ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
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R 110200Z JUL 01 ZYB MIN PSN 374905J28
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N07000//
NAVADMIN 174/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
 
SUBJ/FY-01 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM//
 
REF/A/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/022345ZMAR2001//
 
REF/B/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/081520ZMAR2001//
 
REF/C/DOC/DFAS-HQ/01JAN1998//
 
REF/D/DOC/OPNAV/28MAY1987//
 
REF/E/DOC/CNMPC/15AUG1991//
 
REF/F/DOC/CNP/31OCT1995//
 
NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 049/01.  REF B IS NAVADMIN 057/01.  REF C IS
DJMS PROCEDURES TRAINING GUIDE (PTG).  REF D IS OPNAVINST 1160.6A.
REF E IS MILPERSMAN.  REF F IS ENLTRANSMAN.//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN MODIFIES THE FY-01 SRB PROCESS (REF A THROUGH
F APPLY) WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR THOSE PERSONNEL WHOSE SRB REQUESTS HAVE
PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED BY PRECERT MESSAGE.  IMPROVING NAVY-WIDE
RETENTION AND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN PROJECTED TAKE RATES HAVE
EXPENDED FY01 SRB FUNDS AT A RATE GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED.  AS WE
APPROACH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO
PRIORITIZE SRB REQUESTS TO ENSURE TIME AND SITUATION-CRITICAL
REQUESTS ARE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED.
 
2.  REMAINING FY-01 SRB REQUESTS WILL BE PRIORITIZED AS FOLLOWS:
    A.  MEMBER'S EAOS IS IN FY01 WITH NO EXTENSION TIME REMAINING ON
CONTRACT (REACHED 48-MONTH MAXIMUM EXTENSION TIME).
    B.  MEMBER IS UNDER ORDERS TO OBLISERV AND ORDERS MUST BE
EXECUTED IN FY-01.
    C.  MEMBER WILL PASS THROUGH SRB ZONE OF ELIGIBILITY BEFORE END
OF FY-01.
    D.  MEMBER REQUESTS TO REENLIST IN A TAX FREE ZONE AND MEETS ALL
SRB ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
    E.  MEMBER HAS AN INOPERATIVE EXTENSION WITH AN EAOS IN FY-01.
    F.  MEMBERS REQUESTING REENLISTMENT AND NOT FALLING IN
CATEGORIES A THROUGH E.
 
3.  THOSE MEMBERS WHOSE FY-01 REENLISTMENT REQUEST CANNOT BE
SUPPORTED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF FUNDING AT THE TIME OF RECEIPT WILL
BE NOTIFIED BY PERS-815 TO RESUBMIT PRECERT FOR A REENLISTMENT DATE
NO EARLIER THAN 01SEP01 WITH AN ALTERNATIVE REENLISTMENT DATE WITHIN
THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY-02.  ALTERNATE DATE SHOULD BE NOTED IN THE
COMMENTS SECTION OF THE PRECERT.
 
4.  IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE APPROVED BY 31AUG01, WE WILL PROCESS
THESE ELIGIBLE RESUBMITTED PRECERTS FOR THE REQUESTED SEPTEMBER
REENLISTMENT DATE.  IF ADDITIONAL FY-01 FUNDS ARE NOT APPROVED, WE
WILL PROCESS THESE ELIGIBLE PRECERTS FOR THE REQUESTED FY-02 FIRST
QUARTER REENLISTMENT DATE.
 
5.  FOR THOSE PERSONNEL AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION, AND SUBJECT TO THE
CONDITIONS OF A CONTINUING RESOLUTION OR FY-02 APPRORIATIONS ACT, IT
IS INTENDED TO APPROVE ELIGIBLE SRB REQUESTS IN SEPTEMBER 2001
AND/OR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY-02 AT NO LESSER AMOUNT THAN WOULD BE
REALIZED IF THAT MEMBER HAD REENLISTED AT EAOS IN FY-01.
 
6.  SHOULD REF A AND B BE REVISED BY A NEW AWARD PLAN, THOSE
PERSONNEL WHOSE REENLISTMENT HAS BEEN DELAYED IAW PARA 4 ABOVE WILL
BE GUARANTEED THE HIGHER AWARD LEVEL IF THEY REENLIST PRIOR TO
31DEC01.
 
7.  IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL, UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE
MEMBER MUST REENLIST IN FY-01 VS FY-02 OR IN ADVANCE OF EAOS, REQUEST
THE CINCPACFLT, CINCLANTFLT OR ECHELON TWO COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR
CONTACT MMC OGLE, PERS-815, DSN 882-3215.
 
8.  SRB CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF OUR MOST IMPRESSIVE RETENTION SUCCESS
STORIES.  WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF OUR SAILORS AND AS
SUCH, THE NAVY HAS BEEN WORKING HARD WITH CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE
SRB PROGRAM AND HAS REALIZED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES TO THE PROGRAM
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS (97M FY-99 NEW MONEY TO 180M IN FY-01).  I
NEED YOUR HELP IN ENSURING WE MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR
FINITE SRB RESOURCES AS WE SEEK TO PRIORITIZE SRB PRECERTS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS FY.  BOTTOM LINE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE "MUST
REENLISTS" FOR FY01 ARE APPROVED, THAT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE
CONSIDERED WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND THAT SAILORS WILL NOT SUFFER
REDUCTIONS IN AWARD LEVELS.  ADDITIONALLY, NAVY LEADERSHIP WILL
CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE POTENTIAL, ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
KEEP THE SRB PROGRAM MOVING TOWARD THE END OF THE FY.
 
9.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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