{"id":18109,"date":"2016-01-21T20:28:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T20:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/01\/21\/2017-navy-chiefs-board-are-you-ready\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:05:52","slug":"2017-navy-chiefs-board-are-you-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2016\/01\/21\/2017-navy-chiefs-board-are-you-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Navy chiefs board: are you ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2017 chief petty officer season is officially underwayhas officially begun<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jan. 21 administering of the <\/span>active-duty test and the planned February selected Reserve exam have <\/span>kicked<\/span>\u00a0it <\/span>off the process that ultimately <\/span>leads eventually to the list of new chiefs six months later.\u00a0to the release of the active duty advancement list expected by the end of July or early August. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up: The release of the <\/span>board eligible list, which is released\u00a0once all the thousands of exams are graded.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you need to know to be ready:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Big board. <\/strong>That’s until the active-duty board convenes; the reserve board is just 115 days away.\u00a0As of today, it’s exactly 150-days until the active-duty board meets and the reserve board just 115 days away — are you ready?\u00a0What many don\u2019t know is annually <\/span>The E-7 selection board is the Navy’s largest each year and it normally takes board members two to three weeks to sort through the thousands of eligibles to decide who earns their anchorsgets advanced<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year\u2019s board convened with 17,639 first-class petty officer\u2019<\/span>s’ records to review, of which\u00a04,170 got the nod for a\u00a0to divvy up \u2014 \u00a0a <\/span>23.64<\/span> percent shot at putting on anchors<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Who gets reviewed.<\/strong>\u00a0As a result, <\/span>Not all time-in-rate eligible first classes even <\/span>make the board each year \u2014\u00a0only the top 60 percent as ranked by their <\/span>test scores and evaluation marks get a look by the board<\/span>. The only exception to that rule <\/span>are those eligible first classes <\/span>with boots on the ground in a combat zone, who get a waiver and head straight to the board each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Holding steady.<\/strong> Opportunity has Though opportunity has declined each year since fiscal 2014 board met in 2013 and 26.66 percent moved up, it has <\/span>hovered at or above historic norms over the past decade and is likely to do so again, officials told Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those same officials say that <\/span>This year\u2019s rate won\u2019t be setavailable<\/span> until the active and reserve boards convene this spring and summer and the\u00a0board convenes<\/span> and the quotas are released.\u00a0but they don\u2019t expect it to fluctuate heavily because the Navy\u2019s end strength is expected to be steady for the next few years. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Eligibility.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Basic eligibility starts with time in rate. , meaning <\/span>To be a candidate this year, a sailor\u00a0TIR date <\/span>must have been advanced \u2014 not frocked \u2014 to E-6 by on or <\/span>Jan. 1, 2014. SkippersCO\u2019s<\/span> can waive that up to a year if the sailor has an early promote recommendation. Commands must provide the evaluation used to grant that waiver to the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligibility can change for other reasons. For instance, a sailor who takes the test but is then found guilty at nonjudicial punishment loses their eligibility. Commands must work with Navy Personnel Command and notify sailors of any changes.\u00a0Who is eligible for the board can be somewhat fluid and it\u2019s up to the commands to communicate with Navy Personnel Command if the status of any sailors changes between the test and the convening of the board. For example, if a sailor who sits for the exam and makes the board is convicted of non-judicial punishment and their advancement recommendation is pulled as a result, that command needs to immediately notify NPC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though other factors can come into play,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Personnel Navy officials released their annual round up of the board-related details in NavAdmin 014\/16 on Jan. 20, here’s a roundup of what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Important dates. <\/strong>The first is when the service releases the board eligible list, which\u00a0<\/strong>* – TBA The message doesn\u2019t say when to expect the board eligible list, which <\/span>is created once over <\/span>90 percent of the tests are are <\/span>received and graded by the Navy Advancement Center. But annually, <\/span>This typically happens usually <\/span>in late March or April.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n