Medical Service Corps Promotion Planning Brief

1. Medical Service Corps Promotion Planning Brief Officer Community Manager CDR Devin Morrison BUPERS-3

2. What is Promotion Planning? • Promotion planning is the process by which the number of selects, promotionopportunity, and zonesize are determined for the upcoming round of promotion boards. • The promotion planning process is entirely vacancydriven…e.g. for every CAPT loss we anticipate, one promotion opportunity for CAPT is “created.” • Billets – Current end-strength – Losses + Gains = • Vacancies (a.k.a. # of Selects)

3. How # of Selects are Determined • Start with FY beginning inventory (end-strength…people) • Add gains (prev. FY promotion selects in, lat xfers, reserve recall) • Subtract losses (RAD, retire, prev. FY promotion selects out) • Compare sum against FY Authorized Strength • If sum < Auth Strength, promote the difference • If sum > Auth Strength, no promotions (rare) Auth Strength 600 Sum - 550 Difference + 50 50 Selects Begin INV 600 Gains + 10 Losses - 60 Sum = 550

4. Definitions • Opportunity: The in-zone “possibility” of being selected • For example, let’s say that based on our vacancy calculations, we can select five Captains • 50% opportunity means a zone size of ten (10 * .5 = 5) • 60% opportunity means a zone size of eight (8 * .6 = 5) • Flow Point: Average years of commissioned service when an officer is promoted (paid) to the next grade • For now just understand these two definitions, later we will discuss the inter-relationship between these two concepts

5. How Zones Are Determined • Senior in-zone this year is the senior below zone from previous year • Junior in zone is determined by the following: • #Selects Opportunity = Zone Size • 50  40% 125 • 50  50% 100 • 50  60% 83 • Higher opportunity results in a smaller zone • Lower opportunity results in a larger zone • Strike balance between opportunity and flow point! Translation, 125th name down on the lineal list from the senior in-zone name is the junior in-zone name.

6. DOPMA GUIDANCE Now that you understand Opportunity, Flowpoint, and the inter-relationship between the two, note that by policy and law we are required to maintain theses two elements of the promotion plan within the above circled parameters. Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA)

7. Bringing It All Together • Must stay within DOPMA guidelines • # of vacancies determines # of selects • Opportunity is the gas pedal and brake of the entire process • Cause and effect: •  opportunity =  zone size and  flow point •  opportunity =  zone size and  flow point • Overarching goal to maintain a relatively similar, year-to-year opportunity for promotion

8. MSC Promotion OPP and FLOW FY11

9. Contact Info CDR Devin Morrison devin.morrison@navy.mil (901) 874-2370 DSN 882-2370