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And since this has not been circulated in while...
Everyone with wings next to your username, please take copy of this to your admin shop and ensure that your duty office has a copy in his turnover.
Your Squadron’s Casualty Binder
I wrote this from a Senior Watch Officer perspective. Use this as a tool for you and your command, but be aware that this is not an official Navy instruction. Some of it is a cut and paste from instructions, much of that has been clarified with plain english.
Like any good gouge, I am going to start with the references.
The “bible” for all Department of Defense components for handling casualties is the DoDI 1300.18. Follow this link, print the instruction, read it, and put it in your squadron’s casualty binder:
• DODI 1300.18 Department of Defense (DoD) Personnel Casualty Matters, Policies, and Procedures
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/130018p.pdf
Navy specific guidance to casualty affairs is found in the MILPERSMAN 1770 series.
• MILPERSMAN 1770 Casualties and Survivor Benefits
http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/MILPERSMAN/1000MilitaryPersonnel/1700Morale/
o 1770-010 Definitions
o 1770-020 PCR (DUSTWUN/Missing)
o 1770-030 PCR Procedures
o 1770-070 Notification of SI/VSI
o 1770-080 PCR for SI/VSI
o 1770-100 Naval Disaster reporting requirements (15+ casualties)
o 1770-130 Casualties during Hostilities
o 1770-150 Release of names of casualties
o 1770-160 Casualty Assistance Calls Program (CACP)
o 1770-170 Notification of NOK (Death/Missing/DUSTWUN)
o 1770-230 Bedside travel (SI/VSI)
o 1770-270 Funeral Travel
You will notice that the chapters of that MILPERSMAN series skip some numbers. The “missing” chapters do exist but I wanted to keep the topic as focused as possible.
VOCABULARY:
When your command suffers a casualty, the clock starts ticking. Your CO has 4 hours to get the PCR (Personnel Casualty Report) submitted to OPNAV-N135C. This 4 hour timeline is easily met if your command knows casualty vocabulary and how to write and submit a PCR. I’ll cover (and translate) the vocabulary first, because if you put the wrong words in the report, the people that are trying to act on your PCR will be confused or not be able to take action. (Note: the CO is responsible for the 4 hour timeline, but it does not take the CO to release the message. All duty officers should be trained and capable of releasing a PCR).
CACO:
Casualty Assistance Calls Officer.
The person assigned by the regional casualty office to a family member to provide notification, arrange for funerals, benefits, and entitlements.
(This is the most abused term in casualty assistance, and is often used to lump all casualties together. Your command needs to have a casualty subject matter expert, but that person is not a “Command CACO” unless they have completed the training course given by your regional casualty office.)
Courtesy CACO:
The person assigned to provide assistance as needed in getting the next of kin to the bedside of a serious ill/injured member. This person may be assigned out of the pool of regional CACOs or the region may ask that your command provide a body for assistance.
Personnel Casualty Report (PCR):
This is a message that reports a casualty. A casualty is a Sailor who is dead, seriously ill/seriously injured, DUSTWUN (not UA or a deserter).
(This “message” is not a CMP/DMS, TurboPrep message. It is an e-mail. If you have a .mil e-mail account, you can submit a Navy Casualty Report).
DUSTWUN:
Duty Status – Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) – A transitory casualty status, applicable only to military personnel, that is used when the responsible commander suspects the Sailor may be a casualty whose absence is involuntary, but does not feel sufficient evidence currently exists to make a definite determination of missing or deceased. DUSTWUN affords the commanding officer (CO) up to 10 days to conduct search and rescue efforts, to investigate the circumstances of the loss incident, and to assemble information regarding the Sailor’s disappearance. DUSTWUN has no effect on pays or allowances and differs by definition and legal entitlement from the “Missing” casualty status. (See MILPERSMAN 1770-020.).
Missing -
Status used when a Sailor is not present at his or her duty location due to apparent involuntary reasons and whose location is unknown. A Sailor may be placed in a “Missing” casualty status only after an initial board of inquiry is convened by CHNAVPERS and the board’s casualty status recommendation has been approved by SECNAV.
(NEVER, EVER, list a sailor as “missing” in a PCR!!)
Deceased:
Dead. You know where the body is, it has been positively identified, and the person is definitely not showing up for muster ever again.
BEDSIDE TRAVEL:
The program that facilitates travel of up to three family members to the bedside of Seriously Ill/Injured (SI), Very Seriously Ill/Injured (VSI), Incapacitating Illness/Injury (III) where a competent medical authority requests the presence of NOK at beside to aid in the member’s physical recovery (not solely for compassionate reasons) The casualty office (N135C) shall be the final authority for appropriate Government funded travel.
Not Seriously Injured (NSI) – A casualty which involves illness or injury that requires medical attention, may or may not require hospitalization, and medical authorities declare illness or injury less severe than Seriously Injured. Note: Personal Casualty Report (PCR) required only if injury or illness occurs within theater; e.g., Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) or Operation New Dawn (OND).
Seriously Ill or Seriously Injured (SI) - The casualty status of a person whose illness or injury requires medical attention, and medical authority declares that death is possible, but not likely within 72 hours, and/or the severity is such that it is permanent and life-altering.
Very Seriously Ill or Very Seriously Injured (VSI) - The casualty status of a person whose illness or injury is such that medical authority declares it more likely than not that death will occur within 72 hours.
WRITING A PCR:
The PCR is how your command communicates with the Navy’s Casualty Assistance network. That network is comprised of:
OPNAV N-135C: Oversight, Policy, Audit.
The OPNAV Casualty Office ensures that all notifications for NOK take place; we certify Death Gratuity and SGLI payments, and all other death benefits (SBP, DIC, etc). We also own Navy/Marine Corps Mortuary Affairs. Information and contact numbers are here:
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/
Regional Casualty Offices (CNIC): Train and Assign CACOs. Provide direct administrative assistance to commands for casualty situations. Provide Honor Guards for all Military Funerals in their region. If you need help writing a PCR, call your regional casualty office. Information and contact numbers for you local casualty assistance region can be found here:
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/CACO/
The question often comes up: “Why does my command have to submit a Casualty Report? We already sent in an OPREP, Navy Blue, etc? Why another message?....
