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Fix the Retirement System

NCCM(ret) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:48:32 +0000

In a couple of weeks, President Obama will be releasing his budget proposal for fiscal year 2013. The proposal is expected to announce a plan to cap the amount of raises to basic pay starting in 2015; also, as reported here on October 28, 2011, you can expect the 2013 pay raise to be based on the provision in Title 37 of the US Code – just as the recently realized 2012 pay raise.

Do we need to make adjustments to how those in the military are compensated? Maybe so, but let us do it with our eyes wide open, and let us not rewrite history in an attempt to justify any changes.

First, let’s go back to the why.

From 1982 to 2000, military pay raises were capped and did not track at all with the amount of increases in pay that our civilian counterparts enjoyed. During that period, the gap in military to civilian pay grew to as large as 13.5 percent.

Starting early in the new millennium, congress decided to close the gap by adding one-half of one percent to proposed pay increases. The practice of adding the half-percent continued until the 2011 raise which was strictly based on ECI alone. It was also during this time that studies were released which indicated the pay gap may no longer exist.

We are the most capable military force on the planet, and it is due of the dedicated people who serve. It is vitally important to retention that we ensure we provide compensation to our Servicemembers that is at least on par with those in the civilian sector.

Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman, General Martin E. Dempsey laid out a few of the budget concerns and expectations for the FY-2013 budget. General Dempsey commented that pay needs to raise at a slower rate, and the Secretary claimed, “Let me be clear, nobody’s pay will be cut.” The two statements together are really disingenuous. By not increasing military pay at a rate that keeps inline with the civilian sector (the current ECI data point), it is once again imposing a gap that will feel just like a pay cut.

Review figures from the New York Times,

The Pentagon currently spends $181 billion a year, nearly a third of its base budget, on military personnel: $107 billion for salaries and allowances, $50 billion for health care and $24 billion for retirement pay.

Interestingly, just as a point of interest, in 1970, one-third of the defense budget was military personnel costs.

When congress reduces the number of personnel serving on active duty to a peace time level, the salaries and allowances number will of course fall, however, the retirement pay numbers will continue to increase.

It isn’t a new concern.

May 15, 1963, the then congressman Gerald Ford from Michigan’s 5th district wrote,

“I am concerned with the ever-increasing cost of retirement pay for the military. In 1954, the defense appropriations bill of $40.3 billion provided retirement pay of $386 million or 0.96 percent of the defense budget. In 1964 the $51 billion defense budget caDs for $1.1 billion in retirement pay or 2.28 percent of the total.”

Today, retirement pay accounts for about 4.6% of the defense budget, and as congress decreases the defense budget, those retirement costs will garner an even larger percentage of our nation’s defense spend. Because our current retirement pay system is directly linked to basic pay, each basic pay raise has a long lasting impact.

President Obama plans to, “establish a commission with authority to conduct a comprehensive review of military retirement.” To be honest, I think if we took all the money spent on studies and commissions over the past 50 years and put it back into the budget, we’d be running a surplus. OK, that’s a gross exaggeration, but really, the data already exists – at lease enough data to sit down with, and formulate some real solution suggestions.

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Navy SRB Guidance as of 06JAN2012

NCCM(ret) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:59:22 +0000

Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance update for FY-12. Released January 6, 2012 via NAVADMIN 013/12.

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SUBJ/SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS UPDATE//

