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Sea Shore Flow Optimizing Enlisted Career Paths NCA Symposium Information Brief CDR Craig Schauppner, USN Current Manpower Allocation Branch/ Operations Analysis Section (N122X) July 2008 Geographic Stability FIT Satisfying Real Work Pers & Prof Development Predictability
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Sea Shore FlowOptimizing Enlisted Career Paths NCA Symposium Information Brief CDR Craig Schauppner, USN Current Manpower Allocation Branch/ Operations Analysis Section (N122X) July 2008
Geographic Stability FIT Satisfying Real Work Pers & Prof Development Predictability Sea Shore FlowDesired Outcomes under a New Lens Away from sea-to-shore billet ratios… Impact to the Sailor • Predictable career path • Increased meaningful work • Improved geographic stability • Incentives for more time at sea (> 60 months) Impact to the Navy • Manning at right experience level • Right mix of work within fleet concentration areas • Force structure determines manpower requirements … to managing the whole community Sea Tour lengths determined by Fleet requirements and community behavior 30 year Career SSF Provides Best Balance of Sea and Shore Duty Throughout a Sailor’s Career
Evolution of Sea Shore FlowNone … Close Enough … Optimal Seavey Shorevey Sea Shore Rotation Sea Shore Flow FLETCHER CLASS (DD-445) 900 Ship Navy – 775K Personnel Policy: 1957 – 1974 Sailors remained at sea indefinitely and rolled ashore based on time in grade and shore billet availability Catalyst: Centralized Distribution -Previous decentralized system caused large scale “bottle necks” in moving inventory across the Navy - First computer based “fair share” personnel assignment system - Sea Survey and Shore Survey rotation program ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS (DDG-51) 600 Ship Navy – 600K Personnel Policy: 1974 – 2008 Sailors’ sea tour length determined by a ratio of sea billets to shore billets for each particular rating and paygrade Catalyst: All Volunteer Force - Fixed PRD required to calculate inventory projections - Predictable sea tour lengths needed to recruit and retain volunteer Sailors - Sea-shore billet ratio provided a close enough approximation for tour lengths ZUMWALT CLASS (DDG-1000) 313 Ship Navy – 322K Personnel Policy: 2008 – 20XX Sailors’ sea tour length determined by an optimal career path for each enlisted community Catalyst: Sea-Centric Force - Reduced shore billet structure driven by fiscal constraints - SSR billet ratio metric lacks fidelity needed to manage a sea-centric force - SSF provides optimal sea tour lengths
t n end t n start t t n start n end IST n Sea Shore FlowOptimizing Enlisted Career Paths 30 year LOS Profile f (E, C, G, T) Billets Aligned to Sea Tours f (E, C, G, T) dt = Billets Aligned to Sea Tours E - EPA C - Continuation Rate G - Gain Distribution T - Time n - Sea Tour Index {Sea Tour 1, Sea Tour 2, …} - Sea Tour ‘n’ start month - Sea Tour ‘n’ end month - User Defined Ideal Sea Tour Length Objective Function 1: Minimize Total Time at Sea Objective Function 2: Minimize Deviation from User Defined Ideal Sea Tour Lengths Constraint: Billets Aligned to Sea Tours = Sea EPA
Sea Shore FlowLeaky Bucket Analogy Tour 4 Global Requirements Tour 3 Tour 2 Tour 1 Sea Shore Flow Model Projects flow from sea to shore, using - EPA Length of Service Spread - Continuation Rates - Gain Distributions Flow projection used to set tour lengths to sustain 100% manning. Accessions Continuation Rate Flow Rate EPA Sea Tour 1 Shore Tour 1 Sea Tour 2 Attrition Rate Improve SSF by Improving Retention or Increasing Accessions 4
Sea Shore FlowWhat We Have Learned • Sea Shore Rotation (SSR), the ratio of sea billets to shore billets by paygrade, is not an accurate metric for determining sea tour lengths in a sea-centric Navy • Sea Shore Flow (SSF), the optimal career path for an enlisted community, determines sea tour lengths based on a rating’s entire billet structure (EPA), gain distribution, and continuation/advancement rates • The Navy is not as sea-intensive as indicated by SSR • Can improve FIT by shortening some sea tour lengths
