Surface LDO/CWO Distribution Pers-414

1. Surface LDO/CWO DistributionPers-414

2. Surface LDO/CWO Assignments Pers-414

3. LDO Sea/Shore Distribution

4. CWO Sea/Shore Distribution

5. LDO Diversity

6. CWO Diversity

7. Detailing

8. Detailing Organization Placement (Represent the Commands) Officer Community Manager (OCM) Manpower vs Billet Demand Officer Inventory Billet Priority Career and Personal Needs vs Needs of the Navy Accessions vs Retirements vs OPA Career Needs Detailers (Represents the Officer)

9. Negotiating Process Prior to PRD: • 15-18 months - submit extension request • 13-14 months – clarify personal needs • 9 months – contact detailer to negotiate • 4-6 months – orders in hand (typically)

10. Order Writing • Detailers do not simply cut orders • Placement officers have a cut • Funding • Policies and regulations • I-stops are a placement function • Flags (EFM, PFA, discipline, medical)

11. Career Management

12. 1ST ASSIGNMENT AS MUSTANG • Hit the deck running in your DIVO tours! Work hard and attempt to qualify OOD & SWO as quickly as possible • Talk with your Mentor(s) and Detailer • Qualify EOOW & TAO (if possible) and submit documentation to Detailer • Determine your path to a Bachelor or Master Degree Talk to your XO, CO, and Detailers for career guidance!

13. Performance • Take the hard jobs • Your performance must speak for itself • FITREP audience is selection board • FITREP break outs – hard and soft • Exceed your reporting senior’s average • Hard to survive MP/1 of 1 (not impossible) • Comments matter – facts not fluff • Recommendations matter • DH, Command, Deep Selection • LIMDU – get fixed now, need all our officers in valid billets

14. AQDs • Qualifications are noticed by selection boards • Can be a promotion tie-breaker • Majority of board are warfare qualified URLs – they respect quals • Warfare pins open doors of opportunity • Key quals: SWO, OOD U/W, TAO, EOOW, SCW

15. Education • Most board members are well educated URLs – they respect education • Don’t be intimidated • “Too busy” no longer an excuse • An associates degree far better than no degree at all

16. Commander Command • Meets each November or December • Approximately 40% selection • Those screened enter a bank • Not all who screen will go to command • Last board for LDO’s Dec 08 (Bank and final looks) • All CDRs get three looks – until closed out • XO/CO Fleet-up started April 07 - Two looks over next several years – FY-07 Commander’s were the first YG to screen as part of the XO/CO Fleet-up board

17. FITREPSANDSelection Boards

18. Writing FITREPs Fitness Report Is Not: -A Counseling Tool -An Award -A Form of Punishment -A Battle E Input -A Vicarious Stockdale Award -Post Deployment Press Release -An IDTC Sitrep -A PAO Hometown News Story Fitness Report is: -Written for the board; both Statutory and Administrative -Honest Assessment of an Officers current performance and capacity for future duty -Documents Screening & Awards -Clear; do not be ambiguous or the Remember who the readers & audience are and what they have to do You are writing for the briefer and the board members—they are your target audience

19. Writing FITREPs • Good Fitrep Practices • - Make Use of White Space…Leave Some • - Use Numerical Breakouts • - Watch Creative Writing . . .Short and Concise • - Use Officer’s First Name…Personalize It a Bit • - Make Nuggets Easy to Extract • - Stress Future Potential…not Past Employment • - Avoid Boilerplate and Clichés • - Know Your Cumulative Average Early FITREP Bullet Should Include Administrative Screening

20. Writing FITREPs What Constitutes Declining Performance In The Briefers’ and Board Members’ Mind? • Same Reporting Senior with Declining Trait Averages (Absent a Promotion) • Weaker Or Fewer Milestone Recommendations • Movement from EP to MP or MP To P from Same Reporting Senior with no explanation: DOA In Tank • No EP Kiss Goodbye When Member Transfers

21. Writing FITREPs • What Is Not Viewed As Declining Performance • Subsequent Report In A Different Paygrade Or Promotion Status With: • Lower Grades • Lower Trait Average • Lower Promotion Category (I.E. EP To MP) if explained • Comparison Against The XO • New Guy “P” Or “MP” • *Always State The Obvious

22. FITREPS 101 • FITREPS: • Know the reference! • Know what to ask about your FITREP: • What is: • an “air gap”? • a hard break out? • a soft break out? • traffic? • How do you: • get that EP?

