ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE PRIORITY P 121930Z OCT 01 ZYB MIN PSN 375152J23 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS NAVADMIN 267/01 MSGID/GENADMIN/N1// SUBJ/CAREER SEA PAY REFORM EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 01// REF/A/DOC/TITLE 37 US CODE SECTION 305A/30OCT2000// REF/B/DOC/PUBLIC LAW 106-398/30OCT2000// REF/C/DOC/SECNAVINST 7220.77D/30SEP1996// NARR/REF A IS SECTION OF LAW THAT AUTHORIZES CSP. REF B IS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA). REF C IS THE NAVY'S GOVERNING INSTRUCTION FOR CAREER SEA PAY.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES REFORM OF CAREER SEA PAY (CSP) EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2001 IAW REFS A AND B. SECNAV AND CNO HAVE APPROVED NEW ENHANCED SEA PAY RATES AND EXPANDED CSP TO ALL RANKS REGARDLESS OF YEARS OF SEA DUTY. CAREER SEA PAY REFORM RECOGNIZES SERVICE AT SEA, THE CORNERSTONE OF NAVAL SERVICE. MORE THAN 100,000 SAILORS CURRENTLY AT SEA WILL IMMEDIATELY BENEFIT FROM THIS INITIATIVE. 2. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING EXISTING CSP RATES, WE ARE IMMEDIATELY EXPANDING CSP TO ALL SAILORS AT SEA. E1-E3 PERSONNEL AND OFFICERS WITH LESS THAN THREE YEARS OF SEA DUTY WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE CSP IN RECOGNITION OF THE RIGORS FACED BY ALL PERSONNEL EMBARKED AND SERVING IN OUR NAVY SHIPS. WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED ENLISTED ELIGIBILITY FOR CSP PREMIUM IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO CAREER SEA DUTY. THESE COMBINED INITIATIVES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE NAVY TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE FINANCIAL DIFFERENCE TO OUR SAILORS AT SEA. 3. THE FOLLOWING CSP RATES BY RANK AND CUMULATIVE YEARS OF SEA DUTY (YOSD) ARE EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2001: ENLISTED: RANK RATE BASED ON YOSD E1 $50 PER MONTH REGARDLESS OF YOSD LESS THAN 1 OVER 1 2-3 YOSD 3-4 YOSD 4-5 YOSD 5-6 YOSD E2 50 60 75 SEE NOTE 1 E3 50 60 100 SEE NOTE 1 E4 70 80 160 280 290 290 E5 70 80 160 280 300 315 E6 135 135 160 280 300 315 E7-E9 135 135 160 305 320 350 NOTE 1: RATE REMAINS THE SAME FOR E2 AND E3 OVER TWO YOSD AND BEYOND RANK OVER: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 YOSD E4 290 290 390 SEE NOTE 2 E5 325 350 450 SEE NOTE 2 E6 325 350 450 460 465 465 480 E7-E9 350 375 490 500 500 510 520 NOTE 2: RATE REMAINS THE SAME FOR E4 AND E5 OVER 9 YOSD AND BEYOND RANK OVER: 13 14 15 16 17 18 YOSD E6 495 510 510 525 525 550 E7 550 575 575 600 600 600 E8 550 575 575 600 600 620 E9 550 575 575 620 620 620 WARRANT (W1 AND W5 RATES APPLY TO USMC): W1 180 190 195 210 240 245 W2 210 210 210 210 240 365 W3 210 210 210 210 240 380 W4/W5 210 210 210 210 240 405 RANK OVER: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 YOSD W1 280 350 380 420 455 455 475 W2 370 370 380 435 475 475 525 W3 395 400 405 435 490 525 560 W4/W5 435 435 435 435 490 525 560 RANK OVER: 13 14 15 16 18 YOSD W1 475 505 505 525 525 W2 525 560 560 560 560 W3 560 595 595 595 630 W4/W5 560 630 630 630 700 OFFICER: O1 - O6 WITH LESS THAN 3 YEARS OF SEA DUTY (NOT SERVICE) WILL RECEIVE $100 A MONTH THROUGH THE SECOND YEAR OF SEA DUTY. RANK OVER: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 YOSD O1-O3 210 225 260 265 275 285 300 O4 260 265 280 285 300 310 310 O5 315 315 315 315 320 345 350 O6 315 320 320 335 360 370 395 RANK OVER: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 YOSD O1/O2 315 315 335 335 350 350 365 O3 315 315 335 335 365 365 380 O4 315 315 335 335 380 380 395 O5 365 370 370 370 400 400 420 O6 405 420 435 435 455 455 475 RANK OVER: 17 18 19 20 YOSD O1/O2 365 380 380 395 O3 380 395 395 405 04 395 405 405 420 O5 420 440 440 475 O6 475 500 500 535 DFAS IS UPDATING THEIR DATABASES TO INCORPORATE THE CHANGES. PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE TO EFFECTED MEMBERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WITH PAYMENTS RETROACTIVE TO 1 OCTOBER 2001. RATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL/PERS33/WHATSNEW.HTML. 4. CSP PREMIUM (CSPP) ($100 PER MONTH) IS PAYABLE WHEN THE SEA DUTY COUNTER INDICATES MORE THAN 36 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF SEA DUTY AND ONLY FOR PERIODS IN WHICH THE MEMBER IS ENTITLED TO CSP. PRIOR TO REFORM, E5-E9 PERSONNEL WITH OVER 5 YEARS OF SEA DUTY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CSPP AS A SEPARATE PAYMENT AS IT WAS ALREADY EMBEDDED INTO THE TABLE. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2001, E5-E9 WITH MORE THAN 36 MONTHS OF CONSECUTIVE SEA DUTY WILL RECEIVE CSPP AS A SEPARATE PAYMENT THROUGH THE SEVENTH YEAR OF SEA DUTY. AT OVER 8 YEARS OF SEA DUTY, THE PREMIUM WILL BE EMBEDDED INTO E5-E9 CSP RATE TABLES REGARDLESS OF CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF SEA DUTY. 5. REF C IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED AND UNTIL FINAL REVISION IS PUBLISHED, REMAINS THE GOVERNING REGULATION EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE. 6. CNP COMMENTS: THE FLEET ASKED FOR CSP REFORM AND SECRETARY ENGLAND AND ADMIRAL CLARK HAVE DELIVERED. ENHANCED CSP REFORM SENDS THE MESSAGE, LOUD AND CLEAR, THAT THE LEADERS OF THE NAVY ARE COMMITTED TO THE VALUE OF SERVICE AT SEA, AND TO THE SAILORS WHO ARE OUT THERE, AT SEA, EVERY DAY. 7. POINT OF CONTACT FOR NAVY CSP POLICY IS LT STORMI LOONEY, N130C1, AT (703) 695-3005/DSN 225. EMAIL AT N130C1@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL 8. RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR. N1.// BT