CPO Selection Board Results
Chief Petty Officers (CPOs) are senior noncommissioned officers (NCOs) in the Navy. They are promoted because of their leadership and professional competence, and take on administrative and leadership roles among enlisted personnel. Promotion to the rank is done by selection boards.
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Previous Ranks
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Chief Petty Officers are selected from the ranks of those Naval sailors who hold the rank, or as it is called in the Navy, rate, of Petty Officer First Class. The CPO selection boards promote sailors from all of the Navy's different specialty areas, or ratings.
Selection Boards
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Selection Boards are the name for the groups that decide who in the Navy will receive promotions. Each time they meet, the board makes its selection based on the criteria listed on a document called the precept. The precept spells out the current needs of the Navy, and what qualifications the board should look for in those they will promote.
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Results
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Selection boards release their decisions in the form of a list of those sailors who will be promoted. Those on the list will receive the appropriate increase in pay, new responsibilities, and the right to wear the Chief Petty Officer's anchor on their uniforms and covers (hats).
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