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NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS
COMMAND
The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAV-
SUPSYSCOM) provides management policies and
technical guidance for naval material to activities
of the Navy and Marine Corps. This includes
provisioning, cataloging, inventory management,
distributing, material handling, traffic manage-
ment, transporting, packaging, preservation,
receipt, stowage, issue, and disposal functions.
NAVSUP administers the Navy Stock Fund
(NSF) and the Navy Resale Program. NAVSUP
also exercises management control of field
purchasing offices, inventory control points,
supply centers, and other offices concerned with
supply support.
NAVY RESALE PROGRAM
The Navy Resale Program has the responsi-
bility for providing an adequate selection and
inventory of health and comfort items for Navy
personnel. The Navy Resale Program takes care
of these needs through the operation of individual
stores, service activities, and other offices. The
purpose of the Navy Resale Program is as follows:
To provide a convenient and reliable
source from which personnel may obtain, at the
lowest practical cost, necessary articles for the
health, comfort, or convenience of personnel and
services needed in day-to-day living
To provide through accrued
source of funds for the recreation
personnel
To promote good morale
NAVY RESALE AND SERVICES
SUPPORT OFFICE
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The Navy Resale and Services Support Office
(NAVRESSO) is responsible for administering the
Navy Resale Program.
NAVRESSO is located in Fort Wadsworth,
Staten Island, New York, and is under the
command and the authority of the Commander,
Naval Supply Systems Command.
NAVRESSO provides technical guidance and
administrative assistance to ship’s stores afloat.
It conducts research, develops new ideas, and
advises sea and shore activities on possible
improvements that have been developed. It issues
the lists of items authorized for sale in the resale
program, enters into agreements with commercial
suppliers as to the quality and price of
merchandise, and issues or causes to be issued the
Ship’s Store Contract Bulletins, Ship’s Store
Afloat Catalog, NAVRESSO Price Agreement
Bulletins, and other publications concerned with
the displaying and selling of merchandise.
FLEET ASSISTANCE TEAMS
NAVRESSO manages the fleet assistance
teams. These teams, located in the major port
areas, are made up of master chiefs, senior chiefs,
or chief petty officers. NAVRESSO established
these teams to provide technical assistance and
guidance in all areas of the ship’s store operation
to shipboard personnel.
Ships can get assistance by calling the fleet
assistance team, by submitting a letter to the
proper fleet assistance team, with a copy to the
Fleet Assistance Team Branch (NAVRESSO), or
by naval message in urgent cases. Depending on
the size of the ship, visits normally last from 2
to 5 days with no formal report made upon
completion.
Ships preparing to deploy should schedule a
visit 120 days in advance of the scheduled
departure date. During the actual predeployment
visit,
the fleet assistance team provides
information on the Consolidated Afloat Requisi-
tioning Guide Overseas (CARGO) (NAVSUP Pub
4998), Q-cognizance items, foreign merchandise,
vendor control, and endurance loading. This
information is beneficial to the ship preparing for
deployment.
The fleet assistance teams may also be helpful
before overhaul. Ships scheduled to go to over-
haul should schedule an assistance team visit 18
months before the overhaul date. This time is
required to permit timely submission of work
requests for repair or replacement of equipment.
In addition, the fleet assistance team provides
the following services in the operation of the sales
outlets:
Modernization planning
Merchandise promotion assistance,
including layout, display, and signing
Merchandise planning, including stock
control review, model stock plans, and disposition
of excess stock
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