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Scope and Applicability

a. Enclosures (1) through (4) have been prepared pursuant to reference (a). The ROC and POE describe the mission areas, and environment and operational capabilities for which the NPASE staff and its elements were designed and organized. This instruction provides resource agencies with information concerning the NPASE mission requirements, capabilities, and the types and locations of expected operations. Together, the ROC and POE statements establish tasking which produces a measureable workload used to compute personnel requirements for fleet manpower documents (FMD).

b. Per reference (a), ROC and POE statements specify resource requirements necessary for warfare; they are not limited by fiscal constraints.

c. Per reference (b), NPASE must report readiness to CHINFO, the immediate superior in command (ISIC), using the Defense Readiness Reporting System-Navy. Enclosures (1) through (4) will assist in determining specific capability area reporting.

d. Per reference (c), NPASE must monitor personnel tempo (PERSTEMPO) of individual Sailors and report PERSTEMPO program data to CHINFO via official letter.

Purpose. To issue the required operational capabilities (ROC) and the projected operational environment (POE) for the Navy Public Affairs Support Element (NPASE). This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety. Specific changes are summarized in subparagraphs 1a through 1e.

a. Identifies unit type codes' (UTC) manpower and Navy enlisted classification (NEC) requirements to assist planners when requesting NPASE support.

b. Defines three readiness states as readiness state I, II or III.

c. Modifies primary (P) and secondary (S) warfare mission areas in the ROC.

d. Defines NPASE Selected Reserve (SELRES) support as necessary to execute surge, backfill, and special missions, and includes SELRES manpower in the UTC tables.

e. Adds an NPASE UTC requirements chart to depict NPASE manpower requirements.