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Nowell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advancements will instead be determined using a modified Final Multiple Score that excludes the added calculation of the advancement exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calculated categories will include a sailor\u2019s Performance Mark Average, the accrual of awards, points from Service in Paygrade, Pass Not Advanced points, and education, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/submit\/display.asp?story_id=112771\" target=_blank>the release said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Job performance, or the PMA category, will account for nearly 75 percent of each sailor\u2019s final score, Navy officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With over 90 percent of the service\u2019s E-5 and E-6 active-duty and FTS advancement exams completed prior to implementation of social distancing practices, Navy officials have no designs on canceling and will aim to administer the remaining tests in small group settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individual commands can administer the remaining E-5 and E-6 exams between May 21 and June 3, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy officials also announced that any Selected Reserve sailors who have not yet taken advancement exams will remain eligible to do so during July drill weekends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 20,000 sailors currently holding the rank of E-3 were scheduled to take the exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":76686,"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":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","middle-column","home","coronavirus"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[61,101,23,88,89,12,26,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3413],"class_list":["post-41449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-left-column","category-middle-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-navy"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"DA2WZLSOBJBGXPOTLEEIQ2MCFU","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/04\/27\/navy-cancels-e-4-advancement-exams-for-active-duty-and-fts-sailors\/","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>Navy cancels E-4 advancement exams for active-duty and FTS sailors - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Approximately 20,000 sailors currently holding the rank of E-3 were scheduled to take the exam.\" \/>\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=\"Navy cancels E-4 advancement exams for active-duty and FTS sailors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approximately 20,000 sailors currently holding the rank of E-3 were scheduled to take the exam.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/04\/27\/navy-cancels-e-4-advancement-exams-for-active-duty-and-fts-sailors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-27T22:22:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T20:03:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J.D. 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