When is the IRAD?

It would be nice to see an O-7 to O-10 version of this first, but such is life today.

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SUBJ: FY12 ACTIVE COMPONENT UNRESTRICTED LINE CAPTAIN AND COMMANDER SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARD UNCLASSIFIED//
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SUBJ/FY12 ACTIVE COMPONENT UNRESTRICTED LINE CAPTAIN AND COMMANDER SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARD//
RMKS/1. THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HAS APPROVED THE CONVENING OF AN FY12 ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC) UNRESTRICTED LINE (URL) CAPTAIN AND COMMANDER SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT (SER) BOARD IN JULY 2011. ALL OFFICERS MEETING STATUTORY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OUTLINED IN PARA 5 IN THE GENERAL UNRESTRICTED LINE, SURFACE WARFARE, SUBMARINE WARFARE, SPECIAL WARFARE, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, GENERAL AVIATION, AND AVIATION WARFARE COMMUNITIES WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE SER BOARD.
2. HIGH RETENTION, REDUCTION IN OFFICER BILLETS AND LOW ATTRITION AMONG AC URL SENIOR OFFICERS HAS RESULTED IN AN EXCESS OF THESE OFFICERS. A SER BOARD WILL BE CONDUCTED TO BALANCE THE FORCE, REDUCE SENIOR OFFICER EXCESS, AND ENSURE SUFFICIENT SENIOR OFFICERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RIGHT TIME IN THEIR CAREERS TO SERVE IN CRITICAL FLEET BILLETS. THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER THE RECORD OF EVERY ELIGIBLE OFFICER; CONSIDERATIONS IN DETERMINING WHERE RETIREMENT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NAVY WILL INCLUDE LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND PROVEN AND SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.
3. THE SER BOARD COMPLIES WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 638 AND CONFORMS TO DODI 1332.32 AND SECNAVINST 1920.60 AS A MEANS TO MANAGE OFFICER STRENGTH EXCESS.
4. CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THE SER BOARD WILL SELECT APPROXIMATELY 100 CAPTAINS AND 100 COMMANDERS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT. THESE NUMBERS MAY BE ADJUSTED BASED ON THE VOLUME OF VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT REQUESTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE BOARD. THE SER BOARD WILL CONSIDER THE RECORDS OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS:
A. ALL AC URL CAPTAINS WITH AT LEAST FOUR YEARS TIME IN GRADE AS OF 1 JULY 2011 AND WHOSE NAME IS NOT ON A LIST OF OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION.
B. ALL AC URL COMMANDERS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED FOR PROMOTION TO O-6 AND WHOSE NAME IS NOT ON A LIST OF OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION.
5. BY LAW, THE SER BOARD CANNOT CONSIDER THE RECORDS OF OFFICERS WITH STATUTORY RETIREMENTS IN FY11 OR FY12, WHO ARE ON A RECOMMENDED PROMOTION LIST, OR HAVE AN APPROVED FY11 OR FY12 VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT. FURTHER, OFFICERS CONSIDERED BY THE FY12 SER BOARD MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AGAIN FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
6. A SEPARATE NAVADMIN IDENTIFYING THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR IN ZONE OFFICERS ELIGIBLE WILL BE RELEASED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF THE JULY 2011 SER BOARD. THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS RECOMMENDED TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD AND SELECTED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT WILL BE BASED ON ACTUAL FY11 END STRENGTH, FY12 STRENGTH AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROVED FY12 VOLUNTARY RETIREMENTS.
7. STAFF AND RESTRICTED LINE OFFICERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THIS BOARD. FUTURE USE OF SER BOARDS WILL BE EVALUATED ANNUALLY, BY GRADE AND COMMUNITY.
