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Scope and Applicability

a. This instruction establishes a framework for the integration of policy, process, and execution under a single business process owner for the entirety of Navy pay and personnel matters. This includes the delivery of pay and personnel services to all Navy uniformed personnel and passenger transportation services to the entirety of the Navy including the Pay Personnel Administrative Support System (PASS) Program which delivers pay, personnel, and passenger transportation services to the majority of the Navy.

(1) This instruction applies to all active and reserve military members, and the total work force who deliver military pay, personnel, and passenger transportation services.

(2) All commands with Navy military personnel assigned will become familiar with the contents of this instruction as well as the military pay, allowance, and entitlements portions of reference (c).

b. Afloat commands that are not PASS supported will continue to provide their own pay and personnel services and must comply with all published guidance regarding management and execution of pay and personnel service delivery, i.e., personnel transaction standard operating procedure (SOP).

Purpose. To provide guidance for the organization and management of Navy pay and personnel services; to implement the provisions of references (a) and (b); and to identify supporting roles for the management and execution of Navywide pay and personnel service delivery for all active and reserve personnel.