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What do I need to do to make Chief? If I had a penny for every time I heard that question, I’d have about $1.43. I firmly believe I paid the same amount, or more, trying to acquire the same knowledge throughout my pre-goat career. Although I never obtained a concrete answer from those wise, khaki-wearing fountains-of-wisdom we call Chief, I somehow managed to make Chief my first time up for selection. I’ll provide you the information I compiled throughout my career data quest—for free! No matter what rating badge you wear, your odds of being selected for Chief are pivotal on the following factors: More
Out with the old and in with the new… almost anyway. The days of the “crusty old Chiefs” as we knew them were almost over. With military down-sizing and the Department of the Navy’s Human Capital Strategy in full swing, responsibilities on remaining personnel have proliferated. Coupled with increasingly demanding billets of responsibility, the Navy’s requirement for Chief Petty Officers to earn an Associate’s degree for Senior Chief eligibility no longer exists (NAVADMIN 203/05).
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We asked a submarine O-7 select with two major commands under his belt and a senior 0-6 detailer, both having sat on numerous selection boards, to identify the common elements necessary for promotion in the submarine community. The steps are not one-size-fits-all! But there are things you can do now to dramatically increase your chances for promotion to 0-4.
The following pearls of wisdom are inside gouge from those who've been there and done things very right. More
What do you have to do to ensure your promotion for O3 and above? What will get you picked up or left on the table?
There's a lot of information on the Web about zone eligibility, date of rank and other important data that you need to know to further your naval career. But what do you need to promote from the bottom of the ladder (O3 and below) to the top (O5 or O6)? We all know that strong performance, year in and year out, is a key to promotion. But what gives you the extra edge? More
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