A: It is required by NAVY instruction.
The Casualty Report is the mechanism that begins the flow of benefits to the family members of the Sailor who has suffered the casualty. These benefits include $500,000 in Death Gratuity and Life Insurance in death cases, and bedside travel assistance for family members (airfare & full per-diem) of our ill/injured sailors. (yes, that’s correct. If your command has a sailor who is SI or VSI, you command does not need to “pass the hat” or go to Navy Relief to get money to fly mom and dad to the hospital. OPNAV will book the tickets, get them to the airport, pay for their lodging and meals. All you have to do is get us an actionable PCR).
Another good question is “When does my command write a PCR?” The detailed answers for that are in the MILPERSMAN, but my office is primarily concerned when sailors are SI, VSI, DUSTWUN, or DECEASED. Suicide attempts are only reported by PCR if the sailor’s condition is SI/VSI. Other attempts are reported IAW with the NAVADMIN at the very end of this document.
The format for the PCR is found in MILPERSMAN 1770-030.
http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/MILPERSMAN/1000MilitaryPersonnel/1700Morale/1770_030.htm
It is really hard to understate how simple it is to fill out a PCR. You cut and paste this from the article into an e-mail:
CASUALTY REPORTING COMMAND:
DATE/TIME GROUP:
TYPE OF CASUALTY: Death/Missing
ALPHA: Grade/rate - Name of Casualty - Social Security Number -Officer Designator
BRAVO: Status (e.g., ACDU/INACTDUTRA/ACDUTRA) Duty Station/Point of Contact/Tel. No.
CHARLIE: Hostile (KIA/POW) - Non-Hostile (peacetime casualties)
DELTA: Date - local time of casualty incident – place Circumstances of casualty incident: Cause of death:
ECHO: Location of remains: funeral home name, address, and phone number
FOXTROT: Primary next of kin (PNOK) Name - address - relationship) Secondary next of kin (SNOK) (Name - address - relationship) Other next of kin (NOK) (e.g., children by former marriage)
GOLF: Notification of next kin: PNOK: Date - time - notified by whom SNOK: Date - time - notified by whom
HOTEL: N/A
INDIA: Date of Dependency Application/Record of Emergency Data
Read the very basic amplifying instructions, fill out the required information and send it to Mill_NavyCasualty@navy.mil along with the sailor’s Page 2, and SGLI election forms.
The result should look something like this:
CASUALTY REPORTING COMMAND: (YOUR SQUADRON/SHIP/STATION), UIC
DATE/TIME GROUP: 29 Jul 2009
TYPE OF CASUALTY: Seriously Ill (SI)/Very Seriously Ill/Death
ALPHA: SN Ima Schmuckateli, xxx-xx-8646/6400
BRAVO: Active Duty, NAVPERSCOM (PERS-###), POC Name and Telephone Number.
CHARLIE: Non-Hostile
DELTA: Date, local time of casualty incident, location. Circumstances of casualty incident. (Include dates and location of hospitalization.)
ECHO: N/A
FOXTROT: PNOK: Name, relationship, address; SNOK: Name, relationship, address
GOLF: PNOK notified: date, time, notified by whom; SNOK notified: date, time, notified by whom (if notification not completed, say so. If notification in progress, say so)
HOTEL: N/A
INDIA: Date of Dependency Application/Record of Emergency Data
If you don’t have the Page 2 and SGLI information right away, SEND THE PCR and get the rest ASAP!!! The OPNAV casualty office WILL accept an incomplete PCR. If we receive an incomplete PCR, we WILL call your point of contact to get the rest of the information (so make sure you give us a working number that will reach someone of reasonable intelligence). Don’t let a local news crew beat our CACO to the wife's door because your command is trying to produce a perfect casualty report. DO NO DELAY THE RELEASE OF THE PCR SO YOUR COMMAND REPRESENTATIVES CAN MAKE THE NOTIFICATOIN!!! CACOs are assigned by the CNIC REGION, not by your command.
The casualty report is cut. Now what?
NOTIFICATIONS:
The responsibility for making notifications is in the MILPERSMAN, but the breakdown of responsibility is pretty simple:
If the sailor is dead, your regional casualty office will assign trained CACOs (and chaplains) to make official notification to the family members. The notification process works VERY well when commands do their part in keeping up to date Page 2’s and SGLI forms. However, if the NOK information is not up to date, notification time lines get VERY extended.
If the sailor is ill/injured, the command suffering the casualty makes notification by telephone. The region is NOT going to assign a CACO to go knock on a door for SI/VSI cases. You make the phone call, and then include notification status in the original or updated PCR.
If your sailor is SI/VSI and the NOK will want to travel to bedside, the PCR must include the following:
1. NOK NOTIFIED, AND WISH TO TRAVEL TO BEDSIDE
2. BEDSIDE WARRANTED STATEMENT:
a. Name/phone number of MILITARY PHYSICAN who states patient is SI/VSI.
B. Doctor must specifically state “PRESENCE OF NOK AT BEDSIDE IS MEDICALLY WARRANTED”.
This is where definitions are important. If a sailor falls and breaks his leg,that will certainly seem like a “serious injury” to him. However, a broken leg is NOT a serious injury per the definitions in the DODI 1300.18. Bedside travel assistance is for critically ill/injured sailors ONLY. Routine or non-critical medical issues (aka NSI situations) do not warrant bedside travel, AND DO NOT REQUIRE CASUALTY REPORTS (unless OIF/OEF related)!!!!!!
OK, this next bit of information is really important.
As you have read, there is a large network of casualty professionals standing by to help your command when you suffer a mishap/accident/etc. This system works well, but it takes leadership and proper execution to work. A very important aspect for CO’s XO’s Admin O’s, JO’s, and the Chief’s Mess to stress is that when you suffer a casualty, everyone needs to KNOW THEIR ROLE, and LET THE SYSTEM WORK!!! Do not pass information in an unofficial capacity by cell phone. Do not update your Facebook page with any information on the status (yes, it’s been done), and casualty information should not be passed by “Twitter”. Do not call home to say “If you see what happened on the news, just know that I am OK.” The wife’s club can work the process of elimination faster than you can imagine, DON’T FUEL THAT FIRE. Family members do not want to be notified of their loved one’s death by a junior airman in the squadron. It is infinitely better for a qualified CACO and Chaplain to make the official notification.
