Navy Advancement Exam Study System: Study Planner + Spaced-Repetition Tracker (XLSX + PDF)

A study system built around your rating's official bibliography: map the topics, write your own recall cards, and let a 5-box spaced-repetition tracker tell you what to review each day. Generic method only. No exam questions.

Navy guidance tells advancement candidates to study from the official NAC bibliography. The hard part is turning a long list of references into a daily plan you'll actually stick to. This system does that, built by a retired military veteran on proven study methods (spacing and retrieval practice) from the U.S. Department of Education's IES practice guide.

What's inside

PDF guide and printables (7 pages):

- 2026 update: which path applies to you (BUPERSINST 1430.16H, Billet-Based Advancement, NWAE vs. RKE), plus an eligibility checklist for the cycle NAVADMIN, PMK-EE (80% per section), leadership courses, EAW and bibliography

- The 5-phase method: Map, Learn, Recall, Consolidate, Exam week

- The 5-box spaced-repetition rule (1 / 3 / 7 / 14 / 30 days) and how to write good recall prompts

- Cycle setup page, bibliography topic map, 12-week planner, daily review log, exam-week checklist and printable recall cards

Excel / Google Sheets tracker:

- Setup: exam date, start date and daily minutes, with editable review intervals

- Topic Map: confidence ratings with auto priority, plus cards made and minutes studied per topic

- Recall Cards (500 rows): suggested box, next-due date and a DUE flag, calculated for you

- Study Log and an auto-generated Weekly Plan with an on-track check

- Dashboard: days to exam, cards due, cards by box, and hours logged vs. planned

What it is NOT

It contains no official, copyrighted or recalled exam content, and it never asks you to use any. You build every prompt from your own rating's official references. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Navy, the Navy Advancement Center or NETPDC. It doesn't promise any score or advancement result.

Instant download. Works in Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice. Personal-use license.