Flag Officer End Strength and Billet Review

August 2013

Unclassified
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Summary
Upon the recommendation of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Secretary of the Navy has approved a plan that will result in 34 Navy Flag Officer positions being reduced, eliminated, or consolidated The plan aligns Navy Flag Officer billet structure to inventory, complies with statutory limits of USC Title 10, and preserves Navys ability to meet Joint flag officer requirements The plan balances these reductions across officer communities and enables Flag Officer promotions to occur within the year of selection. Navy Flag Officer end strength adjustments are already underway using a phased approach that involves reduced promotions and increased retirements. This revised billet structure postures the service to absorb future reductions in headquarters and staff due to sequestration. This initiative is aligned with similar manpower policies enacted over the past few years to adjust inventory and billet structure of the officer and enlisted force.
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Flag Inventory Constraints

Title 10 sections 525 and 526 limit Navy Flags to 162 with maximum limits as follows:
6 O-10s; 26 O-9s; 50 O-8s (remainder O-7s)

Section 526 also sets Navys Joint Pool minimum participation at 61. This plan establishes billet structure at 157 (Navy) and 61 (Joint) phased-in by end of FY16

Navy (162) a statutory ceiling - Joint (61) a statutory floor

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USN Billet Adjustments

SECNAV FLAGS
O-9 1 NAVIG NONE O-7 2 EXEC DIR (RD&A) 1 Roll down to O-6 1 O-8
1 2 3 4 5 6 SEA 07 AIR 6.0 SPAWAR SPACE SEA 21 NAWCAD NUWC/NSWC DEP SPAWAR VCDR NAVSEA VCDR NAVAIR

ACQUISITION FLAGS
O-8
1 SEA 05 1 Roll down to O-7 MERGE w/PEO SUBS MERGE w/FRC MERGE w/PEO C4I MERGE w/PEO SHIPS MERGE w/AIR 4.0 Merge Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6

Roll Down to O-8

O-7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

OPNAV FLAGS
O-9
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 N4 N45 N81 N821 OPNAV N43 OPNAV N2/N6F2 N95B N96B N97B N98B N12 OPNAV N2/N6F4 Dep PGM Dir ISR NSTC N17 1 Roll down to O-8
1 MARHQ FFC NECC PATRECON 7th DCDR NSWC Dep NECC DC10F NMIC SUBGRU 2 ESG 5

FLEET FLAGS
O-8
1 2 Roll down to O-7 Roll down to O-7 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Merge w/ONI Delete Delete 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7 8 9

O-8
1 Roll down to O-7 Roll up to O-8 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Merge with N13 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Merge with NETC New billet

O-7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

O-7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

OTHER FLAGS
O-8
1 2 1 2 3 4 DEP SG MEDEDTRA
PACOM SURGEON

1 2

New Billet Roll down to O-7 Deleted/PACFLT O6 Merge w/ NW Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6

O-7
1 2 3 4 NR MIDWEST M2 BUMED BUMED COS

Phase reductions by end of FY16

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Navy O-9 Billets

Current 17 SUBFOR SURFOR AIRFOR N1/CNP N3/N5 N8 N9 C3F C5F C6F C7F DEP FFC N2/N6 USNA SUP DNS N4 NAVIG Keep 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Notes Current 2 NAVSEA 1 PDASN 2 Current 1 CNIC Current 5 NAVAIR C10F BUMED OJAG SSP* Keep 16 17 Keep 1 18 Keep 1 2 3 4 5 19 20 21 22 23 Notes Notes Notes Notes

URL-WF

Roll-Down to 08 Roll-Down to 08

RESFOR

RL/Staff

Shore

AP

Current Tier Keep 1 OCNR 1 24

Navy O-8 Billets

Current N81 OPNAV MAROPS FFC SURFLANT CLA SUBPAC AIRLANT N13 N80 N82 N96 N97 N98 DEP CPF NETC NWC CNFJ C4F NPC PACFLT N3 MSC N3/N5B N9I N4 NAVIG MARHQ FFC NECC ONR # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Notes
Roll up from O-7 MOC Dir

Current 14
SPAWAR FMO FFC N2/N6F Chief NC/WII NAVSUP CH CHAPS ONI/NMIC NAVFAC DJAG Deputy SG NAVMEDEAST OCEANO SEA 05 MEDEDTRA N45 NAVMED CAP

