SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL REPORTING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR)// REF/A/LAW/10USC651/ REF/B/DOC/25AUG1997/ REF/C/LAW/10USC10204/ REF/D/LAW/10USC10205/ REF/E/LAW/10USC102...:
RAAUZYUW RUENAAA1098 0221300-UUUU--RHMFIUU. ZNR UUUUU R 221300Z JAN 07 PSN 121753H19 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO RHMFIUU/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT UNCLAS //N01001// NAVADMIN 010/07 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JAN// SUBJ/SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL REPORTING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR)// REF/A/LAW/10USC651/ REF/B/DOC/25AUG1997/ REF/C/LAW/10USC10204/ REF/D/LAW/10USC10205/ REF/E/LAW/10USC10206/ REF/F/LAW/10USC12319/ REF/G/LAW/37USC433/ REF/H/DOC/16JUL2005/ REF/I/DOC/31OCT1997/ REF/J/DOC/21MAR2003/ REF/K/DOC/17JUL2002/ REF/L/LAW/10USC10148/ REF/M/DOC/21DEC1993/ REF/N/LAW/10USC12681/ REF/O/LAW/10USC12683/ REF/P/LAW/10USC12302/ AMPN/ REF A IS 10 USC SEC 651 SETS MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION (MSO) AT SIX OR EIGHT YEARS AS DETERMINED BY SECDEF. REF B IS DODI 1304.25 SETS MSO AT EIGHT YEARS. REF C IS 10 USC SEC 10204 STATES SERVICE SECRETARIES SHALL MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AND CURRENT RECORDS ON IRR PERSONNEL. REF D IS 10 USC SEC 10205 REQUIRES IRR MEMBERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY REF B. REF E IS 10 USC SEC 10206 REQUIRES IRR MEMBER TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICAL CONDITION. REF F IS 10 USC SEC 12319 AUTHORIZES AN ANNUAL MUSTER FOR IRR MEMBERS WITH PAY. REF G IS 37 USC SEC 433 CITES AN ALLOWANCE IS PAID FOR ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MUSTER DUTY. REF H IS DOD DIRECTIVE 1235.13 SETS GUIDANCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE IRR. REF I IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1235.14 PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE IRR. REF J IS USD(P&R) MEMO ESTABLISHING CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION (CEI) PROGRAM. REF K IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1215.18 PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR SATISFACTORY AND UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE IRR. REF L IS 10 USC SEC 10148 SETS FORTH ACTIONS FOR FAILURE TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM PRESCRIBED TRAINING. REF M IS DOD DIRECTIVE 1332.14 PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON ENLISTED ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS. REF N IS 10 USC SEC 12681 PROVIDES DISCHARGE AUTHORITY FOR RESERVE OFFICERS. REF O IS 10 USC SEC 12683 PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON THE INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF RESERVE OFFICERS. REF P IS 10 USC SEC 12302 AUTHORIZES SECNAV TO ORDER ANY READY RESERVE MEMBER, WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT, TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR NOT MORE THAN 24 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES NEW PROCEDURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY BY ACTIVE DUTY COMMANDS TO COUNSEL AND ADVISE MEMBERS LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY AND TRANSFERRING TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR), OF THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CITED IN LAW (AND EXPLAINED BELOW). THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE IRR MEMBER TO A. REPORT TO ANNUAL MUSTER AS DIRECTED (IN PERSON OR ONLINE). B. COMPLY WITH CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION (CEI) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (ONLINE). 2. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY LAW. A. REF A CITES THAT EVERY MEMBER HAS A MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION (MSO) OF 6 OR 8 YEARS. REF B ESTABLISHES A MSO OF EIGHT YEARS FOR ALL MILITARY MEMBERS. FOR THOSE MEMBERS LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY WITH LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE, THEY USUALLY FULFILL THE REMAINING MSO REQUIREMENT BY AFFILIATING WITH THE SELRES OR BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE IRR, UNTIL THEIR MSO IS REACHED. COMMANDS SHALL ADVISE EACH DEPARTING MEMBER THAT THEIR MSO OR RESERVE OBLIGATION TERMINATION DATE IS FOUND IN BLOCK SIX OF THE CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214). B. REF C REQUIRES THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (SECNAV) SHALL MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AND CURRENT PERSONNEL RECORDS ON EACH MEMBER OF THE IRR. SPECIFICALLY, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE: (1) PHYSICAL CONDITION. (2) DEPENDENCY STATUS. (3) MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS. (4) CIVILIAN OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS. (5) AVAILABILITY FOR SERVICE. (6) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS SECNAV MAY PRESCRIBE. C. REF D REQUIRES THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE IRR SHALL NOTIFY SECNAV OF: (1) PHYSICAL CONDITION. (2) ANY CHANGE IN THE MEMBER S ADDRESS. (3) MARITAL STATUS. (4) DEPENDENCY STATUS. (5) CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION (CEI). D. ADDITIONALLY, REF E REQUIRES THE IRR MEMBER TO SUBMIT TO SECNAV ANNUALLY A CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICAL CONDITION. 