May 2014 servicewide

Letters are usually out within five weeks in DA. Sometimes much earlier. It may be delayed if there are questions about challenged questions or possible breaches in test security... or allegations of cheating.

Back around 1998 or so, there was a 378' Cutter that got caught with all of one particular rating cheating on all Rate exams... I won't say what rating. Every PO3 got the same score - every PO2 - every PO1, and even every Chief in that rating. It ended up with the Senior Chief that was the Test Custodian let their folks get advance access - and they all prepped all the answers and studied the questions they didn't know. Every last one of them ACED the SWE that year... and it's very rare to have ONE ace it. They set themselves up to get caught.

It took almost four months to get Profile Letters that year... and it opened up a LOT of advancements for that rating!!