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Navy Career Progression Chart
Rating: HT

Commissioning Programs
Average Time to Promotion
Years of Service
Typical Career Path Development
      25
Fourth Sea Tour (42 Months) “Requal ESWS”
      24 CMC/ LCPO/ Production SUP/ 3M Coordinator 
      23 CV/ CVN/ AS/ Overseas Shore 
      22
Third Shore Tour (42 Months)
      21 LCPO/ Asst. Division Officer/ Ship SUP/ Curriculum Writer 
    HTCM   20 Staff/ Master Instructor/ FTC/ FTG 
      19
Third Sea Tour (36 Months) “Requal ESWS”
      18 LCPO/ Asst. Division Officer 
    HTCS   17 LHD/ LHA/ CVN/ CV/ AS 
      16
Second Shore Tour (54 Months)
      15 SIMA/ FTC/ SSC/ RTC/ Ship SUP 
      14 Instructor/ Production Supervisor/ LCPO/ Shop SUP/ REC 
  Chief Warrant Officer (E7 over 12)   HTC   13
Second Sea Tour (48 Months) “Requal ESWS”
      12 Repair Technician/ LPO 
  Limited Duty Officer (E6 over 8)     11 Advanced Schooling in Welding or Non Destructive Testing (NDT) 
      10  
      9  
  LDO Program   HT1   8
First Shore Tour (54 Months)
      7 SIMA/ FTC/ RTC/ Recruiting 
      6 Instructor (MTS)/ Repair 
  ECP (over 4)   HT2   5
First Sea Tour (60 Months) (6YO: 24 Month / “C” School then 48 Month
  Seaman to Admiral (E4 over 4)     4 Apprentice TechnicianHull Repair, Maint. Tech, Welder or NDT 
    HT3   3 Complete SW & in-rate watchstation qualifications 
  Naval Academy, OCS, NROTC, BOOST     2  
  See MILPERSMAN for requirements   HTFN   1
Recruit Training/Apprenticeship Training (up to 5 Months)

Information Courtesy of United States Navy

 

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