Detailing Countdown MONTHS DAYS

The Navy wants you to take an active role in your own professional development and career management, and delivers a set of online tools to support your effort. Career Management System/Interactive Detailing (CMS/ID) is the tool provided to help you explore future career opportunities and to apply for Navy jobs. This Detailing Countdown will help you perform specific tasks in the eighteen months leading up to your Projected Rotation Date (PRD). Your best chance for successful orders negotiation depends upon completion of each milestone indicated. You can find information about the detailing process online, including opportunities for special programs, as well as supporting references:

18 00
Goal: Review Personal and Professional Information

Policy guidance and instructions are found in two locations:

Military Personnel Manual (MILPERSMAN) articles are located at http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/MILPERSMAN/.

More information can be found on the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) website at http://www.npc.navy.mil. Go to NPC > Enlisted Assign. and select from the drop-down menu.
THIS IS YOUR CAREERTAKE CHARGE TODAY!

18 Months to PRD

You are approaching your PRD window. Perform the following steps: 1. Log in to CMS/ID via NKO at https://www.nko.navy.mil or go directly to https://www.cmsid.navy.mil.

SET Alarm

2. Update User Profile. Hover over the Home tab, then click View My User Profile. Enter email and phone number to receive correspondence from your Detailer. 3. Verify Personnel information.
Manufactured February 24, 2011

 Hover over the Sailor Info tab, then click View My Personnel Detail. Review your personal and professional information. Pay particular attention to the following, as this information may determine whether or not you are detailed to your desired job: PTS Status EFM Status Security Clearance Citizenship Number of Dependents Work with your Personnel Officer or Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) to update missing or incorrect information. 4. Verify career history. At the bottom of the Personnel Detail page, click View Sailor History (or hover over the Sailor Info tab, then click View My History). Verify the anonymous career information that commands will review in order to rank and comment on your job application: NEC(s) Evals Platform Type History (past commands in which youve served) PRIMS data Schools Warfare Designator Work with your Personnel Officer or PSD to update missing or incorrect information. 5. Submit Duty Preferences. Hover over the Sailor Info tab, then click View My Duty Preferences. Consider your career options and desires, then enter your Duty Preference information. NOTE: Update your Preferences whenever significant personal data changes. Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information.

Reference: MILPERSMAN 1306-110, Enlisted Duty Preference.

15 Months to PRD

Goal: Submit PTS application, if required You are approaching your PRD window. Perform the following steps: 1. Determine whether you should submit a Perform to Serve (PTS) application. Navy policy directs that, Commands shall ENSURE Fleet RIDE/PTS applications are submitted for all designated E3-E6 Sailors with less than or equal to 14 years of obligated service as early as 15 months prior to, but no later than 12 months prior to their end of active obligated service (EAOS) as extended, also known as Soft EAOS (SEAOS). During this mandatory submission period, applications must be submitted even if the Sailors intention is to separate, or if the Sailor is ineligible or not recommended for reenlistment at the time of application. NOTE: Regardless of Soft End of Active Obligated Service (SEAOS), a CMS/ID job application may be submitted for special circumstances including a requirement to obligate service (OBLISERV) for orders, and reenlistment for Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB). Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information and to submit a PTS application.

Alarm ON

Reference: NAVADMIN 352/10, NAVADMIN 161/09, NAVADMIN 017/09, 

NAVADMIN 277/05, and NAVADMIN 050/03.

For more information, go to NPC > Career Info > Perform to Serve.

12 Months to PRD

Goal: Consider OSA, Special Requests, Preferences, PTS You are approaching your PRD window. Perform the following steps: 1. Consider OSA assignment. The Overseas Contingency Operations Support Assignments (OSA) program replaces the GSA Assignment process for Enlisted Sailors. If interested in an OSA assignment, log in to CMS/ID. Hover over the Sailor Info tab, then click View My Duty Preferences. On the 2nd page, select the OSA Preference option under Special Programs. The OSA selection process occurs in the 12-9 month window, prior to entering into negotiations with your Detailer. You and the OSA Detailing Cell will work together to find an OSA billet for which you are a good fit. You are encouraged to have an idea of the theater/country, length of tour, and type of billet you prefer. If a billet is not agreed upon, or no billet is available, at the 9 month mark, you will commence normal negotiations, using CMS/ID. Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information.

Reference: NAVADMIN 334/10 For more information, go to NPC > Enlisted > OCO Assignment.
2. Submit Special Requests. Military Spouse Collocation Extend PRD at current command Apply for Overseas Tour Extension Incentives Program (OTEIP) Apply for Sea Duty Incentive Pay (SDIP) Program Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information and to submit an Enlisted Personnel Action Request, NAVPERS 1306/7.

