Anyone seen a “BLUE TREE?” New Uniforms coming to a NEX near you!
June 26, 2008
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Next Generation of Navy Uniform Arrives
WASHINGTON - Five years after canvassing the fleet for suggestions on new and more practical uniforms for the 21st century, the Navy has started rolling out a year-round service uniform for Sailors E-6 and below and a Battle Dress Uniform, or BDU-style, working uniform for all ranks.
In addition, the Navy’s first physical fitness (PT) uniform – a gold short-sleeved shirt and blue shorts, with “NAVY” in reflective lettering on both – is now available. Reserve enlisted Sailors will be issued the PT uniforms by their operational support centers.
In 2003, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark established Task Force Uniform (TFU), charging it with developing and giving Sailors a modern, cost-effective set of uniforms that have a professional appearance, recognize naval heritage, and offer easier storage, maintenance and comfort. TFU conducted two Navy-wide surveys and hundreds of interviews with Sailors, as well as command site visits and seven-month wear tests. More than 60,000 Sailors offered feedback, and their message came through loud and clear: ‘we have too many uniforms, and they’re too difficult to maintain.’
The Navy responded, and commands are preparing to adopt the new uniforms in waves according to region. Reserve Sailors can expect to wear them later this year or early next year. The new Navy working uniform (NWU) replaces the utilities, wash khaki, coveralls, woodland green, aviation green, winter working blues and summer whites.
With a digital print pattern incorporating Navy blue, deck gray, haze gray and black, the NWU is a wash-and-wear 50/50 nylon and cotton blend. The majority of Sailors surveyed preferred a BDU-style uniform, one that doesn’t show spots, stains or heavy wear like a solid color uniform and allows mending of small tears in fabric, saving money in replacement costs.
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Worn with a blue cotton T-shirt, the new Navy working uniform comes with an eight-point cover, a black web belt with closed buckle and black smooth leather boots, with black suede no-shine boots for optional wear while assigned to non-shipboard commands. Cold-weather options include a unisex pullover sweater, a fleece jacket, and a Gore-Tex parka.
“Besides reducing the seabag and providing ease of maintenance, a camouflage-style uniform puts us more in line with our sister services in terms of our appearance,” said Master Chief Arthur Rivers, assistant head for the Navy’s Uniform Matters Office.
In the future, Sailors operating in tactical environments, including expeditionary Sailors and SEALs, will wear either woodland or desert digital patterns.
The year-round service uniform for E-6 and below includes a short-sleeve khaki shirt for males and an over-blouse for females, made from a wash-and-wear 75/25 polyester and wool blend, with permanent military creases, black trousers for males with beltless slacks for females and optional beltless skirt, and a black unisex garrison cap. Silver anodized-metal rank insignia will be worn on shirt and blouse collars and cap, replacing the rating badge with a collar device that can be taken on and off a uniform and easily updated upon promotion. The service uniform’s non-vertical match – tops and bottoms are different colors – is in line with equivalent uniforms of the other service branches.
“Sailors are pretty satisfied,” Rivers said. “In conversations I’ve had with those who have seen and worn the new service uniform, a good number of them have said they’re quite pleased.”
The service uniform also includes, for optional wear, a black relaxed-fit Eisenhower-style jacket with a knit stand-up collar and epaulets, on which petty officers will wear large, silver anodized-metal rank insignia. Those entitled to wear gold chevrons will continue to wear their rank insignia on the jacket.
The new PT uniform is designed for command PT activities and the semi-annual physical fitness tests. The gold shirt is moisture wicking and odor-resistant polyester with reflective lettering on back and front. The Navy blue shorts are also nylon moisture wicking and odor resistant, and come in six- and eight-inch lengths. They also have reflective Navy lettering, with side pockets and a hidden identificationcard pocket inside the waistband.
“The PT uniform is a huge success, in my opinion,” Rivers said. “Looking out across the field and seeing the blue and gold, you’ll know those people are Sailors.”
The total projected cost of Task Force Uniform is $433 million over a two-year outfitting period, spread over fiscal years 2008 and 2009. An increase in clothing replacement allowance rates coincides with the introduction of the new uniforms, so Sailors will be able to purchase them when they are introduced to the fleet.
Due to contracting, production and manufacturing challenges, introduction and distribution of the new uniforms will happen by region over a designated period of time rather than by simultaneous multiple-site deliveries. The service and working uniforms will be available through Navy Exchange Uniform Centers and temporary off-site locations until all regions are fully outfitted. The outfitting of accession commands will happen separately and independent of the regional rollouts.
Phased fleet availability of the service uniform starts this summer and at Recruit Training Command (RTC) this fall. Phased fleet availability of the new Navy working uniform starts this winter and at RTC in early 2009.