Now what?
Your command has cut the PCR, everyone has been notified, what happens next?
For SI/VSI cases, the family will be assigned an OPNAV case manager and courtesy CACO that will work together to make sure that the sailor’s family gets all of their financial assistance.
For death cases, your command is going to have a lot more work to do. A few days after the death, your command POC will receive a follow up message from me (Navy Casualty Operations Officer). This is a list of tasking and command responsibilities following a death. They are labor intensive, and require your CO’s full support. My death case managers will work with your command rep and the CACO step-by-step to make sure everything gets done.
To: commandrep.unfortunateUIC@navy.mil
Subj: CASUALTY ASSISTANCE ICO SR Dead Sailor, USN, XXX-XX-1234
Ref: (a) FAIRECONRON SEVEN PCR DTD 03 DEC 09
(b) MILPERSMAN 1770
(c) NAVSUPPUB 490 PARA 6002
(d) JAGINST 5800.7C
1. The purpose of this message is to provide your command with an OPNAV (N135C) point of contact (POC), Case Manager at 901-874-XXXX (toll free: 1-800-368-XXXX or DSN 882-XXXX and fax 901-874-XXXX) who will assist you with casualty assistance matters as a result of the death of the above Sailor. Please contact POC within 24 hours to confirm receipt of this message.
Provide the CO, XO, and CMC with an information copy of this message. Contact your Regional Casualty Assistance Program Manager or our POC immediately with any updated information about the deceased Sailor or to resolve any emergent casualty assistance matters. Ensure your chain of command receives a copy of this message and that they become familiar with references (b) through (d).
2. The CO, XO, OIC and CMC must cooperate fully with the assigned Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO) in the execution of their duties. The CACO will notify their Regional Casualty Assistance Program Manager and N135C of any problems encountered during their assignment to include mortuary concerns, benefits and entitlements matters, communication problems, etc.
3. Mail the closed out service record (enlisted only), medical and dental records within three business days of receipt of this message to Commander, Navy Personnel Command, (Pers-3), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-3120.
4. JAGMAN 0229.d requires a Line of Duty (LOD) determination in all active duty death cases.
a. Each active duty death shall be subject to, at a minimum, a preliminary inquiry in accordance with JAGMAN 0203. The command conducting the preliminary inquiry, or higher authority, shall decide whether the preliminary inquiry is sufficient to base a line of duty determination or whether there is need for an investigation. If the command completing the preliminary inquiry/investigation is not a GCMCA with an assigned Judge Advocate, the command will forward the inquiry/investigation to the first GCMCA in its chain of command with an assigned judge advocate. The GCMCA with an assigned judge advocate is the cognizant official for making the formal LOD determination. The GCMCA shall make a LOD determination in accordance with the guidance found in JAGMAN 0215-0220. All LOD determinations in death cases shall be made in writing by the GCMCA and shall be forwarded to Navy Casualty Assistance Division (N135C), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-6220.
b. JAGMAN 225.b requires that the CO/OIC provide immediate notification to N135C when an investigation surrounding the circumstances of the death of a military member is initiated. It also requires immediate notification to N135C when a DOD civilian becomes a fatality while accompanying military personnel in the field or as a result of military related actions. The GCMCA will provide N135C an info copy of the preliminary inquiry or the investigation when one is required for inclusion in the casualty case. The N135C point of contact is Mr. Rick Riden at wilburn.riden@navy.mil, DSN 882-4297 or 901-874-4297. The Navy Personnel command legal point of contact is Mr. Steven P. Hester (PERS-00J1) at steven.hester@navy.mil, 901-874-3163, or DSN 882-3163.
5. Ensure any mail for the deceased Sailor is returned to sender with a short letter informing the sender of the service member's death. Monitor EDVR/ODCR to ensure that the Sailor's name is removed. Report discrepancies to NSIPS at (504) 697-5110 or DSN 647-5110, email: nsipshelp@cnrf.navy.mil.
6. Reference (c) para 6001 requires all personal effects of a deceased Sailor are accurately inventoried, using NAVSUP Form 29, and that all clothing is cleaned and properly packaged. Send NAVSUUP Form 29 and inventory to N135C (Navy Casualty) at FAX (901) 874-6654 to obtain the necessary accounting data for your command to place the personal effects into non-temp storage (NTS) pending further guidance from this office.
Contact the nearest Personal Property Office (PPO), and provide a copy of the completed (NAVSUP Form 29) and N135C accounting data to arrange for shipment to the Person Entitled to Receive Effects (PERE). A legible copy of the inventory must be placed in each container. All shipping containers will be annotated with the following remark: BLUEBARK SHIPMENT EXPEDITE (DECEASED).
PRIVATELY-OWNED VEHICLE (POV): Prior to shipment of a POV, proof of ownership (specifically, the vehicle title) must be provided to N135C via e-mail, scan or fax. If the vehicle is financed, the lending institution must be given the opportunity to retrieve the vehicle or provide a statement authorizing shipment.
7. A lessons learned overview is solicited and should be submitted within 60 days of casualty incident via message or regular mail to Director, Casualty Assistance, (N135C), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-6220 in the following format: topic, discussion, and recommendation. Lessons learned will be used to make program improvements and to assist other commands who encounter similar situations. Selected lessons learned may be modified in the interest of privacy and posted on our web page as case studies.
8. Strict compliance with the applicable MILPERSMAN 1770 Articles, coupled with consultation with your regional Casualty Assistance Program Manager and/or N135C, will ensure that the next of kin receive as much assistance as possible during this difficult period in their lives. Visit the following websites for additional benefits and entitlements information: http:/www.vba.va.gov/survivors/index.htm and http:/www.npc.navy.mil/commandsupport/casualtyassistance.
