Active duty captains and commanders who wish to be exempted from consideration by the fiscal year 2012 Selective Early Retirement (SER) boards now have until May 30, to submit their requests, according to NAVADMIN 165/011, released May 17.
The extension is being offered to provide officers with additional time to thoughtfully consider their options following release of the recent O-6 selection board results.
“These officers serve our Navy capably and faithfully,” said Rear Adm. Anthony Kurta, director of military personnel plans and policy. “It is the right thing to do and in the Navy’s best interest to provide them with extra decision-making space at an important time in their careers.”
The SER boards, originally announced in NAVADMIN 006/11, are designed to balance the force by ensuring sufficient senior officers are available at the right time in their careers to serve in critical billets in the Fleet. The boards will consider the records of all active-duty Unrestricted Line (URL) captains with at least four years time in grade as of July 1, 2011, and commanders who have twice failed for promotion to O-6.
Current projections indicate the SER boards will select approximately 120 captains and 120 commanders for early retirement. The numbers may be adjusted based on the volume of voluntary retirement requests received prior to the board.
Officers selected by the board for early retirement will be required to retire no later than the first day of the seventh month following the secretary of the Navy’s approval of the board recommendations. The target date for this approval is Sept. 1, 2011.
In contrast, officers who submit retirement requests before the deadline will not be considered by the SER board and can choose retirement dates no later than Sept. 1, 2012.
Requests for exemptions must contain the following subject line: “Voluntary retirement request per NAVADMIN 006/11.”