POSTMAST ACTIVITY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Explain the postmast activity in terms of execution of NJP for enlisted and officer personnel. Describe the UPB. Review the checklist for NJP.

At the completion of NJP it is important that all necessary entries are made in the service record of the member being punished, the POD, the ship or station logbook and finally, the UPB.

EXECUTION OF NJP FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL

When punishment is imposed as a result of CO's mast, it must be recorded in the accused's service record. Additionally, depending on the type of punishment imposed, certain forms and or letters must be prepared in conjunction with standard service record entries. The following discussion is provided to help you better understand the procedures for preparing these forms and letters used in conjunction with enlisted service record entries.

Confinement Order (NAVPERS 1640/4)

When a member is awarded punishment that includes confinement on bread and water or confinement on diminished rations, a Confinement Order, NAVPERS 1640.4, must be prepared. A

Figure 6-12.-Sample action by supervisory authority on NJP appeal.

Figure 6-13.-Confinement Order, NAVPERS 1640/4.

sample of a completed confinement order is shown in figure 6-13. In addition to preparing a confinement order, TAD orders must be prepared transferring the accused to the correctional custody facility under the provisions of the Manual for the Operation of a Waterfront Brig/Correctional Custody Unit

OPNAVINST 1640.7. There are other administrative matters that must be completed when transferring an accused to a correctional custody facility and the specific requirements can be found in SECNAVINST 1640.9 and in SECNAVINST 1640.7, both of which outline the requirements for placing a person into correctional custody and procedures for administering the same.

Letter of Censure

As previously discussed in this lesson, a CO may award as punishment an admonition or a reprimand to the accused. These can be either oral or written in the case of enlisted personnel, and in writing only in cases of commissioned and warrant officers. If the admonition or reprimand is to be written, the format shown in JAG Manual 0114f(3) should be used. When either of these types of letter of censure is prepared, careful attention to the requirement outlined in the JAG Manual should be followed. When the admonition or reprimand is given orally, as in the case of enlisted personnel, the proper notation must be made on the NAVPERS 1626/7 and recorded in the Punishment Awarded section of the service record page being used to record the results of CO's mast.

Enlisted Service Record Entries

For other punishments that do not affect the pay of an individual (extra duty, restriction, or arrest in quarters), it is good administrative practice to spell out in writing the specific orders on these types of punishment even though there are no specific regulations requiring anything more than a notation in the proper block on the NAVPERS 1626/7. Figures 6-14 and 6-15 show samples of orders to carry out when extra duty and restriction have been awarded as a result of CO's mast.

In some cases involving restriction, your command may not have the facilities to properly administer restriction. In such cases, you should make arrangements with the nearest command that does have the facilities to properly administer restriction, and in these cases the personnel office will be required to prepare TEMADD orders for the period of punishment.