9. Use same subject line as this message in responses.
Very Respectfully,
Nathan D. Kaspar
LT USN
Head Casualty Operations
Casualty Assistance Division (N135C)
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38055
Comm: 901-874-6672
DSN: 882-6672
For Official Use Only - Privacy Sensitive: Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal penalties.
(http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/)
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I mentioned earlier that suicide attempts do not require a PCR unless the condition of the sailor is SI/VSI. These incidents (suicides, suicide attempts, gestures, ideations etc) must all be reported IAW with the below NAVADMIN.
UNCLASSIFIED//
ROUTINE
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FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
TO NAVADMIN
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
NAVADMIN 122/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/APR//
SUBJ/SUICIDE AND SUICIDE ATTEMPT REPORTING//
REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 1720.4/28DEC2005//
REF/B/DOC/OPNAVINST 3100.6H/3FEB2006//
REF/C/DOC/MILPERSMAN 1770-010,080,090,120-CH-8/4OCT2004//
REF/D/DOC/OPNAVINST 5215.17/13JUN2005//
NARR/REF A ESTABLISHES THE NAVY SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM AND DIRECTS
COLLECTION OF DATA ON NAVY SUICIDES. REF B DIRECTS THE REPORTING OF
SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORTS AND
PROVIDES DEFINITIONS. REF C DIRECTS THE REPORTING OF SUICIDES, SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS, AND SUICIDE GESTURES VIA THE OPREP-3 REPORTING SYSTEM. REF D
IS THE NAVY DIRECTIVES ISSUANCE SYSTEM.//
RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUICIDE EVENT REPORT (DODSER) FOR ALL
SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY ACTIVE COMPONENT AND RESERVE COMPONENT
SERVICE MEMBERS. THIS CHANGE ALLOWS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO GATHER
STANDARDIZED RESEARCH DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS RELATED TO
SUICIDES AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES, AND ENABLES EVIDENCE-BASED
IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ONGOING PREVENTION EFFORTS.
2. ALL SUICIDES, OR UNDETERMINED DEATHS IN WHICH SUICIDE HAD NOT BEEN
RULED OUT AS A CAUSE OF DEATH, REQUIRE COMPLETION OF THE DODSER BY THE
DECEDENT SAILOR'S COMMAND DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF
NOTIFICATION BY OPNAV N135F. EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE, IN
ADDITION TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEATHS BY SUICIDE, ALL SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS, AS DETERMINED BY COMPETENT MEDICAL AUTHORITY, SHALL BE
REPORTED VIA DODSER WITHIN 30 DAYS OF MEDICAL EVALUATION. SUICIDE
ATTEMPT DODSERS SHALL BE COMPLETED BY A MILITARY MEDICAL PROVIDER AT
THE FACILITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE MEMBER'S PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT OR (IF ASSESSMENT OCCURS AT A CIVILIAN FACILITY) BY THE
MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRICARE REFERRAL OR BY
THE RESERVE COMPONENT COMMAND MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVE (FOR RESERVE
COMPONENT NOT ON ACTIVE DUTY). THE DODSER REPORT REPLACES THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SUICIDE INCIDENT REPORT AS OUTLINED IN REF A.
3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF CATEGORIZING SUICIDE-RELATED BEHAVIORS, THE
FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY AND SUPERCEDE DEFINITIONS IN REFS A THROUGH
C:
A. SUICIDE - SELF-INFLICTED DEATH WITH EVIDENCE (EITHER IMPLICIT
OR EXPLICIT) OF INTENT TO DIE.
B. SUICIDE ATTEMPT - A SELF-INFLICTED, POTENTIALLY INJURIOUS
BEHAVIOR WITH A NON-FATAL OUTCOME FOR WHICH THERE IS EVIDENCE (EITHER
IMPLICIT OR EXPLICIT) OF INTENT TO DIE.
C. OTHER SUICIDE-RELATED BEHAVIOR - EXPRESSED SUICIDE-RELATED
THOUGHTS, SUICIDE-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS, AND NON-FATAL SELF-INJURIOUS
BEHAVIOR WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF INTENT TO DIE.
4. PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORTS, PER REF C, ARE REQUIRED FOR SUICIDES
AND SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIORS WHICH RESULT IN VERY SERIOUS INJURY,
SERIOUS INJURY, OR EVACUATION. OPREP-3 REPORTING, PER REF B, IS
REQUIRED FOR ALL SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIORS REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME.
THE OPREP-3 REPORT SHOULD SPECIFY ONLY "SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIOR"
WITHOUT DISTINCTION BETWEEN ATTEMPTS AND OTHER BEHAVIORS.
5. WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE, ALL NAVY MILITARY
TREATMENT FACILITIES WILL PROVIDE A DODSER POINT OF CONTACT (FULL NAME,
UNIT, CONTACT PHONE, EMAIL ADDRESS) TO THE OPNAV N135F POC LISTED BELOW.
COMMANDER, NAVAL RESERVE FORCE COMMAND AND RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS
WILL PROVIDE A DODSER POINT OF CONTACT, VIA THE DIRECTOR NAVY RESERVE
PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AT THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, WITHIN 30
DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE TO THE OPNAV N135F POINT OF CONTACT
LISTED BELOW.
6. PER REF D, RETAIN THIS MESSAGE WITH ORIGINAL INSTRUCTION UNTIL
CHANGES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO REFS A AND B BY A FORMAL CHANGE
TRANSMITTAL.
7. POINT OF CONTACT IS LCDR BONNIE CHAVEZ, OPNAV N135F, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER, AT (901) 874-6613/DSN 882, OR EMAIL AT
BONNIE.CHAVEZ(AT)NAVY.MIL.
8. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
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Everyone with wings next to your username, please take copy of this to your admin shop and ensure that your duty office has a copy in his turnover.
Your Squadron’s Casualty Binder
I wrote this from a Senior Watch Officer perspective. Use this as a tool for you and your command, but be aware that this is not an official Navy instruction. Some of it is a cut and paste from instructions, much of that has been clarified with plain english.
