ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 162320Z NOV 01 ZYB MIN PSN 795145J31
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N07220//
NAVADMIN 302/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
 
SUBJ/CONTROL OF PER DIEM COSTS FOR RESERVISTS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION
/NOBLE EAGLE ENDURING FREEDOM//
 
REF/A/MEMO/OSD/20SEP2001/NOTAL//
 
REF/B/DOC/DODFMR/01MAY1993//
 
REF/C/DOC/JFTR/01AUG2001//
 
REF/D/MSG/CNO N46/101228ZOCT2001/NOTAL//
 
REF/E/DOC/OPNAV/20MAR1997//
 
NARR/REF A IS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEMORANDUM ON MOBILIZATION
DEMOBILIZATION OF PERSONNEL AND PAY POLICY FOR RESERVE MEMBERS
ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN RESPONSE TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC)
AND PENTAGON ATTACKS.  REF B IS THE DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
REGULATION (DODFMR) VOLUME 7A.  REF C IS JOINT FEDERAL TRAVEL
REGULATION (JFTR).  REF D IS CNO N46 MESSAGE ON BERTHING POLICY FOR
RESERVISTS CALLED IN SUPPORT OF WTC AND PENTAGON ATTACKS.  REF E IS
OPNAV 11103.1B (POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING BACHELOR HOUSING).
//
 
RMKS/1.  AFTER THE ATTACKS ON THE PENTAGON AND WTC, REF A AUTHORIZED
THE SERVICE SECRETARIES TO ISSUE TEMPORARY DUTY ORDERS (TDY) IN
EXCESS OF 139 DAYS TO ALL RESERVISTS MOBILIZED IN RESPONSE TO THESE
ATTACKS.  THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HAS APPROVED A PROPOSAL THAT
ENTITLES ALL RESERVISTS, NOT RESIDING AT THEIR HOME OF RECORD, TO
PARTIAL MOBILIZATION ORDERS WITH TDY BENEFITS INCLUDING PER DIEM.
REFS B AND C APPLY.
 
2.  THE COSTS TO HOUSE AND FEED OVER 14,000 MOBILIZED PERSONNEL PER
YEAR WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.  SOME ESTIMATES PLACE THE PER DIEM COSTS
ALONE AT 680 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR.  THE NAVY CANNOT SUSTAIN
FUNDING IF ALL PER DIEM IS PAID.  PER REF D, COMMANDS WERE DIRECTED
TO CONTAIN PER DIEM COSTS BY A NUMBER OF MEANS INCLUDING UTILIZING
VISITOR QUARTERS, NAVY LODGE, AND CONTRACT QUARTERS.  AS COMMANDS
EXHAUST EXISTING GOVERNMENT HOUSING, THEY ARE DIRECTED TO DEVELOP
CONTRACT BERTHING AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL HOTELS OR TO REOPEN EXISTING
BARRACKS ON BASE THAT CAN BE USED TO HOUSE MOBILIZED PERSONNEL.
BACHELORS MAY BE HOUSED AT LESS THAN ADEQUATE STANDARDS FOR THEIR
PAYGRADE.  REFERENCE E APPLIES.  THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A
LACK OF CONCERN FOR OUR MOBLIZED PERSONNEL, BUT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
THE SCOPE OF THIS OPERATION AND THE NEED TO PLACE INDIVIDUALS IN
QUARTERS SMALLER THAN IN NORMAL PEACETIME OPERATIONS.
 
3.  IF QUARTERS CANNOT BE MADE AVAILABLE ON BASE, CONTRACT BERTHING
WILL BE USED AS AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF GOVERNMENT LODGING.  THE
PRIMARY SOURCE OF CONTRACT BERTHING SHOULD BE DEMAND CONTRACT
QUARTERS WHICH ARE ARRANGED FOR BY THE LOCAL ACTIVITY AND PAID
THROUGH THE TRAVELERS PER DIEM.  TWO OTHER METHODS FOR PROVIDING
CONTRACT BERTHING ARE: CONTRACT QUARTERS PROVIDED FOR SHORT PERIODS
OF TIME FOR A GUARANTEED NUMBER OF TRAVELERS PAID FROM BASE O&M,N
AND LEASED QUARTERS, QUARTERS PROVIDED FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME
FOR A GUARANTEED NUMBER OF TRAVELERS AND PAID FROM BASE O&M,N.  THE
NAVY BACHELOR HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NAVFACENGCOM HBH)
CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO
PROVIDE DEMAND CONTRACT QUARTERS.  WHERE DEMAND CONTRACT QUARTERS
CANNOT BE PROVIDED, NAVFACENGCOM HBH CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN
DETERMINING AND EXECUTING THE MOST APPROPRIATE TYPE OF CONTRACT.
NAVFACENGCOM HBH POC, IS MR. DAVE DUTTON.
 
4.  AT THIS POINT RENTAL CARS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED.  COMMANDS ARE
DIRECTED TO EXPLORE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, E.G., COMMAND
PROCURED RENTAL CARS OR GSA VEHICLES FOR EVERY 4-5 PERSONNEL,
SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES, ETC.  COMMANDS CAN SEEK REIMBURSEMENT OF O&M,N
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ARRANGEMENTS.
 
5.  COMMANDS SHOULD INVESTIGATE OTHER COST SAVING INNOVATIONS TO
PROVIDE QUALITY LODGING AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR OUR
MOBILIZED PERSONNEL.  FOR REIMBURSEMENT PURPOSES COSTS MUST BE
INCURRED SOLELY IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE/ENDURING FREEDOM.
 
6.  POC IS LCDR D. FLAVELL, N100C, (703) 693-0835/DSN 223, EMAIL:
N100C@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL AND MR. DAVE DUTTON, NAVFACENGCOM HBH, AT
(202) 685-9355/DSN 325, E-MAIL:  DUTTONRD@NAVFAC.NAVY.MIL.
 
7.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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