{"id":23040,"date":"2018-05-03T14:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/03\/no-test-advancements-spike-to-record-high\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:59:25","slug":"no-test-advancements-spike-to-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/03\/no-test-advancements-spike-to-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"No-test advancements spike to record high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the revamped program was started in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2015\/05\/23\/huge-spot-advancement-expansion-is-underway\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">2015<\/a>, no-test advancements comprised only about five percent of the total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year marks a significant milestone in the program, and officials have made no secret the long-term plan is to gradually increase the no-test advancement status to 25 percent of all enlisted advancements annually, though no timetable has been set to reach that goal.<\/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\/2017\/04\/16\/sailors-say-meritorious-advancements-boost-morale\/\" 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=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22809267636-8dbdf89a4c-k.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\">Sailors say meritorious advancements boost morale<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cI\u2019m a hands-on guy and I learn best by doing something, not reading about it.\u201d <\/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\">\u201cWe continue to refine and improve the program to further empower command triads to recognize their most highly talented sailors through immediate advancement,\u201d Vice Adm. 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Burke wrote in a May 2 message outlining this year\u2019s program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe added flexibility and increased importance of MAP will account for approximately 15 percent of all E4-E6 advancements this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s totals will allow commanding officers to conduct up to 7,012 advancements, a significant increase of 2,795 quotas over last year\u2019s number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since officials revamped the program in 2015, quotas have increased by 4,774 in total, which amounts to a 213 percent increase over the initial 2,238 quotas offered in 2015.<\/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\/2017\/04\/16\/navy-plans-big-expansion-for-instant-advancements\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/map-advancements-cover.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 plans big expansion for instant advancements<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy is setting in motion a plan that will transform the enlisted advancement system by allowing more commanders to directly promote thousands of additional sailors who are tapped as top performers.<\/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\">Unit commanders will have 6,809 quotas issued directly to commands. Higher headquarters units will be given 203 additional quotas to pass around to units under them who can justify the extra need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year also marks the second year the Navy\u2019s drilling reservists will have a shot at no-test advancements, as more units were added to the mix. There are 211 total quotas available across the force this year, 47 more than last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMAP season,\u201d as it\u2019s come to be called, starts July 1 and runs through the end of August. Unused quotas will be accounted for and redistributed to commands who can justify the need in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another change allows commands to submit multiple advancement requests throughout the MAP season instead of having to list all selections in a single letter to Navy Personnel Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 2,977 quotas are available for advancements to E-4, but one of the rule changes allows commanders to use these quotas to also advance E-1s and E-2s to the next paygrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At E-5, there are 2,512 quotas, and an additional 1,523 available for E-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selected reserve program concentrates the advancements at moving sailors into the E-5 and E-6 levels, as the reserve component no longer has E-3 billets. 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