Like any good gouge, I am going to start with the references.
The “bible” for all Department of Defense components for handling casualties is the DoDI 1300.18. Follow this link, print the instruction, read it, and put it in your squadron’s casualty binder:
• DODI 1300.18 Department of Defense (DoD) Personnel Casualty Matters, Policies, and Procedures
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/130018p.pdf
Navy specific guidance to casualty affairs is found in the MILPERSMAN 1770 series.
• MILPERSMAN 1770 Casualties and Survivor Benefits
http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/MILPERSMAN/1000MilitaryPersonnel/1700Morale/
o 1770-010 Definitions
o 1770-020 PCR (DUSTWUN/Missing)
o 1770-030 PCR Procedures
o 1770-070 Notification of SI/VSI
o 1770-080 PCR for SI/VSI
o 1770-100 Naval Disaster reporting requirements (15+ casualties)
o 1770-130 Casualties during Hostilities
o 1770-150 Release of names of casualties
o 1770-160 Casualty Assistance Calls Program (CACP)
o 1770-170 Notification of NOK (Death/Missing/DUSTWUN)
o 1770-230 Bedside travel (SI/VSI)
o 1770-270 Funeral Travel
You will notice that the chapters of that MILPERSMAN series skip some numbers. The “missing” chapters do exist but I wanted to keep the topic as focused as possible.
VOCABULARY:
When your command suffers a casualty, the clock starts ticking. Your CO has 4 hours to get the PCR (Personnel Casualty Report) submitted to OPNAV-N135C. This 4 hour timeline is easily met if your command knows casualty vocabulary and how to write and submit a PCR. I’ll cover (and translate) the vocabulary first, because if you put the wrong words in the report, the people that are trying to act on your PCR will be confused or not be able to take action. (Note: the CO is responsible for the 4 hour timeline, but it does not take the CO to release the message. All duty officers should be trained and capable of releasing a PCR).
CACO:
Casualty Assistance Calls Officer.
The person assigned by the regional casualty office to a family member to provide notification, arrange for funerals, benefits, and entitlements.
(This is the most abused term in casualty assistance, and is often used to lump all casualties together. Your command needs to have a casualty subject matter expert, but that person is not a “Command CACO” unless they have completed the training course given by your regional casualty office.)
Courtesy CACO:
The person assigned to provide assistance as needed in getting the next of kin to the bedside of a serious ill/injured member. This person may be assigned out of the pool of regional CACOs or the region may ask that your command provide a body for assistance.
Personnel Casualty Report (PCR):
This is a message that reports a casualty. A casualty is a Sailor who is dead, seriously ill/seriously injured, DUSTWUN (not UA or a deserter).
(This “message” is not a CMP/DMS, TurboPrep message. It is an e-mail. If you have a .mil e-mail account, you can submit a Navy Casualty Report).
DUSTWUN:
Duty Status – Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) – A transitory casualty status, applicable only to military personnel, that is used when the responsible commander suspects the Sailor may be a casualty whose absence is involuntary, but does not feel sufficient evidence currently exists to make a definite determination of missing or deceased. DUSTWUN affords the commanding officer (CO) up to 10 days to conduct search and rescue efforts, to investigate the circumstances of the loss incident, and to assemble information regarding the Sailor’s disappearance. DUSTWUN has no effect on pays or allowances and differs by definition and legal entitlement from the “Missing” casualty status. (See MILPERSMAN 1770-020.).
Missing -
Status used when a Sailor is not present at his or her duty location due to apparent involuntary reasons and whose location is unknown. A Sailor may be placed in a “Missing” casualty status only after an initial board of inquiry is convened by CHNAVPERS and the board’s casualty status recommendation has been approved by SECNAV.
(NEVER, EVER, list a sailor as “missing” in a PCR!!)
Deceased:
Dead. You know where the body is, it has been positively identified, and the person is definitely not showing up for muster ever again.
BEDSIDE TRAVEL:
The program that facilitates travel of up to three family members to the bedside of Seriously Ill/Injured (SI), Very Seriously Ill/Injured (VSI), Incapacitating Illness/Injury (III) where a competent medical authority requests the presence of NOK at beside to aid in the member’s physical recovery (not solely for compassionate reasons) The casualty office (N135C) shall be the final authority for appropriate Government funded travel.
Not Seriously Injured (NSI) – A casualty which involves illness or injury that requires medical attention, may or may not require hospitalization, and medical authorities declare illness or injury less severe than Seriously Injured. Note: Personal Casualty Report (PCR) required only if injury or illness occurs within theater; e.g., Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) or Operation New Dawn (OND).
Seriously Ill or Seriously Injured (SI) - The casualty status of a person whose illness or injury requires medical attention, and medical authority declares that death is possible, but not likely within 72 hours, and/or the severity is such that it is permanent and life-altering.
Very Seriously Ill or Very Seriously Injured (VSI) - The casualty status of a person whose illness or injury is such that medical authority declares it more likely than not that death will occur within 72 hours.
WRITING A PCR:
The PCR is how your command communicates with the Navy’s Casualty Assistance network. That network is comprised of:
OPNAV N-135C: Oversight, Policy, Audit.
The OPNAV Casualty Office ensures that all notifications for NOK take place; we certify Death Gratuity and SGLI payments, and all other death benefits (SBP, DIC, etc). We also own Navy/Marine Corps Mortuary Affairs. Information and contact numbers are here:
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/
Regional Casualty Offices (CNIC): Train and Assign CACOs. Provide direct administrative assistance to commands for casualty situations. Provide Honor Guards for all Military Funerals in their region. If you need help writing a PCR, call your regional casualty office. Information and contact numbers for you local casualty assistance region can be found here:
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/CACO/
The question often comes up: “Why does my command have to submit a Casualty Report? We already sent in an OPREP, Navy Blue, etc? Why another message?....
A: It is required by NAVY instruction.
