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NAVADMIN 196/08 (REGA)

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NAVADMIN 196/08

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SUBJ/RATING ENTRY FOR GENERAL APPRENTICES (REGA)//

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE UPDATED RATING ENTRY FOR 
GENERAL APPRENTICE (REGA) LEVELS.  REGA IS A TOOL THAT PROVIDES THE 
MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS TO LEARN ABOUT 
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO SPECIFIC RATINGS.  JOINING A NEW COMMUNITY 
IS A MILESTONE FOR OUR JUNIOR SAILORS, AND KEEPING SAILORS INFORMED OF 
THEIR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IS THE JOB OF ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR CHAIN OF 
COMMAND.  THIS MESSAGE, USED WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOUR 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WILL ALLOW LEADERS TO HELP OUR MOST 
JUNIOR SAILORS MAKE EDUCATED CAREER DECISIONS.

2.  COMMANDS ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE FLEET RATING IDENTIFICATION ENGINE 
(FLEET RIDE) AT HTTPS://FLEETRIDE.SSCNO.NMCI.NAVY.MIL TO VALIDATE 
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIRED RATING.  TO EXECUTE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER 
STRATEGY FOR OUR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT COUNSELORS 
COMPLY WITH REGA REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORM TO SERVE (PTS) POLICIES 
AVAILABLE IN FLEET RIDE WHILE DETERMINING BEST CAREER OPTIONS WITH THE 
SAILOR.  POINT OF CONTACT (POC) FOR ACCESS TO FLEET RIDE IS MR. PAUL 
MARTIN AT (901) 874-2970/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT PAUL.D.MARTIN(AT)NAVY.MIL.

3.  THIS PARAGRAPH LISTS EACH RATING AND THE PROCEDURES FOR
NON- DESIGNATED SAILORS TO ENTER THAT RATING VIA EXAMINATION, IF 
AUTHORIZED.  COMMAND LEADERSHIP SHOULD USE THIS INFORMATION TO PROPERLY 
COUNSEL SAILORS TO ENSURE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.
THE COLUMNS LIST: RATING; RATING ENTRY STATUS; ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY 
TO E-4 FOR ALL SAILORS FROM THE SEP 07 (CYCLE 196) AND MAR 08 (CYCLE 
199) NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM; OVERALL ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO E-4 
FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS FROM THE SEP 07 (CYCLE 196) AND MAR 08 
(CYCLE 199) NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM; AND OVERALL OPPORTUNITY TO E-3 
DESIGNATION FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS FROM THE SEP 07 (CYCLE 196) AND 
MAR 08 (CYCLE 199) NAVY WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM.  "N/A" LISTED INDICATES 
NO NON-DESIGNATED ACTIVITY IN THAT RATING.  PERCENTAGES INDICATED ARE 
NOT NECESSARILY A PROJECTION OF FUTURE ADVANCEMENT/DESIGNATION 
OPPORTUNITIES.  RATING-SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS LISTED UNDER THE NOTES 
COLUMN.
A.  ACTIVE DUTY (USN) RATINGS:
(1) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE APPROVAL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION BY 
NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS.  COMMANDS SHALL VALIDATE SAILOR QUALIFICATIONS 
VIA FLEETRIDE AND THEN FORWARD A NAVPERS 1306/7 FOR EACH NON-DESIGNATED 
ACTIVE DUTY SAILOR REQUESTING TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROVAL REQUIRED EXAMS 
TO COMNAVPERSCOM VIA BUPERS ONLINE (PERS-811B ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED
ADVANCEMENTS) OR E-MAIL TO MILL_ADVANCEMENTS_ACTIVE(AT)NAVY.MIL NLT 10 
AUG 08.  REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THESE DATES WILL BE DISAPPROVED.
ONCE APPROVAL IS RECEIVED, FORWARD A COPY OF THE APPROVAL TO NETPDTC 
(N321) VIA EMAIL AT EDWARD.WEST(AT)NAVY.MIL OR FAX AT (850) 452-
1694/DSN 922.
EXAMS TAKEN IN THESE RATINGS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL BE INVALIDATED.
COMMANDS WITH ELIGIBLE NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN 
AN EXAM WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION.  OPNAV N132G WILL 
SOLICIT THIS INFORMATION UNDER SEPCOR.  ACTIVE DUTY COMMANDS USE NPC 
WEBSITE 
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ENLISTEDCAREERPROGRESSION/ACTIVEDUTY
ADVANCEMENT TO VERIFY STATUS OF THEIR ACTIVE DUTY REGA REQUESTS.
 
