4 JET OBSERVER • July 5, 2012
Navy’s High Year Tenure policy updated July 1 NAVADMIN 198/12 applies to all active-duty, Full-Time Support (FTS) and Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors. BY MC2 ANDREA PEREZ Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) — As a reminder of the implementation date of July 1, a summary of policy changes to the Navy’s High Year Tenure (HYT) program were reiterated in NAVADMIN 198/12, released June 28. The new HYT policy is outlined in MILPERSMAN 1160-120 and took effect July 1, 2012. It applies to all active-duty, Full-Time Support (FTS) and Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors. HYT sets the maximum number of years an enlisted Sailor may serve based on rank before he or she must advance, separate or if eligible, retire. NAVADMIN 198/12 highlights other important changes under the new policy, including a reduction in HYT limits for active-duty and FTS Sailors in paygrades E-1 to E-3; elimination of passed not advanced
(PNA) for E-3 Sailors to stay on active duty for eight years; a clause allowing approved HYT waivers to be cancelled when not fulďŹ lled as approved; and clariďŹ cation of reduction-in-rate procedures. The new HYT limit for E-1 and E-2 activeduty and FTS Sailors is four years, and the new HYT limit for E-3 active-duty and FTS Sailors is ďŹ ve years. E-1, E-2 and E-3 active-duty and FTS Sailors who are already past the modiďŹ ed HYT limit as of July 1 will be separated by March 31, 2013 unless they receive a HYT waiver or are advanced to a paygrade with a higher HYT limit. Starting with this March’s Navywide Advancement Exam, E-3 Sailors who passed, but did not advance, may not continue service beyond the revised HYT limit for their paygrade. Also under NAVADMIN 198/12, previously approved HYT waiver requests can be cancelled when not fulďŹ lled by the Sailor. If an active-duty or FTS Sailor’s waiver is cancelled, separation will occur within 120 days of the cancellation, unless they have time to transfer to the Fleet Reserve or retire.Members of the SELRES will be removed from a SELRES status by the end of
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During her shift on June 30 at Oceana Security, MA3 Bridgette Iiams talks with MASN Harold Howard before he goes on patrol. Behind them on the phone is MA3 Dana Yusten. Iiams, who works as a desk sergeant, was on her way to work June 21, when she stopped to assist an accident victim on Interstate 264.
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A master-of-arms stationed at NAS Oceana put her medical background to good use following an off base accident June 21. Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Bridgette Iiams, who just reported to Oceana Security on June 1, was driving on Interstate 264 on the way to work at Oceana Security for her noon to 9 p.m.shift.As she came up on the exit for Laskin Road, she came to a fast stop due to the accident that had just happened in front of her. “I didn’t see the entire thing but I saw somewhat of a wrecked SUV that appeared to hit another vehicle, a sedantype.That car spun and ipped over,â€? she explained. Iiams explained how she and others immediately stopped to help, including two civilian women and a male, whom she later learned worked for the Norfolk Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce. The Sailor, who is four months pregnant, didn’t hesitate in assisting others with removing the accident victim
from her car and getting her to a safe spot off the freeway. “She had injuries. Her nose was bleeding and she had glass in her feet and in her arms,â€? explained Iiams. After they wiped the blood away, Iiams said the injured woman“started breathing really crazy and informed us that she had asthma.â€? Iiams was able to locate the victim’s inhaler in the wrecked vehicle. By this time, the four rescuers had been joined by another man, who assisted by holding the victim’s neck.The trafďŹ c safety vest Iiams normally carries in her car’s trunk was put to good use as she immediately put it on, and she and the man from the sheriff’s ofďŹ ce began directing trafďŹ c away from the scene and toward the Laskin Road exit. By this time, Iiams knew she was going to be late for her shift at security, so she called her watch commander to let him know what happened and that “I was going to stay with her [the victim] until EMS is on scene and make sure she’s okay.â€? — See Accident Page 9