WWR: Meritorious Advancement Program, E-7 Quotas, Less NWUs and Enlisted Women Submariners
Channel: U.S. Navy
Date: 2015-06-20

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From this edition of the @USNPeople Weekly Wire: 

1.) 5 things to know about the Meritorious Advancement Program
[http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?issue=3&id=87721] 
Further expansion of MAP for next year, including the number of quotas, shore duty command eligibility and number of "MAP seasons," is under review by Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP) and Fleet leadership. Additional guidance will be published early in fiscal year 2016 outlining future changes. 

2.) SECNAV Orders Review Of Fitness, Advancement
[http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/06/12/navy-personnel-initiatives-mabus-alnav/71017838/]
NAVY TIMES, Mark D. Faram 
Fitness requirements should "properly measure the conditioning required to complete the specific mission," according to the ALNAV. "They will integrate spot checks between test cycles and [ensure] there are programs in place to recognize individuals for superior physical achievement, including documented performance on fitness reports and evals." 

3.) Retirement Pay: The DoD Plan
NAVY TIMES, Andrew Tilghman 
The Pentagon's proposal would eliminate that guaranteed minimum payment for troops and seeks more flexibility for the services to determine when and how much continuation pay to offer individual troops. The Pentagon vision would resemble the current system of retention bonuses. But the continuation pay would result in more and higher cash payments going to midcareer troops, said Anthony Kurta, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy. 

4.) Military: More Women Needed In Uniform
[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/13/military-women-joint-leadership-symposium/] 
UTSANDIEGO.COM, Gretel C. Kovach 
Recruiting and retaining a greater concentration of female troops will help the armed forces combat sexual assault, integrate combat units, diversify thinking, and create a more professional work environment attractive to the millennial gen


Video produced by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elliott Fabrizio and Mass Communication 2nd Class LJ Burleson.