RATING                      NON-DESIG    NON-DESIG
ENTRY         E4 ADV        E4 ADV       E3 DESIG
RATING    STATUS        OPP PCT       OPP PCT      OPP PCT    NOTES
196/199       196/199      196/199
ABE       APPRV REQD  48.27/60.67   43.88/48.78  98.18/100.00
ABF       APPRV REQD  20.55/18.4    79.03/4.08   70.92/34.04   13
ABH       APPRV REQD  20.88/18.31   11.81/5.00   97.91/35.09
AD        APPRV REQD  26.72/33.49   13.58/19.89   7.50/25.50   13
AE        APPRV REQD  35.23/44.23    9.86/19.67   6.25/100.00  13
AM        APPRV REQD  39.24/60.00   16.17/40.63   7.86/100.00  13
AO        APPRV REQD  28.28/37.85   15.57/12.50  54.29/50.00
AS        APPRV REQD  50.48/48.35   20.00/16.05  22.73/100.00
AT        APPRV REQD  61.50/71.46   42.07/68.80  96.84/100.00
AZ        APPRV REQD  73.78/86.19     N/A/80.77    N/A/100.00
BM        APPRV REQD  19.45/10.71   15.98/7.75   10.63/28.92
CS        APPRV REQD  45.47/43.36   25.00/56.25 100.00/100.00  13
CS(SS)    APPRV REQD  54.55/37.14     N/A/N/A      N/A/N/A     1,13
DC        APPRV REQD  39.61/27.51     N/A/20.00    N/A/100.00  10
EN        APPRV REQD  77.66/100.00 100.00/100.00   N/A/0.00    10
ET(SS-NV) APPRV REQD  82.20/100.00 100.00/100.00   N/A/0.00    1
ET(SS-RF) APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00 100.00/100.00   N/A/0.00    1
FT        APPRV REQD  60.22/35.16     N/A/N/A      N/A/0.00    1
GM        APPRV REQD  92.31/100.00    N/A/100.00   N/A/0.00
GSM       APPRV REQD  96.32/93.267   0.00/0.00  100.00/100.00  10
MM        APPRV REQD  24.92/21.15    7.69/0.00  100.00/100.00  10,13
MM(SS-AX) APPRV REQD  81.10/100.00    N/A/100.00   N/A/0.00    1
MM(SS-W)  APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00    N/A/100.00   N/A/0.00    1
MU        APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00    N/A/N/A      N/A/0.00
OS        APPRV REQD  94.26/92.53   84.28/88.96  86.11/100.00  13
QM        APPRV REQD  80.33/88.59     N/A/78.57    N/A/100.00  13
RP        APPRV REQD 100.00/90.00     N/A/71.43    N/A/100.00  9
SH        APPRV REQD   7.75/12.78    2.63/0.00    6.76/100.00  13
SK        APPRV REQD  25.87/29.96    6.09/4.00   77.78/100.00  13
SK(SS)    APPRV REQD  62.16/48.65     N/A/0.00     N/A/0.00    1,13
STS       APPRV REQD 100.00/100.00    N/A/0.0      N/A/0.00    1
YN        APPRV REQD  52.63/37.38     N/A/22.05    N/A/39.39   13

(2) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE ENTRY VIA CLASS "A" SCHOOL ONLY.
REQUESTS FOR CLASS "A" SCHOOL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER MILPERSMAN 1306-
606 TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-4010) VIA 1306/7.  POC IS NCC STACEY BELL AT 
COMM (901) 874-2380/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT STACEY.B.BELL(AT)NAVY.MIL.  
EXAM PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL 
WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION OF THE EXAM.  NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY 
REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT CLASS "A" SCHOOL AFTER COMPLETING 12 MONTHS AT 
THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION.

