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R 261540Z SEP 01 ZYB MIN PSN 177708J30
 
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NAVADMIN 250/01
 
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SUBJ/ET NEC 1678 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAINTAINER (ISM) MANNING//
 
RMKS/1.  THE NAVY HAS IMPLEMENTED THE ET 1678 NAVY ENLISTED
CLASSIFICATION CODE (NEC) BY ESTABLISHING THE ISM COURSE OF
INSTRUCTION (COI).  BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW NEC, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
INSUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF ET NEC 1678 PERSONNEL IN THE FLEET TO FILL
ALL SHIP REQUIREMENTS.
 
2.  THE 1678 NEC COI, INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAINTAINER, WAS
SUCCESSFULLY PILOTED AND IS CURRENTLY GRADUATING ET 1678 NEC
PERSONNEL.  THIS COURSE WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE THE NECESSARY NUMBER
OF 1678 NECS TO MEET FLEET NEEDS.  HOWEVER, PROVIDING THE INITIAL
MANNING FOR ALL ET 1678 BILLETS IS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE.
 
3.  SHIPS CURRENTLY HAVE PERSONNEL SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINING THEIR
LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN).  MANY OF THESE PERSONNEL ARE FROM THE
FORMER DS RATING (NOW EITHER AN ET OR FC) WHO HOLD THE OLD DS 1677
NEC.  THESE PERSONNEL MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR NEC 1678 AS OUTLINED IN
PARA 4C.  FURTHER, THERE ARE 1677 NEC HOLDERS WHO, ALTHOUGH NOT
WORKING IN THE COMPUTER FIELD AT THE PRESENT TIME, HAVE THE
REQUISITE SKILL SET TO MAINTAIN SHIPBOARD LAN HARDWARE IF THEY WERE
PROVIDED SOME LEVEL OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING (I.E. A DIFFERENT COI AS
OUTLINED IN PARA 4D).
 
4.  THE FOLLOWING FOUR-PRONGED PLAN WILL BE USED TO MAN THE ET 1678
BILLETS WITH THE INITIAL EMPHASIS ON DEPLOYING BG/ARG:
    A.  NAVMAC WILL NOT UPDATE THE SHIPS ACTIVITY MANNING DOCUMENT
(AMD) FOR THE ET NEC 1678 REQUIREMENT UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS
PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT.  THIS EFFORT SHOULD KEEP FOCUS ON FLEET
TRANSITION PRIORITIES AND EASE THE CHALLENGE CAUSED BY A LARGE
NUMBER OF VACANT BILLETS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE OCCUR IF ET 1678
BILLETS WERE GLOBALLY UPDATED IN ALL SHIP AMDS.
    B.  ET 1678 C SCHOOL QUOTA MANAGER AND FLTCINC C4I TRAINING
COORDINATOR WILL ENSURE THE NEC 1678 COI SEATS ARE PRIORITIZED (BOTH
PCS AND TAD SEATS) TO ENSURE PERSONNEL FROM UPCOMING DEPLOYERS
TRAIN FIRST.
    C.  COMMANDING OFFICERS CAN NOMINATE SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL TO BE
AWARDED ET NEC 1678 WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
        1.  COMMANDING OFFICER ENDORSEMENT,
        2.  HOLD NEC 1677, AND
        3.  HAVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR RECENT EXPERIENCE IN SHIPS LAN
MAINTENANCE DUTIES.
NOTE:  RECENT EXPERIENCE IS DEFINED AS CURRENTLY WORKING IN LAN
MAINTENANCE DUTIES AND HAS BEEN FOR ONE YEAR.
NOTE:  SINCE THE ET RATING IS THE SOLE SOURCE FOR NEC 1678, NOMINATED
FC PERSONNEL WHO ARE CURRENTLY MAINTAINING SHIPS LANS HARDWARE WILL
BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT RATING CONVERSION PACKAGES TO CROSS RATE TO
THE ET RATING.  SINCE THIS IS A VOLUNTARY LATERAL RATING CONVERSION,
IT WILL NOT AFFECT SRB PREVIOUSLY EARNED AS AN FC.
    D.  CNET WILL DEVELOP A DIFFERENT COI FOR THOSE NEC 1677 HOLDERS
WHO NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AS AN NEC
1678.  THIS COI WILL BE CONDUCTED ON AN INTERIM BASIS AND CONVENED
(OVER A PERIOD OF APPROX 18 TO 24 MONTHS) IN THE MAJOR FLEET
CONCENTRATION AREAS.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COI WILL
BE PROVIDED VIA SEPCOR FROM CNET.
 
5.  PARA 4A AND 4B ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS AND WILL CONTINUE.
 
6.  PARA 4C AND 4D WILL REQUIRE SHIPS TO INDENTIFY NEC 1678 NOMINEES
AND, AS A RESULT OF EITHER COMMANDING OFFICERS RECOMMENDATION (PART
C) OR COMPLETION OF THE 1678 DIFFERENCE COI (PART D), SUBMIT
NAVPERS 1221/2 TO EPMAC TO AFFECT THE CHANGE IN THE MEMBERS RECORD.
FURTHER, A FEW CASES WILL ALSO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A NAVPERS
1306/7 TO LATERALLY CONVERT FROM FC TO ET.
 
7.  POC IS THE ET ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER, CDR S. J. KOZLOSKI,
N132D5 AT (703) 697-2502/DSN 227, E-MAIL:
N132D5@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL, OR FCCM K. SNYDER, N132D5A AT
(703) 614-6503/DSN 224, E-MAIL:  N132D5A@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.
 
8.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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