Even as the Navy introduces these changes, others are still on the drawing board. Last fall, selected officers and Sailors began limited wear testing of new service dress khaki for chiefs and officers and the new service dress blue and white jumpers for E-6 and below.
The service dress khaki uniform is in a traditional style, last worn during the Vietnam War era, while the E-6 and below service uniforms have hidden zippers and new piping for service dress white. The service dress blue will be for men only.
A Navy wind suit also is being considered to complement the new PT uniforms.
“The Navy will continue to look at and evaluate uniform components,” Rivers said. “I’ve been in this office two months and realized we never really stop, because we’re constantly getting feedback and recommendations from Sailors in the fleet who have some great ideas to improve uniforms, uniform components or uniform regulations. It’s something that’s always going on.”
Teens claim they were duped into Navy
June 16, 2008
This article talks about what we, at corpsman.com have been advising all along. It is absolutely imperative that you, the enlistee, do the required homework, with regards to your Navy Enlistment Contract.
Don’t sign incorrect official documents with the promise/plan to fix it later, simply because you are in a hurry. Slow down and do it right the first time or pitch a professional argument until your enlistment contract you are suppose to sign is correct and states everything you were promised!
* No one cares more about your career (or benefits) than you.
* If it is not on paper, it doesn’t exist.
* If you do not have a copy, it doesn’t exist.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jun 16, 2008 8:48:28 EDT
HONOLULU - Two Hawaii 18-year-olds claim a Navy recruiting officer promised them they would be able to get a free, four-year college education before going off to sea. But Cory Miyasato and Joseph Mauga Jr. soon found out they would be going off to boot camp and then full-time active duty, scrubbing and painting ships.
“The full-ride scholarship really interested me,” said Miyasato, an honor student. “I am a very trusting person. I thought the U.S. government would be truthful to me.”
They didn’t find out the truth until they had already enlisted in the Navy’s Delayed Entry Program on May 29.
The military is under pressure to keep producing fresh troops, and Hawaii recruiters are expected to produce 30 new enlistees for the Navy this month, said Petty Officer 1st Class David McKee, a spokesman for the Navy Recruiting Station Los Angeles, which includes Hawaii.
The recruiter, Petty Officer 1st Class Jimmy Pecadeso, will be investigated, McKee said.
“Nobody should be railroaded into buying a car, a house or joining the military under false pretenses by being misled,” McKee said. “When it comes out that a recruiter has misled an applicant, it reflects poorly on all recruiters and the Navy and the military. The military does take this seriously.”
Both Miyasato and Mauga can opt out of enlistment with no penalty before going to basic training, McKee said. Their families are seeking immediate discharges and written assurances that the boys’ careers won’t be affected.
They were about to graduate and had already enrolled at local colleges when Pecadeso signed them up.
Miyasato’s mother, Jayne Arasaki, was skeptical of Pecadeso’s pledges, so she met with him at the recruiting station.
“He did lie to me,” she said. “He said the Navy would pay for four years of college, and then Cory would be obligated to serve four years.”
The day after she met Pecadeso, he picked up both boys and paid for them to spend the night at an airport hotel, saying they needed to get an early start on medical testing and security clearance at Pearl Harbor.
He promised to have them back by noon, but they weren’t returned until nearly 24 hours later, late for graduation practice. Both of their mothers tried to reach them by phone, but their cell phones were confiscated on base as a security measure.
“They were just going to see what they had to offer,” said Gloria Mauga. “I did not know my child was going to come back enlisted. They couldn’t even call to ask us advice. It’s like they kidnapped our sons.”
There were 2,456 claims of recruiter “irregularities” among 22,000 recruiters and nearly 318,000 new enlistees in 2006, according to the U.S. State Department. Most problems involved “concealment, falsification or undue influence.” About one in five claims was substantiated.
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Source: Navy Times
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Important Military Service Links
May 31, 2008
Army
Official Web Site for United States Army
Army Medical Department — AMEDD
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Financial Management
U.S. Army Forces Command
U.S. Army Human Resources Command
U.S. Army Research Institute
U.S. Army Materiel Command
U.S. Army Military History Institute
U.S. Army Reserve
U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense/Strategic Command
U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Air Force
Official Web Site for United States Air Force
Air Force Surgeon General
U.S. Air Force Crossroads
U.S. Air Force One Source
U.S. Air Force Personnel Center
U.S. Air Force Portal
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Coast Guard
Official Web Site for United States Coast Guard
Health & Safety Directorate (CG-11), Office of Health Services (CG-112)
Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard Auxiliary Association
Coast Guard Foundation
Coast Guard Sea Veterans of America
Department of Defense
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Defenselink - DoD News
Pentagon Channel
Navy
Official Web Site for United States Navy
Navy Medicine
Lifelines - Answers for Sailors, Marines and their Families
Naval Personnel Command
Navy Knowledge Online (NKO)
Navy League of the United States
Navy Region Southwest Bases
Navy Web Site Links
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Naval Institute
U.S. Navy Blue Angels
U.S. Navy Reserve
U.S. Navy Sports
Marine Corps
Official Web Site for United States Marine Corps
Headquarters Marine Corps
Marine Online
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Associations & Organizations
Marine Corps Aviation Association
Marine Corps Family Network
Marine Corps Free-For-All Links
Marine Corps Institute
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
Marine Corps Systems Command
Marine Forces Reserve
Veterans
American Legion
American Veterans
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Non-Commissioned Officers Association
Reserve Officers Association
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Trailblazer–1st Female CMDCM retires.
