RATING ENTRY FOR GENERAL APPRENTICES (REGA):
UNCLASSIFIED// R 282142Z DEC 07 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// UNCLAS//N01430// NAVADMIN 363/07 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/DEC// SUBJ/RATING ENTRY FOR GENERAL APPRENTICES (REGA)// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN UPDATES REGA INFORMATION FOR NAVY APPRENTICE SAILORS. THE RATING ENTRY FOR GENERAL APPRENTICES (REGA) IS A TOOL THAT PROVIDES THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS TO LEARN ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO SPECIFIC RATINGS. JOINING A NEW COMMUNITY IS A MILESTONE FOR OUR JUNIOR SAILORS AND KEEPING SAILORS INFORMED OF THEIR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IS THE JOB OF ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND. THIS MESSAGE, USED WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WILL ALLOW LEADERS TO HELP OUR MOST JUNIOR SAILORS TAKE BETTER CONTROL OF THEIR CAREERS. 2. TO EXECUTE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER STRATEGY FOR OUR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS, COMMANDS SHOULD USE THE FLEET RATING IDENTIFICATION ENGINE (FLEET RIDE) AT HTTPS://FLEETRIDE.SSCNO.NMCI.NAVY.MIL TO VALIDATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIRED RATING. IT IS CRITICAL THAT COUNSELORS COMPLY WITH REGA REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORM TO SERVE (PTS) POLICIES AVAILABLE IN FLEET RIDE WHILE DETERMINING BEST CAREER OPTIONS WITH THE SAILOR. POINT OF CONTACT (POC) FOR ACCESS TO FLEET RIDE IS MR. PAUL MARTIN AT (901) 874-2970/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT paul.d.martin@navy.mil. 3. THIS PARAGRAPH LISTS EACH RATING AND THE PROCEDURES FOR NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS TO ENTER THAT RATING VIA EXAMINATION, IF AUTHORIZED. COMMAND LEADERSHIP SHOULD UTILIZE THIS INFORMATION TO PROPERLY COUNSEL SAILORS TO ENSURE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. THE COLUMNS LIST: RATING; RATING ENTRY STATUS; ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO E-4 FOR ALL SAILORS FROM THE MAR 07 AND SEP 07 NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM; OVERALL ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO E-4 FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS FROM THE MAR 07 AND SEP 07 NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM; AND OVERALL OPPORTUNITY TO E-3 DESIGNATION FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS FROM THE MAR 07 AND SEP 07 NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM. "N/A" LISTED INDICATES NO NON-DESIGNATED ACTIVITY IN THAT RATING. PERCENTAGES INDICATED ARE NOT NECESSARILY A PROJECTION OF FUTURE ADVANCEMENT/DESIGNATION OPPORTUNITIES. RATING-SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS LISTED UNDER THE NOTES COLUMN. A. ACTIVE DUTY (USN) RATINGS (1) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE OPEN. FULLY QUALIFIED NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THESE EXAMINATIONS WITH APPROVAL OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER. ALL SAILORS MUST MEET THE REQUIRED ASVAB SCORES FOR THE RATING AS DIRECTED IN MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1306-618. RATING OVERALL NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT 195/196 195/196 195/196 ABE OPEN 45.19/48.27 39.29/43.88 100.00/98.18 ABF OPEN 25.32/20.55 9.03/9.03 100.00/70.92 ABH OPEN 22.13/20.88 7.22/11.81 100.00/97.91 AD OPEN 26.64/26.72 7.10/13.58 12.78/7.50 AE OPEN 38.85/35.23 5.88/9.86 50.00/6.25 AM OPEN 34.44/39.24 3.80/16.17 34.09/7.86 AO OPEN 39.32/28.28 14.24/15.57 86.45/54.29 AS OPEN 82.96/50.48 55.88/20.00 100.00/22.73 (2) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE APPROVAL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS. COMMANDS SHALL FORWARD A NAVPERS 1306/7 FOR EACH NON-DESIGNATED ACTIVE DUTY SAILOR REQUESTING TO PARTICIPATE IN ?APPROVAL REQUIRED? EXAMS TO COMNAVPERSCOM