 The Navy released a NAV admin February 1st, announcing the automation of special circumstance fleet ride performed to serve applications for sailors who will have less than 24 months of obligated service remaining at their projected rotation date or PRD. Sailors with more than two years of obligated service remaining at their next rotation date do not require a fleet ride PTS approval to negotiate orders. Sailors will receive up to three looks in fleet ride PTS, 12, 11 and 10 months prior to their PRD. Sailors who receive a special circumstance quota will be able to relist for up to six years to cover any obligated service for the next set of orders. We're on a steady drumbeat to automate fleet ride system. Today there's many manual applications that you have to go through. Two years ago we automated the most comprehensive part of fleet ride which was if you had come up on your end of obligated, end of active obligated service, your EAOS. So that is the most circumstances under which a sailor needs to be in PTS and get a quota. So we automated that. Now we've done the other large chunk which is the special circumstance for PRD. So we keep trying to make the fleet ride system more usable for the sailors, listen to the fleet, see what they need. We've now automated the vast majority of it and we'll continue to try to make it easier for the sailors as we can. If a sailor does not receive a quota, detailers will be able to make a determination sooner if the sailor will remain at their current command or be issued orders keeping with sea shore flow. The changes will take effect February 4th of this year. For more information see NAVADMIN 021 slash 13. From the Defense Media Activity, I'm Petty Officer James Stollepack.