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SUBJ/NOTICE OF CONVENING FY-20 ACTIVE-DUTY OFFICER CONTINUATION SELECTION
BOARDS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUATION POLICY//
RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the FY-20 Active-Duty Officer Continuation
Selection Boards. The active-duty officer continuation selection boards will
convene, when required, immediately following the corresponding FY-20
promotion selection boards. Eligible officers on the Active-Duty List who
are fully qualified to remain on active duty and meet the requirements in
paragraphs 2 through 5 will be considered for continuation.
2. Lieutenant commander (LCDR) Unrestricted Line, Restricted Line, and Staff
Corps (Limited Duty Officers are discussed in Paragraph
4):
a. Twice failure of selection (2XFOS) LCDRs with 14-18 Years of Active
Service (YOAS) on the date of mandatory discharge. Officers selected for
continuation will be continued until eligible for retirement at the
completion of 20 YOAS.
b. 2XFOS LCDRs with less than 14 YOAS on the date of mandatory
discharge. Officers selected for continuation will be continued for a period
of 3 years.
c. 2XFOS LCDRs with 18 or more YOAS, as provided by law, will not be
considered for continuation, but will be retained on active duty until
retirement eligible at 20 YOAS.
d. In no case will any LCDR be continued or retained beyond the last day
of the month in which the officer becomes eligible for retirement under
section 6323 of title 10, U.S. Code, or the last day of the month in which
the officer becomes 62 years of age, whichever is earlier.
3. Lieutenant (LT) Chaplain Corps (CHC), Judge Advocate Generals Corps
(JAGC), Medical Service Corps (MSC) and Nurse Corps (NC):
a. 2XFOS CHC, JAGC, MSC and NC (subspecialties in Critical Care (1960),
Perioperative Nursing (1950), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (1972),
and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
(1973)) LTs with less than 18 YOAS. Officers selected for continuation will
be continued for a period of 3 years, but not beyond retirement eligibility
at 20 YOAS.
b. 2XFOS CHC, JAGC, MSC and NC (subspecialties in Critical Care (1960),
Perioperative Nursing (1950), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (1972),
and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
(1973)) LTs with 18 or more YOAS, as provided by law, will not be considered
for continuation, but will be retained on active duty until retirement
eligible at 20 YOAS.
c. In no case will any CHC, JAGC, MSC or NC (subspecialties in Critical
Care (1960), Perioperative Nursing (1950), Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthetist (1972), and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (1973))
LT be continued or retained beyond the last day of the month in which the
officer becomes eligible for retirement under section 6323 of title 10, U.S.
Code, or the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of
age, whichever is earlier.
4. Commander, lieutenant commander, and lieutenant Limited Duty Officers
(LDO):
a. All permanent LDOs selected for promotion in FY-20 who are subject to
mandatory retirement for YOAS prior to their scheduled promotion dates and/or
prior to completing the time-in-grade necessary to retire in the next higher
grade after promotion will be considered for continuation. If selected,
these officers will be continued for a period sufficient to allow them to
accept promotion and, as required, attain sufficient time-in-grade to retire
at the higher grade.
b. All permanent LDOs who are on active duty at the time when the
promotion board meets and are considered in zone for promotion and who are
subject to mandatory retirement for YOAS prior to the end of FY-19 will be
considered for continuation. If selected, these officers will be continued
for a period sufficient to allow them to accept promotion and, as required,
attain sufficient time- in-grade to retire at the higher grade or, if not
selected for promotion, until the end of FY-19.
c. 2XFOS LDO LCDRs selected for continuation will be continued to
retirement eligibility at the completion of 20 YOAS.
5. Chief Warrant Officers (CWO):
a. All CWOs selected for promotion in FY-20 who are subject to mandatory
retirement for YOAS prior to their scheduled promotion dates and/or prior to
completing the time-in-grade necessary to retire in the next higher grade
after promotion will be considered for continuation. If selected, these
officers will be continued for a period sufficient to allow them to accept
promotion.
b. All CWOs who are on active duty at the time the promotion board meets
and are considered in zone for promotion and who are subject to mandatory
retirement for YOAS prior to the end of FY-19 will be considered for
continuation. If selected, these officers will be continued for a period
sufficient to allow them to accept promotion or, if not selected for
promotion, until the end of FY-19.
c. 2XFOS CWO4s selected for continuation will be continued for a period
of three years, or until their statutory mandatory retirement date for years
of active service, whichever is earlier.