VIA BUPERS ONLINE (PERS-811B ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED ADVANCEMENTS) OR E-MAIL TO mill_advancements_active@navy.mil NO LATER THAN (NLT) 4 FEB 08. REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THESE DATES WILL BE DISAPPROVED. ONCE APPROVAL IS RECEIVED, FORWARD A COPY OF THE APPROVAL TO NETPDTC (N321) VIA EMAIL AT edward.west@navy.mil OR FAX AT (850) 452-1694/DSN 922. EXAMS TAKEN IN THESE RATINGS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. ACTIVE DUTY COMMANDS USE NPC WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ENLISTEDCAREERPROGRESSION/ ACTIVEDUTYADVANCEMENT TO VERIFY STATUS OF THEIR ACTIVE DUTY REGA REQUESTS. RATING OVERALL NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT NOTES 195/196 195/196 195/196 AZ APPRV REQD 63.38/73.78 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A AT APPRV REQD 74.25/61.50 55.64/42.07 100.00/96.84 BM APPRV REQD 27.00/19.45 21.24/15.98 16.95/10.63 CS(OTH) APPRV REQD 46.61/45.47 17.50/25.00 0.00/100.00 CS(SS) APPRV REQD 43.82/54.55 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 1 DC APPRV REQD 34.40/39.61 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 9 EN APPRV REQD 55.86/77.66 N/A/100.00 N/A/N/A 9 ET(SS-NV) APPRV REQD 50.31/82.20 6.67/100.00 100.00/N/A 1 ET(SS-RF) APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 95.24/100.00 0.00/N/A 1 FT APPRV REQD 37.98/60.22 12.50/N/A 100.00/N/A 1 GM APPRV REQD 66.20/92.31 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A GSM APPRV REQD 78.67/96.32 66.67/70.00 100.00/100.00 MM(OTH) APPRV REQD 48.05/24.92 11.36/7.69 100.00/100.00 MM(SS-AX) APPRV REQD 65.09/81.10 20.00/N/A 100.00/N/A 1 MM(SS-W) APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 100.00/N/A 0.00/N/A 1 MU APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A OS APPRV REQD 98.98/94.26 94.53/84.28 100.00/86.11 QM APPRV REQD 27.21/80.33 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A RP APPRV REQD 76.79/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 8 SH APPRV REQD 13.74/7.75 0.00/2.63 0.00/6.76 SK(OTH) APPRV REQD 28.18/25.87 2.65/6.09 34.01/77.78 SK(SS) APPRV REQD 57.38/62.16 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 1 STS APPRV REQD 67.69/100.00 39.39/N/A 100.00/N/A 1 YN(OTH) APPRV REQD 41.25/52.63 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A (3) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE ENTRY VIA CLASS "A" SCHOOL ONLY. REQUESTS FOR CLASS "A" SCHOOL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER MILPERSMAN 1306- 606 TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-4010) VIA 1306/7. POC IS NCC STACEY BELL AT COMM (901) 874-2380/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT stacey.b.bell@navy.mil. EXAM PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION OF THE EXAM. NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT CLASS "A" SCHOOL AFTER COMPLETING 12 MONTHS AT THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT NOTES 195/196 AC A SCHL REQD 99.13/100.00 AG A SCHL REQD 37.82/37.88 AME A SCHL REQD 46.28/40.65 AW A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 BU A SCHL REQD 90.43/90.53 6 CE A SCHL REQD 89.23/90.36 6 CM A SCHL REQD 90.22/90.70 6 CTI A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 2,3 CTN A SCHL REQD N/A/100.00 3 CTR A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 3 EA A SCHL REQD 9.26/20.37 6 EM(SS-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 EM(SW-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 EO A SCHL REQD 88.71/90.91 6 EOD A SCHL REQD 100.00/N/A 7 ET(OTH) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 ET(SS-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 ET(SW-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 FC A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 FC(AEGIS) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 GSE A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 HM A SCHL REQD 