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REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/172244Z MAY 11//
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REF/E/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/122232Z FEB 10//
REF/F/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/141500Z OCT 11//
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NARR/ REF A IS NAVADMIN 253/11 - SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS UPDATE.
REF B IS NAVADMIN 166/11 - FY11 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD
LEVELS AND POLICY UPDATE II.  REF C IS OPNAVINST 1160.8A - SELECTIVE
REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM INSTRUCTION.  REF D IS NAVADMIN 006/09 -
SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS POLICY CHANGE.  REF E IS NAVADMIN 051/10
- ENLISTED SUPERVISOR RETENTION PAY PROGRAM.  REF F IS
NAVADMIN 308/11 - ENLISTED SUPERVISOR RETENTION PAY PROGRAM,
EFFECTIVE 1 JAN 12.  REF G IS DODINST 1304.29 - ADMINISTRATION OF
ENLISTMENT BONUSES, ACCESSION BONUSES FOR NEW OFFICERS IN CRITICAL
SKILLS, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUSES, AND CRITICAL SKILLS RETENTION
BONUSES FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS.//
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES REVISED SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS
(SRB) AWARD LEVELS FOR ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC) AND RESERVE COMPONENT
FULL TIME SUPPORT (FTS), AND SUPERSEDES REF A.  THE SRB PROGRAM WILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EARLY REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOP
PERFORMING SAILORS AS OUTLINED IN PARA 6 BELOW.  INCREASED AWARD
LEVELS ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND DECREASED LEVELS ARE EFFECTIVE
30 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS NAVADMIN.
2.  CONTINUING WITH THE POLICY INITIATED BY REFERENCE B,
REENLISTMENT REQUESTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SRB AWARD LEVELS WILL BE
APPROVED BASED ON QUOTA AVAILABILITY.  AS WITH PERFORM TO SERVE (PTS),
ELIGIBLE SAILORS DESIRING SRB REENLISTMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO WORK WITH
THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THEIR REENLISTMENT
WINDOW TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL FOR SRB.  PERS-811 (SRB DESK) MAINTAINS
THE CURRENT LIST OF SRB ELIGIBLE RATINGS/SKILLS BASED ON AVAILABLE
QUOTAS AT HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/BUPERS-NPC/CAREER/
ENLISTEDCAREERADMIN/PAGES/SRB.ASPX.  FOR THOSE COMMANDS
WITH LIMITED INTERNET ACCESS, COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS SHOULD
CONTACT PERS-811 DIRECTLY FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
3.  AC SRB AWARD LEVELS ARE AS FOLLOWS (NOTE: AN "*" INDICATES LEVEL
LOCATED IN OTHER SECTIONS OF PARA 3, A "-" INDICATES A REDUCTION FROM
PREVIOUS AWARD LEVEL, A "+" INDICATES AN INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS AWARD
LEVEL):
TIER ONE:
30,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
ND          5343       -1.5     0.0     0.0
SB          5352       -1.5      *       *
SO          5326       -2.0      *       *
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTR         9138       +2.0     0.0     0.0
OS          0318       +2.0    +1.5     0.0
OS          0319        0.0     2.0     1.0
OS          0324        0.0     1.5     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTN         0000       -0.0      *       *      A, B
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM+4.0      *      0.0     D, E, F
ETSS NAV    14XXB/NM/XM+4.0      *      0.0     D, E, F
FT          11XX/13XX  +2.5      *      0.0     D
HM          8402        0.0    +4.5     2.0
HM          8403        0.0     4.0     2.0
HM          8425        0.0    +4.0     2.0
HM          8403/8427   3.0     0.0     0.0
HM          8494        0.0    +4.0     2.0
STS         0000       +2.5      *      0.0
ITS         27XX       +2.0      *      0.0     B
IT          2791        0.0    +2.0     0.0
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTI         9PES        3.0     0.0     0.0     A, B
CTI         9ARB        3.0     0.0     0.0     A, B
CTN         0000         *     +2.5    +2.0     A, B
CTN         9308        5.0     5.0     5.0     A, B
EOD         5333        4.5    -4.0     0.0
EOD         5335        4.5    -4.0     4.0
ND          5342       +6.0     4.0    +2.5
NUC         3354/64     8.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3355/65     9.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3356/66     9.5      *      0.0     C
NUC         3383/93     9.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3384/94     7.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3385/95     9.0      *      0.0     C
STG         0416        0.0     5.5     5.5
STS         0416        0.0     5.5     5.5     E
FCA         0000         *     +3.0     0.0
90,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
EOD         5337        0.0    +7.0    +7.0
ND          5341        0.0     0.0    +5.0
NUC         3353/63    +11.5   +8.5     0.0     C
NUC         3354/64      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3355/65      *      9.0     0.0     C
NUC         3356/66      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3383/93      *      8.0     0.0     C
NUC         3384/94      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3385/95      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3386/96     10.0    8.0     0.0     C
SB          5352         *     +5.0    +5.0
SO          5326         *     +7.0    +7.0
TIER TWO:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CB          5931        0.0     3.5     2.5
CB          5932        2.5     1.0     0.0
CTT         1702/3X    -0.0    +1.5     0.0     B, D
CTT         9135        0.0    +1.5     0.0
HM          8493        2.0     0.0     0.0
MMSS WEP    4233       +1.5     0.0     0.0
FCA         0000       +2.5      *      0.0
ITS         27XX         *     +2.0     0.0     B
STS         0000         *     +2.5     0.0
HM          8485       +1.0     0.0     0.0
HM          8541        0.0    +1.0     0.0
ETSS NAV    14XXB/NM/XM  *     +1.5     0.0     D, E, F
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM  *      1.0     0.0     D, E, F
FT          11XX/13XX    *     +1.0     0.0     D
CTM         9225       -1.0     1.0     0.0     B
CTM         9229        2.0    +2.5     1.0     B
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWO         7841        1.0    -0.0     0.0
AWS         7815S      -1.0     0.0     0.0
CB          5633        1.0     1.0    -1.0
MMSS AUX    4230/31    -0.0     0.0     0.0     E
MT          33XX       +2.5    +1.0     0.0     D
LCAC        0304       +2.5    +2.0     0.0     G
CTR         0000       +1.0     0.0     0.0
FULL TIME SUPPORT SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD LEVELS:
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWF         8220       -0.0    -0.0     0.0   H, I
AWF         8245        0.0    -0.0    -0.0   H, I
AWF         8250        0.0    -0.0    -0.0   H, I
AWF         8251       -0.0    -0.0    -0.0   H, I
AWF         8252        0.0    -0.0    -0.0   H, I
AWF         82XX       -0.0     0.0     0.0   H, I, J
AE          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0   H, I
AT          0000       -0.0    -0.0     0.0   H, I
4.  ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS RATING:  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL ITS
DESIGNATED SAILORS ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO REQUEST SRB UNDER
ORIGINAL SOURCE RATING AND MUST NOW MEET CRITERIA LISTED IN PARA 3.
5.  NOTES
    A.  THE SRB FOR THIS RATING NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION
(NEC) IS TIED TO AN INCUMBENT BILLET OR TO ORDERS NEGOTIATED FOR THE
NEXT BILLET.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE MEMBER IS CURRENTLY IN, OR HAS
ORDERS TO, A BILLET REQUIRING THIS NEC AND ANNOTATE THIS VERIFICATION
IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST, IF REENLISTMENT FOR
AN SRB IS INTENDED TO FILL NAVY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC SKILL SETS
TIED TO THESE BILLETS.
    B.  AN SRB APPROVAL FOR ALL CT, IT, AND ITS RATINGS WILL BE
CONTINGENT UPON MEMBER HAVING A CURRENT SINGLE SCOPE BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATION (SSBI), AN ACTIVE SSBI OR RECENT SUBMISSION OF AN SSBI
PACKAGE.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE MEMBER HAS A CURRENT SSBI, ACTIVE
SSBI, OR HAS SUBMITTED A SSBI PACKAGE AND MAKE NOTE OF THIS IN
THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST.
    C.  REENLISTMENT COMPENSATION FOR ZONE C NUCLEAR TRAINED
PERSONNEL HOLDING A NUCLEAR SUPERVISOR NEC SHALL BE PROVIDED UNDER
THE ENLISTED SUPERVISOR RETENTION PAY PROGRAM (ESRP), PER REFS E AND
F.  NECS 3359 AND 3389 ARE INACTIVE NECS.  MEMBERS HOLDING THESE NECS
MAY REENLIST AT THE AWARD LEVEL SPECIFIED FOR THE LAST ACTIVE NEC
HELD WITH ECM APPROVAL.
    D.  LETTERS APPEARING WITH AN NEC ARE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE
ONLY.
    E.  SUBSURFACE OR SURFACE DESIGNATION DOES NOT MEAN AN
INDIVIDUAL MUST BE SUBSURFACE OR ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALIST
QUALIFIED, BUT INDICATES THE COMPONENT OF THE RATING IN WHICH THEY
CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO SERVE.  TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS, AND
PREVIOUS OR PROJECTED DUTY ASSIGNMENTS AT SEA WILL INDICATE THE
APPROPRIATE RATING COMPONENT.  WHEN USING THE FORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(FORMAN) AND THE OFFICER PERSONNEL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OPINS) TO
INPUT A SRB PRECERT REQUEST, USE THE RATING (WITH APPROPRIATE SUFFIX
DESIGNATION)/NEC AS SPECIFIED IN THIS NAVADMIN.  FOR EXAMPLE, SURFACE
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN WITH NO NEC WOULD SUBMIT 'ETSW' ON PRECERT FOR
RATING.
    F.  SUBSURFACE NEC'S.  SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 14XXA
IDENTIFIES ALL SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN COMMUNICATIONS
SAILORS WHO HOLD NECS BEGINNING WITH 14.  SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS
TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION 14XXB IDENTIFIES SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS
TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION SAILORS AND INCLUDES ALL SUBSURFACE
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION NECS BEGINNING WITH 14.
    G.  RATINGS ELIGIBLE FOR NEC 0304 ARE:  AWO, ET, QM, AND OS.
    H.  DUE TO SIGNIFICANT NAVY ALIGNMENT AND CHANGES ASSOCIATED
WITH ACTIVE RESERVE INTEGRATION, FTS SRB REENLISTMENTS ARE LIMITED
TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM, PROVIDED A MEMBER REENLISTS INTO THE NEXT ZONE,
AS REQUIRED BY REFS B AND E.  ADDITIONALLY, AN FTS SAILOR MAY
REENLIST AND RECEIVE ONLY ONE SRB PER ZONE (ZONE A, ZONE B, AND ZONE
C) DURING A CAREER.  THIS FTS SRB AWARD PLAN DOES NOT APPLY TO FTS
CANVASSER RECRUITERS.
    I.  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPE CODES SHALL BE USED WHEN
SUBMITTING THE SRB PRECERT:  CODE 1RR, IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT FOR
FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; CODE 1RB, BROKEN SERVICE REENLISTMENT FOR
FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; OR CODE 1RC, OBLISERV TO TRAIN AND REENLIST
FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT.
    J.  NEC 8201, 8278, 8289 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FTS SRB.
6.  EARLY REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITY:  SAILORS SERVING IN TIER ONE
SKILLS, AS WELL AS THE EXCEPTIONS OUTLINED IN PARA 12.A OF REF B AND
PARA 4 OF REF C, ARE ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN THE
FISCAL YEAR OF THEIR END OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE (EAOS).
NUCLEAR SAILORS MAY STILL CROSS FISCAL YEAR BOUNDARIES.
ADDITIONALLY, SAILORS SERVING IN TIER TWO OR TIER THREE SRB SKILLS
WHO RECEIVED AN EP IN BLOCK 45 OF THEIR MOST RECENT REGULAR PERIODIC
EVALUATION OR FITNESS REPORT WILL BE ALLOWED TO REENLIST EARLY ANY
TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR OF THEIR EAOS.  NO TRANSFER, CONCURRENT,
OR SPECIAL EVALUATIONS WILL APPLY.  SAILORS ADVANCED WITHIN THE 12
MONTHS PRIOR TO THEIR EAOS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE THE LAST
REGULAR PERIODIC EVALUATION OR FITNESS REPORT IN THEIR PREVIOUS
PAYGRADE.  PERSONNEL MUST FAX OR E-MAIL A SIGNED COPY OF THE
EVALUATION TO NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) ONCE THEIR PRECERT HAS BEEN
SUBMITTED.  THIS REQUIREMENT IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO FALL UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
7.  SRB PRECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
    A.  PERFORM-TO-SERVE (PTS):  COMMANDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO
SUBMIT SRB REENLISTMENT REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MEMBER RECEIVING A PTS
QUOTA; HOWEVER, THE PTS QUOTA REQUEST MUST HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND
THE SRB REQUEST WILL NOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL THE MEMBER HAS RECEIVED
PTS CONFIRMATION.  SRB REQUESTS WITHOUT PTS APPROVAL WILL STILL BE
REJECTED IN THE OFFICER PERSONNEL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OPINS) TO
KEEP THE COMMAND INFORMED OF POTENTIAL SRB APPROVAL ISSUES.  ONCE
A MEMBER HAS AN APPROVED PTS QUOTA, THE COMMAND SHOULD CONTACT
PERS-811 TO CLEAR ANY REJECTIONS.
    B.  COMMANDS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SRB REENLISTMENT
REQUESTS TO PERS-811 VIA OPINS 35-120 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE
SAILOR'S REQUESTED REENLISTMENT DATE.  REQUESTS SUBMITTED LESS THAN
35 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REQUESTED REENLISTMENT DATE WILL BE REJECTED;
HOWEVER, COMMANDS MAY CONTACT PERS-811 FOR WAIVER ELIGIBILITY AND
PROCEDURES.  SAILORS MUST HAVE APPROVED PRECERTS BEFORE REENLISTING.
THE SERVICING PERSONNEL OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THE
REENLISTMENT, POSTING THE CONTRACT, RELEASING THE FIRST PAYMENT, AND
VERIFYING THE MASTER MILITARY PAY ACCOUNT.
    C.  SAILORS WITH APPROVED PRECERTS WHO DO NOT REENLIST ON THE
DATE OR FOR THE TERM SPECIFIED IN THE PRECERT MESSAGE MUST HAVE
THEIR COMMAND CONTACT NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) TO INITIATE A
REENLISTMENT CANCELLATION TO AVOID PLACING SAILORS IN AN OVERPAID
STATUS.
    D.  TO VALIDATE AN INOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT AND
EXPEDITE PROCESSING OF AN SRB REQUEST, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE
REMARKS PARAGRAPH OF THE REQUEST:  TERM, NARRATIVE REASON, AUTHORITY,
AND EXECUTION DATE OF ALL INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS.  FAILURE TO VERIFY
EXTENSIONS WILL CAUSE PROCESSING DELAYS AND MAY RESULT IN REJECTION
OF THE REQUEST OR AN APPROVAL AT A LOWER AMOUNT.
    E.  SAILORS MUST OBTAIN AN APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION FROM
NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF
SRB ELIGIBILITY.
8.  THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED ON NEC-SPECIFIC SRB AND
LATERAL CONVERSIONS.  ACCEPTANCE OF A NEC-SPECIFIC SRB CONTRACT
INDICATES AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAILOR AND THE NAVY TO UTILIZE
SKILLS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEC DURING THE SAILOR'S ENLISTMENT TO MEET
FLEET READINESS REQUIREMENTS.  IN SUBSEQUENT TOURS, A SAILOR MUST BE
WILLING TO BE DETAILED DURING THE NORMAL PROJECTED ROTATION DATE
WINDOW TO AN AVAILABLE BILLET WITHIN THE SRB CONTRACTED NEC,
CONSISTENT WITH SEA-SHORE FLOW REQUIREMENTS.  LATERAL CONVERSIONS
MUST FOLLOW REF B, PARA 12.D.  LATERAL CONVERSION REQUESTS WILL NOT
BE PROCESSED MORE THAN NINE MONTHS BEFORE THE EAOS.  CONVERSIONS TO
A RATE WITH A LOWER AWARD LEVEL WILL NOT BE APPROVED.  PERSONNEL IN
A 'CLOSED-LOOP' NEC CAN REENLIST BY THE NEC ONLY.
9.  OBLIGATED SERVICE TO TRAIN (OTT) AND THEN REENLIST.  SEE REF B,
PARA 12.E., FOR OTT GUIDANCE.  REQUESTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO
NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) VIA NAVPERS 1306/7, ENLISTED PERSONNEL ACTION
REQUEST.  A COPY OF THE AUTHORIZATION MESSAGE SHOULD BE RETAINED BY
THE SAILOR UNTIL THE SRB REENLISTMENT ON GRADUATION DAY FROM THE
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.  USE CODE 1CC (1RC FOR FTS) FOR OTT SRB
REQUESTS IN OPINS.
10.  INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS POLICY.  IN KEEPING WITH DOD POLICY,
PERSONNEL WHO ACCEPTED AN ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR EXTENDED ENLISTMENT
(EBEE), AS REFLECTED ON THEIR NAVCRUIT 1133/52, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED
TO USE THIS INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME IN THE SRB CALCULATION.
SAILORS WHO HAVE INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME THROUGH A 5-YEAR
OBLIGATION OR 6-YEAR OBLIGATION PROGRAM, OR AS AUTHORIZED IN
NAVADMIN 007/09, MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE UP TO 24 MONTHS OF
INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME COUNT TOWARDS THE SRB CALCULATION
PROVIDED THE
REENLISTMENT RESULTS IN A NEW EAOS THAT IS AT LEAST 24 MONTHS
DAY-FOR-DAY PAST THE CURRENT EXTENDED EAOS.  THIS CALCULATION IS
PERFORMED AUTOMATICALLY BY NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811).  LOCAL COMMANDS
ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO CANCEL OR CHANGE EXTENSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF IMMEDIATE SRB REENLISTMENTS.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY AND ANNOTATE
ON THE PRECERT REQUEST WHETHER ANY INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME NOTED
IS PART OF AN ENLISTED BONUS FOR EXTENDED ENLISTMENT (EBEE) CONTRACT.
11.  LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) GUIDANCE.  SAILORS ASSIGNED TO LCS
PLATFORMS OR WITH ORDERS TO AN LCS PLATFORM WHO POSSESS MULTIPLE
NEC'S SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED FOR LCS ASSIGNMENT ARE AUTHORIZED TO
REENLIST FOR THE MOST LUCRATIVE SRB-ELIGIBLE NEC, REGARDLESS OF
ASSIGNED RATING.
12.  TO ENSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES ARE MET, VISIT THE
FOLLOWING SRB PAGE OF THE NPC WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/
BUPERS-NPC/CAREER/PAYANDBENEFITS/N130/PAGES/N130D.ASPX
13.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR A SAILOR WHO HAS REENLISTED AND HAS NOT
RECEIVED THEIR SRB PAYMENT, OR HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TAXATION
OF THEIR SRB AND ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, IS THE SAILOR'S SERVICING PAY
OFFICE OR PERSONNEL SUPPORT DETACHMENT.  SRB TAX INFORMATION IS ALSO
DISCUSSED IN DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION VOL 7A, CH 44,
TABLE 44-1, RULE 7.  THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR A SAILOR WITH
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SRB PROGRAM OR ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR
BUPERS ON-LINE ACCOUNT IS THEIR COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR (CCC).  FOR
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS, CCC'S, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL
SAILORS, ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) AT
(901) 874-2526/DSN 882, FAX (901) 874-2623/DSN 882 OR E-MAIL
EMCM(SS) IRISH AT DOUGLAS.B.IRISH(AT)NAVY.MIL, MR. FRANK PALOMO AT
FRANCISCO.PALOMO(AT)NAVY.MIL OR PSC BELLEW AT
JEFFREY.BELLEW(AT)NAVY.MIL.
14.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS RETENTION BEHAVIOR AND ADJUST SRB
AWARD LEVELS ACCORDINGLY.
15.  RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL S. R. VAN BUSKIRK, N1.//

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The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Pay Raise Forgotten?

NCCM(ret) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:40:56 +0000

For the first time in over a decade, the bill that is being considered in the Senate for the fiscal year defense authorization makes no reference to a military pay raise.

The House’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA) sent over to the Senate, HR1540, clearly has it listed in SEC. 601(b), “Increase in Basic Pay- Effective on January 1, 2012, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services are increased by 1.6 percent.” But the NDAA version the Senate is currently debating, S1867, has the 1.6% pay raise omitted, erased – gone.

What gives!?

Don’t worry, the United States Code, Title 37, Chapter 19 § 1009 to be exact, has it covered. The Title states,

(a) Requirement for Annual Adjustment.— Effective on January 1 of each year, the rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed services under section 203 (a) of this title shall be increased under this section.

(b) Effectiveness of Adjustment.— An adjustment under this section shall have the force and effect of law.

(c) Equal Percentage Increase for All Members.—

(1) An adjustment made under this section in a year shall provide all eligible members with an increase in the monthly basic pay that is the percentage (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent) by which the ECI for the base quarter of the year before the preceding year exceeds the ECI for the base quarter of the second year before the preceding calendar year (if at all).