3. ANNUAL IRR MUSTER. A. TO FACILITATE THIS ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF REPORTING INFORMATION BETWEEN SECNAV AND THE IRR MEMBER (AS MANDATED BY REFS B THROUGH D), REF F STATES THAT A MEMBER OF THE IRR MAY BE ORDERED WITHOUT HIS/HER CONSENT TO MUSTER DUTY AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS OF MUSTER DUTY ON THE DAY OF MUSTER. B. RECOGNIZING THAT IRR MEMBERS MAY BE INCONVENIENCED BY PERFORMING THIS ANNUAL MUSTER REQUIREMENT, REF G AUTHORIZES COMPENSATION SET AT 125 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE PER DIEM RATE FOR THE UNITED STATES (OTHER THAN ALASKA AND HAWAII) IN EFFECT ON 30 SEPTEMBER OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE MUSTER IS PERFORMED. C. REF H STATES THAT A MEMBER ON MUSTER DUTY SHALL BE ENGAGED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS ON THE DAY OF MUSTER IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT DUTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE PERIOD ALLOWED FOR MUSTER DUTY, INCLUDING ROUND-TRIP TRAVEL, SHALL NOT TOTAL MORE THAN ONE DAY EACH CALENDAR YEAR. D. REF I REQUIRES THAT ALL IRR MEMBERS SHALL INFORM THEIR EMPLOYERS OF THEIR RESERVE OBLIGATION TO INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND ANNUAL IRR MUSTER DUTY. E. MEMBERS NOT ORDERED TO REPORT FOR MUSTER DUTY WILL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SCREENING LETTER WITH INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO COMPLETE THEIR ANNUAL SCREENING ONLINE VIA THE IRR COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE LOCATED AT HTTP://WWW.NKO.NAVY.MIL/. 4. CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION (CEI) REPORTING. A. REFS C AND D ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE IRR MEMBER TO PROVIDE INITIAL AND UPDATED CEI INFORMATION AND REF J IMPLEMENTS THE CEI PROGRAM FOR THE READY RESERVE. REQUIRED INFORMATION IS: (1) EMPLOYMENT STATUS. (2) EMPLOYER S NAME. (3) EMPLOYER S COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS. (4) MEMBER S CIVILIAN JOB TITLE. (5) TOTAL YEARS EXPERIENCE IN CURRENT CIVILIAN OCCUPATION. THE REQUIREMENT TO ENTER INITIAL AND UPDATED INFORMATION IS NOT ALLEVIATED IF THE IRR MEMBER IS IN A STUDENT, VOLUNTEER OR UNEMPLOYED STATUS. THE WEBSITE FOR MAKING INITIAL DATA ENTRY IS AT HTTPS://WWW.ESGR.ORG. B. TIPS FOR MAKING CEI ENTRIES AT THE WEBSITE CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/RESERVEPERSONNELMANAGEMENT/IRR/CE I.HTM. 5. RAMIFICATIONS OF UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION IN THE IRR. A. REF K STATES THAT A MEMBER LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY AND TRANSFERRING TO THE IRR SHALL BE MADE AWARE OF HIS/HER MSO AND OF THE REQUIREMENTS CITED ABOVE FOR SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL REPORTING PROGRAM. B. IRR MEMBERS WHO ARE ORDERED TO MUSTER DUTY TO ACCOMPLISH ANNUAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, AND WHO FAIL TO PERFORM THAT DUTY OR TO PRODUCE SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE AS TO WHY THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM THAT DUTY, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPANTS. C. UNSATISFACTORY IRR PARTICIPANTS MAY BE PROCESSED AS FOLLOWS: (1) ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (ADT), REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF PRIOR ACTIVE DUTY OR ADT, FOR A PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN 45 DAYS (REF L), FOR FAILING TO MEET ANNUAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. (2) RETAINED IN THE IRR OR TRANSFERRED TO THE STANDBY RESERVE INACTIVE STATUS FOR THE BALANCE OF THEIR STATUTORY MSO WHEN SECNAV HAS DETERMINED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED STILL POSSESSES THE POTENTIAL FOR USEFUL MILITARY SERVICE, IF EVER MOBILIZED. (3) ENLISTED IRR MEMBERS SHALL BE PROCESSED FOR SEPARATION FOR UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION PER REF M WHEN SECNAV HAS DETERMINED THE INDIVIDUAL HAS NO POTENTIAL FOR USEFUL MILITARY SERVICE, IF EVER MOBILIZED. (4) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH PARTICIPATION THAT HAS BEEN UNSATISFACTORY MAY BE DISCHARGED FROM A RESERVE COMPONENT ONLY UNDER AN APPROVED RECOMMENDATION FROM A BOARD OF OFFICERS, CONVENED BY AN AUTHORITY DESIGNATED BY SECNAV, EXCEPT AS CITED IS REFS N AND O. 6. ACTION. A. EVERY