NAVY INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE COMBAT SKILLS TRAINING (NIACT):
UNCLASSIFIED// RAAUZDSW RUEWMCS0001 0020332-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU ZUI RUEWMCE2200 0022033 R 261417Z DEC 07 ZDS PSN 876373K34 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO RHMFIUU/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT UNCLAS //N01500// NAVADMIN 355/07 CORRECTED COPY MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/DEC// SUBJ/NAVY INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE COMBAT SKILLS TRAINING (NIACT)// REF/A/GENADMIN/COMFLTFORCOM/261332ZOCT2005/NOTAL// REF/B/GENADMIN/COMUSNAVCENT/011219ZFEB2007/NOTAL// REF/C/LTR/COMUSNAVCENT N00A/31JUL2006/0399/NOTAL// NARR/REF A DETAILS COMBAT SKILLS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEES. REF B DELINEATED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTENDING UDARI RANGE TRAINING IN KUWAIT. REF C DEFINES CONVOY/IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AT KUWAIT UDARI RANGE.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE MINIMUM TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR JOINT MANNING DOCUMENT (JMD) SOURCED NAVY INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEES (IA*S) AND ALL SAILORS WHO ARE DEPLOYED WHETHER OR NOT ASHORE IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM/OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OIF/OEF) FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. REGARDLESS OF SOURCING ORIGIN, ALL NAVY IA*S, AD HOC ASSIGNMENTS, OR IN LIEU OF FORCES WILL ATTEND NIACT OR EQUIVALENT TRAINING. REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION. 2. BUILDING UPON CENTCOM REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED IN REF A, NIACT WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE NAVY IA*S THE MINIMUM REQUIRED COMBAT SKILLS TRAINING TO SUCCEED WHILE DEPLOYED TO HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE CENTCOM AOR. THIS THREE-WEEK COURSE IS CONDUCTED AT FT JACKSON, SC. COMMANDER U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND (USFFC) AND OPNAV IDENTIFY PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO ATTEND NIACT; PERS-4G ACTS AS QUOTA CONTROL AND SCHEDULES BILLETS THROUGH THE IA ORDERS PROCESS. COMMANDS TEMPORARILY SENDING SAILORS TO NAVCENT AOR FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS SHOULD CONTACT THE NAVCENT AUGMENTATION CELL AT m-ba-cusnc-augcell@me.navy.mil OR DSN (318) 439-4240/9219 TO DETERMINE IF NIACT, OR EQUIVALENT TRAINING, IS REQUIRED FOR THE TAD LOCATION. COMMANDER NAVAL EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT COMMAND (NECC) AND COMMANDING OFFICER, NAVY EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT READINESS CENTER (ECRC) ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IA OVERSIGHT. 3. MAJOR NIACT TOPICS INCLUDE: - GENERAL COMBAT SKILLS - WEAPONS USE AND MAINTENANCE - COMBAT LIFE SAVER - CONVOY OPS AND COMBAT MOVEMENT - LAND NAVIGATION - COMMUNICATIONS - ADMIN AND EQUIPMENT ISSUE 4. BECAUSE COMBAT SKILLS ARE PERISHABLE AND U.S. AND ENEMY TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (TTP*S) ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, COMUSFFC AND COMNECC HAVE DETERMINED THAT AN IA MUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE NIACT WITHIN 90 DAYS BEFORE EACH DEPLOYMENT. SAILORS WHO RECEIVED MORE EXTENSIVE COMBAT SKILLS TRAINING FROM A PREVIOUS (NON-IA) OIF/OEF ASSIGNMENT MUST ALSO ATTEND NIACT IF THERE WAS A 90-DAY OR MORE GAP BETWEEN LEAVING AND RE-ENTERING THEATER. ANY IA OR TAD SAILOR ASSIGNED OVER 30 DAYS THAT ATTENDS NIACT BUT DOES NOT DEPLOY WITHIN 90 DAYS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND NIACT AGAIN TO UPDATE HIS/HER COMBAT SKILLS AND REVIEW CURRENT ENEMY TTP*S PRIOR TO DEPLOYING. 5. AS NIACT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THE MINIMUM TRAINING OUR SAILORS NEED TO SUCCEED IN THESE NON-TRADITIONAL NAVY ROLES, APPROVED ATTENDANCE AND 90-DAY UPDATE TRAINING WAIVERS WILL BE RARE AND GRANTED BY COMNECC ONLY WHEN RECENT RELEVANT COMBAT SKILLS TRAINING SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDS THAT OF NIACT. NECC WILL ACT AS THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR ALL WAIVERS IN COORDINATION WITH USFFC. SUBMIT WAIVERS TO COMNECC (N7) VIA GENADMIN MSG WITH SPECIFIC JUSTIFICATION FOR NIACT SUBSTITUTION. 6. PERSONNEL ATTENDING NIACT WILL PROCESS THROUGH NECC NAVCENT DET KUWAIT FOR ADMIN PROCESSING AND ACCOUNTING, FUNCTIONAL WEAPONS CHECK, AND TACTICAL MOVEMENT COUNTER-IED TRAINING HELD AT CAMP UDARI, KUWAIT. REFS B AND C ESTABLISHED THE REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL SAILORS ORDERED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN RECEIVE APPROPRIATE TACTICAL MOVEMENT COUNTER-IED TRAINING. NECC, USFFC AND FORSCOM REVALIDATED THE REQUIREMENT AND, WITH COMBINED FORCES LAND COMPONENT COMMANDER CONCURRENCE, HAVE DETERMINED THAT NIACT TRAINING ALONE CANNOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TACTICAL MOVEMENT COUNTER-IED TRAINING. 7. POINT OF CONTACT IS LCDR MARTY ANDERSON, COMNECC N71, (757) 462-4316 X193/DSN 253, OR EMAIL martin.anderson@navy.mil. 8. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.// BT #0001 NNNN