A Portland, OR resident, Martin L. Hudler is an accomplished professional whose specialties include real estate investment and development, asset management estate planning, and equity and debt management. His career spans four decades during which he has applied a highly strategic and hands-on management approach to successfully oversee various kinds of projects. Martin L. Hudler is also a great supporter of the U.S. Navy.

Promotions in the U.S. Navy are based on a sustained excellent performance in a wide variety of challenging job duties. Officers who demonstrate excellence are rewarded with a satisfying career. The Navy uses the Final Multiple Score (FMS) system for promotions which applies various parameters to calculate a candidate’s performance. Various factors such as knowledge, experience, and performance factor into the final multiple score. The Navy uses the following factors to compute FMS values for officers.

1. Promotion Test. Advancement examinations consisting of 200 questions, half of which covers general subjects about the navy while the other half covers the specific job rating.

2. Performance Evaluations. Supervisors rate their juniors periodically based on performance, duty, and conduct. Written evaluations include recommendations for promotion which are then converted to a numerical value between 2.0 to 4.0 and average marks computed to get a Performance Mark Average or PMA.

3. Time in Rate (TIR). These points are calculated based on the years in service and percentages of the years a sailor has completed since the last rate changes.

4. Medals, Awards, and Decorations. Certain awards, medals, and decorations come with a designated number of promotion points.

5. PNA (Passed, Not Advanced) Points. These are points awarded to sailors who, in the past five years, have had exemplary performance ratings and high promotion scores but were never promoted because of few promotion vacancies.