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), but subject to subsection (d), the percentage of the adjustment taking effect under this section during each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006, shall be one-half of one percentage point higher than the percentage that would otherwise be applicable under such paragraph.

(3) In this subsection:

(A) The term “ECI” means the Employment Cost Index (wages and salaries, private industry workers) published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(B) The term “base quarter” for any year is the three-month period ending on September 30 of such year.

Because the 1.6% pay raise proposal for 2012 was based on ECI, and there is no opposition to the amount, it will automatically take affect, January 1, 2012; however, if the 2012 Defense Authorization bill’s signing is delayed beyond the first pay day in January, all payments of base pay would be retroactive back to the January 1 effective date once the bill is signed into law.

As a matter of fact, with the private industry worker’s wages and salary ECI reported on October 28, 2012, and as long as that section of Title 37 remains intact, and congress doesn’t plan on debating the amount of the raise, you should see the projected 1.7% basic pay raise for 2013 automated, just like 2012′s raise looks like it will be.

So, the basic pay increase is covered, but all those incentive and special pays are not.

Current law authorizes the incentive and special pays to be paid to those authorized until December 31, 2011; the NDAA for 2012 seeks authorization to extend that period until December 31, 2012. Special Duty Assignment Pay, reenlistment bonuses, proficiency pay, hazardous duty pay and many other incentive and bonus pays would be delayed if the NDAA is not passed.

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Private Sector W&S at 1.7%

NCCM(ret) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:31:54 +0000

Today, the United States Employment Cost Index (ECI) was released; whereas this is a normal quarterly event, this quarter’s result is the one of most importance to the members of our military. It is the quarterly release that presidents have used to make a proposal for the military pay increases for over a decade in order to ensure our military member’s compensation keeps pace with that of the private sector. Specifically, the private industry worker’s wage and salary series of the ECI. This year’s increase is a reported, 1.7% for the 12 month period ending September 2011.

Expect President Obama to announce a military pay raise of 1.7% sometime in February 2012 as part of his budget proposal for FY-2013.

Well, that is the way in normally works, but of course, it may not be as simple as that this time. With the ever present debt crisis, congress may soon take action that would affect the way in which military pay and compensation is determined. FY-2013 is shaping up to be a tumultuous year, and congress doesn’t even have a handle on FY-2012 yet! Don’t expect things to get more clear anytime soon – with the elections looming, a stubbornly high unemployment rate and cuts having to come from somewhere, expect the defense budget to be in for some very heavy seas.

Provided congress passes and the president ultimately approves the 1.6% raise for 2012, here is what the 1.7% raise would do for 2013 base pay (active and reserve personnel).

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Yet Another Commission?

NCCM(ret) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:17:18 +0000

Congress has a difficult task – cut spending to get our financial house in order, introduce programs and decrease regulation in the support of job creation, all while keeping an eye on the 2012 elections. Everybody in congress seems to have varying opinions about how they should move forward, except when it comes to defense spending, but both sides of the isle know defense will feel the axe – just how much and what programs.

The only thing that seems sure in the defense bill is the pay raise for 2012. No proposals have been put forward that would change the 1.6 percent that was submitted by President Obama back in February, as a matter of fact, congressional leaders have voiced their support for it when they returned from their most recent recess.

Whereas Tricare changes won’t affect those currently on active duty, Retirees might not be so lucky.

(AP)WASHINGTON — The top lawmakers on the Senate’s defense panel on Friday recommended that a special committee searching for ways to slash the deficit consider some of President Barack Obama’s proposed changes to health and retirement benefits for the military.

In separate letters to the bipartisan panel, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., signaled they were open to cost-saving steps in military benefits, recommendations that have already attracted fierce opposition from powerful groups of retired officers and veterans resistant to change.

The Pentagon’s health care costs have skyrocketed from $19 billion in 2001 to $53 billion, but lawmakers and various groups argue that members of the military and their families sacrifice far more than the average American, with a career that includes long and dangerous deployments overseas that overshadow civilian work. Health and retirement benefits help attract service members to the all-volunteer force.

Levin and McCain said they would support establishing an annual enrollment fee for TRICARE for Life, the health care program that has no fee for participation. Obama had proposed an initial annual fee of $200.

“This proposal would be the first such change since Congress established this program in 2001, a period during which national health care costs have risen significantly,” McCain wrote.

Levin said future increases in fees should be tied to the same index used to determine hikes in the TRICARE Prime program, which has the lowest out-of-pocked expenses.

“Whichever benchmark is ultimately agreed upon, annual fee increases for retirees over the age of 65 should be the same as annual fees for working age-retirees,” Levin wrote.

McCain also urged the so-called supercommittee to consider restricting working-age military retirees and their dependents from enrolling in TRICARE Prime, which has the lowest out-of-pocket expenses. The retirees could still enroll in other TRICARE programs. McCain pointed out that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that such a move would save $111 billion over 10 years.

So, what does the future hold for military compensation? Yup, another commission.

Levin also backed creation of a commission, but suggested that it look at all elements of military compensation, including basic pay, allowances such as housing, incentive pay and the tax structure for military pay. He said current service members should be grandfathered in “to avoid breaking faith with the force.”

I have lost count at the number of times congress has commissioned a study to determine the best way to compensate our Servicemembers, but hey, paying for another group to sit around and produce similar rhetoric nobody will act on has its advantage – it kicks the can far enough down the road where it won’t be an issue during the 2012 elections.

Powerful, influential groups, like the VFW and the MOAA, are watching the proceedings closely.

“Some in Washington want to make those who sacrifice and serve the most, sacrifice more,” Joe Davis, a spokesman for the Veterans for the 2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars, said Friday. “It infuriates us when they talk about military benefit programs as entitlements. They’re something you absolutely paid for up front through your service and sacrifice to the country.”

Davis said VFW members are being urged to contact their congressmen and senators.

From Webster’s – Entitlement n. guaranteeing certain benefits to a specific group: entitlement program.

I understand the position and I agree with Joe, but a military benefit program is an entitlement. The issue is that the entitlement was bought and paid for, earned, through service as promised at enlistment or induction. Make that point very clear when you call your representative.

Lastly, a military retirement pay raise for 2012, based on CPI and not congressional action, is expected to be 3.6% – it is the such first raise since 2009. The raise should be reflected in January’s payment.

For the full CBS article, go here.

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Navy SRB Guidance as of 22AUG2011

NCCM(ret) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:29:43 +0000

Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance for the remaining portion of FY-11 and start of FY-12. Released August 22, 2011 via NAVADMIN 253/11.

How to do the math; SRB is calculated by multiplying your basic military pay (times) number of SRB eligible months reenlisting for (divided by 12) then multiplied by the SRB award level for your zone. Zone A is 2 to 6 years, Zone B is 6 to 10 years and Zone C is 10 to 14 years of active service.

R 221653Z AUG 11
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC
TO AL NAVADMIN
NAVADMIN
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC
BT
UNCLAS
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
TO NAVADMIN
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
UNCLAS //N001300//

NAVADMIN 253/11

MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/AUG// 

SUBJ/SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS UPDATE// 

REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/172244Z MAY 11// REF/B/DOC/OPNAV/30JAN07//
REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/091648ZJAN09// REF/D/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON
DC/122232ZFEB10// REF/E/DOC/DOD/15DEC04// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 166/11, FY-11
SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD LEVELS AND POLICY UPDATE II.  REF B IS
OPNAVINST 1160.8A, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM INSTRUCTION.  REF C IS
NAVADMIN 006/09, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS POLICY CHANGE.
REF D IS NAVADMIN 051/10, ENLISTED SUPERVISOR RETENTION PAY PROGRAM.  REF E IS
DODINST 1304.29, ADMINISTRATION OF ENLISTMENT BONUSES, ACCESSION BONUSES FOR
NEW OFFICERS IN CRITICAL SKILLS, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUSES, AND CRITICAL
SKILLS RETENTION BONUSES FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS.// 

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN OFFICIALLY OPENS THE APPLICATION WINDOW FOR
FY12 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) REENLISTMENT REQUESTS, ANNOUNCES
REVISED SRB AWARD LEVELS FOR ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC) AND RESERVE COMPONENT FULL
TIME SUPPORT (FTS), AND SUPERSEDES REF A.
THE SRB PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EARLY REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
TOP PERFORMING SAILORS AS OUTLINED IN PARA 6 BELOW.  INCREASED AWARD LEVELS
ARE EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 2011 AND DECREASED LEVELS ARE EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE
RELEASE OF THIS NAVADMIN.

2.  CONTINUING WITH THE POLICY INITIATED IN REF A, REENLISTMENT REQUESTS FOR
THE FOLLOWING SRB AWARD LEVELS WILL BE APPROVED BASED ON QUOTA AVAILABILITY.
AS WITH PERFORM TO SERVE (PTS), ELIGIBLE SAILORS DESIRING SRB REENLISTMENT ARE
ENCOURAGED TO WORK WITH THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN
THEIR REENLISTMENT WINDOW TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL FOR SRB.  PERS-811 (SRB DESK)
MAINTAINS THE CURRENT LIST OF SRB ELIGIBLE RATINGS/SKILLS BASED ON AVAILABLE
QUOTAS AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE:  HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/ BUPERS-
NPC/CAREER/ENLISTEDCAREERADMIN/PAGES/SRB.ASPX.  FOR THOSE COMMANDS WITH
LIMITED INTERNET ACCESS, COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS SHOULD CONTACT PERS-811
DIRECTLY FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

3.  AC SRB AWARD LEVELS ARE AS FOLLOWS (NOTE:  AN "*" INDICATES LEVEL LOCATED
IN OTHER SECTIONS OF PARA 3, A "-" INDICATES A REDUCTION FROM PREVIOUS AWARD
LEVEL, A "+" INDICATES AN INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS AWARD LEVEL):
TIER ONE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
HM          8402        0.0     3.5     2.0
HM          8425        0.0     3.0     2.0
HM          8494        0.0     3.0     2.0
ND          5343        3.0     0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTN         0000        0.5      *       *      A, B
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM 3.0      *      0.0     D, E, F
ETSS NAV    14XXB/NM/XM 3.0     0.0     0.0     D, E, F
FT          11XX/13XX   1.0      *      0.0     D
HM          8403        0.0     4.0     2.0
HM          8427        3.0     0.0     0.0
ND          5341        0.0     0.0     4.0
ND          5342        4.0     4.0     2.0
SB          5352        2.5     3.0      *
STS         0000       +2.0     0.0     0.0
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTI         9209        3.0     0.0      0.0    A, B
CTI         9216        3.0     0.0      0.0    A, B
CTN         0000         *      2.0      0.0    A, B
CTN         9308        5.0      *       *      A, B
EOD         5333        4.5     4.5     0.0
EOD         5335        4.5     4.5     4.0
NUC         3354/64     8.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3355/65     9.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3356/66     9.5      *      0.0     C
NUC         3383/93     9.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3384/94     7.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3385/95     9.0      *      0.0     C
SB          5352         *       *      4.0
SO          5326        4.5      *       *
STG         0416        0.0     5.5     5.5
STS         0416        0.0     5.5     5.5     E
90,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTN         9308         *      5.0     5.0     A, B
EOD         5337        0.0     6.0     6.0
NUC         3353/63     10.5    7.5     0.0     C
NUC         3354/64      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3355/65      *      9.0     0.0     C
NUC         3356/66      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3383/93      *      8.0     0.0     C
NUC         3384/94      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3385/95      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3386/96     10.0    8.0     0.0     C
SO          5326         *      5.5     6.0
TIER TWO:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CB          5931        0.0    +3.5    +2.5
CB          5932        2.5     1.0     0.0
CTT         1702/3X     1.0     1.0     0.0     B, D
HM          8493        2.0     0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM  *      1.0     0.0     D, E, F
FCA         0000        1.0      *      0.0
FT          11XX/13XX    *      0.5     0.0     D
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTM         9225        2.0     1.0     0.0     B
CTM         9229        2.0     2.0     1.0     B
FCA         0000         *      1.0     0.0
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWO         7841        1.0     0.5     0.0
AWS         7815S       1.5     0.0     0.0
CB          5633       +1.0     1.0    +1.5
MMSS AUX    4230/31     0.5     0.0     0.0     E
MMSS WEP    4232/33     1.0     0.0     0.0
MT          33XX        1.0     0.5     0.0     D
LCAC        0304        1.5     0.5     0.0     G
OS          0318        1.0     1.0     0.0
OS          0319        0.0     2.0     1.0
OS          0324        0.0     1.5     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
IS          3910        0.0    -0.0     0.0
IS          3912        0.0    -0.0     0.0
IS          3923        0.0    -0.0     0.0
IS          3924        0.0    -0.0     0.0
FULL TIME SUPPORT SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD LEVELS:
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWF         8220        1.0     0.5     0.0     H, I
AWF         8245        0.0     1.0     1.0     H, I
AWF         8250        0.0     1.0     1.0     H, I
AWF         8251        1.5     1.0     1.0     H, I
AWF         8252        0.0     1.0     1.0     H, I
AWF         82XX        0.5     0.0     0.0     H, I, J
AE          0000        1.0     0.0     0.0     H, I
AT          0000        1.0     1.0     0.0     H, I
ET          0000        0.0     0.0     0.0     H, I

4.  ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS RATING:  ALL SAILORS WHO REENLIST PRIOR TO
1 OCT 2011 WHO WERE SELECTED FOR CONVERSION TO THE NEW ITS RATING MAY REQUEST
SRB UNDER ORIGINAL SOURCE RATING PROVIDED ALL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA REMAINS
VALID OTHER THAN NEW ITS DESIGNATION.

