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MILPERSMAN 1300-1000
MILITARY COUPLE AND SINGLE PARENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY
Responsible
Office
NAVPERSCOM
(PERS-451)
Phone: DSN
COM
882-4185
(901) 874-4185
MyNavy Career Center
Phone: Toll Free
E-mail:
MyNavy Portal:
1-833-330-MNCC(6622)
https://my.navy.mil/
Reference
(a) SECNAVINST 1920.6D
1. Policy. Chief of Naval Personnel supports the co-location
of Navy members married to other military members. Every
reasonable effort will be made for military couples to move
together and establish a joint household whenever possible.
a. Assignments will be made to fill valid Navy requirements
with consideration to the needs of the military family and the
losing and gaining activities’ manning; therefore, co-location
and immediate reassignment may not always be possible.
b. Co-location of Navy members with members of other
uniformed Services or Services of other countries are more
difficult and may not always be possible. Spouse co-location
policy does not provide for assignment to duty near a civilian
spouse, including civilian Government employees.
c. While there is no established maximum distance between
duty stations for co-location, 90 driving-miles should be used
as a guide when considering co-location requests. In the
Pacific Northwest, due to the geographical limitations presented
by the Puget Sound, co-location duty station pairings should
generally be on the same side of the sound (e.g., Whidbey Island
with Everett or Bremerton with Bangor constitutes co-location;
Whidbey Island with Bremerton requires excessive commuting time
and is not considered co-location).
d. Any assignment preventing military couple co-location
must be approved by Assistant Commander, Navy Personnel Command
(NAVPERSCOM) for Career Management (PERS-4).
2. Requests. Navy members desiring co-location must each
submit a one-time request, with command endorsement, to their
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detailers noting their military couple status, Service of
spouse, and spouse’s detailer’s contact information.
a. Forms. Officer requests must be submitted on NAVPERS
1301/85 Officer Personnel Action Request. Enlisted requests
must be submitted on NAVPERS 1306/7 Electronic Personnel Action
Request. Enlisted members are encouraged to submit co-location
preferences prior to the MyNavy Assignment application cycle.
b. Agreement Required. Navy members married to other Navy
members must include a copy of their spouse’s request to
expedite communication between respective detailers. For Navy
members married to members of other Services, a statement from
the inter-Service spouse indicating concurrence for co-location,
and the contact information for their detailer or Service
equivalent must accompany the co-location request. Both members
must be in agreement that co-location is desired. If not in
agreement, Navy members will be detailed consistent with
prescribed sea and shore tours (PST), obligated service and
retainability requirements, recently acquired skills,
milestones, and training.
c. Co-location - High Priority. Once requested, spouse
co-location becomes the member's highest priority for every duty
preference and will be given due consideration during the
assignment process. If a couple does not desire co-location for
a specific assignment, both members must communicate to their
respective detailers that co-location is not a priority.
Co-location will again be considered a high priority for the
subsequent assignment.
d. Co-location - Not Always Possible. Members should be
aware that due to the difficulties involved in spouse
co-location, fulfilling duty preferences for geographical
location, or type of duty or unit, may not be possible.
Additionally, there may be other restrictions such as host
nation’s laws or status of forces agreement (SOFA) that preclude
some military couples from co-location overseas.
e. Couples Not Presently Collocated. Military couples who
are not presently co-located, are recently married, or were not
previously identified as a “military couple” can request
reassignment consideration to achieve co-location, provided the
following criteria are met:
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(1) Member requesting to be transferred has completed at
least a year on board current duty station at the time of the
transfer, and (if required) a contact relief is available.
Every effort will be made to achieve co-location within a year
of the request; however, requirements regarding time on station,
PST, obligated service, retainability, recently acquired skills,
and training will all be considerations of the request.
(2) Neither member is currently under orders to go into
a training status. If one or both members are going into a
training status, and co-location cannot be achieved, the
requests will be kept on file to facilitate spouse co-location
at the completion of the training assignment.
(3) There are no host nation laws or SOFA restrictions
outside the continental United States (OCONUS).
(4) A valid billet requisition for which the member is
qualified is available.
(a) Sea and shore flow will be maintained whenever
possible.
(b) When both members are eligible for sea duty, the
spouse with the least amount of sea duty will normally be
assigned sea duty; however, military couples comprised of new
accession or first-term members may be involuntarily assigned to
simultaneous sea duty.
(c) Military couples with dependents are required to
maintain a current and workable family care plan.
f. OCONUS. When one member is already on an OCONUS
Department of Defense tour, that member's projected rotation
date (PRD) will be extended to match the PRD of the authorized
joining spouse.
g. Changes in Marital-Status Before Execution of Issued
Orders for Navy Members
(1) Issued orders will remain in effect when a marriage
occurs. Modification may be considered if it will not result in
a gapped billet, adversely affect the gaining command’s
readiness, or preclude the use of recently acquired skills or
training. If the member’s orders are not modified, he or she
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will be required to execute orders. Co-location action will be
considered after a year on board new duty station, if
co-location is still desired.
(2) If child(ren) custody is shared between two military
members, both may be detailed to maintain PST and co-location.
(3) If co-parenting with a civilian, members may be
considered for an assignment where he or she can reside close to
their child(ren) when granted 50 percent of the designated
parenting-time with the primary custodial parent named in the
divorce decree (if the member was married to the co-parent) and
the court-ordered child custody decree, or the court-ordered
child custody decree (if not married to the co-parent).
h. Co-location After Training. Members requesting
training must be advised that they may not be eligible for
spouse co-location consideration in conjunction with the
training assignment. Members completing training will be
assigned to an appropriate tour for the newly acquired skills,
which may preclude or limit spouse co-location consideration for
the duration of the post-training assignment.