Shorter First Sea Tour: - Sea billets manned by Sailors with appropriate experience level - Distributes the sea billets and tour lengths more uniformly over 30 years - Meets Fill and FIT Long First Sea Tour: - Large portion of the sea billets are filled by Sailors on their first Sea Tour - Subsequent sea tours can be shorter than currently prescribed by SSR policy - Meets Fill not FIT Sea Shore FlowObtaining Desired FIT GM Sea Shore Rotation Solution GM Sea Shore Flow Solution Optimal Sea Shore Flow Driven by Fleet Requirements
Sea Shore FlowWhat We Have Done • Received Enlisted Community Managers’ Inputs • Identified Sea-Intensive Ratings • Validated SDIP Candidate Ratings • Validated FC(AEGIS) Action Group Billet Strategy • Determined Current Feasibility for Geographic Stability • Identified/Quantified Shore Billet Shortages/Excesses • Developed POM-10 Sea Shore Flow Guidance • Developed POM-10 Geographic Stability Guidance • Developed POM-10 Community Health Matrix • Revised Sea Shore Flow Enlisted Career Paths Based on Detailers and Enlisted Community Managers’ Feedback • Drafted Sea Shore Flow Enlisted Career Path NAVADMIN
Shore Intensive vs. Sea Intensive Shore Intensive Sea Centric Sea Intensive Excess Shore Billets Military Essential? Excess Shore Billets Shore Billets Shortfalls Shore Billets Shortfall Requires 4,240 Shore Billets aligned to Sea Intensive Ratings Shore Intensive 86,000 Sailors Sea Centric 118,000 Sailors Sea Intensive 68,000 Sailors Total EPA
Evolution of Sea Shore Flow Sea Tour Length ComparisonSea Shore Flow vs Sea Shore Rotation SSF vs. SSR based on Rating Count : Impact to the Sailor - Predictable career path - Increased meaningful work - Improved geographic stability - Incentives for more time at sea (> 60 mos) Impact to the Navy - Manning at right experience level - Right mix of work within fleet concentration areas - Force structure determines manpower requirements SSF vs. SSR based on Billet Count : Most Sailors will see No Change or a Decrease in Sea Tour Lengths
Sea Shore Flow Communication Plan July 21-23 July July - Aug Nov/Dec Announcement Drumbeat NPC confirms logistics ready Announcement Strategy • NC symposium (21-23 July) P4 NAVADMIN Confirmation of Fleet concurrence NC email AnchorLines NC email Focus on effecting one-on-one communication between COC and Sailors
SSF PlanGunner’s Mate Decreasing Sea Tour Lengths Improves FIT and QOL
SSF PlanFire Controlman Sea Tour Lengths Determined by Career Path not Paygrade Sailors in sea-intensive communities can benefit from SDIP
Billets from SMD Current on Board BSC Rate PNEC Sea Tour 001950 GMC 0879 Third 001960 GM1 0879 Second 001970 GM2 0879 Second 001980 GM2 0879 First 001990 GM3 First 002000 GMSN First 002010 FCC 1120 Third 002020 FC1 1121 Second 002030 FC2 1121 Second 002040 FC2 1120 First 002050 FC3 1121 First 002060 FC3 1121 First 002070 FC3 1121 First 002080 FC3 1120 First 002090 FC3 1120 First Rate PNEC LOS Sea Tour GMC 0879 11 Second GM2 9 Second GM2 0879 5 First GM3 0879 2 First GM3 4 First GM3 3 First GMSA 0879 1 First FCC 1120 13 Second FCC 1120 11 Second FC1 1121 13 Second FC2 1121 2 First FC1 1120 18 Third FC2 1121 6 First Gapped FC3 1121 2 First FC3 1120 2 First Gapped Sea Shore FlowCG Division – USS Hopper Gunner’s Mate First Sea Tour decreases from 60 to 42 months - Trades off Fill for FIT while improving Sailors’ QOL Second Sea Tour length no longer determined by Sailor’s paygrade - Gives Sailors predictable career paths improving life work balance Fire Controlman can choose to extend at sea for extra pay (SDIP) - Rewards Sailors for self selecting additional time at sea Sea Shore Flow Provides Sailors More Predictability and More Options Sea Shore Flow Provides the Navy with Better FIT