In case you haven’t seen the CNO’s message DTG 131504Z DEC 17, there was a couple little nuggets of interest.
1. References (a) and (b) are cancelled.
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5. It has been decades since the last period of major personnel growth in our Navy. You will see many additional policy changes in the coming weeks and months to set us on the right course.
REF A is the ENLISTED EARLY TRANSITION PROGRAM and REF B is the TIME-IN-GRADE AND NEXT-LOWER-GRADE WAIVERS that came out in 2014 and 2016 respectively.
Growing a Navy – heck even treading water – in good economic conditions is a challenge.
Aw, heck – we have the space here for NAVADMIN 288/17, so I’ll post it in whole. A short message, as message goes – but it sure says a lot.
Keep an eye on Enlisted manning.
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FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// NAVADMIN 288/17 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/DEC//
SUBJ/EARLY SEPARATION POLICY NAVADMIN CANCELLATIONS//
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REF/C/DOC/COMNAVPERSCOM/23AUG06// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 103/14, ENLISTED EARLY TRANSITION PROGRAM. REF B IS NAVADMIN 182/16, TIME-IN-GRADE AND NEXT-LOWER-GRADE WAIVERS. REF C IS MILPERSMAN 1300-500, REASSIGNMENT FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS (HUMS).// RMKS/1. References (a) and (b) are cancelled.
2. We are in a growing Navy. This requires more people, at a time when we are still working our way back to desired sea duty manning levels, and when the competition for talent is especially keen. We will certainly recruit and train many more Sailors to help meet these demands, but that will not be enough.
3. Retention of every capable Sailor will be critical to the operational readiness of the Navy. Therefore all early out programs and minimum service requirement waiver programs are cancelled. Service commitments such as enlistment contracts, service obligations for accepting promotions, bonuses, education, etc., are expected to be fulfilled.
4. Service members experiencing difficulty in fulfilling obligated service requirements are encouraged to work with their chains of command and detailers to examine available alternatives to complete their obligation, to include reassignments to other duties for humanitarian reasons, in line with reference (c).
5. It has been decades since the last period of major personnel growth in our Navy. You will see many additional policy changes in the coming weeks and months to set us on the right course. However, the most important tool we have is deckplate leadership and its ability to influence retention. The Navy is counting on each of you.
6. Released by VADM R. P. Burke, N1.//
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