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NBK Port Operations To Undergo CIVSUB

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS060822-01
Release Date: 8/22/2006 8:46:00 AM

By Mass Commuunication Specialist 1st Class Mary Popejoy, Northwest Region Fleet Public Affairs

SILVERDALE, Wash. (NNS) -- Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) - Bangor Port Operations (Port Ops) Department Sailors will turn over the watch tower Oct. 1 to civilians who will take over those responsibilities and provide the manning.

A civilian from NBK-Bremerton Port Ops, which is already civilianized, will transfer to Bangor and take over those responsibilities until a qualified replacement can assume the watch. The tower is the first Port Ops division at Bangor to shift over to the civilian sector.

Port Ops military billets have been eliminated under the auspices of a civilian substitution (CIVSUB) initiative. Military billets were not funded effective fiscal year (FY) 06. During FY06, 12 of 34 currently assigned military personnel will reach their planned rotation date (PRD) and will transfer without relief. In FY07, there will be a loss of another 11 military personnel at their PRD.

"The thought of CIVSUB has not only been implemented in Port Ops, but in administration, food service, supply and some maintenance billets as well throughout the fleet," said Cmdr. Bruce Deshotel, executive officer of Naval Base Kitsap. "Navy Region Northwest was chosen as the pilot to CIVSUB Port Ops in all regions once we have a valid and workable CIVSUB team in place here."

In the long term, CIVSUB will prove beneficial in many ways that will better serve the Navy's vision.

"CIVSUB offers substantial cost savings to the Navy by eliminating the overhead associated with the typical military member, i.e., housing, medical, education, retirement, etc.," said Deshotel. "It also reduces a need for military members on shore duty and allows those Sailors to be free to man critical billets at sea in the global war on terror."

According to Chief Boatswain's Mate (SW) Tim Clark, leading chief petty officer of Oil Spill division and a native of St. Augustine, Fla., civilianizing Port Ops will keep the knowledge base around for longer than three years.

"I came from SIMA [Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity] in Mayport, Fla., and I got to witness CIVSUB there and the one thing civilianization does is bring consistency," said Clark. "They don't have the same rotation we do, so they don't have to train someone different every two to three years. The civilians are going to be here 10 to 20 years, so they are going to have that same knowledge and skill over a long period of time."

To ensure there is a seamless transition, Lt. Troy Rose, Port Ops officer, is making sure the civilians have all the information they need to execute the mission flawlessly.

"We have a detailed and well thought out turnover process in place to ensure the transition is conducted methodically and slowly to allow the new CIVSUB personnel the opportunity to learn the intricacies of the job from the Sailors on board before they depart," said Rose.

For Sailors who are leaving the Navy and would like to apply for a Port Ops job, log onto https://chart.donhr.navy.mil/, create a resume and submit the resume for jobs based on series not job title.