ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 151547Z APR 02 ZYB MIN PSN 490648J31
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01000//
NAVADMIN 102/02
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
 
SUBJ/MCPON HERDT AND MCPON SCOTT TURN OVER DUTIES AT CHANGE OF
OFFICE//
 
RMKS/1.  MCPON(SS/SW/AW) JAMES L. HERDT WILL PASS THE DUTIES OF
MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE NAVY TO MCPON(SS/AW) TERRY D.
SCOTT AT A CHANGE OF OFFICE CEREMONY AT WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, LEUTZE
PARK, ON 22 APR 02 AT 1000.  CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, ADMIRAL VERN
CLARK, IS THE PRINCIPLE SPEAKER AT THE CHANGE OF OFFICE/RETIREMENT
CEREMONY.  MCPON HERDT ASSUMED DUTIES AS MCPON ON 27 MAR 98
AFTER HIS SELECTION BY THEN CNO, ADMIRAL JAY JOHNSON.  IT ALSO MARKS
THE END OF MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR MCPON HERDT.  MASTER
CHIEF SCOTT MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE CNO-DIRECTED COMMAND MASTER
CHIEF FOR NAVAL FORCES CENTERAL COMMAND AND FIFTH FLEET.  AS THE
NAVY'S SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER, THE MCPON IS THE PRIMARY ADVISOR TO
THE CNO AND OTHER FLAG OFFICERS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES.  THE
MCPON ALSO SERVES AS THE FOCAL POINT OF A NAVY-WIDE NETWORK OF
SENIOR ENLISTED LEADERS WHO SERVE AS A CHAIN OF COMMUNICATIONS WHICH
SUPPORTS AND STRENGTHENS THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.  THE MCPON ALSO
SERVES AS THE SAILOR'S VOICE TO CONGRESS, TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE
AND HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEES ON READINESS, COMPENSATION, HOUSING, FAMILY
AND A MYRIAD OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE AND EQUITY ISSUES.
 
2.  ALL NAVY PERSONNEL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CHANGE OF
OFFICE/RETIREMENT CEREMONY.
 
3.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
BT