May 18, 2008
1st female command master chief retires
Posted : Friday May 16, 2008 6:47:57 EDT
NORFOLK, Va. — Beth Lambert joined the Navy as a teenager in 1978 hoping to see the world.
She spent her entire first hitch in Meridian, Miss.
“I never even made it north of the Mason-Dixon line,” the command master chief said with a laugh.
Toward the end of her enlistment, she planned to get out and go to college. She changed her mind after being enticed by a three-year gig in Rota, Spain.
Lambert retired Wednesday, ending a 30-year career as a Navy trailblazer.
She was one of the Navy’s first female aviation structural mechanics, the first woman named Sailor of the Year, a member of the first class of female chiefs to deploy on an aircraft carrier, and perhaps most significant, the first female to serve aboard a carrier as command master chief — the highest-ranking enlisted sailor onboard.
She also found time to be a wife and mother.
Lambert, 48, eventually got to see the world that enticed her into the Navy. She has browsed Turkish bazaars, climbed Japan’s Mount Fuji and watched gondola races in Venice. She did tours in Greece, Cuba and Hawaii. But the highlights weren’t typically geographic.
One challenge she’ll never forget, for example, was serving aboard the carrier Eisenhower in 1994, on its first deployment with a mixed-gender crew.
“The Ike tour was absolutely wonderful for me. But it was very difficult at first,” she said. “Most sailors walk onto their first ship as junior sailors. I walked onto my first ship as a brand-new chief.”
She learned then that most Navy men were no different from the mechanics she worked alongside in her early years. Once they realized she’d pull her weight, they accepted her.
After being named Shore Sailor of the Year in 1988, Lambert spent time at the Pentagon, working in the office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. She went from wearing greasy coveralls and fixing airplanes to donning dress whites and working alongside admirals.
Her first boss, Master Chief Bill Plackett, said that when he met Lambert, he knew she was special.
“There was no doubt in my military mind that she was going to be a master chief,” said Plackett, who now lives in Virginia Beach. “None. She has the strength of character and personality to take on day-to-day challenges and absorb them like a sponge.”
At the Pentagon, Lambert also impressed the chief of naval operations, the late Adm. Mike Boorda. Lambert said Boorda told her repeatedly that she should consider being commissioned as an officer.
“I made the decision that I was going to be a master chief instead,” Lambert said. “That was a little arrogant, but it worked out.”
She said she believes “men or women can lead men or women.” But young sailors with problems may be more likely to approach superiors who look like they do, so it’s important to have women in positions of power.
When she was selected in 2003 as command master chief for the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, it caused quite a sensation.
“But that didn’t matter to the chiefs,” Lambert said. “If anybody was resentful, they kept it to themselves.”
Some women who preceded Lambert into top ranks are sorry she’s retiring — they hoped she might one day become the first female MCPON.
Linn McDowell of Virginia Beach, who retired as a master chief petty officer in 1988, called Lambert’s selection as the Roosevelt’s command master chief an “amazing milestone.”
“That was a big brick in the pathway,” McDowell said. “I think she was up against a whole lot of competition, and a whole lot of guys who’d spent their careers at sea.”
As she rose in rank, Lambert’s duties changed.
“I’ve explained it to my mother this way,” she said. “I used to fix airplanes, now I fix attitudes. Airplanes are often easier but not nearly as rewarding.”
Her work with young sailors may be ending, but Lambert expects to be back around young people soon. The mother of three — she has a 22-year-old daughter and 8- and 11-year-old sons — plans to spend the summer hanging out with her boys.
Her husband, Jean P. Lambert, a master chief in the Seabees, plans to retire next year.
She said she’d like to teach science at a local high school.
From NAVYTIMES
BUMED Directives, MANMED, Forms etc.
April 24, 2008
Here is the link to the BUMED Directives, this a great place to start to look for the files you need to study from.
2007 VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (VCNO) SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR NAVADMIN 102/08
April 18, 2008
Congratulations HM1 Thomason!!!!
