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Continuation board forces out 593 enlisted

The number of senior enlisted members chosen for retirement by the senior enlisted continuation board is nearly twice as large as last year’s results.

The board, which convened Dec. 5, reviewed the records of 7,684 retirement-eligible active duty, full-time support and selected reserve members E-7 through E-9 with more than 19 years of service and three years’ time in grade.

Of those, 593 will be forced to transfer to the fleet reserve or retire by Sept. 30.

Personnel officials announced Tuesday that senior enlisted members can now log in to BUPERS Online to check their status. Commanding officers began notification of those forced to retire Jan. 31.

This was the third consecutive year the Navy held such a board. The 2010 board retired 336 active, reserve and FTS members. In 2009, the board’s first year, 158 active-duty members were told to retire or transfer to the fleet reserve; the 2009 board only considered active-duty members.

The board is performance-based, meaning there are no mandatory cuts or quotas. Board members cull service records for misconduct as well as declining or substandard performance.