24.96/20.55 IC A SCHL REQD 100.00/86.47 IS A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 10 IT A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 3,5 MA A SCHL REQD 76.92/87.19 4 MC A SCHL REQD 48.10/24.18 MM(SS-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 MM(SW-N) A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 MN A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 MT A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 1 ND A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 7 PR A SCHL REQD 40.78/36.51 SB A SCHL REQD 100.00/N/A 7 SO A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 7 STG A SCHL REQD 100.00/100.00 SW A SCHL REQD 53.06/50.91 6 UT A SCHL REQD 62.86/90.16 6 (4) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE CLOSED. NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THESE RATINGS DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT NOTES 195/196 CTM CLOSED 94.12/100.00 3 CTT CLOSED 100.00/100.00 3 EM(OTH) CLOSED 53.61/43.13 HT CLOSED 22.58/43.64 MR CLOSED 34.69/60.00 PC CLOSED 69.15/32.65 PS CLOSED 19.48/2.16 YN(SS) CLOSED 75.86/84.62 1 B. FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS) RATINGS (1) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE OPEN. FULLY QUALIFIED NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THESE EXAMINATIONS WITH APPROVAL OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER. ALL SAILORS MUST MEET THE REQUIRED ASVAB SCORES FOR THE RATING AS DIRECTED IN MILPERSMAN 1306-618. RATING OVERALL NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT 195/196 195/196 195/196 AD OPEN 66.67/100.00 N/A/100.00 100.00/N/A AE OPEN 89.47/100.00 N/A/N/A 100.00/N/A AO OPEN 42.11/52.94 N/A/0.00 N/A/100.00 AS OPEN 100.00/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A AT OPEN 100.00/70.37 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A BM OPEN 100.00/20.00 100.00/0.00 0.00/100.00 EN OPEN 100.00/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A YN OPEN 89.09/86.96 0.00/N/A 100.00/N/A (2) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE APPROVAL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS. FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) COMMANDS SHALL FORWARD A NAVPERS 1306/7 FOR EACH NON-DESIGNATED FTS SAILOR REQUESTING TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROVAL REQUIRED EXAMS TO COMNAVPERSCOM VIA BUPERS ONLINE (PERS-812A FTS-RESERVE ENLISTED ADVANCEMENTS) OR E-MAIL TO mill_advancements_reserve@navy.mil NLT 4 FEB 08. REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THESE DATES WILL BE DISAPPROVED. ONCE APPROVAL IS RECEIVED, FORWARD A COPY OF THE APPROVAL TO NETPDTC (N321) VIA EMAIL AT edward.west@navy.mil OR FAX AT (850) 452-1694/DSN 922. EXAMS TAKEN IN THESE RATINGS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS USE HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ENLISTEDCAREERPROGRESSION/ RESERVEADVANCEMENT TO VERIFY STATUS OF FTS REGA REQUESTS. RATING OVERALL NON-DESIG NON-DESIG ENTRY E4 ADV E4 ADV E3 DESIG RATING STATUS OPP PCT OPP PCT OPP PCT 195/196 195/196 195/196 NOTES AM APPRV REQD 38.33/44.23 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A AZ APPRV REQD 100.00/36.36 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A DC APPRV REQD 18.52/4.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A 11 EM APPRV REQD 22.22/100.00 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A HT APPRV REQD 10.00/14.29 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A MR APPRV REQD 50.00/33.33 N/A/N/A N/A/N/A SK APPRV REQD 12.50/66.67 0.00/0.00 100.00/100.00 (3) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE ENTRY VIA CLASS "A" SCHOOL ONLY. REQUESTS FOR "A" SCHOOL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER MILPERSMAN 1306-606 TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-812). EXAM PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION OF THE EXAM. NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT