MyNavy HR Tests New Approach to Sailor Performance and Talent Management Aboard USS Essex (LHD 2)

For decades, a Sailor’s performance has ultimately been captured in Fitness Reports (FITREPs) for officers and Evaluations (EVALs) for enlisted personnel using NAVFIT98. MyNavy HR is developing a different approach designed to make performance management less about completing paperwork and more focused on developing Sailors and recognizing talent to strengthen warfighting readiness.

The Talent Management Center of Excellence (TMCoE; PERS-00K) recently launched the initial implementation of Talent, Identification, Development, and Evaluation (TIDE) for officers in the ensign and lieutenant junior grade ranks aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on Oct. 1, as well as Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63). This initial implementation will test the TIDE platform and proposed policy changes across a full performance cycle in a compressed timeframe (approximately 6 months). TIDE represents the culmination of MyNavy HR’s effort to modernize how the Navy evaluates performance by creating a more mission-focused and evidence-based evaluation process while moving Navy performance management toward a modern, digital platform. The system connects Sailor performance to operational outcomes while providing leaders with more meaningful information to develop their people and make talent management decisions.

“TIDE is about giving our Sailors meaningful feedback while giving Navy leaders better information to recognize talent and build the Force we need to fight and win decisively,” said Rear Adm. Benjamin Baran, deputy commander, Navy Personnel Command. “When we better understand the performance and potential of our people, we can make better, data-informed decisions about how we develop, retain, and employ battle-ready Sailors."

The test provides an opportunity to ensure that TIDE is accessible in an operational environment and to gather Fleet feedback from waterfront Sailors and leaders aboard each participating ship who would ultimately use the modernized performance evaluation system. A modernized system allows the Navy to move away from static legacy paper documents toward routing and submitting structured performance data in the cloud, unlocking valuable data analytics to drive better-informed personnel management and promotion decisions. Additionally, automated data validation linked to single source of truth authoritative data reduce errors and rejected submissions, while trackable workflows allow evaluations to move electronically through the chain of command.

“The pilot today gave me good insight on the Navy’s efforts to modernize the Fleet and another perspective on how I can accurately and fairly grade the performance of my Sailors and myself,” said Administrative Officer Lt. James Chaney, assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). “It is exciting to not only be able to be one of the first participants to simulate a new FITREP process but also one that follows clearly defined expectations for performance, is easy to use from the ship in an operational environment and prioritizes constructive feedback that will help me improve and grow as a division officer.”

Rather than treating an evaluation as a single administrative, career-defining event, TIDE separates performance feedback for Sailor development from promotion recommendations for Selection Board use. TIDE also introduces supervisors as formal raters in the Sailor Development Cycle that will consist of three modules: expectation setting, a mid-cycle performance review, and final performance feedback. Reporting seniors will provide a separate promotion recommendation that documents a Sailor’s potential and strengths for selection board consideration. This more robust cycle will help leaders better identify talent pools, proactively track, and support Sailor development.

TIDE is a critical step forward in modernizing our personnel systems to support the warfighter; it shapes the future of Navy evaluations and elevates Sailor performance management, beyond what can fit on a form. Navy Personnel Command’s mission is to provide the Navy with the right people, with the right skills, at the right time and place to maximize fleet readiness, lethality, and survivability.

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