NAVPERS 15560, ARTICLE 1160 (PART 3) HYT Flashcards
The High Year Tenure (HYT) Program is a total force policy which establishes standardized length-of-service (LOS) gates by pay grade balanced with a waiver process that allows Navy to retain the right Sailor.
Personnel who have been selected for advancement to the next higher pay grade may reenlist or extend up to the HYT date of their prospective pay grade.
For ACDU and FTS Sailors in pay grades E-5 through E-9, use all earned active military service, from any service component, to compute HYT dates.
E-1 thru E-2 HYT = 4YRS. Note: May not reenlist or extend unless approval is granted via NAVPERSCOM, Career Progression Division (PERS-8).
E-3 HYT = 5YRS. Note: E-3 who “Passed Not Advanced” a Navy Wide Advancement Exam prior to March 2012 (Cycle 215) retain HYT gate of 8 years.
E-4 HYT =8YRS
E-5 HYT 14. Note: E-5 HYT gate was modified to 14 years for Sailors with less than 10 years of total active military service as of 1 July 2005 (those Sailors whose ADSD is on or after 1 July 1995). E-5 Sailors with 10 or more years of total active military service as of 1 July 2005 retain their HYT gate of 20 years (those Sailors whose ADSD is on or before 30 June 1995).
E-6 HYT 20YRS, E-7 HYT 24YRS, E-8 HYT 26
Command Master Chiefs (CMCs) may exceed 30 years service as indicated in the table above provided that they:
(1) Entered the Command Master Chief or Command Senior Chief (CSC) Program prior to completing 24 years of service;
(2) Served continuously as a CMC or CSC since entering the program; and
(3) Selected for a flag or general officer assignment and validated by the CMC detailer for eligibility.
E-3 and E-4 personnel approved for in-rate advanced training (“C” school) will be granted an HYT waiver to coincide with expiration of the training OBLISERV requirement.
E-4 personnel approved for the Selective Training and Reenlistment (STAR) Program are authorized to exceed HYT dates as they will be advanced to E-5 and will incur a 4- to 6-year OBLISERV requirement upon successful completion of required school.
HYT waivers for the STAR Program are for first-term personnel only.
ACDU and FTS personnel who are separated due to HYT gates, and are advancement eligible at the time of separation, may be eligible for full ISP.
In order to be eligible for any amount of ISP, ACDU and FTS members must have completed at least 6, but less than 20 years of active service, and must enter into an agreement to serve in the Ready Reserve for a period of not less than 3 years.
DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.
SELRES personnel who reach HYT must be removed from SELRES status by the end of the month in which the HYT date occurred.
Member may request transfer to the ASP to continue accruing qualifying service for a non-regular retirement. Members are no longer eligible for advancement.
The extension of a Sailor in support of a mobilization requirement under the authority of reference (d) beyond the expiration of applicable authority under reference (e), not to exceed 1095 days out of the previous 1460 days.
Special Considerations regarding HYT
a. Twilight Tour Eligibility. ACDU and FTS E-9 personnel receiving an HYT waiver will forfeit twilight tour eligibility.
When the soft expiration of active obligated service (i.e., EAOS plus any extensions) exceeds the HYT LOS gate of the reduced pay grade, separation must occur within 180 days from the date of reduction in rate,
ACDU and FTS Sailors who have completed 18 years, but less than 20 years of service and are subsequently reduced in rate, shall be retained on ACDU until they are eligible to transfer to the Fleet Reserve unless they are discharged under other provisions of law.
HYT gates for OSVETs in pay grade
s E-4 and below are computed based on total active Navy service only.
In order to update the EMF to reflect a corrected HYT date, commands should send the following documents to NAVPERSCOM (PERS-8354):
(a) A copy of Service member’s initial enlistment contract;
(b) A copy of each of the Service member’s DD 214s or a DA 1506 Statement of Service reflecting all periods of military service (in any branch).
ACDU, FTS, and SELRES personnel shall appear before a career development board 24 months prior to reaching HYT.
