NAVADMIN 17117.txt
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NAVADMIN 177/17
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SUBJ/NUCLEAR TRAINED SAILOR APPLICATIONS TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS
AND MODIFICATION TO FY-19 NUCLEAR LIMITED DUTY OFFICER IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT
BOARD PROCESS//
REF/A/MSG/OPNAV/221403ZMAR13//
REF/B/DOC/OPNAV/14DEC09//
REF/C/MSG/OPNAV/131346ZAPR17//
AMPN/ REF A IS NAVADMIN 070/13, NUCLEAR TRAINED SAILOR APPLICATIONS TO
OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS.
REF B IS OPNAVINST 1420.1B, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS
APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL.
REF C IS NAVADMIN 090/17 FY-19 ACTIVE-DUTY LIMITED DUTY OFFICER AND CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT BOARDS.//
RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN supersedes reference (a) and continues the requirement
for Sailors assigned to a Nuclear Training Command or holding a Nuclear Navy
Enlisted Classification (NEC) (335X, 336X, 338X, 339X) applying to a non-
nuclear officer commissioning program to obtain conditional release from
Nuclear field duty.
2. To obtain a conditional release, a Sailor must submit an Enlisted
Personnel Action Request (NAVPERS 1306/7) to the Nuclear Propulsion Program
Management Branch (OPNAV N133) via their detailer in Enlisted
Nuclear/Submarine Assignment Division (PERS-403). Applicants must obtain a
conditional release prior to submitting their application for a non-nuclear
officer commissioning program. All other requirements for application to
officer commissioning programs are listed in reference (b).
3. Officer accession boards are only to consider nuclear enlisted applicants
with a conditional release included in their program application with the
exception of those applicants listed in paragraphs 4 and 5 below.
4. Conditional releases for the Seaman to Admiral-21 Program-Nuclear Option
(STA-21(N)) and Nuclear Limited Duty Officer (LDO) Program are no longer
required.
5. Reference (c) announced the requirements for the FY-19 LDO In-service
Procurement Board (ISPB). For Nuclear-trained applicants, the guidance in
reference (b) and reference (c) for the LDO ISPB is modified as follows:
a. The requirement of reference (c), paragraph 4.b.(2) to
obtain a conditional release for the Nuclear LDO program is cancelled by this
message.
b. The Nuclear LDO ISPB will be convened as a separate administrative
board in conjunction with the Submarine Major Command Board in November 2017.
c. The Nuclear LDO application must be postmarked by 1 October 2017.
Addendums will not be accepted.
d. Applicants for the Nuclear LDO program are required to only complete
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