Enlisted Marketplace Pilot
Approximately 900 NCOs (E6-E8) in CMFs 19 and 35, and MOS 92Y, who were identified as potential movers in Enlisted Manning Cycle (EMC) 20-08 will receive e-mails this week informing them of their potential to move and involvement in the ASK-EM Pilot.
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The email message provides key market dates, information on navigating ASK-EM, and encourages the NCO to use the next few weeks to update their administrative data and/or contact their respective career manager with any issues that may preclude them from being available.
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The ASK-EM Pilot "Marketplace" will open on 24 June 2020 for identified movers to preference available assessments and will remain active until 21 July 2020.
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On 24 June 2020, NCOs identified to participate in the ASK-EM Pilot will receive an automated email that will enable access to the ASK-EM interface for assignment preferencing. Once logged in, NCOs will be able to view and preference valid Army requirements for their
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respective MOS and grade with report dates between February 2021 and May 2021.
voluntary for all DOD personnel. However, vaccination sites should plan for maximum participation. Once the vaccine receives full FDA licensure, it is expect to become a requirement for all uniformed personnel.
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2. Early in the program, there will be limited supply of vaccine doses and vaccine efforts will prioritize populations IAW the CDC recommended target populations with focuses on those critical to the response, providing direct care, and maintaining mission-essential
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2021 Continental U.S. (CONUS) Living Pattern Survey
This survey runs from 1 January to 31 March, and is limited to members permanently assigned in CONUS who are at their current PDS for at least 3 months.About the Survey: This survey is used to measure shopping patterns of
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Uniformed Service members stationed in CONUS. Data collected will assist in the determination of Overseas and CONUS Cost-of-Living Allowances (COLA). To prepare for the survey, determine where your household purchases groceries, clothing, household furnishings,
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entertainment, communications and transportation.
Participation in this survey is voluntary. Failure to respond will not result in penalty to the respondent. However, maximum response is encouraged so aggregate data will accurately represent shopping
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MILPER 20-314 (Clarification fo Military Leave in combination with Pass)
1. A regular or special pass may be granted in conjunction with ordinary leave without a duty day.
- Only 1 leave period may be granted in conjunction with a pass (pass-leave or leave-pass)
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- Only 1 leave period may be granted in conjunction with two passes (pass-leave-pass)
- Two periods of ordinary leave may NOT be granted without a duty day in between (leave-pass-leave and pass-leave-pass-leave are NOT authorized). If inadvertently granted, the entire absence
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must be charged as leave.
- The weekend, for Soldiers who normally working Monday - Friday, is a regular pass period. Regular pass does not include a duty day.
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Results of the CSM/SGM Evaluation Board will be released on 24 September 2020 and OML numbers will be populated in ACT on 25 September 2020. The OML numbers for the USASMC students (Resident class 71 and Non-Res Class 42) will not be released until the July 2021 timeframe.
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1. Most Qualified (MQ)/Fully Qualified (FQ) List will identify all NCOs that were found to be MQ or FQ by the board. If a name is not on the list, they were either not eligible for evaluation or not selected as FQ.
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MQ means NCOs were voted favorably during the board and earned an average voter score of 5.5 or higher. (Voters used a 1-6 scoring scale)
NOTE: Not all MOSs will have MQ NCOs. The MQ is driven strictly by average score received during the
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DFAS will implement system changes to defer employees' withholding of 6.2% social security wages for those employees under the wages threshold and subject to social security tax.
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DFAS will implement the guidance according to the expectation that all federal payroll providers will act in unison. As such, no payroll providers, Departments, Agencies, nor employees will be able to opt-in/out of the deferral.
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1. MEDCOM has been tasked to conducted pooled testing for 1-1 ID and 1-101 ABN from o/a 15 August 2020 through o/a 9 September 2020. They will provide results to FORSCOM while developing SOPs and planning factors for supported
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and supporting CDRs based on lessons learned and proof-of-concept data in order to support expended pooled surveillance in the Army.
2. Updated guidance on wear of cloth coverings to include all times when individuals are within 6 feet of others (Annex OO).
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3. Due to constraints in the current testing environment, CDRs will not conduct tier 4 sentinel surveillance testing until directed.
4. The Army's testing priority and future asymptomatic testing will incorporate pooled sample in lieu of
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