Reference: MILPERSMAN 1300-1000, Military Couple and Single Parent Assignment Policy; MILPERSMAN 1306-300, Overseas Tour Extension Incentives Program (OTEIP)

For information about SDIP, go to NPC > Click Career Info > Pay and Benefits > Sea Duty Incentive Pay (SDIP) Program.
3. Update your Duty Preferences. Log in to CMS/ID. Hover over the Sailor Info tab, then click View My Duty Preferences. Fill out your Duty Preference information. Submit Duty Preferences no later than 12 months prior to PRD or whenever significant personal data changes. 4. Determine your Fleet RIDE/PTS application status. Log in to CMS/ID. Hover over the Sailor Info tab, then click View My Personnel Detail. Scroll down to Support Information to determine your PTS status. NOTE: Submit Fleet RIDE / PTS application every month, beginning 12 months prior to SEAOS/PRD. Monthly results are available from your Command Career Counselor. Every Sailor who applies on time is guaranteed to receive a total of six looks (one per month). Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information and to submit a PTS

Alarm ON

application.

For information, go to NPC > Career Info > Perform to Serve.

10 Months to PRD

Goal: Prepare to Enter Your Detailing Window You are approaching your PRD window. Perform the following steps: 1. View the CMS/ID schedule. Go to the CMS/ID login page. In the upper-right, click Active/FTS Schedule. View the following months schedule to determine dates for the Application Phase. NOTE: After you log in, the monthly schedule also is available from the Help tab. If you are unable to access CMS/ID, request that your CCC provide the schedule. 2. Provide deployment contact information to your Detailer, if necessary.

9 Months to PRD

Goal: 1st Month of Orders Negotiation Window You have entered your PRD window. Perform the following steps: 1. Submit CMS/ID Applications for desired jobs. Log in to CMS/ID. Hover over the Jobs tab, then click on Job Search. Conduct a Job Search and review the available jobs. Communicate with your Command Career Counselor, chain of command, and/or mentors regarding your career goals and job opportunities. When ready, submit up to five applications for desired jobs. (Failure to submit five applications decreases your chances of being selected for orders.) Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information.

8 Months to PRD

Goal: nd Month of Orders Negotiation Window You are in your PRD window. If you have not submitted a job application and/or been selected for orders, perform the following steps: 1. Submit CMS/ID Applications for desired jobs. Log in to CMS/ID. Hover over the Jobs tab, then click on Job Search. Conduct a Job Search and review the available jobs. Communicate with your Command Career Counselor, chain of command, and/or mentors regarding your career goals and job opportunities. When ready, submit up to five applications for desired jobs. (Failure to submit five applications decreases your chances of being selected for orders.) Contact your Command Career Counselor for more information.

7 Months to PRD

Goal: rd and Final Month of Orders Negotiation Window You are at your Assignment Point Warning. If you have not submitted a job application and/or been selected for orders, perform the following steps: 1. Submit CMS/ID Applications for desired jobs. Log in to CMS/ID. Hover over the Jobs tab, then click on Job Search. Conduct a Job Search and review the available jobs.

ALARM

 Communicate with your Command Career Counselor, chain of command, and/or mentors regarding your career goals and job opportunities. Submit up to five applications for desired jobs. (Failure to submit five applications decreases your chances of being selected for orders.) Contact your Command Career Counselor for advice and assistance.

Reference: MILPERSMAN 1306-101, Enlisted Assignment System.

6 Months to PRD

Goal: Detailed in accordance with Needs of the Navy You are at your Assignment Point Alert. If you have not submitted a job application and/or been selected for orders, you will be assigned in accordance with needs of the Navy. Perform the following steps: Contact your Detailer as soon as possible.

0 Months to PRD

Goal: Execute Orders to Your New Navy Job! You are under orders. To view, download or print a copy of your orders, go the BUPERS Online at https://www.bol.navy.mil. For news from Navy Detailers, visit Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NavyPersonnelCommand. Contact your Personnel Officer, PSD or Command Career Counselor for assistance.

Additional Career Management Resources 1. CMS/ID Tutorials and User Aids Inside CMS/ID, hover over the Help tab, then click Navy Career Tools Assistant. On the Internet, go to Navy Knowledge Online > Career Management > Navy Career Tools > Navy Career Tools Assistant. 2. Help and Assistance Contact the NPC Customer Service Center (CSC) 1-866-827-5672 (DSN 882-5672), or send email to CSCMailbox@navy.mil Contact the Global Distance Support Center (GDSC) CONUS 1-877-41-TOUCH or OCONUS DSN 510-42-TOUCH, or send email to anchordesk@navy.mil or anchordesk@navy.smil.mil 3. Information about your other online tools
IMPORTANT: Copy/Paste entire URL into your Internet browser.

Navy Personnel Command > QUICK LINKS > My Personnel Info http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/PayPersSupport/ My+Personnel+Information.htm Navy Personnel Command > QUICK LINKS > Career Toolbox http://www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/StayNavyTools/CareerTools/

Reset Alarm 18 Months before new PRD

This is a product of the OPNAV N16 Fleet Introduction Team in coordination with NPC PERS-40. Please address comments and feedback to Ms Elizabeth McGrath, elizabeth.mcgrath@navy.mil