{"id":17558,"date":"2019-02-09T00:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T00:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/09\/more-meritorious-advancements-loom-in-2019-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-ahead\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:58:42","slug":"more-meritorious-advancements-loom-in-2019-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/09\/more-meritorious-advancements-loom-in-2019-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"More meritorious advancements loom in 2019 \u2014 what you need to know to get ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy personnel officials are pushing ahead on plans to hike the number of no-test, command-level advancements this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officially known as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/bupers-npc\/career\/enlistedcareeradmin\/Advancement\/Pages\/MAP.aspx\" target=_blank>Meritorious Advancement Program<\/a>,\u201d or MAP, the program has steadily increased in scope since it was plucked from the personnel system scrap heap in 2015. MAP boosts comprised 15 percent of all E-1 to E-6 advancements in 2018 and officials want that share to rise this year to 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also vow to align the two separate meritorious advancement \u201cseasons,\u201d placing MAP on schedule that\u2019s similar to the traditional twice-yearly advancement cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will take a substantial step forward in [calendar year] 19 to expand the ability of the command triad to directly reward more top performing talent,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/bio.asp?bioID=681\" target=_blank>Vice Adm. Bob Burke<\/a> wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/bupers-npc\/reference\/messages\/Documents\/NAVADMINS\/NAV2019\/NAV19031.txt\">NavAdmin message 031\/19<\/a>, released Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMAP is intended to empower commanding officers and their command triads to identify and advance the most talented, experienced and proficient sailors within their commands based on first-hand demonstrated performance and ability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s tweaks stem from a series of recommendations delivered by a \u201cstrategic meritorious advancement working group\u201d comprised of senior enlisted leaders across the fleet, Burke wrote. Their analysis was culled from lessons learned after the 2018 advancement season ended in early autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group urged officials to give commands \u201cas much latitude and flexibility as possible,\u201d in making their advancement choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/08\/22\/navy-moves-to-help-enlisted-get-ahead\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Exam2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy moves to help enlisted get ahead<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In a few years, sailors might be able to take advancement exams online and get promoted that month.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s decision to create two MAP seasons that overlap with the pair of traditional spring and fall advancement cycles is another way to \u201cmake clear the intent of MAP to select and reward the right (sailors) with MAP quotas,\u201d Burke wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first season will begin on March 1 and end on April 30. The second is slated to start on Sept. 1 and end on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active-duty sailors competing for advancement to E-4 through E-6 sit each year in March and September to take their exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis change will require command triads to select their most-qualified (sailors) for MAP, without regard to the [exam cycle] results,\u201d Burke wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2015, when the program was revamped from the old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/bupers-npc\/reference\/messages\/Documents\/NAVADMINS\/NAV2019\/NAV19031.txt\" target=_blank>Command Advancement Program to MAP<\/a>, Navy officials have stressed the \u201cmeritorious\u201d nature of the advancements, urging commanders to boost their best sailors, even if they believe they will advance on the next exam cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAP advancements are effective the day that they\u2019re awarded, allowing sailors to get paid for the new grade from that day forward. They also begin accruing time in grade to apply to their next advancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the traditional exam cycle, sailors often are \u201cfrocked&#8221; \u2014 given the rank and privileges up front \u2014 but without the reward of a pay raise or additional time in grade. That gets spread out over a six-month span, depending on how sailors scored during the cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the two seasons this year, the Navy will have 9,360 no-test advancement quotas, an increase of 2,348 more advancements than during the single 2018 season. That total will be distributed with half available during each MAP season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means there will be 4,095 quotas at E-4; 3,538 at E-5; and 1,727 at E-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/03\/no-test-advancements-spike-to-record-high\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MAPImage1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">No-test advancements spike to record high<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy officials are taking meritorious advancements to the next level, announcing that no-test advancements will account for 15 percent of all petty officer advancements this year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burke told Navy Times last year that he\u2019s comfortable with MAP advancements rising to roughly 25 percent of the annual total, suggesting that the sea service might expand the no-test quotas in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expanded two seasons for advancement will change the redistribution period, when commands can turn in unused quotas or request more advancements from that Navy-wide pool. Now those quotas will be added to totals available for the spring advancement exam cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy annually announces exam advancements just before Memorial Day for the spring cycle and Thanksgiving for the autumn cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burke urged commanders not to take a \u201cuse it or lose it\u201d mentality with their MAP quotas, which he said will defeat the purpose of the advancements in the same way that abuse doomed the old program. He insisted that returning quotas won\u2019t raise the risk of commands losing advancement opportunities in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese quotas should not be given away,&#8221; Burke wrote. &#8220;No command should feel compelled to utilize all their quotas and no sailor should be advanced before the command feels they have the expertise, experience, maturity, leadership and judgement required at the next higher pay grade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officially known as the \u201cMeritorious Advancement Program,\u201d or MAP, the program has steadily increased in scope since it was plucked from the personnel system scrap heap in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":65,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,23,88,12,26,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3087],"class_list":["post-17558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-left-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-navy"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"KXUZRNHTIZAGRLTXRZCPOUUTNU","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/09\/more-meritorious-advancements-loom-in-2019-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-ahead\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More meritorious advancements loom in 2019 \u2014 what you need to know to get ahead - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Officially known as the \u201cMeritorious Advancement Program,\u201d or MAP, the program has steadily increased in scope since it was plucked from the personnel system scrap heap in 2015.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More meritorious advancements loom in 2019 \u2014 what you need to know to get ahead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Officially known as the \u201cMeritorious Advancement Program,\u201d or MAP, the program has steadily increased in scope since it was plucked from the personnel system scrap heap in 2015.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/09\/more-meritorious-advancements-loom-in-2019-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-ahead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-09T00:37:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:58:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark D. 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