SUBMARINE OFFICER

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SUBMARINE OFFICER COMMUNITY STATUS
CDR Chris Cavanaugh Submarine Officer Assignments
Branch Head Submarine XO/Post-XO Detailer (PERS
421)
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Community Status BriefPERS 42 Introductions
CAPT CHIP JAENICHEN Division Director CAPT
DENNIS WHITE Deputy/CO Detailer CDR CHRIS
CAVANAUGH Branch Head/XO Detailer LCDR DAVID
COE Post-DH Detailer LCDR JOHN HALE DH
Detailer LT JOE FONTENOT DO Shore Detailer LT
BRAD BOYD DO Sea Detailer LT SCOTT MURPHY New
Accessions Detailer CDR NITO BLAS CDR Above
LDO Detailer LCDR ED CALLAHAN LCDR Below LDO
Detailer
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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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Current EventsWhats New?

• Navy-wide manning
• Overmannedbut still not enough to fill all shore
  billets
• Resignation/retirement withdrawals difficult
• PRT readiness waivers unlikely
• Submarine Force manning
• Missed DH numbers for YG01 and YG02
• 30K/yr bonus
• Ballston Spa shutdown
• Other rumors?
• Detailer visit schedule
• Stay plugged in at www.npc.navy.mil

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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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Submarine Officer Career PathOverview
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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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DetailingThe Process

• PRD (Projected Rotation Date) establishes the
  playing field
• Agreed upon by PERS-42 and your chain of command
• May depend on getting a relief

• Detailing triad
• Slating process
• Done at nearly every level
• Ensures the triad is balanced
• Fairest process
• Nomination process
• High visibility assignments
• Give every officer the opportunity to screen and
  promote!

PRD
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DO Shore DetailingThe Slate

• ALL known jobs are listed
• Some jobs may change while the slate is open due
  to changes in requirements, PRDs, etc.
• Non-traditional shore duty assignments are listed
  while still available (more on this later)

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DO Shore DetailingNon-Traditional Shore Duties

• Examples
• Split Tour to a VA-Class NEWCON
• DESRON, ESG, CCSG
• Unaccompanied tours in Bahrain, GTMO, or on GSA
• Prototype Shift ENG
• Benefits
• Qualified volunteers lock in their preference
• Follow-on option
• Pick off the slateORhomeport assignment
  guarantee
• Some PG School curricula
• War College
• Follow-on for prototype is the third year
  optionORhomeport assignment guarantee

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DO Shore DetailingFollow-On Guarantees
6-12 months
24 months
Training/DO Sea Tour
GSA
51 month average
12-18 months
18-24 months

• Factors in determining
• follow-on tour length
• SOAC gate
• 36 month nuclear
• proficiency reqs

DESRON/CCSG/ PHIBRON/GTMO/BAHRAIN/GSA
12-18 months
18-24 months
DESRON/CCSG/ PHIBRON
Start of Active Duty Service
DO Sea Tour Complete 50-60 Months
SOAC Gate 86 months
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DO Shore DetailingKeys to Success

• Work with your chain of command
• Know your PRD
• Someone in your chain of command has first-hand
  knowledge about the jobs on the slate (or knows
  someone who does)
• Make sure the CO/XO understand your preferences
• Work with your detailer
• Check the slate periodicallyit changes
• Call and/or e-mail him!
• Help us define success for you
• Explain your preferences
• Goal All officers one of their top 3 preferences
• Chain of command provides feedback to PERS 42!

