FILLING OUT THE NAVPERS 1306/63
You can get NAVPERS 1306/63 (fig. 16-4) from
your division or command career counselor. The form
contains instructions for filling it out. If you need help,
contact your division or command career counselor.
The information on this form tells your detailer
where you would like to be stationed, what type of duty
you prefer, and your career intentions. The Remarks
section tells the detailer if you or your family has special
qualifications that would make a particular duty station
advantageous to you, the Navy, or both. The form
contains this section because the Navy recognizes that
no one can be completely described in encoded,
check-block-type symbols. Other information you
might want to include in the Remarks sections includes
the following:
If you are volunteering for overseas duty, all
community support skills your family has; for
example, qualification as a teacher, nurse, dental
technician, hairdresser, or secretary
Any handicap a family member may have, and
the areas where treatment or support facilities
exist
If your wife is pregnant, her expected delivery
date
Dates and terms of a reenlistment within 24
hours of reenlisting
If you are married to another service member,
your spouse’s full name, military service, social
security number, rate, and present duty station
SUBMITTING THE NAVPERS 1306/63
Although you have no guarantee of getting the duty
you want, your detailer will try to match your desires
with the needs of the Navy. Without a NAVPERS
1306/63 on file, your detailer assumes you don’t care
where or what duty you are assigned. Unfortunately, a
large number of Sailors don’t submit any duty
preference.
You may want duty in a location, or of a type, that
isn’t listed on the form. In that case, you will find a
detailed listing of duty choices you may request in
chapter 25 of the TRANSMAN. Another handy
reference, available from your command, is Homeports
and Permanent Duty Stations of Activities of the
Operating Forces of the Navy, OPNAVINST 3111.14.
This instruction contains the location of home ports of
ships and activities and can help you choose realistic
duty preferences. Once you have completed the
NAVPERS 1306/63, submit it through your command
to BUPERS. BUPERS enters the information into the
database detailers use to determine your qualifications.
Be sure to keep a copy of the form you submit for your
own reference.
WHEN TO SUBMIT NAVPERS 1306/63
You should submit a duty preference form after 6
months at your first duty station. After submitting the
first NAVPERS 1306/63, you may submit a new one at
any time. Submit a revised form anytime you change
duty stations or when important personal data, such as
status of dependents or location of household goods,
changes. Within 24 hours of a reenlistment, you must
submit a new NAVPERS 1306/63 that indicates the date
and number of years of reenlistment in the Remarks
section.
REVIEW 3 QUESTIONS
Q1. List the three types of duty.
a.
b.
c.
Q2. Overseas shore duty Code 3 is classified as what
type of duty?
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