CLASS "A" SCHOOL AFTER COMPLETING 12 MONTHS AT THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT 195/196 NOTES AC A SCHL REQD 88.89/66.67 AME A SCHL REQD 94.12/46.67 AW A SCHL REQD 100.00/66.67 ET A SCHL REQD N/A/N/A HM A SCHL REQD 50.00/29.27 IC A SCHL REQD 20.00/25.00 IT A SCHL REQD 21.05/100.00 3,5 PR A SCHL REQD 62.50/47.06 (4) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE "CLOSED". NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THESE RATINGS DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS. RATING OVERALL ENTRY E4 ADV RATING STATUS OPP PCT 195/196 CS CLOSED 20.83/4.55 PS CLOSED 100.00/35.85 NOTES: (1) RATING CLOSED TO WOMEN. SAILORS MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS OF MILPERSMAN 1306-402 AND BE APPROVED AS A SUBMARINE VOLUNTEER. SAILORS MUST BE A GRADUATE OF BASIC ENLISTED SUBMARINE SCHOOL TO COMPETE FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THIS RATING. (2) CTI "A" SCHOOL REQUIRES A MINIMUM DEFENSE LANGUAGE APTITUDE BATTERY (DLAB) SCORE OF 100. REFER TO MILPERSMAN 1306-608 FOR CLASS "A" SCHOOL RQMTS. (3) CT/IT CANDIDATES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS. (4) REFER TO MILPERSMAN 1440-010, PARA 15 OR THE MA ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/ENLISTED/COMMUNITYMANAGERS/SECURITY. SUBMIT REQUESTS TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-405). FOR INFORMATION, CALL (901) 874-2228/DSN 882. (5) MUST BE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE ELIGIBLE PRIOR TO CLASS "A" SCHOOL CONVENING DATE. (6) ENSURE ALL NAVPERS 1306/7 REQUESTS FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS REQUESTING ENTRY INTO THE BU/CE/CM/EA/EO/UT/SW RATINGS ARE FORWARDED TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-401). INCLUDE THE LAST TWO COMPUTER GENERATED PRIMS SCORE SHEETS, WITH ACTUAL NUMBERS, WHEN SUBMITTING PACKAGE. (7) MILPERSMAN 1220-100 THRU 340 APPLIES. (8) MUST COMPLY WITH MILPERSMAN 1440-010. (9) APPROVAL WILL BE GRANTED FOR EPACT SAILORS ONLY. (10) IS CANDIDATES MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS AND MUST MEET PERSONNEL SECURITY STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION. (11) APPROVAL WILL BE GRANTED FOR EPACT (FTS) SAILORS ONLY. 4. RATING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. COMMANDS SHALL USE ASVAB CRITERIA CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 344/06 AND THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IN MILPERSMAN 1306-618 FOR RATING ENTRY. WAIVERS BEYOND THESE LIMITS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COGNIZANT ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER. 5. ASVAB RE-TESTING. COMPLETION OF ACADEMIC SKILLS IMPROVEMENT COURSES AND RE-TESTING VIA THE ARMED FORCES CLASSIFICATION TEST (AFCT) ARE RECOMMENDED TO MEET RATING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. AFCT TEST SITE EXPANSION ANNOUNCED IN NAVADMIN 161/04 RESULTED IN MORE THAN 67 AUTHORIZED TEST SITES TO ASSIST SAILORS WHO MAY NOT HAVE SCORED WELL IN PREVIOUS TESTING. THIS EFFORT GREATLY IMPROVES SAILOR OPTIONS FOR CAREER CHOICES THROUGH FORCE SHAPING INITIATIVES AND ASSISTS NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS IN SELECTING A RATING. NAVADMIN 156/07 ANNOUNCED THE AFCT ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING UPDATE. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO TEST ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS WHICH STREAMLINE PROCEDURES, REDUCE ERRORS THROUGH AUTOMATED SCORING, AND RESULT IN REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE ENLISTED MASTER FILES (EMF). TEST MATERIAL SAFEGUARDING AND TESTING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN MILPERSMAN 1236-010 AND 1236-030. 6. POINT OF CONTACT: NCCM(SW/AW) JEAN ALLIE, BUPERS 32 AT (901) 874- 3195/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT jean.allie@navy.mil. 7. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.// BT NNNN