DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20350-1000
SECNAVINST 1420.2B
ASN (M&RA)
30 Oct 18
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1420.2B
Subj: FROCKING OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Ref: (a) DoD Instruction 1334.02 of 7 December 2012
(b) 10 U.S.C. §131, §151, §523, §574, §777, §3014,
§5014, §8014, §12241, §14002
(c) SECNAVINST 1412.9 (Series)
(d) SECNAVINST 1420.1 (Series)
(e) SECNAVINST 1412.8 (Series)
(f) MCO P1400.31C
(g) SECNAVINST 5200.35 (Series)
Encl: (1) Definitions
(2) Frocking Policy
(3) Officer Frocking Criteria
1. Purpose. To establish Department of the Navy (DON) guidance
and procedures on the rules governing the frocking of
commissioned officers to ensure compliance with Federal law and
Department of Defense (DoD) policy.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 1420.2A.
3. Applicability. This instruction applies to DON commissioned
officers in paygrades O-2 through O-9 on the Active Duty List
(ADL) or the Reserve Active-Status List (RASL), Limited Duty
Officers (LDOs), and Chief Warrant Officers (CWOs).
4. Policy. The Navy or Marine Corps may frock an officer to
the next higher grade per references (a) through (f) and
enclosures (1) through (3).
5. Responsibilities
a. The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) will:
(1) Endorse or delegate authority to endorse General and
Flag Officer frocking requests, and submit such requests to the