COMMANDING OFFICER (CO) OR OFFICER IN CHARGE (OIC) SHALL TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO INCLUDE THIS FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES/PROCESS. (1) UNTIL A NEW BUPERS INSTRUCTION ON THIS TOPIC CAN BE PROMULGATED, PROVIDE EACH DETACHING MEMBER, WITH AN UNFULFILLED MSO, A COPY OF THIS NAVADMIN. (2) PER REF J, DURING THE CHECK-OUT INTERVIEW WITH XO OR AOIC, DETACHING MEMBERS WILL BE ADVISED OF: (A) THE DETACHING MEMBER S MSO DATE. (B) WHERE IT IS FOUND ON THE DETACHING MEMBER S DD FORM 214. (C) THAT THE DETACHING MEMBER IS REQUIRED, BY LAW, TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL REPORTING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT (TO INCLUDE THE IRR) UNTIL MSO IS FULFILLED. (D) THE ANNUAL MUSTER REQUIREMENT AND ENTITLEMENTS. (E) MORE INFORMATION REGARDING IRR MUSTER IS FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/RESERVEPERSONNELMANAGEMENT/IRR/MU STER.HTM. (F) UPON GAINING CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT, BECOMING UNEMPLOYED OR BECOMING A STUDENT, THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO CEI WEBSITE AND TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION UPDATED AS NECESSARY. (G) THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ADT, ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK (ADSW), FUNERAL HONOR DUTY (AND COMPENSATION), EARNING RETIREMENT POINTS THROUGH TAKING CORRESPONDENCE COURSES. MORE INFORMATION AT HTTPS://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/ RESERVEPERSONNELMANAGEMENT/IRR/IRRGUIDE.HTM. (H) AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, VOLUNTEER TO MOBILIZE IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) AS INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEES (IA). (3) DETACHING MEMBERS SHALL PRE-REGISTER WITH THE IRR PRIOR TO DETACHING, PROVIDING THE SEPARATING ACTIVITY WITH A COPY OF THE PRE- REGISTRATION COMPLETION CERTIFICATE. DETACHING MEMBERS SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY SHOWN THE COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-49) IRR COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WEBPAGE ON THE BUPERS ONLINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/RESERVEPERSONNELMANAGEMENT/IRR/. (4) DETACHING MEMBERS SHALL BE ADVISED TO RETAIN AND MAINTAIN UNIFORM ITEMS IN VIEW OF ANNUAL IRR MUSTER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, IN PERSON (IF SO ORDERED) AND IN THE PROPER UNIFORM. (5) DETACHING MEMBERS SHALL BE COUNSELED THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH IRR MUSTER AND/OR CEI REPORTING REQUIREMENTS MAY RESULT IN THEIR BEING ORDERED TO 45 DAYS ADT. (6) DETACHING MEMBERS SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY SHOWN THE CEI WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.ESGR.ORG. (7) WHILE MOBILIZATION FROM THE NAVY IRR IS CURRENTLY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, IT REMAINS SECNAV S LEGAL AUTHORITY (REF P) TO MOBILIZE ANY MEMBER OF A RESERVE COMPONENT (INCLUDING THE IRR) WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MEMBER AFFECTED. 7. CNP COMMENTS: I CANNOT STATE IT ANY PLAINER THAN THIS. SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL REPORTING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE IRR IS THE LAW AND IT IS REQUIRED OF NAVY MEMBERS IN THE IRR, PERIOD. WE ALL NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT GETTING THE WORD OUT AND KEEPING OUR IRR MEMBERS FULLY ENGAGED. ANNUAL MUSTERS NOT ONLY AFFORD US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT REQUIRED INFORMATION BUT ALSO ALLOWS OUR FTS AND SELRES AT THE NOSC S TO REMIND IRR MEMBERS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH EITHER MORE ACTIVE IRR PARTICIPATION, AFFILIATION WITH THE SELRES OR VOLUNTEERING TO MOBILIZE IN SUPPORT OF THE GWOT IN AN IA STATUS. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 272 IRR MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO MOBILIZE WITH ANOTHER 82 SCHEDULED FOR FEB 2007. AS THE CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, I CLEARLY VIEW THE IRR AS A HIGHLY SKILLED AND TALENTED RESERVE ASSET WHOSE EXPERTISE SPANS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF NAVAL OPERATIONS - A CLEAR FORCE MULTIPLIER. ENSURE EVERY DETACHING MEMBER GETS A COPY OF THIS NAVADMIN AND THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPATE IN THE NAVY IRR. ONE TEAM, ONE FIGHT. 8. POINT OF CONTACTS: - LCDR STEPHANIE HIBDON AT (901) 874-3368/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT STEPHANIE.HIBDON@NAVY.MIL. - LTJG SHARON HURLEY AT (901) 874-3359/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT SHARON.E.HURLEY@NAVY.MIL. - PSCS JAMES GILMORE AT (901) 874-2283/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT JAMES.GILMORE@NAVY.MIL. 9. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.// BT #1098 NNNN