FISCAL YEAR 2009 RETENTION GOALS
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 3401941-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU R 051941Z DEC 08 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT NAVADMIN 348/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/DEC// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2009 RETENTION GOALS// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/062142ZAPR2001// REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/140017ZFEB2008// REF/C/DOC/OPNAV/03DEC06// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 082/01, STANDARD ENLISTED RETENTION MEASURES. REF B IS NAVADMIN 043/08, BRILLIANT ON THE BASICS TAKING CARE OF SAILORS. REF C IS OPNAVINST 1040.11B, GOVERNING NAVY RETENTION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.// RMKS/1. THIS MESSAGE SUMMARIZES NAVY'S ATTAINMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2008 (FY-08) RETENTION OBJECTIVES AND OUTLINES THE FY-09 RETENTION ENVIRONMENT AND GOALS. 2. THE NAVY EXCEEDED RETENTION GOALS ESTABLISHED FOR FY-08. STRONG COMMAND AND DECKPLATE LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTED TO NAVY ATTAINING 101 PERCENT OF OUR NUMERIC REENLISTMENT MISSION (26,510 REENLISTMENTS COMPARED TO A GOAL OF 26,200) FOR SAILORS IN THE FIRST 14 YEARS OF SERVICE. FY-08 ATTRITION RATES WERE ALSO LOWER WHEN COMPARED TO FY-07 FOR A MAJORITY OF LOSS CODE CATEGORIES, TO INCLUDE PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT, SERIOUS OFFENSE, DRUG ABUSE, OTHER MEDICAL OR DISABILITY, AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. A SUMMARY OF FY-08 RETENTION INCLUDES: A. ALL-NAVY FY-08 REENLISTMENT RATE GOAL ACTUAL ZONE A (0 TO 6 YEARS OF SERVICE) 48 PERCENT 50.7 PERCENT ZONE B (6 TO 10 YEARS OF SERVICE) 58 PERCENT 59.8 PERCENT ZONE C (10 TO 14 YEARS OF SERVICE) 82 PERCENT 80.2 PERCENT NOTE: REENLISTMENT RATE MEASURES THE PROPORTION OF SAILORS WHO MAKE LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS (FORMAL REENLISTMENTS PLUS EXTENSIONS OF AT LEAST 24 MONTHS) TO STAY ON ACTIVE DUTY UPON REACHING THEIR EAOS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THOSE WHO DECIDE TO REENLIST EARLY. B. ALL-NAVY 12-MONTH ATTRITION RATE FY-07 ACTUAL FY-08 ACTUAL ZONE A (0 TO 6 YEARS OF SERVICE) 9.10 PERCENT 8.40 PERCENT ZONE B (6 TO 10 YEARS OF SERVICE) 2.82 PERCENT 2.44 PERCENT ZONE C (10 TO 14 YEARS OF SERVICE) 2.08 PERCENT 1.52 PERCENT NOTE: ATTRITION RATE MEASURES THE PROPORTION OF SAILORS WHO LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY PRIOR TO REACHING THEIR EAOS. 3. LIKELY FACTORS THAT WILL SHAPE NAVY'S FY-09 RETENTION EFFORTS INCLUDE CHANGING ECONOMIC FACTORS, COMPETITION FROM CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT, THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POST 9/11 GI BILL IN AUGUST 2009. FURTHER, FY-09 WILL HAVE 2,500 FEWER SAILORS REACHING EAOS IN ZONE A AND MAKING THE DECISION TO CONTINUE SERVICE. TO BEST POSITION THE NAVY TO MEET END STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS WHILE RESPONDING TO THESE FACTORS, I HAVE SET THE FOLLOWING FY-09 RETENTION GOALS: FY-09 GOAL ZONE A (0 TO 6 YEARS OF SERVICE) 54 PERCENT ZONE B (6 TO 10 YEARS OF SERVICE) 63 PERCENT ZONE C (10 TO 14 YEARS OF SERVICE) 81 PERCENT 4. ACHIEVING FIT THROUGH RETENTION. NAVY'S ACTIVE DUTY FORCE ENDED FY-08 AT APPROXIMATELY 332,000. IN FY-09, NAVY CONTINUES OUR GRADUAL PATH TO REACHING A STEADY STATE OF APPROXIMATELY 326,000 BY THE END OF 2011. BECAUSE WE ARE BECOMING SMALLER, WITH MORE DEMANDS AND A WIDER RANGE OF MISSIONS, NAVY MUST CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE FORCE TO ACHIEVE THE BEST "FIT." "FIT" MEANS HAVING A TRAINED SAILOR, AT THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME. ACHIEVING FIT THROUGH RETENTION MEANS MOVING BEYOND THE AGGREGATE REENLISTMENT RATE GOALS LISTED IN PARA 3 TOWARDS MEETING RETENTION REQUIREMENTS BASED ON RATING AND LENGTH OF SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE SOME RATINGS THAT REQUIRE A ZONE A REENLISTMENT RATE OF MORE THAN 80 PERCENT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH; OTHERS CAN REMAIN HEALTHY WITH A 40 PERCENT REENLISTMENT RATE. COMMAND UNDERSTANDING OF THESE INDIVIDUAL GOALS IS ESSENTIAL IN INFLUENCING THE DESIRED REENLISTMENT BEHAVIOR FOR OUR MOST CRITICAL RATINGS. 5. TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY VISIBILITY OF FIT THROUGH RETENTION INFORMATION, OPNAV N13 SENDS MONTHLY EMAILS CONTAINING PROGRESS TOWARDS ATTAINING NAVY-WIDE, RATING-SPECIFIC REENLISTMENT GOALS TO THE FLEET N1S AND TO LEADERSHIP OF THE FLEET READINESS AND PROVIDER ENTERPRISES. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO DISPLAYED ON THE ENLISTED RETENTION DASHBOARD LOCATED ON BUPERS ONLINE AT HTTPS://WWW.BOL.NAVY.MIL. COMMANDING OFFICERS, OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, COMMAND MASTER CHIEFS, AND COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS CAN OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE ENLISTED RETENTION DASHBOARD BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO THE CENTER FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT. 6. POINTS OF CONTACT: - MRS. GRETCHEN CAMPBELL, AT (901) 874-4004/DSN 882, OR EMAIL: GRETCHEN.D.CAMPBELL(AT)NAVY.MIL - LT MICHAEL WELGAN, AT (901) 874-2317/DSN 882, OR EMAIL AT MICHAEL.WELGAN(AT)NAVY.MIL 7. RELEASED BY VADM M. E. FERGUSON III, N1.// BT #0000 NNNN