RATING              OVERALL
ENTRY                 E4 ADV
RATING      STATUS                OPP PCT            NOTES
196/199
AC          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
AG          A SCHL REQD         37.88/47.71
AME         A SCHL REQD         40.65/53.65
AW          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
BU          A SCHL REQD         90.53/86.49            6
CE          A SCHL REQD         90.36/90.41            6
CM          A SCHL REQD         90.70/90.09            6
CTI         A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00          2,3
CTN         A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00          3,12
CTR         A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           3
CTT         A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           3
EA          A SCHL REQD         20.37/24.41            6
EM(SS-N)    A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           1
EM(SW-N)    A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
EO          A SCHL REQD         90.91/90.53            6
EOD         A SCHL REQD           N/A/N/A              7
ET          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
ET(SS-N)    A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           1
ET(SW-N)    A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
FC          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
FC(AEGIS)   A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
GSE         A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
HM          A SCHL REQD         20.55/26.21
IC          A SCHL REQD         86.47/70.00
IS          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00          8,11
IT          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00          3,5
MA          A SCHL REQD         87.19/90.27            4
MM(SS-N)    A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           1
MM(SW-N)    A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
MN          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
MT          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           1
ND          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           7
PR          A SCHL REQD         36.51/68.44
SB          A SCHL REQD           N/A/N/A              7
SO          A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00           7
STG         A SCHL REQD        100.00/100.00
SW          A SCHL REQD         50.91/70.91            6
UT          A SCHL REQD         90.16/89.09            6

(3) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE CLOSED.  NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NOT 
AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THESE RATINGS DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS.
RATING                 OVERALL
ENTRY                  E4 ADV
RATING      STATUS                 OPP PCT            NOTES
196/199
CTM         CLOSED              100.00/100.00           3
EM          CLOSED               43.13/49.16
HT          CLOSED               43.64/31.23
MR          CLOSED               60.00/100.00
PC          CLOSED               32.65/59.57
PS          CLOSED                2.16/13.29
YN(SS)      CLOSED               84.62/100.00           1

B.  FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS) RATINGS:
(1) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE OPEN.  FULLY QUALIFIED NON-DESIGNATED 
SAILORS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THESE EXAMINATIONS WITH APPROVAL OF THE 
COMMANDING OFFICER.  ALL SAILORS MUST MEET THE REQUIRED ASVAB SCORES 
FOR THE RATING AS DIRECTED IN MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1306-618.
RATING                    NON-DESIG        NON-DESIG
ENTRY     E4 ADV          E4 ADV           E3 DESIG
RATING  STATUS    OPP PCT         OPP PCT          OPP PCT
196/199         196/199          196/199
AD      OPEN   100.00/100.00   100.00/100.00       N/A/N/A
AE      OPEN   100.00/88.90       N/A/100.00       N/A/N/A
AS      OPEN   100.00/90.00       N/A/100.00       N/A/N/A
AT      OPEN    70.37/100.00      N/A/N/A          N/A/N/A
BM      OPEN    20.00/27.78      0.00/20.00     100.00/80.00
EN      OPEN   100.00/75.00       N/A/N/A          N/A/N/A
YN      OPEN    86.96/100.00      N/A/100.00       N/A/N/A

