The Reenlistment Quality Control Program sets standards you should meet to be eligible to reenlist. The purpose of the Reenlistment Quality Control Program is as follows: To provide a personnel management program to control  rating  manning,  reduce  advancement stagnation, and meet end strength requirements To   issue   reenlistment   criteria   for   the Reenlistment Quality Control Program To  establish  terms  of  years  an  individual  may reenlist  based  upon  Career  Reenlistment Objective  (CREO)  group  of  his/her  rating  and years of service at the time of reenlistment To  establish  standardized  professional  growth points or high-year tenure (HYT) by paygrade To establish procedures by which personnel may request consideration for reenlistment/extension beyond established professional growth points All first-term Sailors in paygrades E-1 through E-6 requesting reenlistment must be approved through the Enlisted  Navy  Career  Options  for  Reenlistment (ENCORE)  Program.  E-1/E-2  cannot  reenlist  unless involved in special programs, such as the 2YO program, and approval is granted through ENCORE. Personnel serving in paygrade E-3 are eligible to reenlist/extend provided they have met the professional growth criteria and have been approved through ENCORE. The  Reenlistment  Quality  Control  Program  uses reenlistment  codes  to  indicate  whether  you  have  met professional growth criteria. Reenlistment codes reflect the quality control category and the status of personnel who separate from the Navy. If you don’t reenlist at your end of active obligated service (EAOS), your Certificate of  Release/Discharge  from  Active  Duty  (DD214) indicates  your  reenlistment  code.  If  you  decide  to reenlist  later  on,  the  reenlistment  code  indicates whether  or  not  you’re  qualified  to  reenlist.  The reenlistment codes are as follows: RE-R1—Recommended for Preferred Reenlistment RE-1—Eligible for Reenlistment RE-R3—Eligible for Probationary Reenlistment RE-4—Not Eligible for Reenlistment. STATE AND NATIONAL VOTING PROCEDURES Learning Objective: When you finish this chapter, you will be able to— Identify  the  procedures  for  state  and  national voting to include absentee ballots. Democracy depends on its members access to vote. Department of the Navy policy is to ensure its members, their  spouses,  and  their  dependents  may  register  and vote in all elections within their home districts. The   Chief   of   Naval   Personnel   directs   and supervises  the  Navy’s  voting  program.  The  voting program makes sure all ships and stations receive voting information  pamphlets,  posters,  and  materials.  All eligible  personnel  receive  in-hand  delivery  of  the Federal  Post  Card  Application  for  Absentee  Ballot (FPCA), SF Form 76, and revised 1987, for all federal elections. They receive the ballots well in advance of the November  election.  The  recommended  delivery  time for  overseas  areas  is  15  August  and  for  stateside personnel 15 September. REVIEW 8 QUESTIONS Q1.   Describe  why  the  Navy  has  a  fraternization policy. Q2.   What is the function of the ombudsman? a. b. Q3.   How  does  the  ombudsman  communicate  with Navy families? 1-24 Student Notes: