLYRES/A1FA25A4-D292-4F83-9490-
0010944D5565/0/161010.PDF.//

RMKS/1.  AN UPCOMING CHANGE TO REF A WILL REVISE E5 PROMOTION 
RECOMMENDATION RULES IN AN EFFORT TO MORE CLEARLY DEFINE TOP PERFORMING 
SAILORS.  THIS REVISION WILL COMPLEMENT FORCE-SHAPING TOOLS (I.E., HIGH 
YEAR TENURE AND PERFORM TO SERVE) IN RETAINING AND IDENTIFYING QUALITY 
SAILORS TO MEET FUTURE REQUIREMENTS.

2.  EFFECTIVE WITH THE 15 MARCH 2011 PERIODIC EVALUATIONS, E5 FORCE 
DISTRIBUTION RULES WILL CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING:
    A.  EARLY PROMOTE RECOMMENDATION LIMIT WILL REMAIN AT 20 PERCENT.
    B.  THE COMBINED EARLY PROMOTE AND MUST PROMOTE RECOMMENDATIONS 
MUST NOT EXCEED 60 PERCENT.  THE MUST PROMOTE RECOMMENDATION MAY BE 
INCREASED BY ONE FOR EACH EARLY PROMOTE QUOTA NOT USED.

3.  AN UPDATED RELEASE OF NAVFIT98A IS PROJECTED FOR JANUARY 2011 TO 
INCORPORATE THIS POLICY CHANGE.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS 
CHANGE ACCESS THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AT 
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/PERFORMANCEEVALUATION/FAQ.HTM.

4.  ENSURE THIS CHANGE IS WIDELY DISSEMINATED, AND ADDRESSED AS A PART 
OF E5 MID-TERM COUNSELING.

5.  POC:  COMNAVPERSCOM NPC CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER (CSC) AT 1-866-U-
ASK-NPC (1-866-827-5672), DSN 882-5672, OR VIA EMAIL AT 
cscmailbox@navy.mil.

6.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//

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