ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 152325Z AUG 02 ZYB MIN PSN 701192J20 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS //N01610// NAVADMIN 249/02 MSGID/GENADMIN/N1// SUBJ/REVISED FITNESS REPORT AND EVALUATION PROGRAM SOFTWARE /(NAVFIT 98A)// REF/A/CNO/GENADMIN/161223ZJUL2002// REF/B/DOC/NAVPERS/-/MAR02// REF/C/DOC/NAVPERS/-/MAR02// REF/D/DOC/NAVPERS/-/MAR02// REF/E/DOC/BUPERS/-/02AUG95// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 213/02, ANNOUNCING CHANGES TO THE FITNESS REPORT AND ENLISTED EVALUATION SYSTEM. REF B IS NAVPERS FORM 1610/1, FITREP/EVAL SUMMARY LETTER (REV 03-02). REF C IS NAVPERS FORM 1610/2, FITNESS REPORT AND COUNSELING RECORD (E7-O6) (REV 03-02). REF D IS NAVPERS FORM 1626/2 (03-02), EVALUATION REPORT AND COUNSELING RECORD (E1-E6) (REV 03-02). REF E IS BUPERSINST 1610.10, NAVY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND COUNSELING SYSTEM.// POC/CARTER/LT/NAVPERSCOM/LOC:MILLINGTON, TN/TEL:901-874-4353 /TEL:DSN 882-4353/EMAIL:P334A@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. REF A ANNOUNCED REVISIONS TO REFS B THROUGH D, EFFECTIVE 31 AUG 02. TO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES, YOU MUST USE THE LATEST VERSION OF FITREP/EVAL SOFTWARE, NAVFIT 98A. 2. TO OBTAIN NAVFIT 98A: A. NMCI COMMANDS: NMCI IS PROVIDING NAVFIT 98A. NAVFIT 98 WILL NOT RUN ON NMCI SEATS ONCE NAVFIT 98A IS INSTALLED. B. NON-NMCI COMMANDS: GO TO WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL. CLICK ON THE "NAVFIT 98A-NEW FITREP/EVAL FORMS" HYPERLINK. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A PAGE WHICH CONTAINS THE LINK TO NAVFIT 98A AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING. FOR NON-NMCI DESKTOPS, THE DOWNLOAD PROCESS WILL PLACE NAVFIT 98A ON THE COMPUTER ALONGSIDE NAVFIT 98. BOTH PROGRAMS WILL RUN INDEPENDENTLY. DATA PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO NAVFIT 98 MAY BE OPENED IN NAVFIT 98A. C. REFS B THROUGH D WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE QUARTERLY BUPERS CD-ROM (BEGINNING WITH THE OCT 02 EDITION) AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL. CLICK ON THE "NAVFIT 98A-NEW FITREP/EVAL FORMS" HYPERLINK. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A PAGE CONTAINING LINKS TO THE REVISED FITREP/EVAL FORMS. THESE ARE FORM FLOW AND ADOBE VERSIONS BUT INCLUDE THE FORM ONLY. ALL FUNCTIONS CONTAINED WITHIN NAVFIT (AUTOMATIC SUMMARY SHEET COMPLETION, TRAIT AVERAGE CALCULATIONS, ETC.) ARE NOT AVAILABLE IF ONLY THE FORMS ARE DOWNLOADED. CAUTION: THE ADOBE VERSION IS ONLY RECOMMENDED IF THE COMMAND HAS THE FULL ADOBE ACROBAT SUITE. USING ONLY THE ADOBE READER ALLOWS THE FORM TO BE DOWNLOADED BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY TO SAVE THE DATA. 3. IF NECESSARY TO RECREATE A FITREP/EVAL USING THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF REFS B THROUGH D (REV 7-95), NON-NMCI COMMANDS MAY USE NAVFIT 98. NMCI COMMANDS (AND ANY NON-NMCI COMMANDS THAT WISH) MUST DOWNLOAD THE FORMS FROM THE WEB SITE LISTED IN PARA 2C. 4. FORM SUBMISSION: CONTINUE TO SUBMIT FITREP/EVALS PER REF E TO NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND (PERS-311), 5720 INTEGRITY DRIVE, MILLINGTON, TN 38055-3110. 5. POCS: FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH NAVFIT 98A, CONTACT THE NPC CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER: 1-866-U-ASK-NPC (1-866-827-5672); EMAIL CSC@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL. COMMANDS EXPERIENCING TROUBLE DOWNLOADING THE FORMS ONLY (EITHER REVISION) MAY RECEIVE THE FORMS VIA EMAIL. CONTACT PERS-013, AT (901) 874-3053/DSN 882 OR EMAIL: P013E1@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL. FOR FITREP/EVAL POLICY QUESTIONS, CONTACT CDR BILL HARRIS, AT (901) 874-4731/DSN 882 OR EMAIL: P33B@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL. 6. RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.// BT