5.  NOTES
    A.  SRB FOR THIS RATING NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION
(NEC) IS TIED TO AN INCUMBENT BILLET OR TO ORDERS NEGOTIATED FOR THE NEXT
BILLET.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE MEMBER IS CURRENTLY IN, OR HAS ORDERS TO, A
BILLET REQUIRING THIS NEC AND ANNOTATE THIS VERIFICATION IN THE COMMENTS
SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST, IF REENLISTMENT FOR AN SRB IS INTENDED TO FILL
NAVY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC SKILL SETS TIED TO THESE BILLETS.
    B.  AN SRB APPROVAL FOR ALL CT, IS, AND IT RATINGS WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON
COMMAND VERIFICATION THAT THE MEMBER HAS A CURRENT SINGLE SCOPE BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATION (SSBI), AN ACTIVE SSBI OR RECENT SUBMISSION OF AN SSBI PACKAGE,
AND A NOTE CERTIFYING SSBI STATUS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE PRECERT
REQUEST.
    C.  REENLISTMENT COMPENSATION FOR ZONE C NUCLEAR TRAINED PERSONNEL
ASSIGNED A NUCLEAR SUPERVISOR NEC SHALL BE PROVIDED UNDER THE ENLISTED
SUPERVISOR RETENTION PAY PROGRAM (ESRP), PER REF D.
NECS 3359 AND 3389 ARE INACTIVE NECS.  MEMBERS ASSIGNED THESE NECS MAY
REENLIST AT THE AWARD LEVEL SPECIFIED FOR THE LAST ACTIVE NEC HELD.
    D.  LETTERS APPEARING WITH AN NEC ARE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE ONLY.
    E.  SUBSURFACE OR SURFACE DESIGNATION DOES NOT MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE
SUBSURFACE OR ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALIST QUALIFIED, BUT INDICATES THE
COMPONENT OF THE RATING IN WHICH THEY CAN BE REASONABLY EXPECTED TO SERVE.
TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS, AND PREVIOUS OR PROJECTED DUTY ASSIGNMENTS AT SEA
WILL INDICATE THE APPROPRIATE RATING COMPONENT.  WHEN USING FORCE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (FORMAN) AND OFFICER PERSONNEL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OPINS) TO INPUT AN
SRB PRECERT REQUEST, USE THE RATING (WITH APPROPRIATE SUFFIX DESIGNATION)/NEC
AS SPECIFIED IN THIS NAVADMIN.  FOR EXAMPLE, SURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN
WITH NO NEC WOULD SUBMIT 'ETSW' ON PRECERT FOR RATING.
    F.  SUBSURFACE NECS.  SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 14XXA IDENTIFIES
ALL SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN COMMUNICATIONS SAILORS ASSIGNED NECS
BEGINNING WITH 14.  SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION 14XXB
IDENTIFIES SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION SAILORS AND INCLUDES
ALL SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION NECS BEGINNING WITH 14.
    G.  RATINGS ELIGIBLE FOR NEC 0304 ARE:  AWO, ET, QM, AND OS.
    H.  DUE TO SIGNIFICANT NAVY ALIGNMENT AND CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE
RESERVE INTEGRATION, FTS SRB REENLISTMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM,
PROVIDED A MEMBER REENLISTS INTO THE NEXT ZONE, AS REQUIRED BY REFS B AND E.
ADDITIONALLY, AN FTS SAILOR MAY REENLIST AND RECEIVE ONLY ONE SRB PER ZONE
(ZONE A, ZONE B, AND ZONE C) DURING A CAREER.  THIS FTS SRB AWARD PLAN APPLIES
TO RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE FTS PROGRAM; IT DOES NOT APPLY TO FTS CANVASSER
RECRUITERS.
    I.  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPE CODES SHALL BE USED WHEN SUBMITTING THE SRB
PRECERT:  CODE 1RR, IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; CODE
1RB, BROKEN SERVICE REENLISTMENT FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; OR CODE 1RC,
OBLISERV TO TRAIN AND REENLIST FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT.
    J.  NEC 8201, 8278, 8289 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FTS SRB.

6.  EARLY REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITY:  SAILORS SERVING IN TIER ONE SKILLS, AS
WELL AS EXCEPTIONS OUTLINED IN PARA 12.A OF REF B AND PARA 4 OF REF C, ARE
ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR OF THEIR EXPIRATION
OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE (EAOS).  NUCLEAR SAILORS MAY STILL CROSS FISCAL
YEAR BOUNDARIES.
ADDITIONALLY, SAILORS SERVING IN TIER TWO OR TIER THREE SRB SKILLS WHO
RECEIVED AN EP IN BLOCK 45 OF THEIR MOST RECENT REGULAR PERIODIC EVALUATION OR
FITNESS REPORT WILL BE ALLOWED TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL
YEAR OF THEIR EAOS.  NO TRANSFER, CONCURRENT, OR SPECIAL EVALUATIONS WILL
APPLY.  SAILORS ADVANCED WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THEIR EAOS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE THE LAST REGULAR PERIODIC EVALUATION OR FITNESS REPORT
IN THEIR PREVIOUS PAY GRADE.  PERSONNEL MUST FAX OR EMAIL A SIGNED COPY OF THE
EVALUATION TO NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) ONCE THEIR PRECERT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
THIS REQUIREMENT IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO FALL UNDER PROVISIONS OF THIS
PARAGRAPH.

7.  SRB PRECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
    A.  PERFORM-TO-SERVE (PTS):  COMMANDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT SRB
REENLISTMENT REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MEMBER RECEIVING A PTS QUOTA; HOWEVER, THE
PTS QUOTA REQUEST MUST HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE SRB REQUEST WILL NOT BE
PROCESSED UNTIL THE MEMBER HAS RECEIVED PTS CONFIRMATION.  SRB REQUESTS
WITHOUT PTS APPROVAL WILL BE REJECTED IN OPINS TO KEEP THE COMMAND APPRAISED
OF POTENTIAL SRB APPROVAL ISSUES.  ONCE A MEMBER HAS AN APPROVED PTS QUOTA,
THE COMMAND SHOULD CONTACT PERS-811 TO CLEAR ANY REJECTIONS.
    B.  MEMBERS REQUESTING TO REENLIST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
    ARE
AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT SRB REQUESTS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE 35-DAY PRECERT RULE,
PROVIDED REENLISTMENT REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED BY PERS-811 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS
MESSAGE.  FOR SRB REENLISTMENT IN ALL OTHER MONTHS, COMMANDS ARE REQUIRED TO
SUBMIT SRB REENLISTMENT REQUESTS TO PERS-811 VIA OPINS 35-120 DAYS IN ADVANCE
OF THE SAILOR'S REQUESTED REENLISTMENT DATE.  REQUESTS SUBMITTED LESS THAN 35
DAYS PRIOR TO THE REQUESTED REENLISTMENT DATE WILL BE REJECTED; HOWEVER,
COMMANDS MAY CONTACT PERS-811 FOR WAIVER ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES.  SAILORS
MUST HAVE APPROVED PRECERTS BEFORE REENLISTING.  THE SERVICING PERSONNEL
OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THE REENLISTMENT, POSTING THE CONTRACT,
RELEASING THE FIRST PAYMENT, AND VERIFYING THE MASTER MILITARY PAY ACCOUNT.
    C.  COMMANDS OF SAILORS WITH APPROVED PRECERTS, BUT WHO DO NOT REENLIST
ON THE DATE OR FOR THE TERM SPECIFIED IN THE PRECERT MESSAGE, MUST CONTACT
NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) TO INITIATE A REENLISTMENT CANCELLATION TO AVOID PLACING
SAILORS IN AN OVERPAID STATUS.
    D.  TO VALIDATE AN INOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT AND
    EXPEDITE PROCESSING OF AN SRB REQUEST, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE REMARKS
PARAGRAPH OF THE REQUEST:  TERM, NARRATIVE REASON, AUTHORITY, AND EXECUTION
DATE OF ALL INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS.  FAILURE TO VERIFY EXTENSIONS WILL CAUSE
PROCESSING DELAYS AND MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF THE REQUEST OR APPROVAL AT A
LOWER AMOUNT.
    E.  SAILORS MUST OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION FROM NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811)
IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF SRB ELIGIBILITY.

8.  THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED ON NEC-SPECIFIC SRB AND LATERAL
CONVERSIONS.  ACCEPTANCE OF A NEC-SPECIFIC SRB CONTRACT INDICATES AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE SAILOR AND THE NAVY TO UTILIZE SKILLS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEC DURING
THE SAILOR'S ENLISTMENT TO MEET FLEET READINESS REQUIREMENTS.  IN SUBSEQUENT
TOURS, A SAILOR MUST ACCEPT ASSIGNMENT, DURING THE NORMAL PROJECTED ROTATION
DATE WINDOW, TO AN AVAILABLE BILLET WITHIN THE SRB CONTRACTED NEC, CONSISTENT
WITH SEA-SHORE FLOW REQUIREMENTS.  LATERAL CONVERSIONS MUST FOLLOW REF B, PARA
12.D.  LATERAL CONVERSION REQUESTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED MORE THAN NINE MONTHS
BEFORE EAOS.  CONVERSIONS TO A RATING WITH A LOWER AWARD LEVEL WILL NOT BE
APPROVED.  PERSONNEL IN A 'CLOSED-LOOP' NEC CAN REENLIST BY NEC ONLY.

9.  OBLIGATED SERVICE TO TRAIN (OTT) AND THEN REENLIST.  SEE REF B, PARA
12.E., FOR OTT GUIDANCE. REQUESTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO NAVPERSCOM (PERS
-811) VIA NAVPERS 1306/7, ENLISTED PERSONNEL ACTION REQUEST.  MEMBER SHALL
RETAIN A COPY OF THE AUTHORIZATION MESSAGE UNTIL SRB REENLISTMENT UPON
GRADUATION FROM THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.  USE CODE 1CC (1RC FOR FTS)
FOR OTT SRB REQUESTS IN OPINS.

10.  INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS POLICY.  IN KEEPING WITH DOD POLICY, PERSONNEL WHO
ACCEPTED AN ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR EXTENDED ENLISTMENT (EBEE), AS REFLECTED ON
NAVCRUIT 1133/52, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME IN SRB
CALCULATION.  SAILORS WITH INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME THROUGH A FIVE -YEAR OR
SIX-YEAR OBLIGATION PROGRAM, OR AS AUTHORIZED IN NAVADMIN 007/09, MAY CONTINUE
TO HAVE UP TO 24 MONTHS OF INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME COUNT TOWARDS THE SRB
CALCULATION PROVIDED THE REENLISTMENT RESULTS IN A NEW EAOS THAT IS AT LEAST
24 MONTHS DAY-FOR-DAY PAST THE CURRENT EXTENDED EAOS.  THIS CALCULATION IS
PERFORMED AUTOMATICALLY BY NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811).  LOCAL COMMANDS ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED TO CANCEL OR CHANGE EXTENSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMMEDIATE SRB
REENLISTMENTS.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY AND ANNOTATE ON THE PRECERT REQUEST
WHETHER ANY INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME NOTED IS PART OF AN ENLISTED BONUS FOR
EXTENDED ENLISTMENT (EBEE) CONTRACT.

