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required, and instructions for the disposition of the
appeal package after the offender receives it. The en-
dorsement should be addressed to the accused via the
appropriate chain of command. Where persons not in
the direct chain of command (such as finance officers)
are directed to take some corrective action, copies of the
reviewer’s endorsement should be sent to them. Words
of exhortation or admonition, if temperate in tone, are
suitable for inclusion in the return endorsement of the
reviewer.
Via Addressee’s Return Endorsement
If any via addressee has been directed by the re-
viewer to take corrective action, the accomplishment of
that action should be noted in that commander’s en-
dorsement. This endorsement should reiterate the steps
the reviewer directed the accused to follow in disposing
of the appeal package. These instructions should always
be to return the appeal to the appropriate commander
for filing with the record of his or her case. See figure
5-13, section B, for an example of this endorsement.
Accused’s Endorsement
The last endorsement should be from the accused
to the CO holding the records of the NJP. See figure
5-13, section C. The endorsement will acknowledge
receipt of the appeal decision and send the package back
for filing.
POSTMAST ACTIVITY
The LN may have duties in several distinct areas at
the completion of NJP. The LN must make sure all
necessary entries are made in the service record of the
member being punished and must provide reports for
entries in the POD and the ship or station logbook.
Finally, the LN maintains the UPB.
EXECUTION OF NJP
When punishment is imposed as a result of CO’s
mast, that punishment must be recorded in the accused’s
service record. Additionally, depending on the type of
punishment imposed, certain forms and/or letters must
be prepared in conjunction with standard service record
entries. The following discussion is provided to help
you better understand the procedures for preparing
these forms and letters used in conjunction with enlisted
service record entries.
Confinement Order
When a member is awarded punishment that in-
cludes confinement on bread and water or confinement
on diminished rations, a Confinement Order,
NAVPERS 1640/4, must be prepared indicating the
offense(s) committed, the time and date the confine-
ment was directed, by whom and when the accused was
given a medical examination, and who authorized the
confinement. A sample of a completed confinement
order is shown in figure 5-14.
TEMADD Orders for Correctional Custody
TEMADD orders must be prepared transferring the
accused to the correctional custody facility under the
provisions of the Manual for the Administration of
Correctional Custody, OPNAVINST 1640.7C. There
are other administrative matters that must be completed
when transferring an accused to a correctional custody
Facility and the specific requirements can be found in
OPNAVINST 1640.7C and in SECNAVINST 1640.7.
Both instructions outline the requirements for placing a
person into correctional custody and procedures for
administering the same.
Letter of Censure
As previously discussed in this lesson, a CO may
award as punishment an admonition or a reprimand to
the accused. These can be either oral or written in the
case of enlisted personnel, and in writing only in cases
of commissioned and warrant officers. If the admoni-
tion or reprimand is to be written, the format shown in
the JAGMAN should be used. When either of these
types of letter of censure is prepared, careful attention
to the requirements outlined in the JAGMAN should be
followed. When the admonition or reprimand is given
orally, as in the case of enlisted personnel, the proper
notation must be made on the NAVPERS 1626/7 and
recorded in the Punishment Awarded section of the
service record page being used to record the results of
CO’s mast.
NJP of Officers
Before we look at the procedures for making service
record entries for enlisted personnel, a brief discussion
of the procedures involved when an officer receives
NJP as a result of CO’s mast is needed.
Whenever NJP is imposed upon an officer, the
authority imposing the punishment immediately noti-
fies PERS-82 by letter us soon as the results are final;
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