ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 141830Z FEB 02 ZYB MIN PSN 767355J33
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N4//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N04700//
NAVADMIN 035/02
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//
 
SUBJ/TRANSITION TO TRMS SOFTWARE RELEASE 5.6 (SORTS UNIT LEVEL INPUT
/TOOL)//
 
REF/A/DOC/CNO WASHINGTON DC/01SEP1987//
 
REF/B/DOC/CNO WASHINGTON DC/01MAR2001//
 
NARR/REF A SORTS NWP 1-03.3 (FORMERLY NWP 10-1-11 REV A) WITH URGENT
CHANGE THREE INCORPORATED.  REF B IS DRAFT NTTP 1-03.3(REV A),
SORTSREPNV MANUAL.//
POC/PETER RYAN/LCDR/CNO N434A/-/TEL:(703) 601-1664//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES INFORMATION AND POLICY FOR
TRANSITION TO TYCOM READINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TRMS) SOFTWARE
RELEASE 5.6 FOR UNIT LEVEL SORTS REPORTING.  TRMS RELEASE 5.6, IS A
SOFTWARE INPUT TOOL WHICH SUPPORTS SORTS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
CONTAINED IN REF A. IT ALSO SUPPORTS IMPROVED READINESS REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS IN REF B.  IN ORDER TO GENERATE A PROPER SORTS MESSAGE
FORMATTED IAW REF B, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO UTILIZE THE TRMS 5.6
SOFTWARE.  REF B IS SCHEDULED TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 01OCT02.  REFS A
AND B ARE BOTH LOCATED ON THE NWDC SPIRNET SITE
HTTP:/WWW.NWDC.NAVY.SMIL.MIL.
 
2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  ECHELON II COMMANDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PHASED-IN TRANSITION OF TRMS SOFTWARE RELEASE 5.6 SORTS INPUT TOOL
FOR ALL UNITS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE AORS.  TRANSITION TO THE TRMS
SOFTWARE INPUT TOOL (RELEASE 5.6) AND ACCOMPANYING HANDS-ON SOFTWARE
AND POLICY TRAINING WILL COMMENCE IN FEB 02.  ALL SORTS REPORTING
UNITS WILL TRANSITION TO TRMS RELEASE 5.6 NLT SEPTEMBER 2002.
 
3.  TRAINING.  ALL COMMANDS SUBMITTING SORTS REPORTS MUST RECEIVE
HANDS ON TRAINING PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION OF TRMS SOFTWARE RELEASE
5.6. TO FACILITATE A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO TRMS SOFTWARE RELEASE 5.6,
ALL ECHELON II COMMANDS SHALL ENSURE THAT TRAINING PLANS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED FOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS THAT REPORT SORTS AND THAT
TRAINING PLANS SUPPORT TRANSITION TO TRMS SOFTWARE RELEASE 5.6 NLT
SEPTEMBER 2002.  TRAINING AND INSTALLATION PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO
BATTLE GROUPS AND OTHER UNITS THAT ARE NEXT TO DEPLOY.  FOR COAST
GUARD, UNIT TRAINING WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AREAS OR DISTRICTS
AS APPROPRIATE.
 
4.  THIS MESSAGE WAS JOINTLY CRAFTED AND AGREED TO BY OPNAV N43,
CLF, CPF, USCG, AND MSC.
 
5.  RELEASED BY A.L. WHITTEMORE, DCNO N4, ACTING.//
 
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