(2) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE APPROVAL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION BY 
NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS.  FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) COMMANDS SHALL FORWARD 
A NAVPERS 1306/7 FOR EACH NON-DESIGNATED FTS SAILOR REQUESTING TO 
PARTICIPATE IN APPROVAL REQUIRED EXAMS TO COMNAVPERSCOM VIA BUPERS 
ONLINE (PERS-812A FTS-RESERVE ENLISTED ADVANCEMENTS) OR E-MAIL TO 
MILL_ADVANCEMENTS_RESERVE (AT)NAVY.MIL NLT 10 AUG 08.  REQUESTS 
RECEIVED AFTER THESE DATES WILL BE DISAPPROVED.  ONCE APPROVAL IS 
RECEIVED, FORWARD A COPY OF THE APPROVAL TO NETPDTC (N321) VIA EMAIL AT 
EDWARD.WEST(AT)NAVY.MIL OR FAX AT
(850) 452-1694/DSN 922.  EXAMS TAKEN IN THESE RATINGS WITHOUT PRIOR 
APPROVAL WILL BE INVALIDATED.  RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS USE 
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ENLISTEDCAREERPROGRESSION/RESERVEADV
ANCEMENT TO VERIFY STATUS OF FTS REQUESTS.

RATING                        NON-DESIG      NON-DESIG
ENTRY          E4 ADV          E4 ADV         E3 DESIG
RATING     STATUS         OPP PCT         OPP PCT        OPP PCT
196/199         196/199        196/199
AM         APPRV REQD   44.23/82.28       N/A/N/A        N/A/N/A
AO         APPRV REQD   52.94/39.13     0.00/66.00    100.00/33.00
AZ         APPRV REQD   36.36/81.25      N/A/N/A         N/A/N/A
EM         APPRV REQD  100.00/42.86      N/A/100.00      N/A/N/A
HT         APPRV REQD   14.29/28.57      N/A/N/A         N/A/N/A
MR         APPRV REQD   33.33/66.67      N/A/N/A         N/A/N/A
SK         APPRV REQD   66.67/100.00    0.00/100.00   100.00/N/A

(3) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS REQUIRE ENTRY VIA CLASS "A" SCHOOL ONLY.
REQUESTS FOR "A" SCHOOL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER MILPERSMAN 1306-606 TO 
COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-812).  EXAM PARTICIPATION BY NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS 
WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION OF THE EXAM.
NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS MAY REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT CLASS "A" SCHOOL AFTER 
COMPLETING 12 MONTHS AT THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION.

RATING                 OVERALL
ENTRY                E4 ADV
RATING      STATUS                 OPP PCT
196/199                    NOTES
AC          A SCHL REQD          66.67/100.00
AME         A SCHL REQD          46.67/53.33
AW          A SCHL REQD          66.67/100.00
ET          A SCHL REQD            N/A/100.00
HM          A SCHL REQD          29.27/17.95
IC          A SCHL REQD          25.00/66.67
IT          A SCHL REQD         100.00/80.00                   3,5
PR          A SCHL REQD          47.06/43.75

(4) THE FOLLOWING RATINGS ARE "CLOSED".  NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NOT 
AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THESE RATINGS DUE TO CURRENT MANNING LEVELS.
RATING        OVERALL
ENTRY         E4 ADV
RATING      STATUS        OPP PCT
196/199
CS          CLOSED       4.55/26.32
DC          CLOSED       4.00/23.08
PS          CLOSED      35.85/34.62

