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Keep the Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve
Personnel Center informed of member’s current
address
Inform the Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve
Personnel Center if the member plans to reside
outside of CONUS in excess of 30 days
Promptly answer all official correspondence
Make known to proper authority any change in
health that may prevent the member from
performing active duty
Subject himself or herself to all laws, regulations,
and orders governing the Navy
Perform no more than 2 months’ active duty each
r-year period so ordered
Be physically examined at least once every 4
years
Once in the Fleet Reserve, you are entitled to
medical and dental care. Although excluded from dental
care, except in remote areas, your dependents are also
entitled to medical care. Fleet reservists are eligible for
hospitalization in a Department of Veterans Affairs
(DVA) hospital.
Members of the Fleet Reserve are subject to the
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and may not
be discharged without their consent, except by sentence
of a court-martial.
ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION
(DISCHARGE)
The Navy separation policy strengthens the concept
that military service is a calling different from any
civilian occupation. Enlisting in the Navy involves a
commitment to the United States, to one’s service, and
to one’s fellow citizens and service members that one
will complete successfully a period of obligated service.
Early separation for failure to meet required standards
of performance or discipline violates that commitment.
When persons enter the naval service, the Navy
invests substantial resources in their training,
equipment, and related expenses. Separation before
completion of a period of obligated service represents a
loss of that investment while requiring increased
accessions. Conversely, retaining individuals in the
naval service who will not or cannot conform to naval
standards of conduct, discipline, and performance
creates a high cost in terms of pay, administrative efforts,
degradation of morale, and substandard mission
performance. Both situations represent an inefficient
use of limited defense resources. Therefore, every
reasonable effort must be made to identify in a timely
manner members who exhibit a likelihood for early
separation and either improve those members’ chances
of retention through counseling, retraining, and
rehabilitation, or separate promptly those members who
do not demonstrate potential for further usefud naval
service.
Administrative processing is mandatory for
members involved in homosexuality, drug trafficking,
one incident of drugs for E-4 and above, commission of
a serious offense involving sexual perversion, and
felony convictions or a conviction for a felonious
offense. If a member is sentenced by a civil court to more
than 6 months’ confinement, regardless of suspension or
probation, the command should consider processing for
separation.
The MILPERSMAN, NAVPERS 15560C, lists the
formal bases for separation and reasons for processing
for administrative separation.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
When commands process personnel for
administrative separations/discharge, strict compliance
with the policies and procedures set out in the articles in
the MILPERSMAN are mandatory to guarantee speedy
processing, safeguarding of the member’s rights, and
avoidance of future litigation. One of the primary
reasons for delays in directing final action on
administrative separations (discharges) is the failure of
commands to process a case properly. Unfamiliarity
with processing policies and procedures is a major factor
in delayed and drawn-out cases. Members should be
processed for all reasons for which they qualify.
When preparing an administrative separation, the
CO must give the member a letter of notification
procedure. (See the MILPERSMAN for the correct
format.) If any reason for separation, set forth in the
Notice of Notification Procedure Proposed Action,
requires processing under the administrative board
procedure, the entire matter should be processed under
that procedure. (See the MILPERSMAN for guidance.)
When processing a member for administrative
separation, there are three very important procedural
requirements that must be followed:
Notice. The member should be notified in writing
of the basis for administrative processing by his or her
CO.
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