11.  LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) GUIDANCE.  SAILORS ASSIGNED TO LCS PLATFORMS
OR WITH ORDERS TO AN LCS PLATFORM WHO POSSESS MULTIPLE NEC'S SPECIFICALLY
REQUIRED FOR LCS ASSIGNMENT ARE AUTHORIZED TO REENLIST FOR THE MOST LUCRATIVE
SRB-ELIGIBLE NEC, REGARDLESS OF ASSIGNED RATING.

12.  TO ENSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES ARE MET, VISIT THE FOLLOWING SRB
PAGE OF THE NPC WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/BUPERS-NPC
/CAREER/PAYANDBENEFITS/N130/PAGES/N130D.ASPX

13.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR A SAILOR WHO HAS REENLISTED AND HAS NOT RECEIVED SRB
PAYMENT, OR WHO HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING TAXATION OF SRB AND ANNUAL
INSTALLMENTS, IS THE SERVICING PAY OFFICE OR PERSONNEL SUPPORT DETACHMENT.
SRB TAX INFORMATION IS ALSO DISCUSSED IN DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
VOL 7A, CH 44, TABLE 44-1, RULE 7.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING
THE SRB PROGRAM OR ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR BUPERS ONLINE ACCOUNT IS THEIR
COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR (CCC).  FOR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS,
CCCS, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL SAILORS, ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT NAVPERSCOM (PERS-
811) AT (901) 874-2526/DSN 882 , FAX (901) 874-2623/DSN 882 OR E-MAIL EMCM(SS)
IRISH AT DOUGLAS.B .IRISH (AT)NAVY.MIL, MR. FRANK PALOMO AT
FRANCISCO.PALOMO(AT)NAVY.MIL OR PSC BELLEW AT JEFFREY.BELLEW(AT)NAVY.MIL.

14.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS RETENTION BEHAVIOR AND ADJUST SRB AWARD LEVELS
ACCORDINGLY.

15.  RELEASED BY MS. STEFFANIE B. EASTER, N1 (ACTING).// BT
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The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Military Retirement Under Fire

NCCM(ret) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:26:57 +0000

In 1986, the Department of Defense implemented the REDUX retirement plan for all those who joined the military after 01 August of that year. REDUX retirement provides a 2% per year for the first 20 years of service (Final Pay and High Three retirements provide 2.5%) which means if you decide to retire at 20 years of active service, you get 40% of your base pay in a monthly check for the rest of your life with a yearly adjustment (based on the CPI, same indicator used for Social Security adjustments) for cost of living. But with the REDUX retirement system, you get an increase to 3.5% for each additional year passed 20 and can get to 100% for 40 years. When REDUX was first implemented, those under the program did not have the option of choosing the High Three program like they can today.

I was a recruiter in New Jersey in 1986 when the REDUX plan was being implemented. Most applicants were oblivious to the change, as a matter of fact, most applicants didn’t know there was a retirement program of any sort, let along the details of it, but some did and the change mattered to them.

Recruiting in the mid-1980′s was about as tough as it could be. The parents of the applicants we sought were draft eligible during the Vietnam War – the last thing most wanted was to see their child join the military, but when the REDUX change was announced, Veterans were dragging their kids into the recruiting station to make sure they didn’t miss an opportunity to be eligible for the High Three retirement and not be forced into what was proving to be the very unpopular, REDUX. Those that did join were very likely to join anyway, they just pushed their decision up a few months to join before the deadline – if I recall correctly, I alone contracted 8 people in July 1986, a few of which because of the pending retirement changes.

Fast-forward to today. The winds of change are blowing once again, hard enough to fill the sails and potentially move the ship.

The Defense Business Board put together a task group (7 white males, wait till the diversity folks get a hold of that) to review the Defense Department’s current retirement system and to “provide recommendations that will enable the system to be fiscally sustainable and recruit and retain the highest personnel required for our nation’s defense.” The actual report is due out sometime this month, but this advanced brief was released during their public meeting on July 21st.

When I joined the Navy, it was common knowledge that if one stayed in the service for 20 years, you would get a retirement benefit of 50% of the base pay you were making during the last full month of active duty for the duration of your life, and that it also included free medical and dental care. While I was a recruiter, I informed applicants of the military’s retirement system and informed them that they would be able to use the military’s healthcare system while in retirement, there was many more military clinics and hospitals back then, or where no clinic or hospital was available, the retiree and family could use CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program Uniformed Services). CHAMPUS has since evolved into Tricare.

Now the “free” healthcare “promise” is gone. Space available at military treatment facilities seems to be a thing of the past, and there are calls to raise the current Tricare premiums as much as 8 times the current rate. This issue is and will continue to be a battle, and a topic for another discussion.

The current law dictates that the President propose a minimum adjustment to military pay at the rate of the private sector Employment Cost Index, for 2012 it is a 1.6% raise. Military pay has seen additional increases over the first decade of the new millennium of a half percent beyond that of the current mandatory pay adjustments in order to close the pay gap between the military and the private sector pay. The gap was considered closed before the 2011 pay amount was legislated, and for the first time, at least in congress, they believe the military enjoys pay parity with civilians. The report that will be delivered by the Defense Business Board will cite a report by the RAND National Defense Research Institute that the military’s pay has actually propelled past that of civilians, ignoring a report by the Government Accounting Office that implies pay parity, and also states that establishing a system of evaluating and comparing military and civilian pay is near impossible because of transfers and salary vs overtime pay potential. I guess you pick the report that best fits your desired outcome…

According to the Congressional Research Service, “Estimated future retirement costs are arrived at by making projections based on the past rates at which active duty military personnel stayed in the service until retirement, and on assumptions regarding the overall U.S. economy, including interest rates, inflation rates, and military pay levels. Approximately 30% of military basic pay costs must be added to the DOD personnel budget each fiscal year to cover the future retirement costs of those personnel who ultimately retire from the military.” —It is the main reason any increase of base pay comes under strict scrutiny by DOD officials, and just as influential in the establishment of other pay and allowances; bonuses and allowances used to increase a members compensation without increasing the pay that will have a longer term affect on the budget of the department.

I do think the military retirement system has got to change in order for those entering the service today to receive the compensation they will richly earn, but with that said, lets get back to the report and what is fair; for the first time, a proposal is being made to change the retirement system for servicemembers while they are under contract.

-Preserve accrued benefit from “old plan” but no further accrual
-For those with less that 20 years –proportional benefit under “old plan” if they stay for 20+ years (example: 10 years of service would result in 10/20 of the old plan benefit at old vesting date or 25% of pay at retirement)
-All active duty personnel start to accrue new benefit for the balance of their service payable under new terms (age 65 nominal)

All servicemembers currently serving were told by me, and every other service recruiter in this great nation and reenforced by leadership, that they too could serve a minimum 20 year participate in DOD’s retirement system as it exists today – hell, it’s currently the law!

As I said, I think we all understand that a change in the system ultimately has to happen, we are on an unsustainable course, but if the new plan must include those currently serving, provide them with the option of selecting the new program or staying with the program they were promised. Keep the full faith and credit of the U.S. government in tact, it is a promise made and those serving this great country deserve it.

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Why August 2nd?

NCCM(ret) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:41:28 +0000

For the next couple of weeks, it appears the only thing our government will do is posture over how and who should be taxed, and how much and what for our tax dollars should be spent with the impeding doom of reaching the debt ceiling the catalyst for whatever change will happen.

Reaching the debt ceiling means the Treasury can no longer borrow funds to pay for appropriations set by congress. I think I read somewhere that 44% of spending would have to be stopped, immediately. Not being able to borrow more would leave only enough revenue to pay the interest on the current debt with a little left over to ensure Veteran’s, Medicare and Social Security programs continue (must keep the number one voting block in America, the Seniors, as happy as possible), but just about everything else will go unfunded, including military pay and allowances.

So, why August 2nd? Not that I think they were smart enough to pick the date the check book runs dry, I think the date was chosen because obligations on the 1st of August will be met, including military pay, and on the 2nd declare we have entered a default with really about a week to get a deal signed before the world really could come crashing down.

In the end, I think it will be August 5th before a deal is reached. The markets will actually view the whole process as a positive thing – the United States’ treasury rates will bump up about three quarters of a percent for about a week, then recede to even lower than current levels. Some spending and some subsidies will be cut – just enough for both sides to claim a victory for bipartisan politics, but the sad thing is, you won’t hear the can being kicked down the road over the din of themselves patting each other on the back.

Just a little cynical this morning. Time to mow the yard.

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Navy SRB Guidance as of 18May2011

NCCM(ret) — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:20:38 +0000

Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance that was released May 18, 2011 via NAVADMIN 166/11. This page contains updates 1-4.

NAVADMIN 166/11 Update 1 of 4

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ROUTINE

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FM CNO WASHINGTON DC

TO AL NAVADMIN
NAVADMIN

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UNCLAS //N01300//
NAVADMIN 166/11

MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAY//

SUBJ/FY-11 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD LEVELS AND POLICY UPDATE II//

REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/ 072150Z FEB 11//
REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/080051Z SEP 10//
REF/C/DOC/OPNAV/30JAN07//
REF/D/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/091648Z JAN 09//
REF/E/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/122232Z FEB 10//
REF/F/DOC/DOD/15DEC04//

NARR/ REF A IS NAVADMIN 048/11, FY-11 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS UPDATE.
REF B IS NAVADMIN 300/10, FY11 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PLAN.  REF C IS
OPNAVINST 1160.8A, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM INSTRUCTION.  REF D IS
NAVADMIN 006/09, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS POLICY CHANGE.  REF E IS
NAVADMIN 051/10, ENLISTED SUPERVISOR RETENTION PAY PROGRAM.
REF F IS DODINST 1304.29, ADMINISTRATION OF ENLISTMENT BONUSES, ACCESSION
BONUSES FOR NEW OFFICERS IN CRITICAL SKILLS, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUSES,
AND CRITICAL SKILLS RETENTION BONUSES FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS.//

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES REVISED FY11 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS
(SRB) AWARD LEVELS FOR ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC) AND RESERVE COMPONENT FULL TIME
SUPPORT
(FTS) AND SUPERSEDES REF A.  IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE REGARDING A NEW SRB
QUOTA MANAGEMENT POLICY.  THE SRB PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EARLY
REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOP PERFORMING SAILORS AS OUTLINED IN PARA 6
BELOW.  THIS NAVADMIN AND ANY SUBSEQUENT FY11 SRB ADJUSTMENT MESSAGES ONLY
APPLY TO SAILORS REQUESTING TO REENLIST IN FISCAL YEAR 2011.  SRB REQUESTS FOR
FY12 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE FY12 SRB PLAN IS RELEASED.  INCREASED
AWARD LEVELS ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND DECREASED LEVELS ARE EFFECTIVE 30
DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS NAVADMIN.