#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Notes

Current 5 ONR NIPO PEO SHIPS PEO SUBS PEO TACAIR

Notes

Statutory NC

RL/Staff

Merge w/N12

1 2 3 4 5

AP

Shift fm URL-WLSEA 21 SEA07

URL-WF

Current 2 NRML NRSW Current 1 NSWC

Shore

# 1 2 # 1

Notes

Roll to O-7 Roll to O-7 Roll to O-7 Shift to Joint

RESFOR

MOC Dir

Current 1 RESFOR

# 1

Notes

Roll down from O-9 Roll down from O-9

Roll to O-7 Roll to O-7

Shift to AP

NSW

Notes

Navy URL-WFO-7 Billets

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Current 27 SFTGPAC MARHQ FFC NECC CSG 1 CSG 10 CSG 11 CSG 12 CSG 2 CSG 3 CSG 5 CSG 8 CSG 9 SUBGRU 10 SUBGRU 7 SUBGRU 9 SUBGRU 8 ESG 2 ESG 3 ESG 7 INSURV PATRECGRU SAFECEN SFTGLANT N81 OPNAV SUBGRU 2 N43 OPNAV Notes # 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Current NMAWC N31 OPNAV CNFK CMLGWSTPC NAMDC N51 OPNAV NR HAWAII NSAWC NSTC CNATRA DC5F OPNAV N17 NWDC PERS 4 N5/N8 NAVEUR FOR EMP FFC N5/N8 PACFLT N7 FFC OPNAV 821 N2/N6F2 PATRECON 7th N7 NETC N95B N96B N97B N98B OPNAV N12 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 Notes

Recode as N8 Roll down from O-8

URL-WF Second Tour

Merge with NETC N7

URL-WF First Tour

New N1 Billet

Roll Up to O-8 Delete Roll down to O-6

Roll down to O-6/CIV Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Merge w/NSTC Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Merge with N13

Navy O-7 Non URL-WFNSW, Shore, AP, HR, RESFOR, RL/Staff

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Current 20 SEA 05 MEDEDTRA (M7) N45 CDR FRC MED, USMC AIR 4.0 PEO U&W DCoS MAINT PFLT PEO C4I PEO CVN CHINFO SPAWAR CHENG NAVMEDWEST DCHAPS NAVFACPAC WPN SYS SUPT M3 BUMED NAVSUP GLS NAVCYBER PEO A NAVFACLANT Current 1 DCDR NSWC Notes
Roll down from O-8 Roll down from O-8 Roll down from O-8 Merge w/Air 6.0 Merge w/NAWCAD

Current # 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 N2N6 INTEL OPS OPTEVFOR N0931 METOC STENNIS N41 FFC N4 PACFLT N41 OPNAV PACOM SURGEON EXEC DIR (RD&A) Dep NECC DEP PROG DIR ISR DC10F VCDR NAVAIR SEA 07 AIR 6.0 SPAWAR SPACE M2 BUMED BUMED COS NMIC SEA 21 NAWCAD N2/N6F4 Current 1 CNRC

Notes

AED/ED/AP Medical

RL/Staff

Merge w/SPACE

Deleted/PACFLT O6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6/SES Roll down to O-6 Merge with PEO Subs Merge w/FRC Merge w/PEO C4I Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6 Merge w/ONI Merge w/PEO Ships Merge w/AIR 4.0 Roll down to O-6

RL/Staff

Current 6 PEO LCS N2/N6 SP ASST AIR 5.0 CDR RMC SEA 04 NUWC/NSWC PEO IWS DEP SPAWAR VCDR NAVSEA

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2

Notes

AP

Merge
Dual Hat/AEGIS BMD Roll down to O-6 Roll down to O-6

Current 1 DCH NAVRES Current 4 NR NW NR NDW NR SOUTHEAST NR EUR NR MIDWEST Current 1 OPNAV 52

RESFOR

# 1 # 1 2 3 4

Notes

Notes
Merge w/MW

Shore

Combine w/NW

NSW

Notes
Roll down to O-6

# 1

FAO

HR

Notes

# 1

Notes

2017 Forecast
O-7 O-8 Selects Billets Selects Billets per year Total USN/Jnt per year Total USN/Jnt 20.00 60 41 / 19 12 36 24 / 12 1.33 4 0 /4 0.67 2 1/1 1.67 5 4 /1 0.67 2 2/0 0.33 1 1 /0 0.33 1 1/0 5.33 16 16 / 0 2.67 8 7/1 0.33 1 1 /0 0 0 0/0 0.33 1 1 /0 0 0 0/0 0.67 2 1 /1 0 0 0/0 0.33 1 1 /0 0.67 2 0 /2 2 6 3/3 1.00 3 1 /2 1.00 3 1 /2 2.00 6 5 /1 1.33 4 3/1 2.67 8 5 /3 1 3 1/2 1.00 3 3 /0 0.33 1 1/0 0.33 1 1 /0 0.33 1 1/0 0.00 0 0 /0 0.33 1 1/0 ~39 117 82 / 35 ~22 65 45 / 20 O-9* Selects Billets per year Total USN/Jnt 6 22 15 / 7 0 0 0/0 0.33 1 1/0 0.33 1 1/0 1.33 4 4/0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0.33 0.33 0 0 0 0.33 ~9 1 1 0 0 0 1 31 1/0 1 0 0 0 1 24 / / / / / / 0 0 0 0 0 7 Total Billets USN/JT 80/38 1/5 7/1 3/0 27/1 1/0 1/0 1/1 7/9 9/2 6/5 4/0 2/0 2/0 151/62

URL-WFNSW Shore RESFOR AP/ED/AED HR PAO FAO Oceano IP IDC IW Intel Medical Supply CEC Chaplain JAG Total

*O-9 Joint selections for communities with no O-9 allocation do not count against O7/O8 promotion opportunity