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E-Leave to Begin at Shore Commands
Source: US Navy

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- The Navy announced the implementation of its new Electronic Leave (E-Leave) system in a message July 27.

According to NAVADMIN 252/10 all shore commands will use E-Leave to request, track and manage leave once their Command Leave Administrator (CLA) completes initial setup within the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) application.

The Navy requires all PSDs, CSDs and shore commands to be fully using E-Leave by Oct. 31. Sailors, reviewers and approvers can access E-Leave through NSIPS at https://nsips.nmci.navy.mil.

"All shore commands will be able to begin at once on Aug. 1, and everything should be running smoothly by the Oct. 31 deadline," said Art Tate, NSIPS/ESR Implementation manager and fleet liaison.

"We beta tested the E-Leave system from March 1 – April 13 and 99.3 percent of all transactions were accepted and processed," said Milene Wagner, NSIPS E-Leave project manager. "Because the beta went so well we also extended the use of E-Leave to some sites in Gulfport, Miss., Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., Stennis Space Center, Miss., and in New Orleans. To date, all transactions were accepted and processed with a 99.7 percent pass rate for these sites."

The Navy originally announced plans to phase-out the traditional paper chit leave in NAVADMIN 103/10, replacing it with the new E-Leave system. E-Leave allows Sailors to electronically route leave chits through the chain of command for approval.

"It allows commands to manage their own electronic leave control log. Commands will have full visibility in the system to identify the status of any Sailor's request and easily track and account for all Sailors on leave at any given time by using the electronic reports capability that each CLA will have access to produce," said John Courtney, Navy Electronic Leave program manager. "Once E-Leave is implemented, command's leave processing will be automated, ensuring pay and entitlements are properly accounted for with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service."

Afloat implementation for ships with NSIPS servers onboard is planned to start in October and run approximately 24 months as ships' NSIPS servers receive appropriate software updates. A separate message will provide further instruction for afloat commands.

"We will implement the system on ships as quickly as we can," said Tate.

CLAs will have the capability to manage E-Leave transactions to include correction and cancellation. E-Leave will automatically check-out Sailors on leave 24 hours after initial start date and will automatically check-in Sailors 72 hours after the return date. CLA or ESR self-service users will also have the ability to request an extension.

CLAs at each command will be accountable for all leave transactions processed via E-Leave. For CLA access contact the local NSIPS access manager.

Sailors who have not yet established their web ESR Self-Service access can do so at https://nsips.nmci.navy.mil.

Afloat Sailors with NSIPS Server onboard will also need to establish an Afloat ESR account each time they report to a new afloat command.

It is now mandatory for all active-duty and Reserve personnel to establish and maintain an ESR Self-Service account as the Navy phases out paper service records.

An E-Leave User Guide, training presentations and additional resources can be accessed via the Navy Knowledge Online website. Refer to NAVADMIN 188/10 which gives specific direction on how to get to these materials.


Oman Vessel Named in Launching Ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base
Source: BAE Systems

PORTSMOUTH, UK --- The Royal Navy of Oman's (RNO) second Corvette, Al-Rahmani, was commissioned this morning at Portsmouth Naval Base. It is the second corvette out of three designed and built by BAE Systems for the RNO.

The Commissioning Ceremony was held under the auspices of His Excellency Sayyed Badir bin Saud bin Harib Al-Busaidi the Minister Responsible Defence Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman. The Ceremony was attended by Lord Astor, the Under Secretary of State for Defence in the UK and Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis bin Abdullah Al-Raisi, Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman (CRNO) in addition to a number of VIPs and representatives of the RNO and the UK Royal Navy.

This event reflects the strategic importance given to these state-of-the-art corvettes by the Sultanate of Oman and UK at the time in which BAE Systems is seeking to boost its exports worldwide.

The commissioning of Al-Rahmani comes under the contract (Khareef) signed by the two sides in 2007 in light of which BAE Systems has to design and build three 99 metre corvettes.

The ships have the capacity to serve for prolonged periods overseas and are designed to reinforce the RNO capabilities and support the Naval Force in the protection of the international waters and the surveillance of EEZ.

Alan Johnston, Managing Director of BAE Systems' Surface Ships division, said: "We have been building ships for the RNO for over 30 years and are proud of the close working relationship we have developed, which is helping us to deliver the extremely sophisticated naval capability to the Royal Navy of Oman that you see here today.

"Today's event reflects the significant progress on this programme and reinforces our position as a leader in the global market to design, build and support warships for navies around the world."

On this occasion, Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis bin Abdullah Al-Raisi said:

'By the almighty blessing, RNO celebrated this morning the commissioning of the ship (Al-Rahmani), the second ship of the Khareef Project to enter the service and it is a great fortune that this event coincides with the Sultanates Celebrations of the Blessed Renaissance Day anniversary led by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos the Supreme Commander of SAF and no doubt this inauguration is a further milestone to be added to the RNO achievement record and one of the landmarks of this prosperous era. In fact this project comes as an outcome of the continuous military cooperation between RNO and Royal Navy and enhances the excellent ties between RNO and BAE Systems, assigned with Project Khareef.'

The first ship (Al-Shamikh) was commissioned in July 2009 and will set sail for its first sea trials later this year.




USS Callaghan DD-792

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This Day in U.S. Naval History

1915 - Sailors and Marines land in Haiti to restore order.
1916 - Navy establishes a Code and Signal Section which initially worked against German ciphers and tested the security of communications during U.S. naval training maneuvers.
1926 - Team of scientists from Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Carnegie Institution determine height of the Ionosphere through use of radio pulse transmitter developed by NRL.
1945 - USS Callaghan (DD 792) is last ship sunk by a Japanese kamikaze attack, off Okinawa.
1973 - Launch of Skylab 3, the second manned mission to the first U.S. manned space station, was piloted by MAJ Jack R. Lousma, USMC with CAPT Alan L. Bean, USN as the Commander of the mission and former Navy electronics officer, Owen K. Garriott as Science Pilot. The mission lasted 59 days, 11 hours and included 858 Earth orbits. Recovery by USS New Orleans (LPH 11).


Photo of the Day



The Republic of Korea Navy amphibious landing ship ROKS Dokdo (LPH 6111) is underway in the Sea of Japan with the guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93).

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