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CHAPTER 3
ASSIGNMENTS AND RETENTION
To promote maximum readiness and stability both
afloat and ashore, the Navy designed a system for the
assignment of personnel among various types of duty
classified as seahore duty. This system permits
equitable opportunity for personnel to serve in duty they
consider desirable.
Having an assignment system is only one of the
many elements needed to make a strong Navy. It is
important to remember that with the all-volunteer force
concept, the Navy’s ability to retain the number of
quality personnel needed to meet manpower
requirements is dependent upon the level of career
satisfaction offered by service of the Navy. Good
retention does not just happen, it is created.
In this chapter we discuss the Navy’s assignment
system and the required interviews of the counseling
interview system that are essential to the success of the
Navy’s retention program.
ASSIGNMENTS
To support the Bureau of Naval Personnel
(BUERS) in exercising the responsibility for
controlling the assignment of enlisted personnel and the
responsibility of the fleet commanders for the readiness
of activities under their command, three distinct and
separate functions of enlisted distribution management
controls were established. These are allocation control,
manning control, and assignment control. Additionally,
all activities are assigned to one of the four manning
control authorities (MCAs). Generally, continental
United States (CONUS) shore activities are under one
of two MCAs. Ships, squadrons, and activities in the
Pacific Ocean area are under an MCA; and ships,
squadrons, and activities in the Atlantic Ocean area are
under another MCA.
. Allocation control, exercised solely by
BUPERS, is the function of allocating available
personnel resources to the four MCAs.
l Manning control consists of two functions,
manning and placement. This control is exercised by the
MCA. Manning is the function of determining the
quality, quantity, and priority for assignment of
personnel to all billets within a composite. Placement is
the function of communicating unit personnel vacancies
to the assignment control authorities (ACAs) and
directing the order in which these vacancies are to be
filled.
. Assignment control is the selecting, detailing,
and ordering of certain individuals to fill billets
according to manning levels and priorities designated
by the MCA. BUPERS is the assignment control for
designated strikers and all petty officers; the
Commanding Officer, Enlisted Personnel Management
Center (EPMAC), New Orleans, is the assignment
control for all undesignated SN, FN, and AN personnel;
and the Naval Reserve Personnel Center
(NAVRESPERSCEN) (Code 30) is the ACA for enlistcd
temporary active reserve (TAR) personnel.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
To support the allocation, manning, and assignment
control functions, three automated personnel
management information systems have been developed.
They are the projection system, supporting the
allocation control function; the Navy manning plan
(NMP), supporting the manning control function; and
the personnel requisition, supporting the assignment
function.
Projection System
The projection system has two major functions. The
first is to predict what the Navy manpower strength will
be 9 months in the future. These predictions are based
on the number of personnel already assigned to billets,
a survey of individuals who are under orders to be
transferred from one billet to another, and a
measurement of personnel available for assignment.
The second function is the equitable allocation of
available personnel to each composite.
. Distributable communities. For distribution
purposes, Navy enlisted personnel are assigned to
distributable communities. Distributable communities
are specified Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) codes
or rating communities composed of personnel and
billets who are on board for duty and not in the
individual’s account as students, transients, patients,
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