The chance to make chief petty officer is up for the third year in a row, with prospective sailors having a one-in-four chance to move up into the chiefs mess. This marks the best advancement opportunity in the last five years.
The chief of naval personnel convened the fiscal 2019 chief petty officer selection board June 25 in Millington, Tennessee.
Annually, The E-7 selection board is the largest and longest board the Navy holds, and this year, it has until July 20 to review the records of almost 18,600 eligible first class petty officers competing for 4,704 openings,
The chance to pin on a shiny new set of chiefs anchors comes in at just over 25 percent this go-round. Navy-wide. that’s up from last year’s shot of 23.6 percent.
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Overall, it’s the best chance to make chief since almost-27 percent were advanced in fiscal 2014. Since 1997, an average of 24 percent have advanced to chief petty officer each year.
For additional good news, there is at least some opportunity for all 89 ratings.
Gas turbine systems technician (electrical) sailors, meanwhile, have a 100 percent chance to advance. But before all you GSEs start celebrating, the board is authorized to send quotas back if they don’t feel someone is fully qualified.
See the rating-by-rating list, here.
Mark D. Faram is a former reporter for Navy Times. He was a senior writer covering personnel, cultural and historical issues. A nine-year active duty Navy veteran, Faram served from 1978 to 1987 as a Navy Diver and photographer.