3. Restrictions. Military couples will not be permanently
assigned to the same ship or shipboard deployable command (e.g.,
tender with multiple unit identification codes or carrier and
its associated carrier air wing).
a. Same Reporting Senior. Members will not be assigned to
the same command ashore with the same reporting senior without
the gaining commanding officer’s concurrence.
(1) Unusual circumstances may result in a couple being
temporarily assigned to the same afloat activity.
(2) This subparagraph does not require transfer of the
members to rectify such a temporary situation.
b. Same Ship or Shipboard Embarking Command. In the case
of a member on shipboard duty who marries another member
assigned to the same ship or the same shipboard embarking
command, the member who has completed the larger percentage of
his or her PST will normally be reassigned as soon as possible;
however, adverse impact on the ship’s readiness may necessitate
the transfer of the spouse.
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c. Involuntary Assignment. Military couples will not
normally be involuntarily assigned to a simultaneous sea duty
tour (type duty code "2" or type-duty assignment code (TAC) C,
or type duty code "4" or TAC D). Military couples will also not
normally be involuntarily assigned to simultaneous permanent
shift-work duty assignments. Military couples may be
involuntarily assigned with one member assigned to a sea duty
tour while the spouse member is assigned to permanent shift-
work.
(1) When both members of a military couple are first-
termers or initial accessions, both members may require
assignment to simultaneous sea duty or simultaneous permanent
shift-work consistent with the needs of the Navy and the
member’s training.
(2) Members who marry while on sea duty will be required
to complete their sea tour, unless assigned to the same ship or
the same shipboard embarked command.
d. One Member on Sea Duty and One Member on Shore Duty.
Whenever possible, PRDs will reflect a rotation in which one
member will be on sea duty while the spouse is on shore duty,
and their PRDs will be matched to facilitate future co-location
requests. It is imperative that military couples with
dependents maintain a current and workable family care plan,
that can be utilized when needed.
e. Simultaneous Sea Duty. Members requesting spouse co-
location that results in simultaneous sea duty must complete
NAVPERS 1070/613 Administrative Remarks through their command
with the statement indicated below and forward a copy to their
detailer with their spouse co-location request. The original
NAVPERS 1070/613 must be forwarded to the servicing personnel
office for entry into Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System
(NSIPS) as a permanent record and submission to the member’s
official military personnel folder using this article as the
authority.
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Date: “I have read and understand the military couple
assignment policy contained in MILPERSMAN 1300-1000.
I understand that simultaneous sea duty (type duty code "2"/TAC
C or type duty code "4"/TAC D) with my spouse requires me to
complete the normal tour length of my assignment. If
applicable, my spouse and I have developed a family care plan
which will be utilized when necessary.”
__________________
Member's Signature
Witnessed by: ____________________________
F. M. LAST
LCDR, USN, Personnel Officer
4. Options If Assignment Within Immediate Area of Spouse Is Not
Available. In the event reassignment of a member to the area of
spouse’s present assignment is not feasible and spouse’s
reassignment is not desired or also not feasible, PERS-4 will
normally disapprove the member’s request. The following options
may be offered:
a. Resubmission in 6 months for reconsideration.
b. Assignment to the nearest available requirement within
area of spouse’s present assignment.
NOTE: Acceptance of subparagraph 4b option will require the
member to serve a minimum 24-month tour at the activity;
therefore, the member will not be eligible for reassignment
during that period in the event a requirement nearer to spouse’s
duty station becomes available.
5. Assignment of Military Couple to Isolated Duty Stations.
The assignment of married dual-military couples to isolated duty
stations where an unaccompanied tour is directed may be
authorized on a voluntary basis (except Diego Garcia) when in
compliance with this article.
a. Such assignment is with the understanding that both
members will be treated as individual Service members and living
quarters for joint residence may not be available.
b. Isolated duty areas are dependent-restricted, and
dependents are not authorized.
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c. Requests for co-location will not be considered, unless
the members are married at the time of request. Exceptions may
be granted for those rare cases in which members engaged to be
married are assigned to a command where marriage is not allowed
(e.g., Diego Garcia), and the couple desires co-location on
their follow-on tour.
6. Immediate Family Reassignment to Different Activities.
Requests for reassignment from active duty members of an
immediate family who no longer desire to serve together at the
same activity, must receive favorable consideration, provided
there are no overriding military needs for the retention in the
same unit.
a. Requests for reassignments to be separated from a member
of the same family must reference this article.
(1) Officer requests must be submitted on
NAVPERS 1301/85.
(2) Enlisted requests must be submitted on
NAVPERS 1306/7.
b. Unless specifically requested, members of an immediate
family serving together must not be reassigned until they become
eligible for normal rotation, or until their reassignment is
required to meet needs of the Service.
7. Single Parents. Single parents are assigned using the same
procedures as other Service members.
a. Navy Personnel Command recognizes the unique situations
that occur when single parents are assigned to some types of
duty and duty locations; however, a preferential assignment
policy regarding single parents would be discriminatory toward
other members.
b. When it is determined that assignment to sea duty would
involve hardship not normally encountered by other members of
the naval service, a request for discharge or release to
inactive duty may be submitted.
(1) Officers. For hardship discharges, refer to
reference (a).
