Article: How senior officers compete for billets in the Navy Reserve Reserve Command and Senior Officer Non-Command Selection Board (Apply Board).(OP&You)

Competing for billets as a Senior Officer in the Navy Reserve is a very dynamic process, often more competitive than a statutory promotion board. This process is called Reserve Command and Senior Officer Non-Command Selection Board (commonly known as Apply Board). Board members perform three basic tasks during this process: review records, brief and vote records, and slate billets. The Apply Board is conducted in the same manner as a statutory promotion board with one additional step of slating (assigning) officers into advertised billets.

After records have been reviewed, briefed and voted, the officers' confidence factors are calculated. These confidence ...

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