UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 122237Z JUN 20 MID510001261460U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 169/20 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JUN// SUBJ/PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION POST STOP MOVEMENT PRIORITY PLAN// REF/A/MSG/OPNAV/122138ZJUN20// REF/B/DOC/OSD/22MAY20// REF/C/MSG/OPNAV/042027ZMAY20// REF/D/DOC/USFFC/USPACFLT/16AUG19//NOTAL// REF/E/MSG/OPNAV/221516ZDEC17// REF/F/MEMO/DOA/20MAY20// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 168/20, NAVY MITIGATION MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK UPDATE 5. REF B IS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SECDEF) MEMO ON TRANSITION TO CONDITIONS-BASED PHASED APPROACH TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PERSONNEL MOVEMENT AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. REF C IS NAVADMIN 132/20, FORCE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL MITIGATION MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. REF D IS U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND-U.S. PACIFIC FLEET NOTICE 1000, SEA DUTY MANNING TARGET LEVELS. REF E IS NAVADMIN 307/17, ALIGNMENT OF ENLISTMENT CONTRACTS WITH DUTY STATION TOUR LENGTHS. REF F IS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (DOA) MEMO ON PASSPORT PROCESSING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN details how Navy Personnel Command (NPC) will work to eliminate the temporary backlog of five months of Sailors due to transfer as locations and installations achieve the conditions outlined in reference (b). There are 42,000 Sailors with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders delayed due to COVID- 19. As conditions allow for the easing of stop movement orders, household goods (HHG) and transportation logistics will initially limit the number of Sailors that can be moved at one time. 2. Until full HHG and transportation capacities are restored, NPC will prioritize transfers that emphasize fleet readiness while striving for contact relief in operational sea duty billets. This will likely involve the delay and/or acceleration of Estimated Dates of Departure (EDDs) of Sailors. 3. Background a. COVID-19 has created a complex challenge to how the Navy balances the distribution of Sailors and maintains fleet readiness. Interruptions to the Navy accessions supply chain and inability to complete prioritized turnover moves have contributed to an increase of operational gaps at sea. Solving this problem will require engaged leadership, flexibility and patience among Sailors and commands. b. References (a) and (b) and previous guidance have forced Sailors with EDDs in March, April, May and June 2020 to delay their transfer. When combined with Sailors due to detach in July 2020, transfer backlog of the Navy is almost 42,000 Sailors. c. Reference (a) details that travel restrictions may be lifted or relaxed incrementally by location or installation, taking into account local health conditions and criteria. These relaxations will be tracked by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(PR)). In areas remaining under stop movement conditions, the exemption and waiver processes described in reference (a) will continue to apply. PCS orders will continue to include Restriction of Movement (ROM) periods for Sailors traveling to or from these areas, to include intermediate stops. Travel may be restricted even between areas which have satisfied the criteria in reference (a) if the travel includes an intermediate stop (I- stop), layover or airline connection in an area which remains under stop-movement. d. During the summer, the highest volume move season, U.S. Transportation Command (USTC) will not immediately be able to support Department of Defense (DoD) and Navy demand for PCS moves. As a result, Navy will follow DoD criteria for lifting restrictions on travel and PCS orders. These criteria will take into account local conditions in countries, states and installations based on prevailing COVID risk conditions. This means that relaxation of the global stop-movement will not mean unrestricted movement to and from all locations simultaneously. Eliminating the PCS backlog could extend beyond the end of calendar year 2020. e. The ultimate goal is for Navy to preserve its maritime superiority by focusing on fleet readiness. Once we have eliminated the COVID-created backlog, NPC will return to a distribution environment where Sailors transfer based on their original EDD. 4. Policy a. NPC will use every option available to maintain fleet readiness. These options include prioritization of move timing based on the priority of billets, incentivizing sea duty as outlined in reference (c) and adjustment of EDDs. b. For the entire group of Sailors affected, even those in categories exempted under reference (a), NPC will prioritize all PCS moves based on the impacts of fleet readiness rather than solely on a Projected Rotation Date (PRD) of the Sailor. Those Sailors transferring to high priority units will move first. This will entail shortening shore duty tours by up to 6 months. Sailors transferring from high priority units will move last. This will entail extending Sailors on sea duty by up to 6 months. In each case, NPC will work with the Service Member, gaining and losing commands to evaluate potential hardships and impacts on readiness. (1) High priority units are those specifically designated *operational sea duty.