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FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE APP UPDATE!
Have you downloaded the Final Multiple Score (FMS) Application to your phone? If so, be sure you capture the new update that is now available. The update gives users an opportunity to compare their calculated FMS against the historic minimum FMS requ
Read more…The 5 Questions You’re Asking About The Navy’s Big Personnel Changes
By U.S. Navy – May 28, 2015
Posted in: Career, Navy Life
From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs
A major rollout of new personnel initiatives that provide greater choice, flexibility and transparency in everything from career path, promotions and a
ESWS Program Creates Warfighting, Mission Ready Fleet...
Story Number: NNS140330-01Release Date: 3/30/2014 8:49:00 AM
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christian Senyk, Commander Amphibious Squadron 11 Public Affairs
USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea (NNS) -- Sailors across the fleet work and study to ea
DETAILERS...
Wondering how we do business? Our Enlisted Detailing homepage explains it all! http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/enlisted/detailing/Pages/default2.aspx
RESERVE TIME-IN-RATE REQUIREMENTS FOR E4-E7 EXAMS...
Reserve component advancement candidates eligible to take the February 2015 exam should refer to NAVADMIN 238-14. The terminal eligibility date (TED) used to compute time-in-rate for E4-E6 is 1 July 2015, and for E7 is 1 January 2016.
The minimum TIR
PROCESSING CYCLE ADVANCEMENT DISCREPANCIES...
Candidate information used to calculate individual Final Multiple Scores is sometimes not accurate. The process to correct those discrepancies starts with your command Education Services Officer. To correct a discrepancy, your ESO has to send all of
Read more…Failing the Advancement Exam...
Enlisted advancement exams are not pass/fail, but it is possible to fail the exam if you don't answer enough questions correctly. The exam is designed to measure rating knowledge at the next-higher paygrade. Sailors who fail the exam are not eligbile
Read more…FMS Breakdown/PNA
E6 FMS
The recent changes to the E6 Final Multiple Score (FMS) resulted in additional weighting of the performance element (the evaluation Performance Mark Average (PMA)). Now, E6 candidates' PMA can count for up to 50% of a the FMS. (N32)
E4-E5 FI
NEW FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE CHART...
NAVADMIN 114/14 announced a change to the Final Multiple Score (FMS). This chart shows the maximum points and computations associated with the new FMS. NAC will post more products this week to help you better understand the advancement system and the
Timing of Exam Results...
Active Duty and Reserve candidates take exams, but have to wait months for the results. Why does it take so long? That is the number one question we get - timing of advancement results. Below provides the background. The process does take time, but t
Read more…Detailers Describe Detailing Process...
Story Number: NNS140319-20Release Date: 3/19/2014 11:19:00 PM
From Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Sailors need to take charge of their own careers, educate themselves, and understand that detailers are their advocates,
Six Myths About Enlisted Evaluations...
Fleet Master Chief April Beldo shares her thoughts on common misconceptions
20 March 2014 From Defense Media Activity
With the fleet having wrapped up its annual E-5 periodic evaluations and the chief petty officer selection board eligible list now r
MAKING THE CUT - HOW NAC DEVELOPS THE E7 SBE LIST...
What are the factors that enable/prohibit an E6 from CPO selection board eligibility? The process begins when a candidate earns a Final Multiple Score (FMS) from only two factors; the Performance Mark Average and exam Standard Score (see NAC notes fo
Read more…What enlisted exams are administered by the Navy Advancement Center?
Active duty, active Reserve, full-time support and canvasser recruiters take the active duty enlisted advancement exam. Inactive Reserve, including active duty for special work/one-year recall, and those mobilized to active duty under presidential r
Read more…Experts bust 5 advancement exam myths...
A good exam score could be even more important for sailors trying to make E-4. Here, a sailor takes the third
class petty officer advancement test aboard the carrier Carl Vinson in September. (MC3 George M. Bell/Navy)
Sailors love scuttlebutt, and a
7 tips for acing promotion exams...
A row of sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan participate in the E-6 advancement exam. An expert on taking exams says proper study techniques are the best way to attain good scores. (MCSA Benjamin C. Jernigan/Navy)
The clock is ti
Read more…Navy Exams Passed, Not-Advanced May Equate to College Credit...
Past Not Advanced (PNA) Points - PNA points are awarded to E-4 through E-6 candidates who achieve a relatively high score on previous Navy-wide advancement examination/have relatively high performance mark averages during an examination cycle in whic
Read more…What personal equipment are you permitted to bring to an exam administration?
ESOs should review all examination ratings being administered, and advise candidates prior to examination day if they will be unable to supply any of the following items:
(1) Bearing Rate Slide Rule FT, STS
(2) Bearing Rate Computer FT, STS
(3) Nautical
The Exam & More...
The Advancement Exam Readiness Review (AERR) process leverages the knowledge and experience of E7 and above rating subject matter experts. During an AERR, each exam question is written and tied to a reference by the rating expert. The content of the
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