2.  DUE TO CURRENT FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, REENLISTMENT REQUESTS FOR THE FOLLOWING
SRB AWARD LEVELS WILL BE APPROVED BASED ON QUOTA AVAILABILITY.  AS WITH PTS,
ELIGIBLE SAILORS DESIRING SRB REENLISTMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO WORK WITH THEIR
CHAIN OF COMMAND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THEIR REENLISTMENT WINDOW TO
MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL FOR SRB. PERS-811 (SRB DESK) WILL POST AND UPDATE A CURRENT
LIST OF SRB ELIGIBLE RATINGS/SKILLS BASED ON AVAILABLE QUOTAS AT THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITE:  HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/BUPERS-NPC/CAREER
/ENLISTEDCAREERADMIN/PAGES/SRB.ASPX.
FOR THOSE COMMANDS WITH LIMITED INTERNET ACCESS, COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS
SHOULD CONTACT
PERS-811 DIRECTLY FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

3.  AC SRB AWARD LEVELS ARE AS FOLLOWS (NOTE: AN "*" INDICATES LEVEL LOCATED
IN OTHER SECTIONS OF PARA 3, A "-" INDICATES A REDUCTION FROM PREVIOUS AWARD
LEVEL, A "
+" INDICATES AN INCREASE
FROM PREVIOUS AWARD LEVEL):
TIER ONE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
HM          8402        0.0    -3.5     2.0
HM          8425        0.0    -3.0     2.0
HM          8427         *     -0.0     0.0
HM          8494        0.0    -3.0    -2.0
ND          5343       -3.0    -0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTI         9209         *     -0.0    -0.0
CTI         9215        0.0     0.0     0.0
CTI         9216         *     -0.0     0.0
CTN         0000       -0.5      *       *      A, B
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM -3.0     *      0.0     D, E, F
ETSS NAV    14XXB/NM/XM -3.0     *      0.0     D, E, F
FT          11XX/13XX  -1.0      *      0.0     D
HM          8403        0.0    -4.0    -2.0
HM          8427       -3.0      *      0.0
ND          5341        0.0     0.0     4.0
ND          5342        4.0     4.0    -2.0
SB          5352       -2.5    -3.0      *
STS         0000       -0.0      *      0.0
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTI         9209       -3.0      *      0.0     A, B
CTI         9216       -3.0      *      0.0     A, B
CTN         0000         *     -2.0    -0.0     A, B
CTN         9308        5.0      *       *      A, B
EOD         5333       -4.5    -4.5     0.0
EOD         5335       -4.5    -4.5    -4.0
NUC         3354/64     8.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3355/65     9.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3356/66     9.5      *      0.0     C
NUC         3383/93     9.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3384/94     7.0      *      0.0     C
NUC         3385/95     9.0      *      0.0     C
SB          5352         *       *     -4.0
SO          5326       -4.5      *       *
STG         0416        0.0     5.5     5.5
STS         0416        0.0     5.5     5.5     E
90,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTN         9308         *      5.0     5.0     A, B
EOD         5337        0.0    -6.0    -6.0
NUC         3353/63    +10.5    7.5     0.0     C
NUC         3354/64      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3355/65      *     +9.0     0.0     C
NUC         3356/66      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3383/93      *      8.0     0.0     C
NUC         3384/94      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3385/95      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3386/96    +10.0    8.0     0.0     C
SO          5326         *     -5.5    -6.0
TIER TWO:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWV         8284       -0.0    -0.0     0.0
CB          5931       -0.0     0.0     0.0
CB          5932        2.5     1.0     0.0
CB          5933        0.0     0.0     0.0
CTT         0000        0.0     0.0     0.0
CTT         9135       -0.0     0.0     0.0
CTT         1702/3X    -1.0     1.0     0.0     B, D
HM          8493       -2.0     0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AC          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM  *      1.0     0.0     D, E, F
ETSS NAV    14XXB/NM/XM  *     -0.0     0.0
FCA         0000       -1.0      *      0.0
FT          11XX/13XX    *      0.5     0.0     D
MN          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
STS         0000         *     -0.0     0.0
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTM         9225        2.0     1.0     0.0     B
CTM         9229       -2.0     2.0     1.0     B
FCA         0000         *     -1.0     0.0
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWF         8251       -0.0     0.0     0.0
AWO         7841       -1.0    -0.5    -0.0
AWO         7861       -0.0     0.0     0.0
AWS         7815S      -1.5    -0.0    -0.0
CB          5633       -0.0     1.0    -0.0
CTR         0000       -0.0    -0.0    -0.0
HM          8401       -0.0     0.0     0.0
HM          8410        0.0    -0.0     0.0
HM          8752       -0.0     0.0     0.0
IC          4747        0.0     0.0    -0.0
IT          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
MMSS AUX    4230/31    -0.5     0.0     0.0     E
MMSS WEP    4232/33    -1.0     0.0     0.0
MT          33XX       -1.0    -0.5     0.0     D
LCAC        0304        1.5     0.5     0.0     H
OS          0318       -1.0     1.0     0.0
OS          0319        0.0     2.0     1.0
OS          0324       -0.0     1.5     0.0
STG         0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
FC          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
IS          3910        0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B
IS          3912       -0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B, G
IS          3923        0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B
IS          3924        0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
ETSW        0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
FULL TIME SUPPORT SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD LEVELS:
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWF         8220        1.0     0.5     0.0   I, J
AWF         8245        0.0     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         8250        0.0     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         8251        1.5     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         8252        0.0     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         82XX        0.5     0.0     0.0   I, J, K
AE          0000        1.0     0.0     0.0   I, J
AT          0000        1.0     1.0     0.0   I, J
ET          0000       -0.0    -0.0     0.0   I, J

4.  ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS RATING: ALL SAILORS WHO REENLIST PRIOR TO 1 OCT 2011
THAT WERE SELECTED FOR CONVERSION TO THE NEW ITS RATING MAY REQUEST SRB UNDER
ORIGINAL SOURCE RATING PROVIDED ALL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA REMAINS VALID OTHER
THAN NEW ITS DESIGNATION.

5.  NOTES
    A.  THE SRB FOR THIS RATING NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION
(NEC) IS TIED TO AN INCUMBENT BILLET OR TO ORDERS NEGOTIATED FOR THE NEXT
BILLET.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE MEMBER IS CURRENTLY IN, OR HAS ORDERS TO, A
BILLET REQUIRING THIS NEC AND ANNOTATE THIS VERIFICATION IN THE COMMENTS
SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST, IF REENLISTMENT FOR AN SRB IS INTENDED TO FILL
NAVY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC SKILL SETS TIED TO THESE BILLETS.
    B.  AN SRB APPROVAL FOR ALL CT, IS, AND IT RATINGS WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON
MEMBER HAVING A CURRENT SINGLE SCOPE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION (SSBI), AN
ACTIVE SSBI OR RECENT SUBMISSION OF AN SSBI PACKAGE.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE
MEMBER HAS A CURRENT SSBI, ACTIVE SSBI, OR HAS SUBMITTED A SSBI PACKAGE AND
MAKE NOTE OF THIS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST.
    C.  REENLISTMENT COMPENSATION FOR ZONE C NUCLEAR TRAINED PERSONNEL HOLDING
A NUCLEAR SUPERVISOR NEC SHALL BE PROVIDED UNDER THE ENLISTED SUPERVISOR
RETENTION PAY PROGRAM (ESRP), PER REF D.  NECS 3359 AND 3389 ARE INACTIVE
NECS.  MEMBERS HOLDING THESE NECS MAY REENLIST AT THE AWARD LEVEL SPECIFIED
FOR THE LAST ACTIVE NEC HELD.
    D.  LETTERS APPEARING WITH AN NEC ARE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE ONLY.
    E.  SUBSURFACE OR SURFACE DESIGNATION DOES NOT MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE
SUBSURFACE OR ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALIST QUALIFIED, BUT INDICATES THE
COMPONENT OF THE RATING IN WHICH THEY CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO SERVE.
TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS, AND PREVIOUS OR PROJECTED DUTY ASSIGNMENTS AT SEA
WILL INDICATE THE APPROPRIATE RATING COMPONENT.  WHEN U SING THE FORCE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FORMAN) AND THE OFFICER PERSONNEL INFORMATION SYSTEM
(OPINS) TO INPUT A SRB PRECERT REQUEST, USE THE RATING (WITH APPROPRIATE
SUFFIX DESIGNATION)/NEC AS SPECIFIED IN THIS NAVADMIN.  FOR EXAMPLE, SURFACE
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN WITH NO NEC WOULD SUBMIT 'ETSW' ON PRECERT FOR RATING.
    F.  SUBSURFACE NECS.  SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 14XXA IDENTIFIES
ALL SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN COMMUNICATIONS SAILORS WHO HOLD NECS
BEGINNING WITH 14.
SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION 14XXB IDENTIFIES SUBSURFACE
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION SAILORS AND INCLUDES ALL SUBSURFACE
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION NECS BEGINNING WITH 14.
    G.  MEMBERS HOLDING NEC 3913 MAY REENLIST AT THE AWARD LEVEL
    SPECIFIED FOR NEC 3912.
    H.  RATINGS ELIGIBLE FOR NEC 0304 ARE:  AWO, ET, QM, AND OS.
    I.  DUE TO SIGNIFICANT NAVY ALIGNMENT AND CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE
RESERVE INTEGRATION, FTS SRB REENLISTMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM,
PROVIDED A MEMBER REENLISTS INTO THE NEXT ZONE, AS REQUIRED BY REFS B AND E.
ADDITIONALLY, AN FTS SAILOR MAY REENLIST AND RECEIVE ONLY ONE SRB PER ZONE
(ZONE A, ZONE B, AND ZONE C) DURING A CAREER.  THIS FTS SRB AWARD PLAN APPLIES
TO RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE FTS PROGRAM; IT DOES NOT APPLY TO FTS CANVASSER
RECRUITERS.
    J.  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPE CODES SHALL BE USED WHEN SUBMITTING THE SRB
PRECERT:  CODE 1RR, IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; CODE
1RB, BROKEN SERVICE REENLISTMENT FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; OR CODE 1RC,
OBLISERV TO TRAIN AND REENLIST FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT.
    K.  NEC 8201, 8278, 8289 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FTS SRB.

6.  EARLY REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITY:  SAILORS SERVING IN TIER ONE SKILLS, AS
WELL AS THE EXCEPTIONS OUTLINED IN PARA 12.A OF REF B AND PARA 4 OF REF C, ARE
ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR OF THEIR END OF
ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE (EAOS).  NUCLEAR SAILORS MAY STILL CROSS FISCAL YEAR
BOUNDARIES.  ADDITIONALLY, SAILORS SERVING IN TIER TWO OR TIER THREE SRB
SKILLS WHO RECEIVED AN EP IN BLOCK 45 OF THEIR MOST RECENT REGULAR PERIODIC
EVALUATION OR FITNESS REPORT WILL BE ALLOWED TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN
THE FISCAL YEAR OF THEIR EAOS.  NO TRANSFER, CONCURRENT, OR SPECIAL
EVALUATIONS WILL APPLY.  SAILORS ADVANCED WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THEIR
EAOS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE THE LAST REGULAR PERIODIC EVALUATION OR
FITNESS REPORT IN THEIR PREVIOUS PAYGRADE.
PERSONNEL MUST FAX OR EMAIL A SIGNED COPY OF THE EVALUATION TO NAVPERSCOM
(PERS-811) ONCE THEIR PRECERT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.  THIS REQUIREMENT IS ONLY
FOR THOSE THAT FALL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

7.  SRB PRECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
    A.  PERFORM-TO-SERVE (PTS):  COMMANDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT SRB
REENLISTMENT REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MEMBER RECEIVING A PTS QUOTA; HOWEVER, THE
PTS QUOTA REQUEST MUST HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE SRB REQUEST WILL NOT BE
PROCESSED UNTIL THE MEMBER HAS RECEIVED PTS CONFIRMATION.
    B.  COMMANDS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ALL SRB REENLISTMENT REQUESTS TO PERS-
811 VIA OPINS 35-120 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE SAILOR'S REQUESTED REENLISTMENT
DATE.
REQUESTS SUBMITTED LESS THAN 35 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REQUESTED REENLISTMENT DATE
WILL BE REJECTED; HOWEVER, COMMANDS MAY CONTACT PERS-811 FOR WAIVER
ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES.  SAILORS MUST HAVE APPROVED PRECERTS BEFORE
REENLISTING.  THE SERVICING PERSONNEL OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THE
REENLISTMENT, POSTING THE CONTRACT, RELEASING THE FIRST PAYMENT, AND VERIFYING
THE MASTER MILITARY PAY ACCOUNT.
    C.  SAILORS WITH APPROVED PRECERTS WHO DO NOT REENLIST ON THE DATE OR FOR
THE TERM SPECIFIED IN THE PRECERT MESSAGE MUST HAVE THEIR COMMAND CONTACT
NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) TO INITIATE A REENLISTMENT CANCELLATION TO AVOID PLACING
SAILORS IN AN OVERPAID STATUS.
    D.  TO VALIDATE AN INOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT AND EXPEDITE
PROCESSING OF AN SRB REQUEST, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE REMARKS PARAGRAPH
OF THE REQUEST:  TERM, NARRATIVE REASON, AUTHORITY, AND EXECUTION DATE OF ALL
INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS.  FAILURE TO VERIFY EXTENSIONS WILL CAUSE PROCESSING
DELAYS AND MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF THE REQUEST OR AN APPROVAL AT A LOWER
AMOUNT.
    E.  SAILORS MUST OBTAIN AN APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION FROM NAVPERSCOM (PERS-
811) IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF SRB ELIGIBILITY.

