ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 031215Z AUG 01 ZYB MIN PSN 611185J22 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS NAVADMIN 196/01 MSGID/GENADMIN/N1// SUBJ/NMCI AND THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (IT)// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE NAVY MARINE CORPS INTRANET (NMCI) AND THE IMPACT ON THE IT RATING. 2. NMCI IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVY (DON) AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO CONTRACT AND DELIVER A SINGLE INTEGRATED DON WIDE NETWORK FOR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS SHORE COMMANDS. ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (EDS) AND ITS TEAM MEMBERS, RAYTHEON, DELL, WAMNET, AND WORLDCOM, FORM THE INFORMATION STRIKE FORCE (ISF) THAT WILL IMPLEMENT NMCI. NMCI WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, END-TO-END INFORMATION SERVICES FOR DATA, VIDEO AND VOICE COMMUNICATIONS AND DELIVER GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY TO ALLOW OUR WORKFORCE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, MORE PRODUCTIVE, AND BETTER ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WAR FIGHTING MISSIONS OF THE DON. 3. ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND EXCITING ASPECTS OF THE NCMI CONTRACT IS THAT IT PROVIDES IT'S WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE STATE OF THE ART TRAINING WHICH MAY EARN THEM INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS OR NECS. 4. OPNAV(N1) SENT OUT A DATA CALL MESSAGE TO SIX MAJOR CLAIMANTS (CNO, CINCPACFLT, CINCLANTFLT, BUPERS, CNET, NCTC) THAT SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 421 BILLETS FOR REALIGNMENT TO THE NMCI NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTERS (NOC). THE NOCS ARE LOCATED IN NORFOLK, SAN DIEGO, JACKSONVILLE, QUANTICO, OAHU, AND PUGET SOUND. A GLOBAL NOC (GNOC) WILL PROVIDE OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS FOR THE NOCS AND WILL BE LOCATED AT QUANTICO. UNTIL THAT FACILITY IS READY, A TEMPORARY GNOC WILL BE COLLOCATED WITH THE NORFOLK NOC. TWO DETACHMENTS LOCATED IN SAN DIEGO AND NORFOLK OPENED IN MAY 2001. INITIALLY, BOTH OF THESE DETACHMENTS WILL HAVE 10 SAILORS ASSIGNED TO SUPPORT TRANSITION TO FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY AT WHICH TIME THE REMAINING BILLETS WILL BE FILLED. THE BALANCE OF THE CONUS BILLETS WILL BE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISF'S ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR) PHASE DATES OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. 5. UNDER NMCI, SAILORS WILL REPORT FOR DUTY AT A MILITARY DETACHMENT AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE NMCI NOC AND HELP DESK CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES. THERE WILL BE A MILITARY SUPERVISOR WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO DESIGN AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) BASED ON THE SAILOR'S TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. THE ISF WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAILORS TO RECEIVE STATE OF THE ART IT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION TAILORED TO ENHANCE AN INDIVIDUAL'S SKILLS AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES AS WELL AS PROVIDE THE DON WITH HIGHLY SKILLED IT PROFESSIONALS. 6. IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, NMCI IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY'S SHORE BASED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, REPLACING THOUSANDS OF INDEPENDENT NETWORKS ASHORE WITH ONE SECURE NETWORK. THIS EFFORT WILL ALSO EQUATE TO FASTER INFORMATION FLOW AND MORE RELIABLE CONNECTIVITY. FINALLY, NMCI WILL CONNECT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY (IT-21) AT THE PIER AND BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE GLOBAL INFORMATION GRID. 7. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO NMCI BILLETS MUST HAVE ENOUGH OBLIGATED SERVICE (OBLISERV) TO INCUR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS OF FOLLOW-ON ORDERS AFTER COMPLETION OF AN NMCI TOUR. A TOUR WILL CONSIST OF NOT MORE THAN 36 MONTHS OF DUTY WITH NMCI. THE FOLLOW-ON ORDERS WILL BE ASSIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE NAVY. ATTAINMENT OF SUFFICIENT OBLIGATED SERVICE THROUGH REENLISTMENT/EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT IS REQUIRED AND PAGE 13 ENTRIES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. OBLISERV IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF ORDERS. 8. WHILE MANY IT'S REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBERS OF NMCI BILLETS, THEIR CONCERNS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF PLANNING INITIATIVES IN OPNAV. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE NMCI CONTRACT IS THAT IT IS "PERFORMANCE BASED" AND THERE IS ROOM FOR BILLET GROWTH AND EXPANSION TO FIT THE DON NEEDS. 9. THOSE PERSONNEL CONCERNED WITH THE STATUS OF THE IT COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF NMCI SHOULD NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT NMCI SUPPORT BILLETS ARE LESS THAN FOUR PERCENT OF THE OVERALL IT BILLET STRUCTURE. THERE ARE NAVY INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT FALL UNDER THE NMCI CONTRACT. THESE SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE IT SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, NUMEROUS INSTRUCTOR BILLETS EXIST AT IT SCHOOLS. IN SHORT, THERE ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SIGNIFICANT IT NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS BILLETS THAT REQUIRE THE HIGHLY TRAINED AND MOTIVATED IT TO MEET THE GROWING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IM/IT) REQUIREMENTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. 10. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND OPNAV WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO MAXIMIZE BOTH NETWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS (CISN) TRAINING STRATEGY. THE FLEET CINC REPRESENTATIVES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT ON ALL IM/IT INITIATIVES. 11. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS MAKE THE IT RATING ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC RATINGS IN THE NAVY. INITIATIVES SUCH AS NMCI AND IT-21 WILL HELP DEFINE FLEET REQUIREMENTS OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS AS IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESSES. IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE RATING SIZE WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY CONSTANT WITH COMPETITIVE ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. LIKEWISE, MAJOR CHANGES IN SEA/SHORE ROTATION ARE NOT EXPECTED AS FLEET REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING DEFINED. 12. ALL SAILORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ LINK MAGAZINE FOR UPDATES AND VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: HTTP:/WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL HTTP:/CNO-N6.NAVY.MIL HTTP:/WWW.DON-IMIT.NAVY.MIL HTTP:/WWW.PEO-IT.NAVY.MIL HTTPS:/NMCI.SPAWAR.NAVY.MIL HTTP:/WWW.EDS.COM/NMCI 13. RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.// BT