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Division Officer Retention Recent Shore Slate
Results
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DH Detailing

• Orders
• Orders to SOAC Issued 4 - 6 months prior to SOAC
• Verbal assignment 1 - 2 months prior to SOAC
• Receive orders to the ship about 3 months into
  SOAC
• Slate Process
• 2 - 3 months prior to SOAC, 421B will send an
  email requesting preferences
• Receive tentative assignment about 1-2 months
  prior to class convening
• Billets
• CHANGES OCCURbut the majority actually move up
  the preference list
• Goal All officers have a forward-deployed
  mission
• and a strategic deterrence patrols before
  command

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Post-DH Shore Detailing

• Types of Assignments
• Waterfront support (Squadron, Inspection Teams,
  SSP)
• War Colleges
• Joint billets
• Concentration Areas
• Washington, DC
• Norfolk
• Pearl Harbor
• NPS OA/FM Subspecialty pay-back tours

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XO Detailing

• 421A determines class members 6 months out
• E-mail notification of class members
• Provide inputs per the example on the NPC website
• 421 slates the class
• All records reviewed in detail
• Balance experience between CO and XO
• Last chance to ensure officers have
  forward-deployed operating experience and
  strategic deterrence patrol experience

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Post-XO Shore Detailing

• Types of Assignments
• Major staffs
• Joint duty
• War Colleges
• Concentration Areas
• Washington, DC
• Omaha
• Nuclear jobs
• MTS OIC (x2)
• Force Nuclear Power Officer (x2)
• NRLL (x2)

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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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Promotion and Screening BoardsBoard Preparations

• NPC Website one stop shopping for Promotion
  Board information
• Determine eligible officers
• Promotion Zones promulgated via NAVADMIN each
  December
• Lineal number and name of SIZ, JIZ and Junior
  Eligible for each rank and community
• Prior to each board, the list of eligible
  officers is available at the website
• Once the board is complete, approved and released
  
• Promotions promulgated via NAVADMIN
• Use precedence number and phasing plan guidance
  to determine when you will be promoted
• Monthly promotions authorized via NAVADMIN

Review your record 4 months prior to a board.
Each officer is responsible for ensuring his own
record is complete!
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Promotion and Screening BoardsBoard Preparations

• Only the officer can pass information to Board
• All information must include endorsing cover
  letter from the MBR
• Letters, FITREPS, awards, etc.
• For the LCDR (O-4) Board ensure your Jan 31
  FITREP is faxed into the board if you are IZ
• If in doubt, SEND IT TO THE BOARD.
• NAVADMIN 103/07 Requirement for Officer
  Photographs in Official Military Personnel File

Information sent directly to the board will not
be used to update your permanent record.
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Promotion and Screening BoardsBUPERS Online

• Verify FITREP continuity
• Check OSR/PSR
• View orders
• NEW Web Enabled Record Review

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Promotion and Screening BoardsBoard Preparations
Address and Phone Numbers for Correspondence
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Promotion and Screening BoardsBoard Preparations
Check on status of your submission
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Promotion and Screening BoardsRecord Corrections
Information on permanently correcting your record
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Contacts for updating Your awards
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Promotion and Screening BoardsDH Screening
Opportunity
PROJECTED
Returned to 1-look, all-qualified process in
Nov 08

• Categories
• Screened for DH assignment
• Not cleared for DH (Loss of Nuclear Quals/Bonus
  and CONSUBPAY eligibility)

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Promotion and Screening BoardsO-4 Promotion
Opportunity
URL Promotion Opportunity
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Promotion and Screening BoardsXO Screening
Opportunity
Once an officer screens for XO (or XOSS),
document his screening for XO in his FITREP.
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Promotion and Screening BoardsO-5 Promotion
Opportunity
URL Promotion Opportunity
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Promotion and Screening BoardsXOSS Promotion
Opportunity

• An average of 15 officers per YG screen XOSS
• An average of 5 XOSS officers are called up or
  screen on 4th look
• An average of 10 XOSS officers per YG remain
  assignable to XO/OIC type billets prior to IZ
  look for Commander
• Billets identified as OIC, XO, or XO Equivalent
  are looked upon favorably by promotion boards
• OIC NAUTILUS
• OIC USNSE Naples
• NSTCP ENG Det Pearl
• XO NSTF Norfolk
• XO DSU
• NNPTC Dept Director (x2)
• Ensure comments like OIC, XO, and Acting CO
  are included in FITREPS.

