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member, fully explaining the orders during the
interview, and answering any questions the member
may have.
Also, you must make sure the member has sufficient
obligated service for the assignment. Additionally, you
must keep in mind the high-year tenure (HYT)
restrictions.
Furthermore, you must make sure the
message of suitability or unsuitability is sent out and a
copy of the message filed in the service record along
with the Report of Suitability/Unsuitability for Overseas
Assignment, NAVPERS 1300/16. Remember also to
make appropriate service record entries.
Whenever you process overseas transfers, always
use the mandatory checklist provided in chapter 4 of the
ENLTRANSMAN to make sure no items are
overlooked.
NOTE: Chapter 4 of the ENLTRANSMAN
contains additional information that is not
discussed in this training manual. You should
refer to this chapter if there are questions about
determining what actions to take in case of
personnel approaching fleet reserve/retirement
eligibility, when the transfer involves
consecutive overseas tours, when determining
overseas tour lengths, and so forth.
Also, you should refer to the Suitability Screening
for Overseas Assignment, OPNAVINST 1300.14; and
the Navy Passenger Transportation Manual (PTM),
NAVMILPERSCOMINST 4650.2.
COMMAND SPONSORSHIP OF
DEPENDENTS AT OVERSEAS DUTY
STATIONS
From time to time, you will be required to submit
dependent entry approval requests while processing
overseas transfers.
The purpose of requesting a
dependent entry approval is to make sure that
dependents of the transferring member are—
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Authorized to reside at the overseas location
Authorized to be command-sponsored
Eligible for government transportation to and
from overseas duty stations
Occasionally, dependent entry approval requests
are disapproved for some reasons. Usually, the most
common reason for disapproval is a shortage of
government housing at the overseas duty station
location. This disapproval prevents the member from
traveling concurrently with his/her dependents. In some
instances it takes months to receive approval of the
initial entry approval request.
As a PN, you should be aware that not all overseas
duty station locations require dependent entry approval.
You should also be aware that not all overseas duty
station locations authorize the travel of dependents
because of certain restrictions there; for example, Diego
Garcia A member cannot take dependents, because Diego
Garcia is classified as a dependent restricted area. In fact,
a dependent entry approval cannot even be submitted
Some of the terms you will find when dealing with
command sponsorship of dependents are defined in this
section.
Acquired dependent.
An acquired dependent is an
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individual who becomes a dependent through
marriage, adoption, or other action during the
course of a Navy servicemember’s current
overseas tour of duty. The term does not
include those individuals dependent on the
servicemember or children born of a marriage
that existed before commencement of the
current overseas tour.
servicemember-married-to-servicemember
situations, a servicemember separating from the service
at an overseas station becomes an acquired dependent
of the service member remaining on active duty on the
day of separation.
A dependent, returned early for personal reasons
from an overseas area under paragraph U5240-D of the
Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR), volume 1,
NAVSO P-6034, is treated as an acquired dependent on
return to the overseas area at personal expense.
Appropriate military commander. The appropriate
military commander is normally the
commander authorized to grant dependent
entry approval for the overseas area. Refer to
chapter 2, appendix D, of the Passenger
Transportation
Manual
(PTM),
NAVMILPERSCOMINST 4650.2, which
identifies the appropriate military commanders.
In areas where prior approval for dependent
entry is not required, the authority directing the
servicemember’s transfer is the appropriate
military commander. The appropriate overseas
commander, as defined next, is the appropriate
military commander for servicemembers who
request dependent entry approval after
reporting to the overseas permanent duty
station (PDS).
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