8. OFFICERS WHO WISH TO BE EXEMPTED FROM CONSIDERATION BY THE FY12 SER BOARD MAY SUBMIT A VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT REQUEST NLT 1 APRIL 2011 WITH A REQUESTED RETIREMENT DATE OF 1 SEPTEMBER 2012 OR EARLIER. ONCE THE VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE OFFICER WILL BE REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD. THESE REQUESTS MUST CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT LINE: "VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT REQUEST PER NAVADMIN 006/11." RETIREMENT SUBMISSION TIMELINES OUTLINED IN MILPERSMAN ARTICLES 1800-020 AND 1810-020 ARE HEREBY WAIVED FOR REQUESTS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM BOARD. ALL OTHER RETIREMENT REQUESTS OUTSIDE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NAVADMIN WILL ADHERE TO THE MILPERSMAN RETIREMENT SUBMISSION TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS. ONCE A RETIREMENT REQUEST IS APPROVED, IT CANNOT BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
9. OFFICERS SELECTED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY NOTIFIED AFTER SECNAV APPROVES THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS. THE TARGET DATE FOR COMPLETION OF REVIEW AND NOTIFICATIONS OF SELECTED OFFICERS IS 1 SEPTEMBER 2011.
10. OFFICERS SELECTED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT MUST, BY LAW, RETIRE NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH FOLLOWING SECNAV APPROVAL OF THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
11. PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) POLICY.
A. OFFICERS UNDER ORDERS TO ROTATE PRIOR TO THE SER BOARD WILL EXECUTE THEIR ORDERS, REGARDLESS OF LOCATION OR DESTINATION.
B. THE MAJORITY OF ELIGIBLE OFFICERS WITH CURRENT PRDS BETWEEN 1 JULY AND 30 DECEMBER 2011 WILL NOT BE PLACED UNDER NEW PCS ORDERS UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THE SER BOARD ARE RELEASED. DUE TO OVERSEAS TOUR LENGTH RESTRICTIONS, OFFICERS CURRENTLY SERVING OCONUS WILL BE HANDLED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND SHOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH THEIR DETAILERS REGARDING THEIR PCS OPTIONS WHILE AWAITING THE RESULTS OF THE BOARD.
C. OFFICERS SELECTED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT WILL CONTINUE PRESENT DUTY UNTIL THEIR MANDATORY RETIREMENT DATE, UNLESS EARLIER RETIREMENT IS REQUESTED AND APPROVED. NPC AND PARENT COMMANDS WILL WORK TO ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUAL DESIRES OF RETIRING OFFICERS.
D. ELIGIBLE OFFICERS WHO ARE OCONUS AND AWAITING ARRIVAL OF FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD CONSIDER DEFERRING FAMILY MEMBER MOVES UNTIL SER RESULTS ARE RELEASED.
E. THESE GUIDELINES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL BOARD RESULTS ARE APPROVED. ONCE SER RESULTS ARE APPROVED, INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS CAN BE MADE REGARDING TRANSFER DATES, PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) AND LEAVE. DUE TO THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE FOR OFFICERS TO PLAN FOR TRANSITION, COMMANDS ARE ENCOURAGED, WITHIN OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS, TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE AUTHORIZING PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY DUTY AND TERMINAL LEAVE TO ASSIST OFFICERS MAKING THEIR TRANSITION. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO OFFICERS WHO ARE NOTIFIED OF EARLY RETIREMENT WHILE IN OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS OR DEPLOYED.
12. BY LAW, SECNAV MAY NOT DEFER THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS OR PERSONAL HARDSHIP TO THE OFFICER. ANY REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL IS MADE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND MUST BE GRANTED BY THE SECRETARY.
13. OFFICER RETIREMENTS BRANCH (PERS-83) IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER GENERAL RETIREMENT QUESTIONS. THEY MAY BE REACHED AT (901)874-[redacted]/DSN 882. FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT PCS ORDERS, CONTACT YOUR DETAILER.
14. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
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Anyone else find it funny that they are dumping the warfighters first - keeping the eaters and shi'iters?

If anyone gets a copy of the board precept, email it to me when you get a chance, I'd love to read it.

Hmmm .... Didn't we just have a rush of "we don't have enough SWO CAPT and CDR ... " going on a couple of years ago?

Snort. Anyway fellas - it's up or out.

Oh, and for those who were not around in the early 90s and don't understand the title of the post - read this.