scope:

Purpose.

To provide flexibility in the manning of officer communities per references (a) through (c) and prescribe regulations governing:

a. Lateral transfer/redesignation of Regular and Reserve officers between the various designators in the Unrestricted Line (URL), Restricted Line (RL), and Staff Corps.

b. Appointment of temporary LDOs as permanent LDOs.

c. Augmentation of Reserve Chief Warrant Officers (CWO), and Reserve Limited Duty Officers (LDO) on the Reserve Active Status List (RASL) into the Regular Navy under reference (a). Augmentation boards are no longer held for reserve officers on the Active Duty List (ADL) under reference (c), section 532.

d. Transfer between the ADL and Selected Reserve, and Full Time Support (FTS) officers on the RASL.

Applicability.

This instruction applies to all Regular and Reserve officers on the ADL and RASL, as well as FTS, Reserve CWOs, Reserve LDOs, and Regular LDOs, who are applicants for augmentation or lateral transfer/redesignation within the active- duty component of the Navy. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.