NOTES:
(1) RATING CLOSED TO WOMEN.  SAILORS MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS OF 
MILPERSMAN 1306-402 AND BE APPROVED AS A SUBMARINE VOLUNTEER.  SAILORS 
MUST BE A GRADUATE OF BASIC ENLISTED SUBMARINE SCHOOL TO COMPETE FOR 
ADVANCEMENT IN THIS RATING.
(2) CTI "A" SCHOOL REQUIRES A MINIMUM DEFENSE LANGUAGE APTITUDE BATTERY 
(DLAB) SCORE OF 100.  REFER TO MILPERSMAN 1306-608 FOR CLASS "A" SCHOOL 
RQMTS.
(3) CT/IT CANDIDATES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS.
(4) REFER TO MILPERSMAN 1440-010, PARAGRAPH 15 OR THE MA ENLISTED 
COMMUNITY MANAGER PAGE AT 
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/ENLISTED/COMMUNITYMANAGERS
/SECURITY.  SUBMIT REQUESTS TO COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-405).
FOR INFORMATION, CALL (901) 874-2228/DSN 882.
(5) MUST BE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE ELIGIBLE PRIOR TO CLASS "A" SCHOOL 
CONVENING DATE.
(6) ENSURE ALL NAVPERS 1306/7 REQUESTS FOR NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS 
REQUESTING ENTRY INTO THE BU/CE/CM/EA/EO/UT/SW RATINGS ARE FORWARDED TO 
COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-401).  INCLUDE THE LAST 2 COMPUTER GENERATED PRIMS 
SCORE SHEETS, WITH ACTUAL NUMBERS, WHEN SUBMITTING PACKAGE.
(7) MILPERSMAN ARTICLE 1220-100 THRU 340 APPLIES.
(8) BOTH THE APPLICANT AND HIS/HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE U.S. 
CITIZENS.  IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS ARE 
WAIVERABLE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
(9) MUST COMPLY WITH MILPERSMAN 1440-010.
(10) APPROVAL WILL BE GRANTED FOR FN GENDET AND EPACT SAILORS ONLY.
(11) IS CANDIDATES MUST BE US CITIZENS AND MUST MEET PERSONNEL SECURITY 
STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION.
(12) CTN CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CTN "A" AND NEC 9305 
(BASIC DIGITAL NETWORK ANALYST-BDNA) "C" SCHOOL COURSE PRIOR TO BEING 
RATED A CTN.
(13) NO WAIVER OF ASVAB SCORES WILL BE GRANTED DUE TO CURRENT MANNING 
LEVELS.
(14) MUST HAVE A COMMAND ENDORSED NAVPERS 1306/7, SUBMIT PUBLISHED 
ARTICLES AND PHOTOS AND HAVE A MC E-7 OR ABOVE ENDORSEMENT.

4.  RATING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. COMMANDS SHALL USE ASVAB CRITERIA 
CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 344/06 AND THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IN MILPERSMAN 
1306-618 FOR RATING ENTRY.  WAIVERS BEYOND THESE LIMITS MUST BE 
SUBMITTED TO THE COGNIZANT ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER.

5.  ASVAB RE-TESTING VIA THE ARMED FORCES CLASSIFICAION TEST (AFCT) IS 
RECOMMENDED TO MEET RATING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.  AFCT TEST SITE 
EXPANSION ANNOUNCED IN NAVADMIN 161/04 RESULTED IN MORE THAN 67 
AUTHORIZED TEST SITES TO ASSIST SAILORS WHO MAY NOT HAVE SCORED WELL IN 
PREVIOUS TESTING.
THIS EFFORT GREATLY IMPROVES SAILOR OPTIONS FOR CAREER CHOICES THROUGH 
FORCE SHAPING INITIATIVES AND ASSISTS NON-DESIGNATED SAILORS IN 
SELECTING A RATING.  NAVADMIN 156/07 ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO TEST 
ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS WHICH STREAMLINE PROCEDURES, 
REDUCE ERRORS THROUGH AUTOMATED SCORING, AND RESULT IN REPORTING 
DIRECTLY TO THE ENLISTED MASTER FILES (EMF).  TEST MATERIAL 
SAFEGUARDING AND TESTING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN 
MILPERSMAN 1236-010 AND 1236-030.

6.  POINTS OF CONTACT:
- MR. JOE KELLY, BUPERS - 32P, (901) 874-2826/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT 
JOSEPH.E.KELLY(AT)NAVY.MIL.
- PSCS(SW) RON MILLER, BUPERS - 32P1, (901)874-2950/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT 
RON.MILLER(AT)NAVY.MIL.

7.  RELEASED BY VADM M. E. FERGUSON III, N1.//

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