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RAND CORP: PTSD STUDY–MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
April 17, 2008
editor–This was taken from Military.com
WASHINGTON - Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from major depression or post traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 320,000 received brain injuries, a new study estimates.
Only about half have sought treatment, said the study released Thursday by the RAND Corporation.
“There is a major health crisis facing those men and women who have served our nation in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Terri Tanielian, the project’s co-leader and a researcher at the nonprofit RAND.
“Unless they receive appropriate and effective care for these mental health conditions, there will be long-term consequences for them and for the nation,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The 500-page study is the first large-scale, private assessment of its kind - including a survey of 1,965 service members across the country, from all branches of the armed forces and including those still in the military as well veterans who have left the services.
Its results appear consistent with a number of mental health reports from within the government, though the Defense Department has not released the number of people it has diagnosed or who are being treated for mental problems. The Department of Veterans Affairs said this month that its records show about 120,000 who served in the two wars and are no longer in the military have been diagnosed with mental health problems. Of the 120,000, approximately 60,000 are suffering from PTSD, the VA said.
Veterans Affairs is responsible for care of service members after they have left the service, while the Defense Department covers active duty and reservist needs. The lack of information from the Pentagon was one motivation for the RAND study, Tanielian said.
The most prominent and detailed military study on mental health that is released is the Army’s survey of soldiers at the warfront. Officials said last month that it’s most recent one, done last fall, found 18.2 percent of soldiers suffered a mental health problem such as depression, anxiety or acute stress in 2007 compared with 20.5 percent the previous year.
The Rand study, completed in January, put the percentage of PTSD and depression at 18.5 percent, calculating that approximately 300,000 current and former service members were suffering from those problems at the time of its survey, which was completed in January.
The figure is based on Pentagon data showing over 1.6 million military personnel have deployed to the conflicts since the war in Afghanistan began in late 2001.
RAND researchers also found:
-About 19 percent - or some 320,000 services members - reported that they experienced a possible traumatic brain injury while deployed. In wars where blasts from roadside bombs are prevalent, the injuries can range from mild concussions to severe head wounds.
-About 7 percent reported both a probable brain injury and current PTSD or major depression.
-Only 43 percent reported ever being evaluated by a physician for their head injuries.
-Only 53 percent of service members with PTSD or depression sought help over the past year.
-They gave various reasons for not getting help, including that they worried about the side effects of medication; believe family and friends could help them with the problem, or that they feared seeking care might damage their careers.
-Rates of PTSD and major depression were highest among women and reservists.
The report is titled “Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery.” It was sponsored by a grant from the California Community Foundation and done by 25 researchers from RAND Health and the RAND National Security Research Division, which also has done does work under contracts with the Pentagon and other defense agencies as well as allied foreign governments and foundations.
RESERVE COMPONENT MEDICAL HOLD SCREENING AND ASSIGNMENT NAVADMIN 056/08
April 17, 2008