23. INDIVIDUAL TRAIT AVERAGE REPORTING SENIOR CUMULATIVE AVERAGE SUMMARY GROUP TRAIT AVERAGE NUMBER OF REPORTS TO BUILD AVERAGE PERFORMANCE SUMMARY REPORT

24. FITREP Resources & Points Of Contact FITREPS (PERS-311) To Call: (901) 874-3313 DSN 882 To Write: Bureau of Naval PersonnelPERS-3115720 Integrity DriveMillington TN 38055-3110 https://www.bol.navy.mil • Reporting Seniors are required to • Write in Summary Group Average • on all Reports • Reporting Senior Summary/Cumulative • Average takes 90 days to be included • on OSR • Only Accepted Reports!

25. Record Verification • Starts with you – your record is your responsibility – keep your record current • Formal verification done prior to board by assistant board recorders • FITREP continuity and legibility • OSR/PSR accuracy • Awards and qualifications • Effort will be made to obtain missing information

26. Record Review • Two board members will review each record • One community representative • One at random • Reviewers annotate/highlight record for review by selection board • Assign a letter grade (A+, A, B, etc)

27. Your Service Record Qualifications Detailers can update quals/AQDs OOD (LB2) SWO (LA9) EOOW (LC1/2/3) TAO (LF6/7) XO SHORE (CCX) CICWO (VX1) Picture Fitreps 1 of 1 - email detailer for POC Competitive - must be submitted by command Awards Must be updated by Navy Awards Office (DC) https://awards.navy.mil KNOW HOW TO GET YOUR OSR/PSR AND REVIEW REGULARLY!

28. Record Review Room

29. Full Record Review & Brief • Random distribution to ensure impartiality • First Review - Random • Second Review - by same designator, if first review was not • Member reviews all FITREPs, etc -- annotates highlights on OSR/PSR for tank • Grades record • Briefs record in tank

33. The Tank • Records briefed by reviewers • Board members discuss • Only the record can be briefed (no hearsay) • Record is voted: • 100, 75, 50, 25, 0 percent confidence • Average score is plotted on a scattergram

36. Vote to Tentatively Select • Follows full review and brief of all AZ/IZ records • Select top records • Drop from further consideration low scoring records • “Crunch” what’s left A “Crunched” Record is Briefed a Second Time by Another Board Member

37. Scattergram 3 3 2 3 2 3 5 6 3 6 8 11 13 16 21 27 100 97 94 93 91 87 83 80 77 74 71 100 97 94 93 91 87 83 80 77 74 71 TS Crunch 8 to select 4 RFC

38. FY10 Promotion Opportunity CAPT 22.03 YRS TCS 40% Opportunity Staff 0% Staff CDR 15.07 YRS TCS 50% Opportunity 15.08 Staff 80% Staff LCDR 10.00 YRS TCS 70% Opportunity 9.05 Staff 70% Staff LT 4 YRS TCS AFQ LTJG 2 YRS TCS AFQ CWO5 12 YRS TCS 40% Opportunity CWO4 7 YRS TCS 85% Opportunity CWO3 3 YRS TCS AFQ

39. Do’s and Don'ts • Do • Be a fully integrated part of your wardroom • Be professional – you are being watched • Groom our young LDO and URL officers • Correct wrongdoing • Find your relief • Keep both physically and mentally fit • Don’t • Peak to early – career planning • Take jobs just to check a block

40. Retirements • Planning • Talk to your detailer 15 months in advance • Submit your request 12 months in advance • Submit “don’t pick me letter” to selection board • Required years of commissioned service • LDO 10 (8 yr retirement ends Dec 08) • CWO 3 (if commissioned prior to 1 Oct 04) or 4 (if commissioned on or after 1 Oct 04). • Minimum time-on-station requirements • CONUS Sea 1 year • CONUS Shore 2 year • From overseas 1 year • Overseas DOD area tour

41. Payback for Retirement • Payback for Retirement CWO3/4/5 2 years LT 2 years LCDR 2 years CDR 3 years CAPT 3 years Tuition Assistance/Designator change 2 years • Statutory Retirement CAPT 38 years CDR 35 years LCDR and below 30 years

42. The Future • Greater alignment/integration with parent warfare enterprises (SWE) • Greater emphasis on education • Mustang U is now called Officer Training Command and has moved to Newport as part of the single strain alignment of courses • LCS-1, LHD-8, LHA-6

43. Questions and Answers PERS 414