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In all cases, a member’s home of record remains
unchanged during a continuous tour of active duty or
enlistment regardless of any changes in that member’s
home address during that tour or enlistment. This is
why the home address and home of record recorded in
a member’s service record may or may not be the same.
The rules governing a change in home address and a
change in the home of record are different.
CHANGE IN HOME ADDRESS.— During a
continuous tour of active duty or enlistment, the
member may change his or her place of residence (home
address) as necessary.
RESTRICTIONS TO CHANGE IN HOME OF
RECORD.— There are different rules, however, for the
member’s home of record. The official home of record
can be changed in the service record only upon the
member’s reenlistment or reentry into the service and
provided the following two conditions are also met:
1. There is no overlap in the reenlistment contract.
2. There is a break in service of at least 1 calendar
day.
In maintaining enlisted service records, you must
be completely familiar with these rules. You must be
able to understand the conditions involved in each case
and explain the distinctions to your shipmates.
Consider the case of CPO John Doe who desires to
change his home of record to reflect a change in his
home address. CPO Doe’s current enlistment expires
on 12 March. He reenlists on 14 March. His home
address at the time of his reenlistment is different from
the address recorded on his previous enlistment as his
home of record. In Doe’s case, there is a break of
service of at least 1 calendar day (13 March) and no
overlap in the reenlistment contract. Therefore, Doe’s
new home address becomes the home of record in his
service record for his reenlistment.
On the other hand, let’s look at the case of PO Boat
who also wishes to change his official home of record
at the time of his reenlistment to reflect an actual change
of home address that occurred during his original
(current) enlistment.
In Boat’s case, however, his
reenlistment occurs before the expiration of his current
enlistment. Because Boat’s reenlistment is considered
to be a continuation of his incomplete current
enlistment, his home of record remains the place that
was originally recorded as his home of record for his
current enlistment. When a member is separated from
the service for the purpose of continuing on active duty
in the same or another status and the reenlistment occurs
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before the expiration of the current enlistment, the
reenlistment is considered to be a continuation of the
incomplete enlistment for the purpose of travel
allowances, and the place recorded in the enlisted
service record for the incomplete enlistment remains
the official home of record.
AUTHORIZED CORRECTIONS TO HOME
OF RECORD INFORMATION.— What happens
when an enlisted member discovers that the home of
record recorded in the service record was not the actual
home address at the time of her enlistment? While a
change of home of record may not be made, a correction
to the home of record may be authorized by
CHNAVPERS. This can be done when the wrong place
was recorded as the home of record through a bona fide
error and when the place that was recorded as the home
address on the enlistment document before the
member’s receipt of orders to the relevant tour of active
duty was not in fact the actual home of the member.
Any request for a correction of the home of record
must be submitted by the member and be fully
substantiated by proof that the place requested to be
designated as the home of record was the member’s
actual home at the time of his or her call to active duty,
enlistment, or reenlistment after a break in service of at
least 1 calendar day. If the correction to the home of
record is authorized by CHNAVPERS, travel and
transportation allowances are based on the official
corrected home of record recorded under the provisions
of the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR).
CHANGE OF NAME
According to the MILPERSMAN, Article
5010240, change of name in the official record is made
only after an administrative examination of the
evidence and approval by CHNAVPERS. A change of
surname due to marriage or divorce should be reported
immediately.
Before submission of a request for change of name,
the service member should be advised of the Privacy
Act statement relative to this information as follows:
“The authority to request this information
is derived from 5 U.S.C. 301 Department
Regulations.
The purpose is to effect a
correction of name. It will become a permanent
part of the Navy Personnel Records System.
Disclosure of the information requested is
voluntary; however, failure to provide the
information may result in disapproval of the
request for change of name.”
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