* NPC will continue to work with Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF), Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CPF) and Type Commanders (TYCOM) to prioritize *operational sea duty* billets over other sea duty, using reference (d) and current operational requirements as guidance. (2) Operational sea duty includes strategic and special operations forces, Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) and Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP) units with a published manning date (M-date), normally 12 months before the deployment date. (3) Special consideration will be given to Sailors serving in or ordered to critical accession pipeline billets on shore duty (Recruit Training Command, Officer Training Command, Navy Recruiting Commands, and essential production support training sites). This consideration will ensure those commands continue with manning to operate with an acceptable level of risk to their critical training missions and preserve the flow of accession Sailors to the fleet. (4) The next group of priorities will be Sailors transferring to milestone billets, OSD validated key billets, special program billets and students heading to civilian or service schools (e.g., Naval War College, Naval Postgraduate School, Senior Enlisted Academy). (5) The next group of priorities will be Sailors transferring outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) shore duty, Major or Numbered Fleet Staffs, Combatant Commander staffs or Joint Staffs and Office of the Secretary of Defense. (6) The next group of priorities will be non-operational sea duty to include units that are in the maintenance phase and Pre- Commissioning. (7) The final group of priorities will be all other continental U.S. (CONUS) shore duty. c. NPC acknowledges that vacancies may exist at lower priority commands and will work to minimize those shortfalls. d. Detailers will contact those Sailors with orders to transfer in March through September 2020 to determine any economic hardships or transfer limitations. Placement officers will work with USFF, CPF and TYCOMs to determine readiness impacts. The transfer of a Sailor will be determined by the priority system listed in subparagraph 4b and may be adjusted up to 6 months to facilitate contact relief. e. For Sailors with PRDs in October 2020 and beyond, detailers will review the postings of all Sailors on higher priority units to determine if a relief has been identified. For those Sailors with a relief identified, the detailer may adjust the EDD of the incumbent to match the Estimated Date of Arrival (EDA) of the relief to facilitate a contact relief. When appropriate, detailers may consider moving the relief from shore duty early to lessen the extension impact on the incumbent. Those Service Members without a relief identified shall have their EDD extended up to 6 months past their current PRD. The EDD may be readjusted when a relief is identified in the future to minimize overlap. (1) Using information gathered from Sailors, USFF, CPF and TYCOMs, NPC will issue order modifications as required. Those modifications will have a No Earlier Than (NET) or No Later Than (NLT) date on when the Service Member can conduct a HHG move. Sailors are encouraged to use the MyPCS mobile app, available from the Navy App Locker (https://www.applocker.navy.mil) to schedule and manage their HHG move. (2) Sailors conducting local geographic transfers, no-cost PCS moves or Personally Procured Moves (PPM), also commonly referred to as Do-It- Yourself (DITY) moves, are not exempt and may still be subject to an orders modification. The intent of Sailors and pursuit of these options will reduce the overall demand for HHG moves by a contracted moving company, reducing pressure on USTC and personal property offices. PPM/DITY moves in particular allow a Sailor to move HHG when best for the Sailor and family, even if fleet readiness concerns adjust the timing of the actual detachment of the Sailor from the losing command. f. In coordination with USFF and CPF, NPC may need to renegotiate already-released orders to maximize readiness of operational sea duty units, accession pipelines and increase the number of same geographic location and no-cost moves. For the extent of the COVID recovery, near-term readiness may eclipse career progression or duty station preferences. g. In special circumstances, and with Career Management Pillar (PERS-4) concurrence, some Sailors may be extended 7-12 months as they await a contact relief. All efforts will be made to minimize these extensions. A new Assignment Incentive Pay to compensate those Sailors extended greater than 6 months beyond their PRD has been proposed by Navy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ASN(M&RA)) and approval is expected shortly. Sailors that are in Sea Duty Incentive Pay (SDIP) eligible skills and extend for 12 months or more may receive SDIP instead. All