Many reasons why you should think before you answer this question. If you look at the FMS breakdown the only factor that a Sailor can control. All other factors are controlled by outside forces (LPO, LCPO, DIVO, DHEAD, XO/CO) Second highest factor in the FMS with first being PMA Next slide reflects the discriminatory factor that the exam provides to the Navy
The above graph clearly reflects that without an examination the Navy would be unable to discriminate between the 56 th candidate and the 73 rd candidate. In today’s Navy where there are fewer advancements, without an examination how would you advance the top 50 Sailors from 1,000 when they all have maxed out in all the other factors in the FMS. Wanted to give you some food for thought for the next time someone screams about the exams.
We still have over 150 discrepancies from the March 2010 examination cycle. About 80% are a simple fix of PMA. Prior to the results being released you send in a letter (signed by CO or by direction) providing us the PMA. After the results are released (like now) then you have to send in the letter plus copies of all the evaluations that you computed the PMA. Which one is easier? Get on NEASOS and get them fixed
7,000 and growing strong. Hoping for 100,000 by the end of the year. About 24 hours prior to the release of advancement results on NEASOS and BOL we announce it on facebook. Reduces all the questions, “When will the results be released?” Now you know. We at NAC do not have any control of when until we receive the quotas. Questions on increments. How do we select the Sailors for the E-7 board selection? And many, many more questions. Over 600 posts in the first two days after the release of the March 2010 cycle results. Most of the posts were asking for help to find out the results since they were at places were they couldn’t get them (i.e. Iraq and Afghanistan, on leave, or on an Army base) The trivia questions can be used as POD notes.
Moved to NKO May 2010. Lots of tools and knowledge and with that you need to be careful. For example, exam statistics can be viewed in many different ways. When analyzing make sure you compare apples with apples. Even when you compare a carrier with another carrier or even at different exam cycles ensure that all the factors are the same. For instance, comparing cycles in 2007 and 2010 would not be the same since we had a major economic downturn and retention has increased and advancement quotas have decreased since there are less vacancies.