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By MC1 LaTunya HowardNavy Personnel Command

Leaders across the Navy are saying that career devel-opment boards (CDB), mandated by OPNAVINST 1040.11C, assist both the Navy and Sailors in achiev-ing their goals.

“CDBs are a critical tool for the chain of command to interact directly with every Sailor from the day they check aboard,” said Vice Adm. Allen Myers, com-mander, Naval Air Forces. “They are a positive element of command climate, but only when implemented with the intended end state in mind - due diligence to our Sailors.”

The Brilliant-on-the-Basics program was intro-duced Navywide a few

years ago with CDBs as the centerpiece. Brilliant-on-the-Basics includes six key programs: command spon-sorship, command indoc-trination, CDBs, mentor-ship, ombudsman programs and recognition programs. According to NAVADMIN 043/08, these six best prac-tices form the enduring foundation upon which every successful career is launched.

Typical topics covered during a CDB are watch-standing qualifications, continued education goals, advancement, short and long-term career objectives, Perform-to-Serve (PTS) and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores. Leadership can use CDBs to take full advantage of learning the priorities of

the Sailor. “It is crucial that we iden-

tify Sailors at initial CDBs

who have low Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores and get them enrolled

into academic skills class-es so they can retake the ASVAB test,” said Myers. “We are seeing Sailors who want to stay Navy but are not eligible to convert into other rates once in the PTS window. Waiting to correct low AFQT scores once a Sailor is in the PTS win-dow is too late. Losing a great Sailor because he or she could not meet a PTS window due to lack of ini-tiating a PTS request is not something we desire.”

CDBs are required for all Sailors upon report-ing to a command - after six months on board, at 12-months on board and at 12-month intervals there-after. Official guidance is contained in OPNAVINST 1040.11C. When the Sailor’s career desires are recorded

in the Career Information Management System (CIMS) it becomes part of a permanent record that can follow the Sailor throughout his or her career.

CIMS is available to all shore commands with Internet access and on board 150 ships using CIMS Afloat on the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System server.

The primary function of CIMS is to assist career counselors with tracking, conducting and document-ing CDBs.

The command mas-ter chief, chief of the boat, senior enlisted leader and the command career coun-selor team are the focal points for career develop-ment initiatives within the command.

Career development boards help leaders, Sailors

MC1 Ryan Wilber

Chief Navy Counselor Surgann Coker-Bello, right, counsels Builder 2nd Class Scott Bryant. Both are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74. Coker-Bello counsels all newly reported personnel to review their naval career and let them know what to expect from the battalion’s retention team.

By MC1 LaTunya HowardNavy Personnel Command

The Navy will release a new version of NAVFIT98A software Aug. 1, changing the way physical fitness assessment (PFA) results and individual augmen-tee (IA) service are docu-mented in a fitness report or evaluation.

“We released a new ver-sion of NAVFIT98A to accommodate the recent policy changes and at the same time fix several long-standing problems associ-ated with the application,” explained Jim Price, director, Navy Personnel Command (NPC) Performance Evaluation Division.

NAVFIT98A Version 28 supports new performance report policy changes and fixes known security and printing problems, as well as other technical issues asso-ciated with older versions of the software. Because of these changes, all forms will have new version numbers. Electronic versions can be found at http://www.npc.navy.mil/careerinfo/perfor-manceevaluation/software-forms.

Commands that still have an older version installed but that need to submit perfor-mance reports with ending dates of Aug. 1 or later can submit performance reports

generated by older software versions until Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) updates are complete.

The E7-E9 chief evalu-ation has been modified to include the new policy guidance. Evaluation form NAVPERS 1616/27 8-10 can be found at the above link beginning Aug. 1. This Web site also answers frequently asked questions concerning Version 28 deployment and provides a reference guide on using the application.

“It’s important for us to recognize the perfor-mance and contributions of our Sailors who are serv-ing IAs,” said Price. “This

revised policy sets a Navy-wide standard to ensure all our Sailors receive the same opportunities to excel.”

For more information on NAVFIT98A Version 28, read NAVADMIN 233/10.

For technical assistance with NAVFIT98A software, call NPC Customer Service

Center at 1-866-U-ASK-NPC (1-866-827-5672). For any NMCI software deploy-

ment issues, contact the NMCI Helpdesk at (866) 843-6624.

Navy readies new performance evaluation software

MC3 Dominique Pineiro

Quartermaster 1st Class Andrey Mihaylovski monitors the time dur-ing the 1.5-mile run portion of the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) on Berkey Field at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The PFA is a bi-annual, Navy-wide examina-tion of physical fitness for Sailors that consists of a body composi-tion assessment, curl-ups, push-ups and a 1.5-mile run.

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