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high-operating tempo limits access to adequate medical
and dental facilities. For this reason, personnel being
assigned to these activities require a complete overseas
screening.
SELECTION OF PERSONNEL FOR
OVERSEAS SERVICE
While overseas, service members and their
dependents represent the United States. The CO of the
transferring command determines suitability of
personnel for overseas service. The CO decides
whether the member or dependents possess any
performance, disciplinary, financial, psychological,
medical, or other physical attributes that would prevent
them from conducting themselves as representatives of
the United States in a foreign country.
The decision on suitability begins when a detailer
at the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) (PERS 40)
or Enlisted Personnel Management Center (EPMAC)
nominates the member for overseas duty and ends with
a message to BUPERS (PERS 40 and PERS 462) from
the CO indicating the suitability of the member and
dependents for overseas duty. In the case of
nondesignated Seamen, Airmen, and Firemen, the
message is addressed to EPMAC with an information
copy to BUPERS (PERS 462).
Suitability screening includes a review of the
member’s service record and physical readiness status.
It includes a check of the medical and dental fitness of
the individual and his or her dependents. Screening also
includes a command review to determine suitability. In
recruit training and service school environments, the
training school command is responsible for scrutinizing
the training records of personnel and interviewing
personnel to determine their overall suitability for
overseas duty. Other suitability factors are discussed
later in the chapter.
A face-to-face interview between the CO of the
transferring command, the service member, and his or
her dependents, if any, is desirable. If this is not
possible, the CO must make sure such an interview is
conducted by an experienced and knowledgeable
representative.
On request of the CO, a skilled
interviewer (such as a chaplain, command career
counselor, command master chief, Navy social worker,
or specified family service center staff member) may
also be included to determine overseas suitability. In
all cases, the CO must sign the Report of Suitability for
Overseas Assignment, NAVPERS 1300/16. This
authority cannot be delegated except to an officer
“Acting” or to OICs of isolated detachments.
SUITABILITY DECISION FACTORS
The CO of the transferring command must make
sure that the following factors are addressed and used
as the basis for the overseas suitability decision:
. Medical fitness
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screening
. Dependent suitability, which includes screening
for exceptional family members. Refer to the glossary
contained in this training manual for a definition of
exceptional family members.
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Family advocacy
Dental fitness
Physical fitness
Drug-related problems
Alcohol-related problems
Psychiatric disorders
Performance
Disciplinary history
Pregnancy, if applicable
Financial stability
Individual and family characteristics
Dependents should be screened for overseas
assignment even if the member elects an
unaccompanied tour of duty. This screening is
conducted to make sure the member does not have the
potential for early return from an overseas location
because of an existing family problem. Also, in most
locations, the member may elect an accompanied tour
within 90 days of arrival overseas. It is better to identify
the potential problems before the member executes the
orders.
OVERSEAS SERVICE SCREENING
PROCEDURES
As you know, the CO of the transferring command
is responsible for the overseas screening. However,
you, as the PN, will conduct the actual transfer
interview, type the orders and/or endorsements, send the
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