The Casualty Report is the mechanism that begins the flow of benefits to the family members of the Sailor who has suffered the casualty. These benefits include $500,000 in Death Gratuity and Life Insurance in death cases, and bedside travel assistance for family members (airfare & full per-diem) of our ill/injured sailors. (yes, that’s correct. If your command has a sailor who is SI or VSI, you command does not need to “pass the hat” or go to Navy Relief to get money to fly mom and dad to the hospital. OPNAV will book the tickets, get them to the airport, pay for their lodging and meals. All you have to do is get us an actionable PCR).
Another good question is “When does my command write a PCR?” The detailed answers for that are in the MILPERSMAN, but my office is primarily concerned when sailors are SI, VSI, DUSTWUN, or DECEASED. Suicide attempts are only reported by PCR if the sailor’s condition is SI/VSI. Other attempts are reported IAW with the NAVADMIN at the very end of this document.
The format for the PCR is found in MILPERSMAN 1770-030.
http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/MILPERSMAN/1000MilitaryPersonnel/1700Morale/1770_030.htm
It is really hard to understate how simple it is to fill out a PCR. You cut and paste this from the article into an e-mail:
CASUALTY REPORTING COMMAND:
DATE/TIME GROUP:
TYPE OF CASUALTY: Death/Missing
ALPHA: Grade/rate - Name of Casualty - Social Security Number -Officer Designator
BRAVO: Status (e.g., ACDU/INACTDUTRA/ACDUTRA) Duty Station/Point of Contact/Tel. No.
CHARLIE: Hostile (KIA/POW) - Non-Hostile (peacetime casualties)
DELTA: Date - local time of casualty incident – place Circumstances of casualty incident: Cause of death:
ECHO: Location of remains: funeral home name, address, and phone number
FOXTROT: Primary next of kin (PNOK) Name - address - relationship) Secondary next of kin (SNOK) (Name - address - relationship) Other next of kin (NOK) (e.g., children by former marriage)
GOLF: Notification of next kin: PNOK: Date - time - notified by whom SNOK: Date - time - notified by whom
HOTEL: N/A
INDIA: Date of Dependency Application/Record of Emergency Data
Read the very basic amplifying instructions, fill out the required information and send it to Mill_NavyCasualty@navy.mil along with the sailor’s Page 2, and SGLI election forms.
The result should look something like this:
CASUALTY REPORTING COMMAND: (YOUR SQUADRON/SHIP/STATION), UIC
DATE/TIME GROUP: 29 Jul 2009
TYPE OF CASUALTY: Seriously Ill (SI)/Very Seriously Ill/Death
ALPHA: SN Ima Schmuckateli, xxx-xx-8646/6400
BRAVO: Active Duty, NAVPERSCOM (PERS-###), POC Name and Telephone Number.
CHARLIE: Non-Hostile
DELTA: Date, local time of casualty incident, location. Circumstances of casualty incident. (Include dates and location of hospitalization.)
ECHO: N/A
FOXTROT: PNOK: Name, relationship, address; SNOK: Name, relationship, address
GOLF: PNOK notified: date, time, notified by whom; SNOK notified: date, time, notified by whom (if notification not completed, say so. If notification in progress, say so)
HOTEL: N/A
INDIA: Date of Dependency Application/Record of Emergency Data
If you don’t have the Page 2 and SGLI information right away, SEND THE PCR and get the rest ASAP!!! The OPNAV casualty office WILL accept an incomplete PCR. If we receive an incomplete PCR, we WILL call your point of contact to get the rest of the information (so make sure you give us a working number that will reach someone of reasonable intelligence). Don’t let a local news crew beat our CACO to the wife's door because your command is trying to produce a perfect casualty report. DO NO DELAY THE RELEASE OF THE PCR SO YOUR COMMAND REPRESENTATIVES CAN MAKE THE NOTIFICATOIN!!! CACOs are assigned by the CNIC REGION, not by your command.
The casualty report is cut. Now what?
NOTIFICATIONS:
The responsibility for making notifications is in the MILPERSMAN, but the breakdown of responsibility is pretty simple:
If the sailor is dead, your regional casualty office will assign trained CACOs (and chaplains) to make official notification to the family members. The notification process works VERY well when commands do their part in keeping up to date Page 2’s and SGLI forms. However, if the NOK information is not up to date, notification time lines get VERY extended.
If the sailor is ill/injured, the command suffering the casualty makes notification by telephone. The region is NOT going to assign a CACO to go knock on a door for SI/VSI cases. You make the phone call, and then include notification status in the original or updated PCR.
If your sailor is SI/VSI and the NOK will want to travel to bedside, the PCR must include the following:
1. NOK NOTIFIED, AND WISH TO TRAVEL TO BEDSIDE
2. BEDSIDE WARRANTED STATEMENT:
a. Name/phone number of MILITARY PHYSICAN who states patient is SI/VSI.
B. Doctor must specifically state “PRESENCE OF NOK AT BEDSIDE IS MEDICALLY WARRANTED”.
This is where definitions are important. If a sailor falls and breaks his leg,that will certainly seem like a “serious injury” to him. However, a broken leg is NOT a serious injury per the definitions in the DODI 1300.18. Bedside travel assistance is for critically ill/injured sailors ONLY. Routine or non-critical medical issues (aka NSI situations) do not warrant bedside travel, AND DO NOT REQUIRE CASUALTY REPORTS (unless OIF/OEF related)!!!!!!
OK, this next bit of information is really important.
As you have read, there is a large network of casualty professionals standing by to help your command when you suffer a mishap/accident/etc. This system works well, but it takes leadership and proper execution to work. A very important aspect for CO’s XO’s Admin O’s, JO’s, and the Chief’s Mess to stress is that when you suffer a casualty, everyone needs to KNOW THEIR ROLE, and LET THE SYSTEM WORK!!! Do not pass information in an unofficial capacity by cell phone. Do not update your Facebook page with any information on the status (yes, it’s been done), and casualty information should not be passed by “Twitter”. Do not call home to say “If you see what happened on the news, just know that I am OK.” The wife’s club can work the process of elimination faster than you can imagine, DON’T FUEL THAT FIRE. Family members do not want to be notified of their loved one’s death by a junior airman in the squadron. It is infinitely better for a qualified CACO and Chaplain to make the official notification.
