The Navy has announced the advancement results for E-4 to E-6 sailors, revealing that active duty E-3s and E-4s now have a higher chance of promotion compared to the previous year. This increase is attributed to a new policy that allows junior sailors to automatically advance to the rank of E-4 in 30 months for most career fields, aligning with billet-based advancement. Active duty E-3s had a nearly 43 percent chance of promoting to E-4, while active duty E-4s had an almost 54 percent chance of advancing to E-5. However, the chances of active duty E-5s advancing to E-6 slightly decreased to about 12 percent.
  

Key Points: 

1. The Navy introduced a policy allowing junior sailors to automatically advance to E-4 in 30 months for most career fields, leading to higher promotion chances for active duty E-3s and E-4s.
2. Active duty E-3s saw their promotion chances to E-4 increase to nearly 43 percent, up from 34 percent the previous year.
3. Active duty E-4s had a significant increase in promotion chances to E-5, with almost 54 percent advancing, compared to 24 percent in the previous cycle.

Source: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/11/22/navy-unveils-e-4-through-e-6-advancement-results/