STA-21 or Seaman to Admiral - 21 is a United States Navy commissioning program, designed to enable active-duty sailors to get a college degree and become commissioned officers .
7-463: Seaman to Admiral was previously one of several different paths for active-duty sailors to become commissioned officers. The diversity of programs lacked uniformity in benefits, selection procedures, educational opportunities, and program requirements, and created a confusing system of program applications, deadlines, and options for fleet applicants which was complex for the Navy to manage and administer. As
14-469: A commissioned officer . The term can be inclusive of non-commissioned officers or warrant officers , except in United States military usage where warrant officers/chief warrant officers are a separate officer category ranking above enlisted grades and below commissioned officer grades. In most cases, enlisted service personnel perform jobs specific to their own occupational specialty, as opposed to
21-404: A college education and become commissioned officers in the unrestricted line (URL), special duty officer (intelligence), special duty officer (cryptologic warfare, formerly information warfare and cryptologist), nurse corps (NC), nuclear, supply corps (SC), civil engineer corps (CEC), explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), or SEALs . The program is highly competitive for sailors selected from the fleet;
28-463: A result, the Navy combined most of these commissioning paths into one consolidated program preserving the "Seaman to Admiral" name, possibly during the 1994 STA program rebirth. In 2020 former enlisted SEAL Matthew J. Burns was promoted to rear admiral , making him the first sailor commissioned through the current Seaman to Admiral program to do so. The STA-21 commissioning program is designed to allow active-duty sailors with high ability to gain
35-493: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , non-commissioned ranks are coded OR1–OR9 (bottom to top), OR being an abbreviation for Other Ranks . The branches of the U.S. Armed Forces all use the same "E-" designation for enlisted pay grades, with service-specific names applied to each (e.g., chief petty officer, master gunnery sergeant, private first class). Each branch incorporates it as part of
42-674: The average selection rate has ranged from 10% to 24% from 2001 to 2010. In 2011, the program became much more selective for non-nuclear applicants. In 2013, 19 non-nuclear officer candidates were selected out of 542 applicants (3.5%). For nuclear applicants, the average selection rate has ranged from 20% to 25% since 2010. All STA-21 Officer Candidates report to the Naval Science Institute before going to their assigned college. Enlisted personnel An enlisted rank (also known as an enlisted grade or enlisted rate ) is, in some armed services, any rank below that of
49-479: The more generalized command responsibilities of commissioned officers. The term "enlistment" refers solely to a military commitment (whether officer or enlisted) whereas the terms "taken on strength" and "struck off strength" refer to a service member being carried on a given unit's roll. In the Canadian Armed Forces , the term non-commissioned member (NCM) is used. For the ranks used by
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