This yr’s board will meet in September, in response to NAVADMIN 116/22 launched Could 19. To be thought-about, preliminary functions have to be postmarked on or earlier than July 1.
Navy officers advocate not ready till the July 1 deadline, as an alternative encouraging early submission because it permits time for suggestions to Sailors if their bundle is lacking required paperwork or if something just isn’t readable, the message stated.
These needing extra documentation have till August 1 to submit any additions to their functions.
The message introduced non permanent adjustments to the coverage this yr due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, impacts to the provision of school aptitude and health testing have resulted in exceptions to coverage and alternate methods to satisfy these necessities and documentation.
If a Bodily Health Evaluation (PFA) was not carried out throughout the final yr, a Commanding Officer’s (CO) assertion within the endorsement is required to make sure the applicant is inside peak and weight necessities.
Qualifying school entrance check scores are nonetheless required. Nonetheless, an exception to coverage for the Scholastic Aptitude Check (SAT) and American Faculty Check (ACT) software requirement has been authorised for these stationed exterior the US at any time between April 2021 and April 2022, these deployed at any time between April 2021 and April 2022, or these making use of for STA-21 nuclear choice (STA-21(N)).
Candidates are suggested to confirm faculty admission necessities, because the STA-21 SAT/ACT waiver doesn’t supersede a specific college’s SAT/ACT admission necessities. For these unable to check, a command letter indicating testing was not out there to them ought to be included.
To permit extra Sailor participation and eligibility in making use of, SAT and ACT scores could be from exams taken between July 1, 2017 and July 1, 2022. An exception to coverage has been authorised for FY-23 extending the SAT and ACT validity window from three to 5 years.
In these instances, Sailors should present their highschool cumulative grade level common (GPA). For Sailors who graduated greater than 5 years in the past, they should have a minimal of 12 school credit with a cumulative grade level common of two.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Competitors for quotas is eager. Of the 429 functions obtained for the fiscal yr 2022, 394 had been board eligible and 55 Sailors had been chosen. This yr’s panel will supply roughly the identical alternative.
These chosen attend school full-time whereas amassing a paycheck at their present paygrade. The Navy covers tuition by an annual $10,000 stipend. The Sailor is accountable for any prices over that quantity. Sailors can use the GI Invoice to cowl any distinction.
Essential to an applicant’s bundle is a written, private assertion.
“The private assertion is a chance so that you can ‘communicate’ in entrance of the choice board with out bodily being there,” stated Lt. Cmdr. Edward Kenneweg, who handles commissioning applications on the employees of the Chief of Naval Personnel. “It is also a possibility to deal with any kind of antagonistic data, resembling a low highschool GPA. These choice boards actually embrace the ‘entire particular person idea’ for choosing candidates.”
The NAVADMIN outlines particular gadgets Sailors ought to deal with within the assertion. For instance, telling the board about sports activities or different highschool actions helps paint a whole image of the applicant. Discussing your motivation for turning into an officer and what you’ll deliver to the wardroom as a prior-enlisted Sailor can also be urged.
Simply as essential to what Sailors select to say of their assertion is how they write it.
“The appliance is a mirrored image of the applicant,” stated David Burmeister, a retired Navy commander who heads choice and placement for STA-21 in addition to Naval Reserve Officer Coaching Corps (NROTC). “Spelling and grammar depend, so candidates ought to assessment their complete packages earlier than submitting.”
One other merchandise to notice is to make sure that functions are despatched to the fitting location. For the second yr in a row, functions will probably be despatched to Naval Service Coaching Command in Nice Lakes, Il. And never Pensacola the place they had been despatched in years previous.
Particulars on this yr’s board specifics can be found in NAVADMIN 116/22. This consists of the place to ship accomplished functions, Sailor software necessities and command obligations within the screening course of.
Total program necessities and software particulars — in addition to program contacts — could be discovered at https://www.netc.navy.mil/Instructions/Naval-Service-Coaching-Command/STA-21/.
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