Adequacy,  Assignment,  Utilization,  and Occupancy  of  Navy  Unaccompanied  Personnel Housing (UPH), OPNAVINST 11103.1, outlines Navy policy on the adequacy, assignment, utilization,  and  occupancy  of  single  quarters. Naval base/naval air station (local) instructions contain guidance for assigning voluntary separated personnel (VSP) to single quarters. The principal goal of the Department of Defense (DOD) Family Housing Program is to make sure members of the armed forces with dependents have suitable housing. To achieve this, DOD has adopted a policy of relying on the local civilian  housing  market  in  communities  near military installations as the primary source of housing  for  military  families.  Military  family housing is constructed only in locations where the civilian housing market cannot meet the needs of the local military community. Construction is approved  by  the  Secretary  of  Defense  and appropriated by Congress. Assignment and Utilization of Navy-Managed Military Family Housing (MFH), OPNAVINST 11101.13H, outlines assignment procedures and utilization criteria for family housing. Your local family  housing  office  can  provide  you  with additional local rules and guidelines. NAVY SPONSOR PROGRAM The Navy Sponsor Program was set up by the Chief of Naval Operations in 1970 to ease the move of naval personnel and their families when transferred on permanent change of station (PCS) orders. Navy Sponsor Program,  OPNAVINST 1740.3A, provides guidance for all commands and units in taking an active part in the Navy Sponsor Program. A well-administrated program can ease the difficulties met by naval personnel and their families during each PCS move. A dynamic command  Navy  Sponsor  Program  shows  new members that the command believes they are important. It has a positive impact on the attitude of  the  new  members  and  their  families. Remember, first impressions are usually lasting ones. OVERSEAS DUTY SUPPORT PROGRAM The Navy can better accomplish its mission and tasks by having forward deployed forces. Such forces support U.S. allies and provide the host nation with a capability to support its political objectives. Through formal international agreement, deployed United States naval forces are  provided  facilities,  logistics  support,  and mutual security. Navy personnel based overseas and those ashore on leave or liberty can either enhance or degrade the effectiveness of these arrangements by the image they create. Inadequate preparation and the inability of people to make a positive adjustment to the foreign country’s laws, customs, cultures, and traditions can result in costly consequences. These consequences may affect unit readiness, unplanned reassignments, attrition,  good  order  and  discipline,  future availability y of ports of call, and retention of U.S. overseas bases. The policy of the Navy is to ensure that each unit that visits foreign ports and each established overseas activity is supported in the host country. The Overseas Duty Support Program (ODSP) addresses three specific groups: Personnel stationed at overseas shore activities and home-ported units Personnel   aboard   ships   (active   and Reserve) and other deploying U.S. Navy units that visit foreign ports Personnel serving in high-impact positions (attache, embassy, PEP, and so on) The ODSP helps Navy personnel and their families deal with various overseas cultures. Three major goals of this program are (1) to provide training and cross-cultural relations; (2) to supply information through publications, video tapes, and direct personal assistance; and (3) to operate a telephone hotline known as the Overseas Transfer Information Service (OTIS). The mission of the program is to help you be more effective in your job, to help you adjust to your tour of duty, and to help you enjoy visits to foreign ports. You, the supervisor, should know where information about foreign countries and their customs  and  traditions  can  be  obtained.  You should  encourage  your  personnel  to  read  all available information about the foreign ports they are going to visit. In addition, give general lectures  about  these  ports  to  point  out  local customs. Explain  that  most  host  nationals welcome the opportunity to learn from our sailors and are more than willing to teach our sailors about their countries. Above all, you should be informed and encourage your personnel to be informed. 6-5