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U.S. citizen.
Characterization of service will be
honorable, general, or ELS.
For additional guidance on separation processing by
reason of convenience of the government due to status
as an alien, refer to the MILPERSMAN.
WEIGHT CONTROL FAILURE
This category allows separation of a member, on
active duty, by reason of weight control when a member
fails to achieve prescribed physical readiness standards
as outlined in OPNAVINST 6110. 1.
COs with SPCM CA have the authority to effect the
separation provided the member has been counseled, all
disciplinary action is complete, and the member does
not object to the separation. If the member objects, send
the case to the Chief of Naval Personnel (PERS-282) for
final determination.
Use the notification procedure for processing. The
characterization of service will be honorable, general,
or ELS.
For additional guidance on separation processing by
reason of weight control failure, refer to the
MILPERSMAN.
PHYSICAL DISABILITY
This category provides for separation of a member
on active duty, or active duty for training in excess of 30
days, by reason of physical disability upon
determination that he or she is physically unfit to
perform the duties of his or her rate.
A medical board must determine that a member is
unable to perform the duties of his or her rate in such a
manner as to reasonably fulfill the purpose of his or her
employment on active duty.
The Chief of Naval Personnel (PERS-913)
authorizes the separations for inactive duty members
and members on active duty who are separated locally
by their COs.
Characterization of service will be honorable,
general, or ELS.
A member may be separated for
disability according to the Disability Evaluation
Manual, SECNAVINST 1850.4C.
For additional guidance on separation processing by
reason of physical disability for active and inactive duty
members, refer to the MILPERSMAN.
DEFECTIVE ENLISTMENTS AND
INDUCTIONS - ERRONEOUS
ENLISTMENT
This category allows separation of a member on the
basis of erroneous enlistment, reenlistment, induction,
or extension of enlistment when:
l the enlistment would not have occurred if the
relevant facts had been known by the Navy or had
appropriate directives been followed;
l the enlistment was not the result of fraudulent
conduct on the part of the member; and
. the defect is unchanged in any material respect.
A member may also be separated under this
category on the basis of not meeting physical standards
for enlistment.
If after discovering that a member’s enlistment may
be erroneous, and the CO with SPCM CA recommends
that the member be retained, initiation of separation
processing is not required when the defect is no longer
present or the defect, other than a medical condition,
may be waived, and a waiver is obtained from the Chief
of Naval Personnel.
Characterization of service will be honorable unless
ELS is appropriate.
Use the notification procedure.
SPCM CAs have the authority to effect the separation if
the member does not object to the separation. If the
member objects, send the entire case to the Chief of
Naval
Personnel
(PERS-281/282)
for
final
determination. Send all completed cases by letter of
transmittal to the Chief of Naval Personnel
(PERS-282/283) for review and final determination.
For additional guidance on separation processing by
reason of defective enlistments and inductions due to
erroneous enlistment, refer to the MILPERSMAN.
DEFECTIVE ENLISTMENT AND
INDUCTIONS - DEFECTIVE ENLISTMENT
This category permits separation of a member by
reason of defective enlistment and induction on the basis
of defective enlistment. A defective enlistment exists
when:
the member reasonably relied upon a material
misrepresentation by recruiting personnel and was
induced to enlist by a commitment for which the
member was not qualified;
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