{"id":28312,"date":"2018-03-28T21:44:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T21:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/28\/navy-reserve-and-fts-chances-for-e-8-e-9-mostly-on-the-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:35:08","slug":"navy-reserve-and-fts-chances-for-e-8-e-9-mostly-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/28\/navy-reserve-and-fts-chances-for-e-8-e-9-mostly-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Reserve and FTS chances for E-8, E-9 (mostly) on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s now a waiting game for the 3,822 Selected Reserve and Reserve Full-Time Support hopefuls seeking advancement to E-8 and E-9 as the release of this year\u2019s advancement selection board nears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FY19 Selected Reserve and FTS selection board convened March 5 in Millington, and wrapped up 11 days later. After a board concludes, it usually takes the Navy three to four weeks to conduct a scrub of the selected sailors before releasing the final list. So look for results to pop in NavAdmin sometime mid-April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Reserve<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the bad news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there\u2019s a dark spot this year, it\u2019s the slight drop in advancement opportunities for senior chief selected reservists who are looking to put a second star over their chief\u2019s crow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 398 eligible senior chiefs this year competing for 45 openings, a slight increase in eligible candidates \u2014 last year had 393 \u2014 coupled with a decrease in available quotas \u2014 47 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n