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The ENLTRANSMAN, chapter 27, contains
additional information on the tracking of LIMDU
individuals, including nuclear-trained personnel and
submarine personnel on LIMDU as well as
miscellaneous information about LIMDU.
HUMANITARIAN REASSIGNMENT
Detailing authorities are aware of the hardships that
Navy families encounter and of the additional
aggravation imposed by long absences of the service
member from his or her family. Emergency leave
frequently provides sufficient time to ease such
hardships; however, when an individual requires more
time than leave can provide and has a chance of
resolving the hardship within a reasonable period,
reassignment for humanitarian reasons may be
requested.
If time is an important factor in a member’s
hardship, the need for prompt handling is evident. COs
can render assistance by setting up an internal screening
process to decide
whether a request for humanitarian
assignment is warranted. This screening process,
tailored to the individual command’s size, should
evaluate the case, provide command assistance when
needed, and recommend required action. When a
request for humanitarian assignment is warranted, the
preparation of the request must be screened for clarity,
accuracy, and comprehensiveness to prevent delays in
administrative processing. Members such as chaplains,
doctors, senior officers, and petty officers should carry
out the screening.
The Humanitarian Assignment/Hardship Discharge
Section (PERS 40HH) controls humanitarian
assignment requests within CHNAVPERS. A board
consisting of senior petty officers and officers considers
all cases on an individual basis. The final decision is
based solely on the information and documentation
submitted. A request for reassignment will not be
disapproved because a member is needed in assigned
duties.
BASIC CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING
HUMANITARIAN/HARDSHIP SITUATIONS
The member’s request must show that the hardship
meets the following criteria for eligibility for
humanitarian reassigment:
A severe hardship exists, not normally
encountered and resolved by other members of the naval
service.
The hardship occurred or has been excessively
aggravated since the service member has been serving
on active duty.
The problem affects the service member’s
immediate family. The immediate family is defined as
spouse, son, daughter, stepchild (if the stepchild is, in
fact, dependent on the member), parent, brother, sister,
stepparent, or other person acting in loco parentis for a
period of 5 years before the member became 21 years
of age, or any bona fide dependent of the service
member. In-laws are not considered members of the
immediate family solely by virtue of their relationship
as in-laws.
There are no other family members or relatives
capable of providing necessary assistance.
The member has made every reasonable effort to
ease the hardship and it cannot be reasonably eased by
leave (including emergency leave if the member is
overseas), correspondence, power of attorney, or by the
intervention of professional people.
The member’s presence is required for specific
reasons other than for morale or financial purposes
alone.
The hardship is resolvable within a reasonable
period.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
The following circumstances, involving members
of the applicant’s family, normally warrant special
consideration when it is proven that the member’s
presence in a specific area is essential to ease problems
and it can be anticipated that the problem is solvable
within a reasonable period. The following listing is not
an inclusive listing:
The death of applicant’s spouse or child.
Divorce, when the member has a final divorce
decree and has court-awarded physical custody of the
children and the time is needed to make arrangements
for their permanent care. The service member must be
able to comply with the U.S. Navy Single
Sponsor/Military Couple with Dependent(s) Dependent
Care Policy, OPNAVINST 1740.4.
Severe illness (physical or mental), as a result of
which the affected person has been hospitalized or is
scheduled to be hospitalized.
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