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Navy to track ITEMPO reporting
MILLINGTON, Tenn. - The
Navy has reestablished a formal
Individual Personnel Tempo
(ITEMPO) Program Management
Office to administer the
program, train commands and
provide assistance to the Fleet
with compliance, according to a
message released, Nov. 9.
The term ITEMPO means the
amount of time Sailors are engaged
in their official duties at a
location or under circumstances
that make it infeasible for them
to spend off-duty time in their
residence. These absences are
defined in ITEMPO as deployment
events and non-deployment
events. Individual units are
responsible for reporting data to
the ITEMPO reporting system.
“As deployment lengths and
schedules change based on
world events, the impact to Sailors
and families is of paramount
interest to Navy leadership,”
said Mark Gill, ITEMPO program
manager, Navy Personnel
Command (NPC). “ITEMPO
is the centralized tool to track
this information so reporting
compliance is essential.”
According to NAVADMIN
335/12, commands must track all
deployment events in ITEMPO.
Deployment events are defined
as operations, exercise, unit
training, home station training
and mission support temporary
duty. An ITEMPO User Guide is
available at http://www.public.
navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/
itempo/pages/default.aspx.
The Navy waived the requirement
to track non-deployment
ITEMPO events in the ITEMPO
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter of Eightballers of
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 flies past
USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) during a replenishment-atsea.
Navy photo by MC3 Kenneth Abbate
System. ITEMPO non-deployment
events include TAD to
schools, hospitalizations within
the local permanent duty station
and brig prisoners.
All Navy commands and
activities are required to report
ITEMPO deployment events
using the ITEMPO system via
BUPERS Online (BOL) at www.
bol.navy.mil. Commanding officers,
or the command ITEMPO
representatives, can also log on
to BOL under the NavPers Legacy
& ITEMPO page and review
the user guide for instructions on
how to document ITEMPO.
The ITEMPO Program Man-
agement office is available to
provide training, advice and
assistance to the fleet regarding
ITEMPO policies and procedures.
They can also provide
system access and feature a help
desk to support the Fleet.
According to the message,
NPC plans to issue ITEMPO
reporting compliance scorecards
to budget submitting offices each
month to track compliance.
For more information and a
complete list of ITEMPO points
of contact read NAVADMIN
335/12 or contact the ITEMPO
System Help Desk at helpdesk@
persnet.navy.mil.
by Karen Parrish
WASHINGTON - DoD released a detailed timeline Nov. 9 of the
Pentagon’s response to the September attack in Benghazi, Libya,
that left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher
Stevens.
A senior defense official, speaking on background with Pentagon
reporters, emphasized the rapid consultation, planning and troop
pre-deployment actions defense leaders undertook in the first hours
following the attack.
“With naval, Marine, special operations and air forces either
employed or en route to Libya during the attacks, we responded,”
the official said. “We mourn the loss of four American heroes in
Benghazi.”
The military’s initial response began within minutes of the first
incident in Benghazi, the official said: the attack on the U.S. consulate
began at 3:42 p.m. EDT [9:42 p.m. Benghazi time], and by
5:10 EDT an unarmed surveillance aircraft was on station over the
Benghazi compound.
Back to port
NEW YORK (Nov. 3, 2012) - Amphibious assault ship
USS Wasp (LHD 1) is positioned near New York and
New Jersey ready to support disaster relief efforts.
The Navy has positioned forces in the area to assist
U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) in support
of FEMA and local civil authorities following the destruction
caused by Hurricane Sandy. Marine Corps
photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett
DOD releases detailed timeline for Benghazi response
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By 5:30 p.m., all surviving Americans had left the consulate, the
official noted, adding that defense officials didn’t have that information
until later. The senior official noted that for people to understand
the sequence of events in Benghazi, “it’s important to discuss the
wider context of that tragic day.”
In the months before the attack, the official said, hundreds of reports
surfaced of possible threats to U.S. citizens and facilities across
the globe. In the Middle East and North Africa on Sept. 11, the official
added, U.S. facilities in more than 16 countries were operating on a
heightened force-protection level, based on specific threats.
“I would note … that there was no specific or credible threat that
we knew of on the day that the attacks … occurred in Benghazi,”
the official said.
The official acknowledged that since Sept. 11, many people have
speculated on whether increased military intervention, including
the use of manned and unmanned aircraft, might have changed
the course of events in Libya that night. for more, www.defense.
gov/news/articles.aspx.
Future Arlington completes acceptance trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Arlington (LPD 24) completed acceptance trials recently,
sailing from and returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss.
Arlington is the eighth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship to be presented to the
Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) for acceptance, bringing it a step closer to delivery
to the Navy.
During the trials, HII demonstrated a variety of systems including main propulsion engineering and
ship control systems, combat and communications systems, damage control, various mission systems,
food service and crew support, and the electronic backbone of the ship - the Shipboard Wide Area
Network. Several demonstrations require a second ship at sea for communications. For the first time in
the class’s history, that partner was another LPD 17 class ship - the future USS Anchorage (LPD 23),
which had departed HII’s Avondale shipyard en route to its homeport.
“This trial marked the final milestone prior to delivering LPD 24 to the Navy,” said Capt. Darren Plath,
LPD 17 class program manager.. “Additionally, seeing two of LPDs together at sea is a testament to the
steady progress Ingalls is making in delivering LPDs with vital amphibious warfare capabilities to the
fleet. We look forward to continuing this success with the future USS Somerset next year.”
Among the highlights of the at sea trial portion, Arlington completed a full power run, self defense
detect-to-engage exercises, steering checks, quick reversal (crash-back), boat handling, and anchoring.
The rapid ballast and de-ballast demonstration is unique to amphibious ships, and during LPD 24’s
acceptance trials, the results of the rapid ballast event beat the 15-minute time standard by more than
two minutes.
In addition to the INSURV team, Navy experts from Naval Sea Systems Command, the LPD 17 class
Program Office, Supervisor of
Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, and
Arlington’s crew participated
in preparing for and executing
the trials.
“In the past 50 weeks, the
government/industry team on the
Gulf Coast has presented three
LPD 17 class ships, and each
has been recommended for Navy
acceptance by INSURV,” said
Capt. Steve Mitchell, supervisor
of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast.
“Because of the effort of our
team members who participated
in extensive quality assurance,
testing and evaluation efforts
in the months preceding these
trials, three quality amphibious
ships will reach the fleet in a
year’s time.”