Good evening. I am trying to do some future planning and would appreciate any help from some of the more senior officers lurking on here.
First, I am an 1835 and commissioned as an ENS (O1-E) in February 2016 with 8 years, 10 months, and 10 days of prior enlisted good years towards retirement. In my Officer Data Card (ODC), my commissioned year group is S16.
I pinned on LTJG (O2-E) in February 2018 last month at which point I had 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days of good retirement years.
I will be pinning on LT (O3-E) in February 2020 at which point I will have 12 years, 10 months, and 10 days of good retirement years.
For the FY19 1835 O4 promotion board being convened April 16, 2018, the most junior officer on the board has a date of rank of October 1, 2013 (this most junior officer has 4 years and 6 months as an O3 before going up for O4, everyone else going up has more time in grade than him).
Based on this, I can make an educated guess that I will likely have a similar amount of time as an O3-E before going up for the O4 board (approximately 4 years and 6 months I would assume?). If I pin on O3-E with a date of rank of February 2020 and then I add 4 years and 6 months to this, I would at that point have 17 years and 4 months of good retirement years as an O3-E when I get my first look. If I am not selected, my second (and final) look at O4 would likely occur the following year at which point in time I would have 18 years and 4 months and have already hit sanctuary. This is all my own assessment and I would greatly appreciate input from senior officers or others in my position.
Given all of the above, is it likely that i'll be able to reach sanctuary at 18 years as an O3-E?
Thanks a lot
First, I am an 1835 and commissioned as an ENS (O1-E) in February 2016 with 8 years, 10 months, and 10 days of prior enlisted good years towards retirement. In my Officer Data Card (ODC), my commissioned year group is S16.
I pinned on LTJG (O2-E) in February 2018 last month at which point I had 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days of good retirement years.
I will be pinning on LT (O3-E) in February 2020 at which point I will have 12 years, 10 months, and 10 days of good retirement years.
For the FY19 1835 O4 promotion board being convened April 16, 2018, the most junior officer on the board has a date of rank of October 1, 2013 (this most junior officer has 4 years and 6 months as an O3 before going up for O4, everyone else going up has more time in grade than him).
Based on this, I can make an educated guess that I will likely have a similar amount of time as an O3-E before going up for the O4 board (approximately 4 years and 6 months I would assume?). If I pin on O3-E with a date of rank of February 2020 and then I add 4 years and 6 months to this, I would at that point have 17 years and 4 months of good retirement years as an O3-E when I get my first look. If I am not selected, my second (and final) look at O4 would likely occur the following year at which point in time I would have 18 years and 4 months and have already hit sanctuary. This is all my own assessment and I would greatly appreciate input from senior officers or others in my position.
Given all of the above, is it likely that i'll be able to reach sanctuary at 18 years as an O3-E?
Thanks a lot
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