8.  THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED ON NEC-SPECIFIC SRB AND LATERAL
CONVERSIONS.  ACCEPTANCE OF A NEC-SPECIFIC SRB CONTRACT INDICATES AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE SAILOR AND THE NAVY TO UTILIZE SKILLS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEC DURING
THE SAILOR'S ENLISTMENT TO MEET FLEET READINESS REQUIREMENTS.  IN SUBSEQUENT
TOURS, A SAILOR MUST BE WILLING TO BE DETAILED DURING THE NORMAL PROJECTED
ROTATION DATE WINDOW TO AN AVAILABLE BILLET WITHIN THE SRB CONTRACTED NEC,
CONSISTENT WITH SEA-SHORE FLOW REQUIREMENTS.  LATERAL CONVERSIONS MUST FOLLOW
REF B, PARA 12.D.  LATERAL CONVERSION REQUESTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED MORE THAN
NINE MONTHS BEFORE THE EAOS.  CONVERSIONS TO A RATE WITH A LOWER AWARD LEVEL
WILL NOT BE APPROVED.  PERSONNEL IN A 'CLOSED -LOOP' NEC CAN REENLIST BY THE
NEC ONLY.

9.  OBLIGATED SERVICE TO TRAIN (OTT) AND THEN REENLIST.  SEE REF B, PARA
12.E., FOR OTT GUIDANCE. REQUESTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811)
VIA NAVPERS 1306/7, ENLISTED PERSONNEL ACTION REQUEST.  A COPY OF THE
AUTHORIZATION MESSAGE SHOULD BE RETAINED BY THE SAILOR UNTIL THE SRB
REENLISTMENT ON GRADUATION DAY FROM THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.  USE CODE 1CC
(1RC FOR FTS) FOR OTT SRB REQUESTS IN OPINS.

10.  INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS POLICY.  IN KEEPING WITH DOD POLICY, PERSONNEL WHO
ACCEPTED AN ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR EXTENDED ENLISTMENT (EBEE), AS REFLECTED ON
THEIR NAVCRUIT 1133 /52, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THIS INOPERATIVE EXTENSION
TIME IN THE SRB CALCULATION.  SAILORS WHO HAVE INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME
THROUGH A FIVE-YEAR OBLIGATION OR SIX-YEAR OBLIGATION PROGRAM, OR AS
AUTHORIZED IN NAVADMIN 007/09, MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE UP TO 24 MONTHS OF
INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME COUNT TOWARDS THE SRB CALCULATION PROVIDED THE
REENLISTMENT RESULTS IN A NEW EAOS THAT IS AT LEAST 24 MONTHS DAY-FOR -DAY
PAST THE CURRENT EXTENDED EAOS.
THIS CALCULATION IS PERFORMED AUTOMATICALLY BY NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811 ).  LOCAL
COMMANDS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO CANCEL OR CHANGE EXTENSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IMMEDIATE SRB REENLISTMENTS.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY AND ANNOTATE ON THE PRECERT
REQUEST WHETHER ANY INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME NOTED IS PART OF AN ENLISTED
BONUS FOR EXTENDED ENLISTMENT (EBEE) CONTRACT.

11.  LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) GUIDANCE.  SAILORS ASSIGNED TO LCS PLATFORMS
OR WITH ORDERS TO AN LCS PLATFORM WHO POSSESS MULTIPLE NEC'S SPECIFICALLY
REQUIRED FOR LCS ASSIGNMENT ARE AUTHORIZED TO REENLIST FOR THE MOST LUCRATIVE
SRB-ELIGIBLE NEC, REGARDLESS OF ASSIGNED RATING.

12.  TO ENSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES ARE MET, VISIT THE FOLLOWING SRB
PAGE OF THE NPC WEBSITE:

HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/BUPERS-NPC/CAREER/PAYANDBENEFITS/N130

/PAGES/N130D.ASPX

13.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR A SAILOR WHO HAS REENLISTED AND HAS NOT RECEIVED
THEIR SRB PAYMENT, OR HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TAXATION OF THEIR SRB AND
ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, IS THE SAILOR'S SERVICING PAY OFFICE OR PERSONNEL SUPPORT
DETACHMENT.  SRB TAX INFORMATION IS ALSO DISCUSSED IN DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
REGULATION VOL 7A, CH 44, TABLE 44-1, RULE 7.  THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR A
SAILOR WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SRB PROGRAM OR ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR
BUPERS ON-LINE ACCOUNT IS THEIR COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR (CCC).  FOR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS, CCCS, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL SAILORS, ARE ENCOURAGED
TO CONTACT NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) AT (901) 874-2526/DSN 882, FAX (901) 874-
2623/DSN 882 OR E-MAIL EMCM(SS) IRISH AT DOUGLAS.B.IRISH(AT)NAVY.MIL, MR.
FRANK PALOMO AT FRANCISCO.PALOMO(AT)NAVY.MIL OR PSC BELLEW AT JEFFREY
.BELLEW(AT)NAVY.MIL.

14.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS RETENTION BEHAVIOR AND ADJUST SRB AWARD LEVELS
ACCORDINGLY.

15.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//

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90,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTN         9308         *      5.0     5.0     A, B
EOD         5337        0.0    -6.0    -6.0
NUC         3353/63    +10.5    7.5     0.0     C
NUC         3354/64      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3355/65      *     +9.0     0.0     C
NUC         3356/66      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3383/93      *      8.0     0.0     C
NUC         3384/94      *      5.5     0.0     C
NUC         3385/95      *      6.5     0.0     C
NUC         3386/96    +10.0    8.0     0.0     C
SO          5326         *     -5.5    -6.0
TIER TWO:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWV         8284       -0.0    -0.0     0.0
CB          5931       -0.0     0.0     0.0
CB          5932        2.5     1.0     0.0
CB          5933        0.0     0.0     0.0
CTT         0000        0.0     0.0     0.0
CTT         9135       -0.0     0.0     0.0
CTT         1702/3X    -1.0     1.0     0.0     B, D
HM          8493       -2.0     0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AC          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
ETSS COMM   14XXA/EM/CM  *      1.0     0.0     D, E, F
ETSS NAV    14XXB/NM/XM  *     -0.0     0.0
FCA         0000       -1.0      *      0.0
FT          11XX/13XX    *      0.5     0.0     D
MN          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
STS         0000         *     -0.0     0.0
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
CTM         9225        2.0     1.0     0.0     B
CTM         9229       -2.0     2.0     1.0     B
FCA         0000         *     -1.0     0.0
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWF         8251       -0.0     0.0     0.0
AWO         7841       -1.0    -0.5    -0.0
AWO         7861       -0.0     0.0     0.0
AWS         7815S      -1.5    -0.0    -0.0
CB          5633       -0.0     1.0    -0.0
CTR         0000       -0.0    -0.0    -0.0
HM          8401       -0.0     0.0     0.0
HM          8410        0.0    -0.0     0.0
HM          8752       -0.0     0.0     0.0
IC          4747        0.0     0.0    -0.0
IT          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
MMSS AUX    4230/31    -0.5     0.0     0.0     E
MMSS WEP    4232/33    -1.0     0.0     0.0
MT          33XX       -1.0    -0.5     0.0     D
LCAC        0304        1.5     0.5     0.0     H
OS          0318       -1.0     1.0     0.0
OS          0319        0.0     2.0     1.0
OS          0324       -0.0     1.5     0.0
STG         0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
60,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
FC          0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
IS          3910        0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B
IS          3912       -0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B, G
IS          3923        0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B
IS          3924        0.0    -1.0     0.0     A, B
75,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
ETSW        0000       -0.0     0.0     0.0
FULL TIME SUPPORT SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AWARD LEVELS:
TIER THREE:
45,000 DOLLAR AWARD CEILING
RATING      NEC        ZONE A  ZONE B  ZONE C  NOTES
AWF         8220        1.0     0.5     0.0   I, J
AWF         8245        0.0     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         8250        0.0     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         8251        1.5     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         8252        0.0     1.0     1.0   I, J
AWF         82XX        0.5     0.0     0.0   I, J, K
AE          0000        1.0     0.0     0.0   I, J
AT          0000        1.0     1.0     0.0   I, J
ET          0000       -0.0    -0.0     0.0   I, J

4.  ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS RATING: ALL SAILORS WHO REENLIST PRIOR TO 1  OCT 2011
THAT WERE SELECTED FOR CONVERSION TO THE NEW ITS RATING MAY REQUEST SRB UNDER
ORIGINAL  SOURCE RATING PROVIDED ALL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA REMAINS VALID OTHER
THAN NEW ITS DESIGNATION.

5.  NOTES
    A.  THE SRB FOR THIS RATING NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION
(NEC) IS TIED TO AN INCUMBENT BILLET OR TO ORDERS NEGOTIATED FOR THE  NEXT
BILLET.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE MEMBER IS CURRENTLY IN, OR HAS ORDERS TO, A
BILLET REQUIRING THIS  NEC AND ANNOTATE THIS VERIFICATION IN THE COMMENTS
SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST, IF REENLISTMENT FOR  AN SRB IS INTENDED TO
FILL NAVY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC SKILL SETS TIED TO THESE BILLETS.
    B.  AN SRB APPROVAL FOR ALL CT, IS, AND IT RATINGS WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON
MEMBER HAVING A CURRENT SINGLE SCOPE BACKGROUND  INVESTIGATION (SSBI), AN
ACTIVE SSBI OR RECENT SUBMISSION OF AN SSBI PACKAGE.  COMMANDS MUST VERIFY THE
MEMBER HAS A CURRENT SSBI, ACTIVE SSBI, OR HAS SUBMITTED A SSBI PACKAGE AND
MAKE NOTE OF THIS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE PRECERT REQUEST.

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    C.  REENLISTMENT COMPENSATION FOR ZONE C NUCLEAR TRAINED PERSONNEL HOLDING
A NUCLEAR SUPERVISOR NEC SHALL BE PROVIDED UNDER THE ENLISTED SUPERVISOR
RETENTION PAY PROGRAM (ESRP), PER REF D.  NECS 3359 AND 3389 ARE INACTIVE
NECS.
MEMBERS HOLDING THESE NECS MAY REENLIST AT THE AWARD LEVEL SPECIFIED FOR THE
LAST ACTIVE NEC HELD.
    D.  LETTERS APPEARING WITH AN NEC ARE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE ONLY.
    E.  SUBSURFACE OR SURFACE DESIGNATION DOES NOT MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE
SUBSURFACE OR ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALIST QUALIFIED, BUT INDICATES THE
COMPONENT OF THE RATING IN WHICH THEY CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO SERVE.
TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS, AND PREVIOUS OR PROJECTED DUTY ASSIGNMENTS AT SEA
WILL INDICATE THE APPROPRIATE RATING COMPONENT.  WHEN U SING THE FORCE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FORMAN) AND THE OFFICER PERSONNEL  INFORMATION SYSTEM
(OPINS) TO INPUT A SRB PRECERT REQUEST, USE THE RATING (WITH APPROPRIATE
SUFFIX  DESIGNATION)/NEC AS SPECIFIED IN THIS NAVADMIN.  FOR EXAMPLE, SURFACE
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN WITH NO NEC WOULD SUBMIT 'ETSW' ON PRECERT FOR RATING.
    F.  SUBSURFACE NECS.  SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 14XXA IDENTIFIES
ALL SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN COMMUNICATIONS SAILORS WHO HOLD NECS
BEGINNING WITH 14. SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION 14XXB
IDENTIFIES SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION SAILORS AND INCLUDES
ALL SUBSURFACE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN NAVIGATION NECS BEGINNING WITH 14.
    G.  MEMBERS HOLDING NEC 3913 MAY REENLIST AT THE AWARD LEVEL SPECIFIED FOR
NEC 3912.
    H.  RATINGS ELIGIBLE FOR NEC 0304 ARE:  AWO, ET, QM, AND OS.
    I.  DUE TO SIGNIFICANT NAVY ALIGNMENT AND CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE
RESERVE INTEGRATION, FTS SRB REENLISTMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM,
PROVIDED A MEMBER REENLISTS INTO THE NEXT ZONE, AS REQUIRED BY REFS B AND E.
 ADDITIONALLY, AN FTS SAILOR MAY REENLIST AND RECEIVE ONLY ONE SRB PER ZONE
(ZONE A, ZONE B, AND ZONE C) DURING A CAREER.  THIS FTS SRB AWARD PLAN APPLIES
TO RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE FTS PROGRAM; IT DOES NOT APPLY TO FTS CANVASSER
RECRUITERS.
    J.  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPE CODES SHALL BE USED WHEN SUBMITTING THE SRB
PRECERT:  CODE 1RR, IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; CODE
1RB, BROKEN SERVICE REENLISTMENT FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT SRB; OR CODE 1RC,
OBLISERV TO TRAIN AND REENLIST FOR FULL TIME SUPPORT.
    K.  NEC 8201, 8278, 8289 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FTS SRB.