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TITLE 10 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OUTLINES THE ROLE OF ARMED FORCES IN THE UNITED STATES CODE.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN CLARIFIES THE RULES GOVERNING MANAGEMENT OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT (RC) PERSONNEL MEDICAL HOLD (MEDHOLD) SCREENING AND ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM. 2. FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, THE NAVY GREATLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF RC SAILORS ON ACTIVE DUTY. AS A RESULT, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RC SAILORS INCURRING/AGGRAVATING INJURIES OR ILLNESSES WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY. IN TURN, THIS HAS LED TO A LARGER NUMBER OF RC SAILORS RETAINED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN MEDHOLD FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION (MEDEVAL) AND TREATMENT (REFS A THROUGH E APPLY). 3. COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-95) IS THE BENEFITS ISSUING AUTHORITY (BIA) FOR THE NAVY RC MEDHOLD PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN REF A. 4. MEDHOLD IS A SHORT-TERM MEDICAL TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR RESERVE COMPONENT SAILORS TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED DURING PERIODS OF ACTIVE DUTY OF 30 DAYS OR MORE. EVIDENCE MUST EXIST IN THE MEDICAL RECORD THAT A CONDITION WAS IDENTIFIED AND DOCUMENTED WHILE THE SAILOR WAS ON ACTIVE DUTY ORDERS OF 30 DAYS OR MORE. IAW REF A, AND WITH THE MEMBER’S CONSENT, MEMBERS MAY THEN BE ORDERED TO, OR CONTINUED ON, ACTIVE DUTY TO COMPLETE FURTHER MEDICAL EVALUATION (MEDEVAL) AND TO RECEIVE AUTHORIZED MEDICAL CARE UNDER THE MEDHOLD PROGRAM. 5. PERSONNEL WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 12 MONTHS ON MEDHOLD IN PERIODS NO GREATER THAN SIX MONTHS. PERIODS EXCEEDING 12 MONTHS IN TOTAL DURATION REQUIRE COMNAVPERSCOM APPROVAL AND WILL BE APPROVED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IF THE MEDICAL CONDITION WILL BE RESOLVED DURING AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTH MEDHOLD PERIOD. OTHERWISE, IAW REF B THE CASE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM (DES) AND THE SAILOR WILL BE REFERRED TO THE PHYSICAL EVALUATION BOARD (PEB) FOR DETERMINATION OF FITNESS TO CONTINUE NAVAL SERVICE, ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS, DISABILITY RATINGS, AND DISPOSITION OF THE SERVICE MEMBER. 6. THE MERE EXISTENCE OF AN ILLNESS, INJURY OR DISEASE DOES NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY A SAILOR FOR MEDHOLD. THE CONDITION MUST RESULT IN THE SAILOR NOT FIT FOR DUTY. SAILORS FOUND FIT FOR DUTY, IAW REF A, WHO REQUIRE MEDICAL CARE FOR A MINOR OR CHRONIC CONDITION MAY BE RELEASED FROM MEDHOLD. CONTINUED TREATMENT FOR SUCH CONDITIONS MAY BE MANAGED USING THE SAILORS VETERAN AFFAIRS (VA) OR TRICARE BENEFITS, OR THE LINE OF DUTY (LOD) BENEFITS PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN REF A. 7. PROCEDURES: A. THE BIA SHALL PLACE A SERVICE MEMBER WITH AN IDENTIFIED INJURY OR ILLNESS ON MEDEVAL ORDERS FOR UP TO 30 DAYS FOR FURTHER MEDEVAL AND TREATMENT, WITH THE GOAL TO RETURN THE SAILOR TO FIT FOR DUTY STATUS, AND RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY OR AVAILABLE FOR REASSIGNMENT. AT ANY TIME DURING THE MEDEVAL PERIOD, THE TREATING PROVIDER MAY RECOMMEND TO PERS-95 THAT THE SAILOR IS FIT FOR DUTY, OR IS UNFIT FOR DUTY AND REQUIRES FURTHER MEDICAL CARE. ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES OF ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN: (1) IF FIT FOR DUTY, THE SAILOR SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY CLEARED AND RETURNED TO A DUTY STATUS FOR COMPLETION OF ACTIVE DUTY ORDERS, REASSIGNMENT, OR PROCESSING FOR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY. (2) IF UNFIT FOR DUTY, THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN: (A) THE TREATING PROVIDER SHALL COMPLETE A NAVMED 6100/5, ABBREVIATED MEDICAL EVALUATION BOARD REPORT (AMEBR) PER REF E. (B) THE MEDICAL BOARD CONVENING AUTHORITY AT THE MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY (MTF) SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE AMEBR. (C) THE MTF SHALL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ENTRY INTO THE MEDICAL BOARD ONLINE TRISERVICE TRACKING SYSTEM (MEDBOLTT). (D) THE MTF SHALL FORWARD THE AMEBR TO PERS-95. (E) PERS-95 WILL REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATION AND AUTHORIZE PLACING THE SAILOR IN THE MEDHOLD PROGRAM. (F) PERS-95 SHALL DIRECT PERS-4G TO INITIATE RC MEDHOLD ORDERS UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 12301 (H) OF REF F. AS STATED IN PARA 5 ABOVE, THE INITIAL MEDHOLD PERIOD SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX MONTHS. (G) PERS-95 SHALL DIRECT PERS-4G TO ASSIGN OR TRANSFER THE SAILOR TO A COMMAND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT, WITH THE GOAL OF CONTINUED TREATMENT UNTIL THE SAILOR IS RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY, RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY, OR UNTIL FINAL DISPOSITION IS DETERMINED