RAAUZYUW RUCCBWF0411 1311300-UUUU--RHMCCSUU. ZNR UUUUU R 031311Z OCT 14 ZYB FM COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN//PERS2// TO AIG 9226 INFO COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN//PERS2// BT UNCLAS //N01000// SECINFO/-/-// MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2008/COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN// SUBJ/PAY AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION BULLETIN 14-12// POC/SAVINO, RON CIV/UNIT:PERS-2/NAME:MILLINGTON, TN/TEL:901-874-4945// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PASS TO ADMINOFF, PERSOFF, CCC/NC, AND DISBO. THIS MESSAGE TARGETS PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATIVE, DISBURSING, AND PASS OFFICES REGARDING CURRENT PAY/PERSONNEL ISSUES. 2. ISSUE 141201: JFTR/JTR CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER 3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE THE CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER OF THE JFTR VOLUME 1 AND THE JTR VOLUME 2 INTO A SINGULAR SET OF REGULATIONS CALLED THE "JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS" (JTR) EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2014 PER REFERENCE (A). THE TRAVEL REGULATIONS WERE FILLED WITH REDUNDANCY, OFTEN WITH THE SAME INFORMATION REPEATED IN BOTH THE JFTR AND JTR. OVER THE LAST YEAR, CERTAIN CHAPTERS AND APPENDICES HAVE BEEN COMBINED BUT STILL REMAINED IN TWO SEPARATE VOLUMES. THE MERGER OF THE REGULATIONS INTO ONE VOLUME MAKES THEM MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO TRAVELERS AND PROVIDES ALIGNED LANGUAGE THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE ALLOWANCES ARE DIFFERENT FOR UNIFORMED MEMBERS AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. THE CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE REGULATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 1, 2014 ON THE DTMO WEBSITE (WWW.DEFENSETRAVEL.DOD.MIL/SITE/ TRAVELREG.CFM). PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ACTUAL LINKS TO THE JFTR/JTR WILL BE CHANGING AND IN SOME CASES, PARAGRAPH NUMBERING AND/OR PAGE NUMBERS WILL SHIFT. THE OLD URLS WILL REDIRECT YOU TO THE NEW, CONSOLIDATED JTR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BUT YOU SHOULD UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE LINKS AND/OR BOOKMARKS WITH THE NEW LINK. TO STAY ABREAST OF ALL DOD TRAVEL REGULATION CHANGES, SUBSCRIBE TO THE DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) TRAVEL REGULATION RSS FEED AT (HTTP://WWW.DEFENSETRAVEL.DOD.MIL/SITE/RSS.CFM//). REQUEST WIDEST DISTRIBUTION POSSIBLE. 4. POC: OPNAV N130C1 TRAVEL POLICY MR. DAVID MALY (703) 604-5476; NPC PERS-2 MILPAY SYSTEMS MR. RON ATES (901) 874-4363// BT #0411 NNNN