Now what?
Your command has cut the PCR, everyone has been notified, what happens next?
For SI/VSI cases, the family will be assigned an OPNAV case manager and courtesy CACO that will work together to make sure that the sailor’s family gets all of their financial assistance.
For death cases, your command is going to have a lot more work to do. A few days after the death, your command POC will receive a follow up message from me (Navy Casualty Operations Officer). This is a list of tasking and command responsibilities following a death. They are labor intensive, and require your CO’s full support. My death case managers will work with your command rep and the CACO step-by-step to make sure everything gets done.
To: commandrep.unfortunateUIC@navy.mil
Subj: CASUALTY ASSISTANCE ICO SR Dead Sailor, USN, XXX-XX-1234
Ref: (a) FAIRECONRON SEVEN PCR DTD 03 DEC 09
(b) MILPERSMAN 1770
(c) NAVSUPPUB 490 PARA 6002
(d) JAGINST 5800.7C
1. The purpose of this message is to provide your command with an OPNAV (N135C) point of contact (POC), Case Manager at 901-874-XXXX (toll free: 1-800-368-XXXX or DSN 882-XXXX and fax 901-874-XXXX) who will assist you with casualty assistance matters as a result of the death of the above Sailor. Please contact POC within 24 hours to confirm receipt of this message.
Provide the CO, XO, and CMC with an information copy of this message. Contact your Regional Casualty Assistance Program Manager or our POC immediately with any updated information about the deceased Sailor or to resolve any emergent casualty assistance matters. Ensure your chain of command receives a copy of this message and that they become familiar with references (b) through (d).
2. The CO, XO, OIC and CMC must cooperate fully with the assigned Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO) in the execution of their duties. The CACO will notify their Regional Casualty Assistance Program Manager and N135C of any problems encountered during their assignment to include mortuary concerns, benefits and entitlements matters, communication problems, etc.
3. Mail the closed out service record (enlisted only), medical and dental records within three business days of receipt of this message to Commander, Navy Personnel Command, (Pers-3), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-3120.
4. JAGMAN 0229.d requires a Line of Duty (LOD) determination in all active duty death cases.
a. Each active duty death shall be subject to, at a minimum, a preliminary inquiry in accordance with JAGMAN 0203. The command conducting the preliminary inquiry, or higher authority, shall decide whether the preliminary inquiry is sufficient to base a line of duty determination or whether there is need for an investigation. If the command completing the preliminary inquiry/investigation is not a GCMCA with an assigned Judge Advocate, the command will forward the inquiry/investigation to the first GCMCA in its chain of command with an assigned judge advocate. The GCMCA with an assigned judge advocate is the cognizant official for making the formal LOD determination. The GCMCA shall make a LOD determination in accordance with the guidance found in JAGMAN 0215-0220. All LOD determinations in death cases shall be made in writing by the GCMCA and shall be forwarded to Navy Casualty Assistance Division (N135C), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-6220.
b. JAGMAN 225.b requires that the CO/OIC provide immediate notification to N135C when an investigation surrounding the circumstances of the death of a military member is initiated. It also requires immediate notification to N135C when a DOD civilian becomes a fatality while accompanying military personnel in the field or as a result of military related actions. The GCMCA will provide N135C an info copy of the preliminary inquiry or the investigation when one is required for inclusion in the casualty case. The N135C point of contact is Mr. Rick Riden at wilburn.riden@navy.mil, DSN 882-4297 or 901-874-4297. The Navy Personnel command legal point of contact is Mr. Steven P. Hester (PERS-00J1) at steven.hester@navy.mil, 901-874-3163, or DSN 882-3163.
5. Ensure any mail for the deceased Sailor is returned to sender with a short letter informing the sender of the service member's death. Monitor EDVR/ODCR to ensure that the Sailor's name is removed. Report discrepancies to NSIPS at (504) 697-5110 or DSN 647-5110, email: nsipshelp@cnrf.navy.mil.
6. Reference (c) para 6001 requires all personal effects of a deceased Sailor are accurately inventoried, using NAVSUP Form 29, and that all clothing is cleaned and properly packaged. Send NAVSUUP Form 29 and inventory to N135C (Navy Casualty) at FAX (901) 874-6654 to obtain the necessary accounting data for your command to place the personal effects into non-temp storage (NTS) pending further guidance from this office.
Contact the nearest Personal Property Office (PPO), and provide a copy of the completed (NAVSUP Form 29) and N135C accounting data to arrange for shipment to the Person Entitled to Receive Effects (PERE). A legible copy of the inventory must be placed in each container. All shipping containers will be annotated with the following remark: BLUEBARK SHIPMENT EXPEDITE (DECEASED).
PRIVATELY-OWNED VEHICLE (POV): Prior to shipment of a POV, proof of ownership (specifically, the vehicle title) must be provided to N135C via e-mail, scan or fax. If the vehicle is financed, the lending institution must be given the opportunity to retrieve the vehicle or provide a statement authorizing shipment.
7. A lessons learned overview is solicited and should be submitted within 60 days of casualty incident via message or regular mail to Director, Casualty Assistance, (N135C), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055-6220 in the following format: topic, discussion, and recommendation. Lessons learned will be used to make program improvements and to assist other commands who encounter similar situations. Selected lessons learned may be modified in the interest of privacy and posted on our web page as case studies.
8. Strict compliance with the applicable MILPERSMAN 1770 Articles, coupled with consultation with your regional Casualty Assistance Program Manager and/or N135C, will ensure that the next of kin receive as much assistance as possible during this difficult period in their lives. Visit the following websites for additional benefits and entitlements information: http:/www.vba.va.gov/survivors/index.htm and http:/www.npc.navy.mil/commandsupport/casualtyassistance.
9. Use same subject line as this message in responses.
Very Respectfully,
Nathan D. Kaspar
LT USN
Head Casualty Operations
Casualty Assistance Division (N135C)
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38055
Comm: 901-874-6672
DSN: 882-6672
For Official Use Only - Privacy Sensitive: Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal penalties.
