Navy releases fall petty officer advancements

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160602-N-OY799-028 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (June 02, 2016) – – Newly promoted petty officers standby to receive their advancement letters during a frocking ceremony in the hangar of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Abbate/Released)

Thousands of sailors across the Navy have something extra to be thankful for as they celebrate with turkeys not named Drumstick: A new petty officer crow.

Nearly 25,000 active, reserve and full-time support sailors received word today that they were selected to advance into the E-4 through E-6 paygrades.

Overall, petty officer advancements have been trending up slightly in the past couple years and this fall has been no different.

Source: Naval Education and Training Command. (Graphic by Devan Feeney/Staff)

In all, 90,082 sailors passed this fall’s advancement exams, making them eligible to compete for the 25,050 available advancement quotas for those paygrades, which amounts to a 27 percent chance at moving up. That’s up from 26 percent this past spring and well up from last fall’s 24.5 percent advancement opportunity.

Congratulations to all selectees!

Active-duty E-6

Active-duty E-5

Active-duty E-4

Reserve E-6

Reserve E-5

Reserve E-4

Full-time support

Canvasser recruiter selections

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Mark D. Faram is a former reporter for Navy Times. He was a senior writer covering personnel, cultural and historical issues. A nine-year active duty Navy veteran, Faram served from 1978 to 1987 as a Navy Diver and photographer.