BY THE PEB PER REF B. B. TRANSFER OF SAILOR: AT ANY TIME DURING THE MEDHOLD PERIOD, PERS-95 MAY DIRECT THE TRANSFER OF THE SAILOR TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE COMMAND FOR MEDICAL CARE. SAILORS TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF AN MTF SHALL HAVE A COMPLETED AMEBR AND UPDATED RECORD ENTRY INTO MEDBOLTT BY THE INITIATING MTF PRIOR TO TRANSFER. C. RELEASE FROM MEDHOLD: THE TREATING PROVIDER MAY RECOMMEND THE RELEASE OF A PATIENT FROM MEDHOLD AT ANY CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE TIME DURING MEDHOLD. THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN: (1) THE TREATING PROVIDER SHALL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ENTRY INTO THE SAILORS MEDICAL RECORD AND COMPLETE NAVMED 6100/6, RETURN OF A PATIENT TO MEDICALLY UNRESTRICTED DUTY. (2) THE MTF SHALL NOTIFY PERS-95 AND FORWARD A COPY OF THE COMPLETED NAVMED 6100/6. (3) UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION, THE PERS-95 SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER (SMO) AND/OR THE MEDICAL STATUS REVIEW OFFICER (MSRO) SHALL RELEASE THE SAILOR FROM ACTIVE DUTY STATUS PER REF A. D. SECOND MEDHOLD PERIODS: AT ANY TIME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTH MEDHOLD PERIOD, IF THE TREATING PROVIDER DETERMINES THE SAILOR WILL LIKELY NOT BE FOUND FIT FOR DUTY DURING THE FIRST PERIOD OF MEDHOLD, BUT WILL LIKELY BE FOUND FIT FOR DUTY DURING A SECOND PERIOD OF MEDHOLD, THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN: (1) THE PROVIDER SHALL REQUEST A SECOND PERIOD OF MEDHOLD BY COMPLETING THE STEPS IN PARA 7A (2), (A) THROUGH (E) ABOVE. (2) REQUESTS SHALL BE FORWARDED TO PERS-95 NLT 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE END OF THE FIRST PERIOD OF MEDHOLD TO AVOID A LAPSE IN THE MEMBERS PAY AND BENEFITS. (3) UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE AMEBR, PERS-95 SHALL DIRECT PERS-4G TO MODIFY THE INITIAL MEDHOLD ORDERS TO EXTEND THE SAILOR ON MEDHOLD FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS FOR CONTINUED MEDICAL TREATMENT, NOT TO EXCEED 12 MONTHS FROM THE BEGINNING DATE OF THE FIRST PERIOD OF MEDHOLD. 8. ADDITIONAL MEDHOLD PERIODS BEYOND 12 MONTHS: REQUESTS FOR PERIODS OF MEDHOLD BEYOND A TOTAL OF 12 MONTHS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY PERS-95 IN RARE INSTANCES ONLY ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. TO REQUEST A THIRD SIX MONTH PERIOD OF MEDHOLD (NOT TO EXCEED 6 MONTHS) THE TREATING PROVIDER SHALL SUBMIT A COMPLETE, DICTATED MEBR 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE TO PERS-95. 9. PEB PROCESS: A. AS STATED IN REF E, "MEB AND MEBR OPERATIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND VITAL COMPONENTS OF APPROPRIATE PATIENT CARE, AS WELL AS COMPELLING READINESS ISSUES WHOSE APPROPRIATE EXECUTION SERVES AS A TANGIBLE FORCE MULTIPLIER." IF AT ANY TIME DURING THE RC MEDHOLD PROCESS, IT APPEARS THE SAILOR WILL NOT BE FOUND FIT FOR DUTY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME BASED ON CONDITION, PROGRESS, AND BEST AVAILABLE MEDICAL EVIDENCE, (NO MATTER THE TIME SPENT ON MEDHOLD) THE TREATING PROVIDER SHALL RECOMMEND THE CASE BE REFERRED TO THE PEB FOR DISABILITY EVALUATION IAW REFS B, C AND E. UPON INITIATION OF THE PEB PROCESS, THE MTF SHALL: (1) NOTIFY PERS-95. (2) FORWARD A COPY OF THE DICTATED MEBR TO PERS-95. (3) TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THE PEB AND NOTIFY PERS-95 OF ANY SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TO THE SAILORS PEB PROCESS OR ISSUES THAT MAY DELAY THE PROCESS. B. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PEB PROCESS MAY RESULT IN ONE OF TWO FINDINGS: (1) IF THE PEB FINDS THE SAILOR "FIT FOR CONTINUED NAVAL SERVICE", THE SAILOR IS RELEASED FROM MEDHOLD. ANY FUTURE MEDICAL CARE FOR IDENTIFIED CONDITIONS IS REFERRED TO OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND TRICARE. (2) IF THE PEB FINDS THE SAILOR "UNFIT FOR CONTINUED NAVAL SERVICE", THE SAILOR IS RELEASED FROM MEDHOLD AND FURTHER PROCESSING OF THE SAILOR FOLLOWS THE PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN REF B. 10. POINTS OF CONTACT: -PERS-95 DIRECTOR LOD/MEDHOLD/MRR DIVISION AND MEDICAL STATUS REVIEW OFFICER, CAPT JIM TOWNSEND, (901) 874-4280/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT MEDHOLD(AT)NAVY.MIL. -PERS-95 HEAD MEDHOLD BRANCH AND SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER, CAPT LOUIS TRIPOLI (MC), (901) 874-4202/DSN 882. -PERS-95 HEAD LOD/MRR BRANCH, HMCM(AW/SW) KURT LEWIS, (901) 874-4503/DSN 882. 11. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.// BT # NNNN