Sailors are encouraged to consider the incentives for voluntary extensions outlined in reference (c). h. To ensure NPC and gaining commands have the most accurate information of projected Sailor arrivals, all enlisted orders received shall be acknowledged by the losing command to their Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) with a statement of the intent of their affected Sailor to execute the orders, in line with reference (e). Commands with enlisted personnel who do not intend to execute a received set of orders (i.e., separate at PRD) shall notify PERS-4013 as soon as possible. Commands shall ensure all gains and losses are accounted for in Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) in a timely manner. i. Sailors with retirement or fleet reserve orders and enlisted personnel with End of Active Obligated Service (EAOS) dates before their PRDs who do not intend to re-enlist will be exempt from this direction. j. Conditions outlined in reference (a) will be achieved in stages geographically. Local restrictions will persist after the initial relaxations. NPC will take local Health Protection Conditions (HPCONs) and international, state and local government policies into account when determining PCS transfer timelines. NPC may delay moves, even into an area cleared for PCS movement, in the interest of fleet readiness. k. Passport and Visa Issuance. As outlined in reference (f), Service Members, DoD civilians and dependents on PCS orders to OCONUS locations requiring a no-fee passport, pursuant to the foreign clearance guide, will submit passport applications to their local passport acceptance facility no earlier than 60 days and no later than 45 days from OCONUS departure date. If a visa is also required, the passport application will be submitted no earlier than 80 days and no later than 65 days before departure date. (1) Failure to adhere to these timeframes increases the chance that command-sponsored dependents will not receive their passport and/or visa in time to travel concurrently with their DoD sponsors. (2) Service Members, DoD civilians and command-sponsored dependents on PCS orders to OCONUS locations with departure dates before 30 June 2020, and who are traveling under one of the stop movement order exemptions approved by reference (a) or have been granted an exception to policy to the stop movement order, should immediately submit their passport applications if they have not already done so. l. Delayed Dependent Travel (DDT). Sailors in receipt of PCS orders with a transfer date before 1 September 2020 may request DDT to the new permanent duty station of up to 180 days due to coronavirus. Sailors with a transfer date before the stop movement termination date will receive up to 180 days delay from the termination date. Personnel with a transfer date after the termination date will receive up to 180 days from the transfer date. (1) Service Members with dependents in elementary or secondary school (K-12) may request DDT until the end of the school year or 30 June 2021, whichever occurs first. Service Members are only entitled to one housing allowance and Family Separation Allowance will not be authorized. (2) Navy Personnel Command (PERS-451) will be the approval authority for DDT from locations within CONUS. Due to possible Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) concerns, Military Pay and Compensation Branch (OPNAV N130) will be the approval authority for DDT from locations OCONUS. For personnel who were previously approved for DDT, PERS-451 and OPNAV N130 are authorized to approve extensions related to COVID-19 on a case-by-case basis. 5. Key messages a. Sailors. The emphasis on operational readiness and unit prioritization reflects our identity as a Sea Service. NPC must preserve the readiness of the Fleet by ensuring that PCS moves are executed to maintain manning at key commands. This will result in changes to tour lengths as we move Sailors to sea duty early and hold Sailors on sea duty beyond their EDD. I encourage all Sailors to review the incentives outlined in reference (c) and consider extending at sea or volunteering for sea duty. I know that this will induce additional hardship for some Sailors and families and I thank you and them for your service and sacrifice. Please trust that every Sailor on the MyNavy HR team will work hard to minimize this impact. b. Commands. Commanders, commanding officers, executive officers and senior enlisted leaders must ensure their Sailors understand the intent of this message. Further, command leaders should engage their Sailors, discuss the COVID-19 affect on the economy and encourage your best Sailors to stay Navy, taking advantage of incentives in reference (c). Your engagement and recruitment of your Sailors to stay Navy makes a difference. 6. Points of Contact. Questions regarding the changing of the EDD of a Sailor should be referred to the appropriate detailer. Detailer contact information is available through MyNavyPortal (https://my.navy.mil) or by contacting the MyNavy Career Center at askmncc(at)navy.mil or 1-833-330-MNCC (6622). 7. Released by Vice Admiral John B. Nowell, Jr, N1// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//