ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION OF SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY:
UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 311648Z MAY 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 139/18 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAY// SUBJ/ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION OF SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY// REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/05OCT17// REF/B/DOC/DOD/25SEP17// REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/121941ZAPR18// NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1160.6C, SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY (SDAP) PROGRAM. REF B IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1340.26, ASSIGNMENT AND SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY. REF C IS NAVADMIN 093/18, SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the annual Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) recertification process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and clarifies retroactive payments and procedures. In line with references (a) and (b), commanding officers (CO) are required to annually review and certify each entitlement to SDAP of the Sailor. This certification is to verify every Sailor who is assigned to an eligible billet remains qualified to fill the billet and is receiving the correct SDAP. Certification shall commence upon the release of this NAVADMIN and continue through 31 August 2018. In line with reference (a), commands that do not complete the required certification by 31 August 2018 will have the SDAP of their Sailors terminated retroactive to 1 June 2018. Back pay will not be approved for commands that do not submit their recertification by the deadline. 2. To verify if a Sailor is eligible and receiving the correct level of SDAP, a complete list of authorized skills and pay amounts can be found at: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/career/enlistedcareeradmin/Pages/SRB.aspx. 3. Follow these procedures to certify the SDAP report for your command: a. Obtain and print the annual SDAP report of your command. The annual SDAP report only pulls those Sailors that are currently drawing SDAP. (1) The command annual SDAP report may be obtained by sending a digitally signed email to the SDAP Recertification Report help desk at mill_sdap_recert@navy.mil. (2) Annual SDAP report requesters are to include their primary unit identification code (UIC) in the subject line and any required subordinate UICs in the e-mail body. (3) Requests can only be submitted by Command Career Management System-Interactive Detailing (CMS-ID) users with the activity manning manager (AMM) role. Requester must have CMS-ID AMM access for all subordinate UICs requested. Commands with no AMM will need to submit a CMS-ID AMM access request as outlined on the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) web site http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/enlisted/cmsid/Pages/default2.aspx. (4) The SDAP report will be returned as an attachment either in an encrypted email or via the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineer Center (AMRDEC) Safe access file exchange process. AMRDEC Safe will send an email form *no-reply@amrdec.army.mil* with specific instructions on how to access and download the file. b. Verify your command as a whole and make changes as follows: (1) Add all Sailors who are eligible for SDAP, but not listed in the annual SDAP report. To add, simply handwrite or type the name, rate, effective date, and level on the bottom of the Annual SDAP report. If there is not enough space, attach a list on command letterhead. (2) Draw a line through any Sailor who is no longer eligible and put a brief description as to why they are no longer eligible (transfer/separation/loss of Navy Enlisted Classifications). (3) Verify levels are in line with the most recent SDAP eligibility chart on the NPC web site http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/career/enlistedcareeradmin/Pages/SRB.aspx, and draw a line through listed level and replace with new level as required. (4) The original signature of the CO must be on each page of the annual SDAP report accompanied by the following statement: *After review, I certify that all required additions and changes have been annotated, actions required to start, stop, increase or decrease has been processed via Personnel Support Detachment prior to submission of recertification and all Sailors at this command are receiving the correct SDAP entitlement.* This statement can be handwritten, typed, or put on with a label. A cover letter is not required, and only recommended if the command needs more space for Sailors added. (5) Provide a point of contact in the top right hand corner of the first page of the annual SDAP report. (6) Send the SDAP report via encrypted e-mail to mill_incen_pays@navy.mil. If you are having trouble sending encrypted e- mail, contact the Enlisted Incentive Program Department (BUPERS-328) at 901-874-3260/DSN 882 so that you can be added to the contact list. E-mail subject line should read: Encryption request for UIC, POC: name and phone number and/or e-mail address. E-mail is the preferred method, but if you need to send via regular mail, please send to: Navy Personnel Command ATTN: Enlisted Incentive Program Department (BUPERS-328) 5720 Integrity Drive Millington, TN 38055-0130. (7) E-mail subject line must contain: UIC, POC: rate, name, and phone number. (8) SDAP recertifications do not go to the Personnel Support Detachment (PSD), only the required changes need to be submitted to PSD via the transaction online processing system. 4. Each command is responsible for ensuring updates are made to the Sailors record through the commands servicing PSD. No changes will be made by NPC as part of the annual recertification process. If changes are required by the BUPERS-328, then send via separate correspondence with Sailors name in subject line of the e-mail. 5. Commands can check the status of their SDAP recertification at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers- npc/career/enlistedcareeradmin/Pages/SRB.aspx. Commands are strongly encouraged to use this site to ensure all subordinate commands have completed the recertification. Please allow five to ten days after submission for the webpage to be updated. 6. SDAP Processing Timeline: PSDs may start the SDAP of a Sailor up to eight months retroactive to the date of the SDAP memo of the command. SDAP requests that are greater than eight months must be submitted to BUPERS-328 and will require a letter signed by the Immediate Superior in Command of the command explaining why the SDAP of the member was not processed in a timely manner. Payments will be determined by BUPERS-328. 7. Point of contact via e-mail mill_incen_pays@navy.mil, at (901)874- 3260/DSN 882. 8. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or 1 October 2018, whichever occurs first. 9. You can look forward to this cumbersome administrative requirement being automated as we work towards implementation of our new personnel IT system. 10. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//