ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
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R 111409Z DEC 03 ZYB MIN PSN 630993J30
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N07200//
NAVADMIN 321/03
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/-/DEC//
 
SUBJ/FORCE SHAPING -- ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY PILOT EXPANSION//
 
RMKS/1.  THE NAVY HAS EXPANDED THE ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY (AIP)
PILOT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE BILLETS IN TWO NEW OVERSEAS LOCATIONS AND
INCREASES TO THE BID LEVELS IN SOME EXISTING BILLETS.
 
2.  NEW JOBS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON SUPER JOB ADVERTISING AND SELECTION
SYSTEM (JASS) FOR THE REPAIR UIC'S IN USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (UIC
45254) AND USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40) (UIC 45255), BASED IN LA
MADDALENA, ITALY AND APRA HARBOR, GUAM, RESPECTIVELY.  THE BILLETS
IN THE REPAIR UIC'S RANGE FROM E4 TO E9 AND INVOLVE SEVERAL RATINGS,
TO INCLUDE: STS, ET, MM(SS), EM, EN, MR, AND HT.  THE ASSOCIATED
MAXIMUM AIP AWARD FOR EACH BILLET VARIES FROM $500 TO $700 PER MONTH
DEPENDING ON PAYGRADE.
 
3.  WE ARE ALSO INCREASING AWARD AMOUNTS FOR SOME EXISTING AIP
BILLETS IN NAPLES, ITALY AND SIGONELLA, ITALY (IT BILLETS) AND
MISAWA, JAPAN (ET AND IT BILLETS).  IT AND ET BILLETS IN THESE
LOCATIONS WILL SEE INCREASES IN CURRENT MAXIMUM BID AMOUNTS BY UP TO
$450, WITH SOME AWARDING A TOTAL OF BETWEEN $850 AND $900 PER MONTH
DEPENDING ON PAYGRADE.
 
4.  AIP HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SINCE BEING INTRODUCED TO THE FLEET
IN JUNE FOR BILLETS IN NAPLES, SIGONELLA, AND MISAWA.  OVER THE LAST
10 REQUISITION CYCLES, MORE THAN 1100 AIP BIDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED,
RESULTING IN OVER 200 ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS.  DETAILERS MAKE THE
FINAL SELECTION BASED ON THE RANGE OF QUALIFIED BIDS, RELOCATION
COSTS, AND ADDITIONAL FACTORS PERTAINING TO EACH JOB.  SAILORS
ROTATING TO SEA DUTY MUST BID FOR SEA BILLETS AND FOLLOW THEIR
PROPER SEA/SHORE ROTATION.
 
5.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AIP PROGRAM SEE NAVADMIN 161/03 ON
THE WEB AT WWW.BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.  SAILORS CAN APPLY FOR AIP BILLETS
THROUGH SUPER JASS AT WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL/JASS/INDEX.HTML.
 
6.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
 
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