• NPTU Operations Officer
• XO PCU (SSN 774 Class) (x2)
• XO FBM Test Unit
• SUBGRU8REP Northwood UK
• XO NSTCPAC

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Promotion and Screening BoardsCO Screening
Opportunity
PROJECTED
Once an officer screens for CO (or COSS),
document screening for CO in his FITREP.
2ND
1ST
3RD
FY-10 BOARD
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Promotion and Screening BoardsO-6 Promotion
Opportunity
URL Promotion Opportunity
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Promotion and Screening BoardsCOSS Promotion
Opportunity

• An average of 3-4 COSS officers per year called
  up to CO
• Many post-deputy command tours available
• NSSC/SSSU (5)
• PCU OIC
• DSU
• FBM Test Unit
• Yorktown
• NRD (1 or 2)
• NSSF NLON
• SUBTRAFAC NORFOLK
• SLC DET SAN DIEGO

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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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IA/GSA AssignmentsBreaking the Myths

• 798 Post-DOs on shore duty
• 44 Submarine Officers on IA/GSA
• 31 LTs currently on IA/GSA
• 15 more officers under to IA/GSA, (10 LTs)
• Demand is for high quality officers
• IAs not normally selected from a sea command, PG
  School, Joint/Nuclear shore duties
• Assignment process is transitioning
• IA TDY from current assignment 40
• GSA PCS assigned by detailer 60
• IA/GSA assignments get special consideration
  during boards

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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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Graduate EducationMany Options

• 35 quotas at Naval Post Graduate School (NPS)
• USNA Grad Ed and Teaching (GE-T)
• 6 USNA Company Officer Billets
• Scholarship and Fellowship Programs
• MIT Woods Hole, Olmstead, etc.
• War College (Navy, AF, Army, Marine Corps, ICAF,
  NDU)
• Navy is now allowing upwardly mobile LTs to
  attend
• 71 1120 Officers Billeted at NROTC Units (50 DOs)
• Tuition Assistance available to all
• Covers tuition/fees up to 250/credit hour not to
  exceed 750/course for up to 16 credit hours a
  semester.

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Graduate EducationGEV Program

• Eligibility
• URL O-3 to O-5 with no previous masters degree
• Shore duty assignment supports time available
• Sustained superior performer
• Covers up to 20K/year for 2 years used for Navy
  Relevant Masters Degree
• OBLISERVE
• 3 months OBLISERVE for every 1 month of GEV
  received
• Max OBLISERVE is 3 Years
• Request GEV quota by formal letter to PERS-42 via
  Commanding Officer (NAVADMIN 306/03)
• NPS must certify program as leading to a
  subspecialty

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Graduate EducationMore Options

• Wharton School MBA
• Tuition and fees reimbursed via GEV (actual costs
  will exceed 20k)
• Wharton EMBA program an option for DC
• Program not Navy sponsored, must coordinate with
  local command
• Old Dominion University
• Twelve credit hours towards any Engineering
  Masters Degree
• Catholic University - Washington D.C.
• Twelve credit hours toward the required 30
  credits for a Masters in Engineering Management
• NPS Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Puget
  Area)
• NPS Distance Learning EMBA Program
• Offered in Norfolk, San Diego, and Washington D.C.

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Graduate Education Post-9/11 GI Bill

• Requires 90 days active duty service in good
  standing
• Provides a tiered benefit based on length of
  service (see table)
• Provides entitlement for 36 months (in general)
• Full details available at www.gibill.va.gov

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Community Status BriefOutline

• Current Events
• Submarine Officer Career Path
• Detailing
• Promotion and Screening Boards
• IA/GSA Assignments
• Graduate Education
• Pay and Bonuses

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Pay and Bonuses Nuclear Officer Incentive Pay

• Changes
• Extended COPAY eligibility from 26 YCS to 30 YCS,
  details in NAVADMIN 104/08
• Bonus increase to 30,000 in OCT 08 Details in
  NAVADMIN 252/08
• 22,000 AIB for all O6s Available now!
• 22,000 AIB for all O6s beyond 30 YCS on
  retire/retain Available now!
• Follow-on initiatives
• Allow longer term (6/7 year) COPAY contracts
  (proposal)