$$MONEY$$ STAY NAVY!! NAVADMIN 076/08
April 17, 2008
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 0812124-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU R 212124Z MAR 08 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT UNCLAS //N01040// NAVADMIN 076/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR// SUBJ/PAY AND COMPENSATION - STAY NAVY CAMPAIGN// REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/03DEC06// AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1040.11B GOVERNING NAVY RETENTION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.// RMKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SIXTH MESSAGE IN THE STAY NAVY CAMPAIGN SERIES IS TO COMPARE NAVY PAY AND COMPENSATION WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR USING TWO SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. ALTHOUGH SAILOR CAREER SATISFACTION IS NOT BASED SOLELY ON COMPENSATION, WE RECOGNIZE THAT PAY AND BENEFITS ARE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SAILOR AND FAMILY SATISFACTION, AND AS A RESULT, RETENTION. TAKE THE TIME TO HELP ENSURE YOUR SAILORS UNDERSTAND THEIR TRUE PAY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE. THIS MESSAGE, ALONG WITH ONLINE COMPENSATION CALCULATORS, IS INTENDED TO BE USED AS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN THE BROADER CAREER COUNSELING AND REVIEW SESSIONS THAT OUR SAILORS RECEIVE. 2. COMPETITIVE SALARIES. MOST SAILORS UNDERSTAND THEIR BASE PAY AND BASIC ALLOWANCES SUCH AS BAH, BAS, AND CLOTHING ALLOWANCE. HOWEVER, TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF A NAVY CAREER, SAILORS MUST RESEARCH WELL BEYOND THE PAY CHARTS TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS THE NAVY OFFERS SUCH AS MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND COMMISSARY PRIVILEGES. ADDITIONALLY, THE MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM ENSURES THAT SAILORS WHO STAY 20 YEARS OR MORE WILL RECEIVE PAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, AND IS ONE OF THE FEW RETIREMENT SYSTEMS WITH AN ANNUAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. UNLIKE MOST OF THEIR CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS PAYING INTO DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLANS (SUCH AS THE 401(K)), NAVY MEMBERS MAKE NO MONETARY CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THEIR MILITARY RETIREMENT. 3. ENLISTED COMPENSATION ILLUSTRATION BASED ON 2008 PAY RATES: A PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS AVIATION MECHANIC STATIONED IN NORFOLK WITH TWO DEPENDENTS AND OVER FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. HER MILITARY GROSS ANNUAL SALARY IS APPROXIMATELY 46,487 DOLLARS, AS COMPARED TO A PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTERPART AT APPROXIMATELY 43,790 DOLLARS. BREAKING DOWN THE PETTY OFFICER?S TOTAL ANNUAL SALARY, THIS SAILOR IS MAKING ABOUT 3,533 DOLLARS IN BAS, 15,324 DOLLARS IN BAH (W/DEPENDENTS), 680 DOLLARS CLOTHING MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE AND A BASE PAY OF 26,968 DOLLARS. UNLIKE HER PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTERPART, THE PETTY OFFICER RECEIVES A TAX BREAK BECAUSE ALLOWANCES SUCH AS BAH AND BAS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX. THIS TAX ADVANTAGE INCREASES THE VALUE OF THE PETTY OFFICER?S ANNUAL SALARY BY 5,721 DOLLARS. AS A CIVILIAN, THE AVIATION MECHANIC IN THIS EXAMPLE WOULD HAVE TO EARN ABOUT 52,000 DOLLARS TO HAVE A COMPARABLE AFTER-TAX INCOME. THIS AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANNUAL INDIRECT COMPENSATION ATTAINED SUCH AS MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, AND COMMISSARY BENEFITS WHICH ADD UP TO APPROXIMATELY 6,875 DOLLARS. IF THIS SAME SAILOR MAKES AN INFORMED DECISION AND DECIDES TO “STAY NAVY” AND RETIRE AFTER 24 YEARS AS A SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, SHE CAN EXPECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: A. HIGH-3 MILITARY RETIREMENT PAYOUT OVER 40 YEARS OF OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. AS A CIVILIAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCRUE 2,652,892 DOLLARS AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT TO RECEIVE A COMPARABLE PAYOUT. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS AMOUNT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO INVEST 57,972 DOLLARS ANNUALLY AT AN EIGHT PERCENT RETURN OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. B. IF SHE OPTS TO TAKE THE CAREER STATUS BONUS (CSB) AT 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, SHE WILL RECEIVE A REDUX MILITARY RETIREMENT PAYOUT OVER 40 YEARS OF 4,360,782 DOLLARS. AS A CIVILIAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCRUE 2,354,259 DOLLARS AT THE TIME OF YOUR RETIREMENT TO RECEIVE A COMPARABLE PAYOUT. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS AMOUNT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO INVEST 51,446 DOLLARS ANNUALLY AT AN EIGHT PERCENT RETURN OVER A 20- YEAR PERIOD. ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE PRE-TAX ESTIMATES. C. IF SHE OPTS TO TRANSITION TO THE RESERVE COMPONENT AFTER SERVING EIGHT YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY, SHE WILL RECEIVE A MILITARY PAYOUT OVER 20 YEARS (STARTING AT AGE 60) OF 1,606,604 DOLLARS. DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE PRE-TAX ESTIMATES BASED ON AVERAGE SELECTED RESERVE PARTICIPATION. 4. OFFICER COMPENSATION ILLUSTRATION BASED ON 2008 PAY RATES: AN O-3 FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA WITH DEPENDENTS AND OVER FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. HIS MILITARY GROSS ANNUAL SALARY IS APPROXIMATELY 83,620 DOLLARS. BREAKING DOWN THE LIEUTENANT?S TOTAL ANNUAL SALARY, THIS OFFICER IS MAKING ABOUT 2,433 DOLLARS IN BAS, 26,640 DOLLARS IN BAH (W/DEPENDENTS) AND A BASE PAY OF 54,547 DOLLARS. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UNLIKE THEIR PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTERPART, THE LIEUTENANT RECEIVES A TAX BREAK BECAUSE ALLOWANCES SUCH AS BAH AND BAS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX. THIS TAX ADVANTAGE INCREASES THE VALUE OF THE LIEUTENANT?S EFFECTIVE ANNUAL MONETARY COMPENSATION BY ALMOST 14,094 DOLLARS. AS A CIVILIAN, THE LIEUTENANT IN THIS EXAMPLE WOULD HAVE TO EARN ABOUT 97,000 DOLLARS TO HAVE A COMPARABLE AFTER TAX INCOME. THIS AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANNUAL INDIRECT COMPENSATION ATTAINED SUCH AS MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, AND COMMISSARY BENEFITS WHICH ADD UP TO ANOTHER 6,759 DOLLARS. TYPICALLY JUNIOR OFFICERS WHO LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY WILL HAVE INITIAL STARTING COMPENSATION THAT IS 10-20 PERCENT LESS THAN THEIR ACTIVE DUTY COMPENSATION. IF THIS SAME LIEUTENANT MAKES AN INFORMED DECISION AND DECIDES TO ?STAY NAVY? AND RETIRE AFTER 22 YEARS AS A COMMANDER, HE CAN EXPECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: A. HIGH-3 MILITARY RETIREMENT PAYOUT OVER 40 YEARS OF 7,019,980 DOLLARS. AS A CIVILIAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCRUE 3,724,065 DOLLARS AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT TO RECEIVE A COMPARABLE PAYOUT. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS AMOUNT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO INVEST 81,379 DOLLARS ANNUALLY AT AN EIGHT PERCENT RETURN OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. B. IF HE OPTS TO TAKE THE CSB AT 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, THE RETIRING COMMANDER WILL RECEIVE A REDUX MILITARY RETIREMENT PAYOUT OVER 40 YEARS OF 5,991,688 DOLLARS. AS A CIVILIAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCRUE 3,212,646 DOLLARS AT THE TIME OF YOUR RETIREMENT TO RECEIVE A COMPARABLE PAYOUT. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS AMOUNT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO INVEST 70,230 DOLLARS ANNUALLY AT AN EIGHT PERCENT RETURN OVER A 20- YEAR PERIOD. ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE PRE-TAX ESTIMATES. C. IF HE OPTS TO TRANSITION TO THE RESERVE COMPONENT AFTER SERVING EIGHT YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY, HE WILL RECEIVE A MILITARY PAYOUT OVER 20 YEARS (STARTING AT AGE 60) OF 2,692,347 DOLLARS. DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE PRE-TAX ESTIMATES BASED ON AVERAGE SELECTED RESERVE PARTICIPATION. 5. INDIVIDUALS CAN CALCULATE THEIR PERSONAL PAY AND COMPENSATION DATA (INCLUDING SPECIAL PAYS) USING THE PAY AND COMPENSATION CALCULATOR FROM A LINK ON THE NPC WEBSITE: WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL. OTHER STAY NAVY TOOLS AVAILABLE ARE THE SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AND ACTIVE AND RESERVE RETIREMENT CALCULATORS. THESE STAY NAVY TOOLS PROVIDE VALUABLE, INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER COUNSELING AND CAREER DECISION INFORMATION. 6. POINT OF CONTACT: CAPT WILLIAM FOSTER (DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT) AT (901) 874-2410/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT WILLIAM.F.FOSTER(AT)NAVY.MIL. 7. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.// BT #0000 NNNN
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