6. Officers on the Active-Duty List who meet any of the criteria in
paragraphs 2 through 4 shall check BUPERS Online, https://www.bol.navy.mil/,
after release of the respective selection ALNAV message, to determine if they
were selected for continuation.
Once logged into BUPERS Online, click on Advancements/Selection Boards and
then on the appropriate officer (Promotion/Continuation) board to determine
the results.
7. Promotion selection board convening dates are as follows:
a. Active O-6 Line Promotion Selection Board convenes 16 January 2019.
The Active O-5 LDO Line Continuation Selection board will follow this board.
b. Active O-6 Staff Corps Promotion Selection Board convenes 5 February
2019. The Active O-5 LDO Staff Corps Continuation Selection Board will
follow this board.
c. Active O-5 Line Promotion Selection Board convenes 12 February 2019.
The Active O-4 Line Continuation Selection Board will follow this board.
d. Active O-5 Staff Corps Promotion Selection Board convenes 26 March
2019. The Active O-4 Staff Corps Continuation Selection Board will follow
this board.
e. Active O-4 Staff Corps Promotion Selection Board convenes 14 May
2019. The Active O-3 CHC/JAGC/MSC/NC (subspecialties in Critical Care
(1960), Perioperative Nursing (1950), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
(1972), and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (1973)) and LDO
Staff Continuation Selection boards will follow this board.
f. Active O-4 Line Promotion Selection Board convenes 20 May 2019. The
Active O-3 LDO Line continuation selection board will follow this board.
g. Active CWO3/CWO4/CWO5 Promotion Selection Boards convene 13 June
2019. The Active CWO2/CWO3/CWO4 Continuation Selection Boards will follow
these boards.
8. Correspondence addressed to the promotion selection board will not be
forwarded to a subsequent continuation selection board for consideration.
Officers must communicate with each board separately.
9. Only eligible officers may communicate with a continuation selection
board. Correspondence must arrive no later than 10 calendar days before the
convening date of the board and shall be addressed to:
Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center
President, Active FY-20 (Grade) (Line or Staff Corps, as
applicable)
Continuation Selection Board, Board #XXX,
5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-6300
Note: Board number is a required field and may be found on the FY-20
selection board schedule located at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-
npc/boards/selectionboardsupport/
Pages/FY19%20Board%20Schedule.aspx. To check on receipt of your package, go
to http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-
npc/boards/activedutyofficer/pages/default.aspx and enter the customer
service center link (check on your letter to the board) or contact the
customer service center at (866) 827-5672. The written communication may
call attention to the board, any matter concerning the officers record that
the officer considers important. Written communication may include, as
enclosures, correspondence from any individual concerning the eligible
officer. Correspondence not originated by the eligible officer, including
endorsement to the eligible officers letter and letters written on behalf of
that officer, must contain a written acknowledgement by the eligible officer
that he or she desires such correspondence be presented to the board.
Correspondence without such an acknowledgement is considered third party
correspondence and will be returned without being presented to the board.
Classified correspondence will not be accepted.
10. Questions regarding continuation should be directed to Navy Personnel
Command PERS-801 at (901) 874-4533/DSN 882. Additional information is also
available at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-
npc/boards/officercontinuation/Pages/default.aspx.
11. The cscselboard@navy.mil mailbox account is capable of receiving
encrypted correspondence IAW DoD policy. If you are sending your board
package from a non-NMCI network (BUMED.mil, USMC.mil, etc), please visit
https://dod411.gds.disa.mil to download the required mailbox certificate. To
download the "Cert" (Please note, you MUST be using MS Outlook with a CAC
reader, including "ActivClient" software and have Internet Explorer or
Netscape 7), go to https://dod411.gds.disa.mil, type cscselboard@navy.mil
in the "E-Mail address field, then click "Search." Click the "CSC" link
under "Last Name." Click on the link "Download Certificate(s) as vCard.
Click "Software Certificate for cscselboard@navy.mil."
Click the "Open" button for the File Download popup. The certificate will
then open. Click "Save and Close". The certificate is then saved to the
profile and can be used to send your encrypted e-mail.
12. This NAVADMIN will be canceled for record purposes on 30 September 2019.
13. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.//
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