The Navy’s chief of personnel, Vice Adm. John C. Harvey, says that the Navy will become more “sea-centric” with the planned drawdown of 20,000 sailors that will reduce the Navy strength to 320,000. As the drawdown occurs, the percentage of sea-billets will increase while shore duty slots will diminish. The result will be a new fleet standard of 5/3, meaning five years of sea duty and three years of shore duty. Harvey said there would be exceptions that might be compensated for by programs such as the Sea Duty Incentive Pay pilot program (SDIP). SDIP pays sailors in certain ratings and paygrades as much as $18,000 to extend their sea duty or to terminate their shore duty early to return to sea.