(http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/)
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I mentioned earlier that suicide attempts do not require a PCR unless the condition of the sailor is SI/VSI. These incidents (suicides, suicide attempts, gestures, ideations etc) must all be reported IAW with the below NAVADMIN.
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INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
NAVADMIN 122/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/APR//
SUBJ/SUICIDE AND SUICIDE ATTEMPT REPORTING//
REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 1720.4/28DEC2005//
REF/B/DOC/OPNAVINST 3100.6H/3FEB2006//
REF/C/DOC/MILPERSMAN 1770-010,080,090,120-CH-8/4OCT2004//
REF/D/DOC/OPNAVINST 5215.17/13JUN2005//
NARR/REF A ESTABLISHES THE NAVY SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM AND DIRECTS
COLLECTION OF DATA ON NAVY SUICIDES. REF B DIRECTS THE REPORTING OF
SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORTS AND
PROVIDES DEFINITIONS. REF C DIRECTS THE REPORTING OF SUICIDES, SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS, AND SUICIDE GESTURES VIA THE OPREP-3 REPORTING SYSTEM. REF D
IS THE NAVY DIRECTIVES ISSUANCE SYSTEM.//
RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUICIDE EVENT REPORT (DODSER) FOR ALL
SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY ACTIVE COMPONENT AND RESERVE COMPONENT
SERVICE MEMBERS. THIS CHANGE ALLOWS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO GATHER
STANDARDIZED RESEARCH DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS RELATED TO
SUICIDES AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES, AND ENABLES EVIDENCE-BASED
IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ONGOING PREVENTION EFFORTS.
2. ALL SUICIDES, OR UNDETERMINED DEATHS IN WHICH SUICIDE HAD NOT BEEN
RULED OUT AS A CAUSE OF DEATH, REQUIRE COMPLETION OF THE DODSER BY THE
DECEDENT SAILOR'S COMMAND DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF
NOTIFICATION BY OPNAV N135F. EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE, IN
ADDITION TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEATHS BY SUICIDE, ALL SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS, AS DETERMINED BY COMPETENT MEDICAL AUTHORITY, SHALL BE
REPORTED VIA DODSER WITHIN 30 DAYS OF MEDICAL EVALUATION. SUICIDE
ATTEMPT DODSERS SHALL BE COMPLETED BY A MILITARY MEDICAL PROVIDER AT
THE FACILITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE MEMBER'S PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT OR (IF ASSESSMENT OCCURS AT A CIVILIAN FACILITY) BY THE
MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRICARE REFERRAL OR BY
THE RESERVE COMPONENT COMMAND MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVE (FOR RESERVE
COMPONENT NOT ON ACTIVE DUTY). THE DODSER REPORT REPLACES THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SUICIDE INCIDENT REPORT AS OUTLINED IN REF A.
3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF CATEGORIZING SUICIDE-RELATED BEHAVIORS, THE
FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY AND SUPERCEDE DEFINITIONS IN REFS A THROUGH
C:
A. SUICIDE - SELF-INFLICTED DEATH WITH EVIDENCE (EITHER IMPLICIT
OR EXPLICIT) OF INTENT TO DIE.
B. SUICIDE ATTEMPT - A SELF-INFLICTED, POTENTIALLY INJURIOUS
BEHAVIOR WITH A NON-FATAL OUTCOME FOR WHICH THERE IS EVIDENCE (EITHER
IMPLICIT OR EXPLICIT) OF INTENT TO DIE.
C. OTHER SUICIDE-RELATED BEHAVIOR - EXPRESSED SUICIDE-RELATED
THOUGHTS, SUICIDE-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS, AND NON-FATAL SELF-INJURIOUS
BEHAVIOR WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF INTENT TO DIE.
4. PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORTS, PER REF C, ARE REQUIRED FOR SUICIDES
AND SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIORS WHICH RESULT IN VERY SERIOUS INJURY,
SERIOUS INJURY, OR EVACUATION. OPREP-3 REPORTING, PER REF B, IS
REQUIRED FOR ALL SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIORS REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME.
THE OPREP-3 REPORT SHOULD SPECIFY ONLY "SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIOR"
WITHOUT DISTINCTION BETWEEN ATTEMPTS AND OTHER BEHAVIORS.
5. WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE, ALL NAVY MILITARY
TREATMENT FACILITIES WILL PROVIDE A DODSER POINT OF CONTACT (FULL NAME,
UNIT, CONTACT PHONE, EMAIL ADDRESS) TO THE OPNAV N135F POC LISTED BELOW.
COMMANDER, NAVAL RESERVE FORCE COMMAND AND RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS
WILL PROVIDE A DODSER POINT OF CONTACT, VIA THE DIRECTOR NAVY RESERVE
PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AT THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, WITHIN 30
DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE TO THE OPNAV N135F POINT OF CONTACT
LISTED BELOW.
6. PER REF D, RETAIN THIS MESSAGE WITH ORIGINAL INSTRUCTION UNTIL
CHANGES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO REFS A AND B BY A FORMAL CHANGE
TRANSMITTAL.
7. POINT OF CONTACT IS LCDR BONNIE CHAVEZ, OPNAV N135F, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER, AT (901) 874-6613/DSN 882, OR EMAIL AT
BONNIE.CHAVEZ(AT)NAVY.MIL.
8. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
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Omg. That effin sucks. Prayers to the fam n friends
It's a NOBLE profession, but not always without pain...nothing is free! RIP Shipmates.
BzB, head bowed
Roger that...
Most Certainly, head bowed
Good dudes. Both of 'em. Honored with SEVERAL rounds at NFL O'club tonight...
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP4b81b11eea6a43f1b2b9667fdc884bca.html
The names have been released. It is a huge bummer for me. I had the honor of flying with and working with 11 quite a lot. He cared a ton about the Navy, the squadron, and our class. Truly great guy, and will be missed in the squadron a ton.
The names have been released. It is a huge bummer for me. I had the honor of flying with and working with 11 quite a lot. He cared a ton about the Navy, the squadron, and our class. Truly great guy, and will be missed in the squadron a ton.
Both were great guys. They will be missed.
