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authorization.
Look at figure 13-6, which shows a
sample BUPERS authorization letter and statement of
service.
This authorization may also be given by
message.
The Standard Transfer Order (STO), NAVCOMPT
536/NAVPERS 1326/11, is used to transfer a member
to another activity for separation. The STO is prepared
according to the guidelines contained in Chapter 23 of
the Enlisted Transfer Manual, NAVPERS 15909.
A member entitled to the transportation of
dependents and/or household goods at government
expense is provided with an individual STO. This is
done to avoid any difficulty with regard to establishing
entitlement to the transportation of dependents and
household goods. As the PN, you need to make sure that
sufficient copies of the orders are provided to the
member.
To obtain the appropriation data, or what is most
commonly referred to as the accounting data, you must
refer to the Financial Management Guide for
Permanent Change of Station Travel (Military
Personnel, Navy), BUPERSINST 7040.6. Pay
particular attention to article 3640476.8, which provides
for the transfer of members to separation activities not
more than 7 days plus travel time before date of
eligibility for separation.
At the request of a member stationed outside
CONUS, the transferring command may authorize
separation processing at one of the major naval activities
listed in article 3640476.4 of the MILPERSMAN rather
than the separation activity nearest the port of
debarkation.
Commands having facilities available on board or
in the vicinity to conduct pre-separation physicals
should conduct such physical examinations before
transferring personnel to separation activities.
Making sure that all requirements have been
complied with before a member transfers for separation
can’t be overemphasized. Often, separation activities
receive personnel whose records have not been verified
or purged and appropriate service entries haven’t been
made. Sometimes, the members haven’t been properly
interviewed before they transferred for separation. As
a responsible PN, you should do as much as you can to
help the separation activity expedite the member’s
separation. Remember, always refer to the appropriate
manuals and/or instructions to make sure that no minor
details are overlooked.
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FLEET RESERVE AND THE
RETIRED LIST
The following paragraphs discuss transfer to the
Fleet Reserve or retirement. Eligibility for transfer to
the Fleet Reserve or retirement includes the
requirement of U.S. citizenship while in the Fleet
Reserve or retired list, creditable service, application
procedures, retirement orders and authorizations,
submission of application for voluntary retirement, and
the requirement for the completion of the Navy
Retired/Retainer Pay Data Form, NAVCOMPT Form
2272.
TRANSFER TO THE FLEET
RESERVE
The purpose of the Fleet Reserve is to provide an
available reserve of former members of the Regular
Navy and the Naval Reserve who may be used without
further training to fill those billets requiring experienced
personnel in the initial stage of mobilization during an
emergency or in war. Enlisted members of the Regular
Navy or Naval Reserve are eligible for transfer to the
Fleet Reserve on completion of the required active
service.
REQUIREMENT OF UNITED STATES
CITIZENSHIP
There are cases where members arc not required to
hold U.S. citizenship or nationality to be eligible for
transfer to the Fleet Reserve and for retainer pay. When
members who are citizens of the United States lose their
citizenship or acquire foreign citizenship by their
voluntary action inconsistent with their oath of
enlistment to bear true faith and allegiance to the United
States and thus repugnant to their status as members of
the U.S. Armed Forces, they may lose both membership
in the Fleet Reserve and entitlement to retainer or retired
pay.
CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR TRANSFER
TO THE FLEET RESERVE
Provided that a member has completed 20 years
creditable active service (active day-for-day service,
including constructive service credit earned through 31
December 1977) and meets all other applicable
eligibility criteria outlined in article 3855180 of the
MILPERSMAN, transfer to the Fleet Reserve maybe
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