Pacific Fleet

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• Pacific Fleet
• Career Information Team
• Officer in Charge
• CDR Robert Chambers

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• WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY?

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CARIT HISTORY

• 1984 Career Information Teams established
• 1993 CNO directs Pre-Separation counseling
  (OPNAVINST 1900.1)
• 2004 Re-aligned under Navy Recruiting Command

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MISSION STATEMENT

• Provide pre-separation transition guidance and
  counseling to all eligible (within 180 days of
  separation) officer and enlisted personnel
  (OPNAVINST 1900.1D).
• We have a legal liability and moral obligation
  to help our Sailors with their transition. No
  other Navy or civilian organization is
  responsible for or capable of touching every
  separating sailor in such an organized and
  systematic way.
• No other organization can maintain a broad base
  of connectivity to the fleet or be used to gather
  exit survey information.
• We are different from the Transition Assistance
  Program (TAP). TAP prepares Sailors for a
  civilian career, CARIT prepares Sailors for
  separation and affiliation in the Navy Reserve.

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MISSION and GOAL

• Primary
• Provide Pre-Separation information to
  transitioning Officer and Enlisted personnel.
• Conduct training on Navy Reserve benefits and
  opportunities.
• Provide quality leads to Navy Recruiting.
• Secondary
• Assist with Command GMTs, instruct at CCC
  schoolhouse and monthly base wide CCC meetings,
  and facilitate CARIT return reunion briefs
  onboard aircraft carriers and other ships.
• OUR GOAL
• Retain 100 of eligible Sailors by showing the
  benefits and opportunities of Reserve Component
  career opportunities.

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EDUCATION TO THE FLEET

Reserve Opportunity Workshops (ROW)
SENIOR EXECUTIVE SEPARATION BRIEF
OFFICER SEPARATION BRIEF
RETIREE SEPARATION BRIEF
ENLISTED SEPARATION BRIEF
MOB/DEMOB BRIEF
GMTs
TARGET GROUP FOR ROW WORKSHOPS AND
SEPARATION BRIEFS Sailors within 180 days of
separation and the Command Career Development
Teams (CO/XO, CMC, DH/DO, CPO, LPO)
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PRE SEPARATION TOPICS

• Certificate of Release/Discharge (DD-214)
• Military Service Obligations
• IRR status/categories obligations
• Household goods/personal property shipment
• Educational assistance benefits programs
• SGLI/VGLI
• Medical/Dental coverage
• Separation travel pay and entitlements
• Navy Reserve programs with emphasis on difficult
  to recruit to programs and current recruiting
  vacancies

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PRE SEPARATION TOPICS

• Retirement/retainer pay
• Application for the Evaluation of Learning
  Experiences during Military Service (DD-295)
• Social Security benefits/Disability retirement
• Board for Correction of Navy Records (BCNR)
• Navy Discharge Review Board
• Permanent service record
• VA programs overview
• Reemployment rights/unemployment compensation
• Survivor Benefit Plan

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CARIT AREA OF RESPONSABILITY

• San Diego, CA
• Point Mugu, CA
• Lemoore, CA
• Port Hueneme, CA
• Everett, WA
• Whidbey Island, WA
• Bangor, WA

• Hawaii
• Guam
• Japan
• Dallas, TX
• Corpus Christi, TX
• Fallon, NV
• Denver, CO

This list is only a partial listing of the
bases/areas covered.
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PACFLT CARIT COUNSELOR LOCATIONS
WHIDBEY ISLAND, BANGOR, EVERETT WASHINGTON
JAPAN
PORT HUENEME LEMOORE
SAN DIEGO
FORT WORTH TEXAS
PEARL HARBOR
PACFLT CARIT HQ SAN DIEGO, CA
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PARTNERSHIPS

• COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS
• 2648/INDIVIDUAL TRANSITION PLAN (ITP)
• FLEET AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER
• TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TAP), VA, DOL
• CAREER INFORMATION TEAM
• PRESEP BRIEF (P13) AND GMTs
• PERSONNEL SUPPORT DETACHMENT
• SEPARATION PROCESSING
• NAVY RECRUITING
• RESERVE AFFILIATION

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WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY?

• YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR SAILORS
• BY GIVING YOUR SAILORS THE TIME TO GO THROUGH
  SEPARATION COUNSELING YOU EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE
  INFORMED DECISIONS
• YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMAND
• YOU REALIZE THOSE DECISIONS MAKE MAY BE ONES
  THAT BENEFIT THE COMMAND
• YOU CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE NAVY
• AD RETENTION AND NAVY RESERVE AFFILIATION WILL
  KEEP OUR NAVY STRONG

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Pacific Fleet Career Information Team
PACFLT CARIT CDR Robert H.
Chambers-OIC robert.chambers_at_navy.mil 619-545-2727
or DSN 735-2727 NCCS Angel Rivera-SEL angel.l.ri
vera1_at_navy.mil 619-545-5100 or DSN 735-5100 PS1
Albert Swearington-OPS albert.swearington_at_navy.mil
619-767-7224 or DSN 735-7224