6.  EARLY REENLISTMENT OPPORTUNITY:  SAILORS SERVING IN TIER ONE SKILLS, AS
WELL AS THE EXCEPTIONS OUTLINED IN PARA 12.A OF REF B AND PARA 4 OF REF C, ARE
ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR OF THEIR END OF
ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE (EAOS).  NUCLEAR SAILORS MAY STILL CROSS FISCAL YEAR
BOUNDARIES.  ADDITIONALLY, SAILORS SERVING IN TIER TWO OR TIER  THREE SRB
SKILLS WHO RECEIVED AN EP IN BLOCK 45 OF THEIR MOST RECENT REGULAR  PERIODIC
EVALUATION OR FITNESS REPORT WILL BE ALLOWED TO REENLIST EARLY ANY TIME WITHIN
THE FISCAL YEAR OF  THEIR EAOS.  NO TRANSFER, CONCURRENT, OR SPECIAL
EVALUATIONS WILL APPLY.  SAILORS ADVANCED WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THEIR
EAOS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE THE LAST REGULAR PERIODIC EVALUATION OR
FITNESS REPORT IN THEIR PREVIOUS PAYGRADE.
PERSONNEL MUST FAX OR EMAIL A SIGNED COPY OF THE EVALUATION TO NAVPERSCOM
(PERS-811) ONCE THEIR PRECERT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.  THIS REQUIREMENT IS ONLY
FOR THOSE THAT FALL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

7.  SRB PRECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
    A.  PERFORM-TO-SERVE (PTS):  COMMANDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT SRB
REENLISTMENT REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MEMBER RECEIVING A PTS QUOTA; HOWEVER, THE
PTS QUOTA REQUEST MUST HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE SRB REQUEST WILL NOT BE
PROCESSED UNTIL THE MEMBER HAS RECEIVED PTS CONFIRMATION.
    B.  COMMANDS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ALL SRB REENLISTMENT REQUESTS TO PERS-
811 VIA OPINS 35-120 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE SAILOR'S REQUESTED REENLISTMENT
DATE.
REQUESTS SUBMITTED LESS THAN 35 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REQUESTED REENLISTMENT DATE
WILL BE REJECTED; HOWEVER, COMMANDS MAY CONTACT PERS-811 FOR WAIVER
ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES.
 SAILORS MUST HAVE APPROVED PRECERTS BEFORE REENLISTING.  THE SERVICING
PERSONNEL OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THE REENLISTMENT, POSTING THE
CONTRACT, RELEASING THE FIRST PAYMENT, AND VERIFYING THE MASTER MILITARY PAY
ACCOUNT.
    C.  SAILORS WITH APPROVED PRECERTS WHO DO NOT REENLIST ON THE DATE OR FOR
THE TERM SPECIFIED IN THE PRECERT MESSAGE MUST HAVE THEIR COMMAND CONTACT
NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) TO INITIATE A REENLISTMENT CANCELLATION TO AVOID PLACING
SAILORS IN AN OVERPAID STATUS.
    D.  TO VALIDATE AN INOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT AND EXPEDITE
PROCESSING OF AN SRB REQUEST, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE REMARKS PARAGRAPH
OF THE REQUEST:  TERM, NARRATIVE REASON, AUTHORITY, AND EXECUTION DATE OF ALL
INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS.  FAILURE TO VERIFY EXTENSIONS WILL CAUSE PROCESSING
DELAYS AND MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF THE REQUEST OR AN APPROVAL AT A LOWER
AMOUNT.
    E.  SAILORS MUST OBTAIN AN APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION FROM NAVPERSCOM (PERS-
811) IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF SRB ELIGIBILITY.

8.  THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED ON NEC-SPECIFIC SRB AND LATERAL
CONVERSIONS.  ACCEPTANCE OF A NEC-SPECIFIC SRB CONTRACT INDICATES AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE SAILOR AND THE NAVY TO UTILIZE SKILLS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEC DURING
THE SAILOR'S ENLISTMENT TO MEET FLEET READINESS REQUIREMENTS.  IN SUBSEQUENT
TOURS, A SAILOR MUST BE WILLING TO BE DETAILED DURING THE NORMAL PROJECTED
ROTATION DATE WINDOW TO AN AVAILABLE BILLET WITHIN THE SRB CONTRACTED NEC,
CONSISTENT WITH SEA-SHORE FLOW REQUIREMENTS.  LATERAL CONVERSIONS MUST FOLLOW
REF B, PARA 12.D.  LATERAL

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CONVERSION REQUESTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED MORE THAN NINE MONTHS BEFORE THE
EAOS.  CONVERSIONS TO A RATE WITH A LOWER AWARD LEVEL WILL NOT BE APPROVED.
PERSONNEL IN A 'CLOSED-LOOP' NEC CAN REENLIST BY THE NEC ONLY.

9.  OBLIGATED SERVICE TO TRAIN (OTT) AND THEN REENLIST.  SEE REF B, PARA
12.E., FOR OTT GUIDANCE. REQUESTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811)
VIA NAVPERS 1306/7, ENLISTED PERSONNEL ACTION REQUEST.  A COPY OF THE
AUTHORIZATION MESSAGE SHOULD BE RETAINED BY THE SAILOR UNTIL THE SRB
REENLISTMENT ON GRADUATION DAY FROM THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.  USE CODE 1CC
(1RC FOR FTS) FOR OTT SRB REQUESTS IN OPINS.

10.  INOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS POLICY.  IN KEEPING WITH DOD POLICY, PERSONNEL WHO
ACCEPTED AN ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR EXTENDED ENLISTMENT (EBEE), AS REFLECTED ON
THEIR NAVCRUIT 1133/52, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THIS INOPERATIVE EXTENSION
TIME IN THE SRB CALCULATION.  SAILORS WHO HAVE  INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME
THROUGH A FIVE-YEAR OBLIGATION OR SIX-YEAR OBLIGATION PROGRAM, OR AS
AUTHORIZED  IN NAVADMIN 007/09, MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE UP TO 24 MONTHS OF
INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME COUNT TOWARDS THE  SRB CALCULATION PROVIDED THE
REENLISTMENT RESULTS IN A NEW EAOS THAT IS AT LEAST 24 MONTHS  DAY-FOR-DAY
PAST THE CURRENT EXTENDED EAOS.
THIS CALCULATION IS PERFORMED AUTOMATICALLY BY NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811).
  LOCAL COMMANDS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO
CANCEL OR CHANGE EXTENSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMMEDIATE SRB REENLISTMENTS.
COMMANDS MUST VERIFY AND ANNOTATE ON THE PRECERT REQUEST WHETHER ANY
INOPERATIVE EXTENSION TIME NOTED IS PART OF AN ENLISTED BONUS FOR EXTENDED
ENLISTMENT (EBEE) CONTRACT.

11.  LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) GUIDANCE.  SAILORS ASSIGNED TO LCS PLATFORMS
OR WITH ORDERS TO AN LCS PLATFORM WHO POSSESS MULTIPLE NEC'S SPECIFICALLY
REQUIRED FOR LCS ASSIGNMENT ARE AUTHORIZED TO REENLIST FOR THE MOST LUCRATIVE
SRB-ELIGIBLE NEC, REGARDLESS OF ASSIGNED RATING.

12.  TO ENSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES ARE MET, VISIT THE FOLLOWING SRB
PAGE OF THE NPC WEBSITE:

HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC.NAVY.MIL/BUPERS-

NPC/CAREER/PAYANDBENEFITS/N130/PAGES/N130D.ASPX

13.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR A SAILOR WHO HAS REENLISTED AND HAS NOT RECEIVED
THEIR SRB PAYMENT, OR HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TAXATION OF THEIR SRB AND
ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, IS THE SAILOR'S SERVICING PAY OFFICE OR PERSONNEL SUPPORT
DETACHMENT.  SRB TAX INFORMATION IS ALSO DISCUSSED IN DOD INANCIAL MANAGEMENT
REGULATION VOL 7A, CH 44, TABLE 44-1, RULE 7.  THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR A
SAILOR WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SRB PROGRAM OR ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR
BUPERS ON-LINE ACCOUNT IS THEIR COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR (CCC).  FOR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS, CCCS, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL SAILORS, ARE ENCOURAGED
TO CONTACT NAVPERSCOM (PERS-811) AT (901) 874-2526/DSN 882, FAX (901) 874-
2623/DSN 882 OR E-MAIL EMCM(SS) IRISH  AT DOUGLAS.B.IRISH(AT)NAVY.MIL, MR.
FRANK PALOMO AT FRANCISCO.PALOMO(AT)NAVY.MIL OR PSC BELLEW AT
JEFFREY.BELLEW(AT)NAVY.MIL.

14.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS RETENTION BEHAVIOR AND ADJUST SRB AWARD LEVELS
ACCORDINGLY.

15.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//

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The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.

Child Care and DOD Education Increases For 2012

NCCM(ret) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:05:33 +0000

Today, December 15, 2011, the Department of Defense released the 2012 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2012. Overall rates will increase an average of 2 percent this year; regrettably, the 2% average raise in BAH is over two percent less than first proposed by President Obama in his initial budget proposal for 2012.

Note for those attending school utilizing the Post 9/11 GI Bill: According to the Veteran’s Administration, if your housing rate decreased for 2012, you will continue to receive the higher 2011 rate unless you change schools or have more than a six month break in school attendance.

14 Feb 2011, President Obama released his “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012.” I have taken the liberty to extract the portion within the Defense budget overview that related to our members and families.

Also in the budget, it is projected that Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) will increase an average of 4.2 percent, and Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) will increase 3.4 percent.

DoD schools and child care are to receive roughly $3.6billion.

Today’s servicemembers make up the most elite and proficient fighting force in
the world, and their strength depends on the strength and stability of their families. Overall,
the Budget provides $8.3 billion to support military families, including $1.2 billion to expand
availability of affordable, high-quality child care; $4.7 billion to improve servicemembers’ quality
of life; and $2.4 billion to sustain and build DOD schools, supporting quality education for military
dependents. The Budget also includes funding for a 1.6 percent pay raise for military service
members, as well as a variety of monthly special skill-based payments, enlistment and
reenlistment bonuses, and other benefits. In addition, included in the $8.3 billion, the Budget shifts $73 million from the OCO budget to the base budget to support stability and adequate resources for important family support programs over the long-term.

Cares for Wounded, Ill, and Injured Servicemembers.

The Administration sustains ongoing efforts to provide high-quality medical care
to the over 9.6 million servicemembers, retirees, and their families. This includes support for
wounded warrior transition units and centers of excellence in vision, hearing, traumatic brain
injury (TBI), and other areas to continuously improve the care provided to wounded, ill, and
injured servicemembers.
The Budget provides:

• $52.5 billion for the overall Military Health System, which includes construction of military
hospitals and clinics, pay for military medical staff, as well as accrual contributions for future
Medicare-eligible beneficiaries;

• A projected $677 million to provide care for TBI and psychological health; and

• $415 million for continued support of wounded, ill, and injured medical research, to
include psychological health and TBI/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

To ensure that beneficiaries receive treatment in state-of-the-art hospitals and clinics, the Budget
plans for completion of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and funds construction
of the Fort Bliss hospital replacement, and ambulatory care centers at Andrews Air
Force Base and Lackland Air Force Base.

The approved 2012 Military Pay Chart for basic pay, effective January 1, 2012.
The 2013 Military Pay raise estimation based on ECI - Title 37, US Code.