The U.S. Navy is eliminating regular annual performance and fitness reporting requirements for certain service members in specified paygrades. According to reporting by Navy Times and Military Times, the change applies to “select paygrades” whose personnel have shown a “sustained history” of strong performance and fitness. Because of that track record, the Navy is removing the requirement for these members to submit periodic reporting on a yearly basis, rather than continuing with the previous annual cycle. The articles describe the decision as a policy adjustment based on demonstrated performance and fitness over time, indicating that the affected groups no longer need the same routine documentation that other paygrades continue to follow. The reports do not indicate that the Navy is eliminating performance expectations altogether; instead, they focus on removing the administrative requirement for periodic reporting for the designated paygrades. Details on which paygrades are included and how reporting will work going forward were not fully specified in the provided excerpts.