OPNAVINST 1420.1 CH 3 Flashcards
Enlisted members who apply to the U.S. Naval Academy and
are not selected for direct entry are automatically considered for entrance into NAPS.
To be considered for NAPS, applicants should not have passed their 22nd birthday on 1 July of the year that they will enter NAPS.
The Secretary of the Navy may appoint
170 enlisted members of the Regular and Reserve Navy and Marine
Corps to the Naval Academy each year.
Fleet applicants MUST
apply for a SECNAV nomination.
Midshipmen USNR of the Regular NROTC Program are not eligible for
appointment under this quota.
The U.S. Naval Academy is a 4-year military college
Students at the Naval
Academy are Midshipmen, U.S. Navy, receiving pay of a midshipmen
plus tuition, room and board.
Candidates report to the Naval
Academy usually in late June or early July for Plebe Summer.
The minimum
service obligation is 5 years active duty and 3 years Reserve upon initial appointment.
NAPS students are on
active duty enlisted status in the U.S. Navy. The school
convenes in July of each year and runs through May of the
following year.
enlisted members who apply to the Naval Academy and are
not selected for direct entry are automatically considered for
entrance into NAPS.
An acceptable secondary school transcript with
college preparatory subjects and grades indicating college
capability and a class standing normally in the top 40 percent in high school.
To be competitive, applicants should have completed
4 years of math, (including a strong foundation in geometry,
algebra and trigonometry), 4 years of English, and 1 year of
chemistry.
Additionally, physics, history, and 2 years of a
foreign language are strongly recommended. Courses in precalculus
or calculus are also very valuable and encouraged.
To be considered for a Secretary of the
Navy nomination, a candidate should obtain an SAT score of 550
Math and 500 Verbal, or ACT scores of 24 Math and 22 English.
To increase competitiveness these tests should be
taken within 1 year.
Candidate packets should be
completed by 1 March of the year for which the service member is
applying for entry.
SECNAV nomination requests must be
received by the Academy’s Admissions Office no later than 31
January of the year in which the applicant desires admission.
it is just as
important that an applicant’s academic record in high school or
college is not screened by the command to determine suitability
for admission.
The Naval Academy’s Admissions Board will remain
the final authority on whether a member meets the academic
requirements based on a “whole person assessment”.
The Naval Academy will advise those selected for direct
appointment usually by May; those selected for the Naval Academy
Preparatory School will usually be notified by June.
Candidates who are selected for admission to
NAPS must have a minimum of 24 months obligated service as of 1
July of the year that they will enter the Preparatory School.
Midshipmen who complete the course of instruction and
decline to accept an appointment as a commissioned officer may be
transferred to the Reserve component in an enlisted status and
ordered to active duty for 4 years.
Naval Academy graduates, upon appointment, are
required to serve on active duty for a minimum of 5 years active and 3 years Reserve.
Each candidate must remit approximately $2,500, upon
admission to the Naval Academy, as an entry deposit, which is
applied to the initial uniform issue. It is strongly recommended
that no advance pay be authorized for the candidate incident to
transfer to the Naval Academy or NAPS.
Service members may be advanced once they complete
eligibility requirements. Personnel Advancement Requirements
(PAR) may be waived by the commanding officer.