Legislative Limit Current
Rate COPAY 30,000
17,500/30,000 AIB 22,000
12,500/22,000 LDO AIB 14,000
10,000 ACCESSION 30,000 17,000
SSIP 200,000 10,000/11,000/12,000
Cumulative over career
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Pay and Bonuses Submarine Support Incentive Pay

• Eligibility requirements
• Will not complete more than 25 years of active
  service
• Previously nuclear qualified and hold an 1120
  designator
• O-4, O-5, or O-6
• No pending or approved lateral transfer requests
• Did not lose nuclear qualifications through DFC
  or refusal of nuclear orders
• Payment structure
• 10K/11K/12K per year for one, two, or three
  year contract respectively
• Governing reference is NAVADMIN 194/03

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Pay and Bonuses 2009 Compensation
BAH an average of submarine homeport rates NOIP
at 30,000 Medical/Dental/Retirement benefits not
included Other special pays not included (FSA,
CSP, IDP, etc)
Over 6
Over 10
Over 22
Over 14
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Pay and Bonuses Retirement Pay

High Three rule utilized
Affects officers with prior enlisted service
time
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Pay and Bonuses 30-Years Cumulative Amount
Cumulative Bonus and Special Pay x1000
Aviator CVN CO Track
SWO(N)
Submarine
Aviator
SWO
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SUBMARINE OFFICER COMMUNITY STATUS
Questions?
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Backup SlidesCareer Path Gates

• SOAC Gate 7 YCS (Jul)
• PXO Gate (start SCC)
• 13 YCS (Apr) YG 97
• 13 YCS (Jan) YG 98
• 12 YCS (Oct) YG 99
• 12 YCS (Jul) YG 00 and later
• PCO (start pipeline)
• 17 YCS (Apr) YG 91
• 17 YCS (Jan) YG 92
• 16 YCS (Sep) YG 93
• 16 YCS (Jul) YG 94 and later

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Post 9/11 GI Bill (Not yet approved)

• Eligibility
• Minimum 90 consecutive days on active duty since
• 11 SEP 2001
• 3 years active duty post 9/11 for full benefit
  (after initial obligated service)
• Benefits
• Payment indexed to full in-state tuition for
  public schools
• 1200/month stipend
• Up to 1000/year Books and Fees
• Benefit Transferability
• Served at least 6 years and who agree to serve at
  least another 4 years may transfer unused
  entitlement to their dependents (spouse or
  child).

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HAP

• Homeowners Assistance Program
• Homeowners who face a loss due to BRAC expanded
  as part of American Recovery and Reinvestment
  Act 2009
• PCS Eligibility
• Specific date of purchase and sale requirements
• PCS greater than 50 miles
• (policy guidance still in progress)
• Works in three ways
• Reimbursement for part of loss due to selling
  home
• Government can buy home
• Assistance for default on mortgage
• http//hap.usace.army.mil/

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Intrastation Moves due to Foreclosure

• NAVADMIN 281/08- FUNDED MOVE FOR RENTERS
  DISPLACED BY LANDLORD FORECLOSURE
• A member who relocates, or whose dependents
  residing at an alternate place of residence
  relocate, from leased or rented private housing,
  by reason of a foreclosure action against the
  landlord, is authorized a funded local move
• Personnel subject to this action should apply for
  a local move from their installation military
  housing office. The housing officer should issue
  a letter of authorization, complete with fund
  cite. The member should then provide this
  authorization to the supporting personal property
  shipping officer (PPSO) to schedule a move.

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Backup SlidesPERS 42 Website

• School Schedules (Pipelines, SOAC, PXO, PCO)
• Engineers Exam (PNEO) Schedules
• DO Slate
• Graduate Education Information
• Nuclear Officer Incentive Pay (NOIP) program
  status and frequently asked questions
• Information on Pay Initiatives
• Latest Detailing Port visit and Screening Board
  Schedules
• www.npc.navy.mil
• Search on Officer Assignments and PERS-42