Chapter 17 — ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICATIONS, AND SUPPLY 



Notices. This information is assigned by the 

 originator and is placed on each page of the 

 release. 



The manner of numbering and identifying 

 directives can be better understood by con- 

 sidering a typical identifier: 



SECNAV 

 (a) 



INST 



5215.1A 

 (c) (d) 



(a) The authorized abbreviation of the issu- 

 ing authority of the directive. 



(b) Type of directive (in this case an In- 

 struction). 



(c) The subject number, which is deter- 

 mined by the subject matter of the directive 

 and is obtained from the Navy Standard Sub- 

 ject Identification Codes, SECNAVINST 

 5210.11( ). 



(d) Following the period is the consecutive 

 number, found only on Instructions. 



An issuing authority would assign consecu- 

 tive numbers to those consecutive instructions 

 with the same Standard Subject Identification 

 Code. 



In the example above, the Standard Subject 

 Identification Code 5215 concerns Issuance Sys- 

 tems. If the issuing authority, SECNAV, issued 

 additional Instructions dealing with issuance sys- 

 tems they would be assigned number 5215.2, 

 5215.3, 5215.4, etc. The capital letter A follow- 

 ing the subject classification and consecutive 

 number indicates that this Instruction has been 

 revised once; the capital letter B indicates 

 the second revision, etc. 



Standard Subject Identification 

 Codes 



The Navy Standard Subject Identification 

 Codes SECNAVINST 5210.11( ), prescribes the 

 subject identification system that must be used 

 throughout the Department of the Navy as the 

 standard system for subject identification and 

 filing correspondence and other documents by 

 subjects. 



The Navy Standard Subject Identification 

 Codes utilizes a table of numbers corresponding 

 to a table of subjects. Broad subject areas are 



assigned a range of numbers. A specific sub- 

 ject carries a specific number within the sub- 

 ject area group. 



For example, the numbers between 1000- 

 1999 deal with military personnel. Number 1430 

 deals specifically with advancement in rate or 

 rating of enlisted personnel. The subject classi- 

 fication is thoroughly indexed and can be easily 

 used. For instance, given the number, it is easy 

 to find the corresponding subject; given the sub- 

 ject it is easy to find the corresponding number. 

 The system is based on the Navy Directives 

 System as far as organization of subject areas' 

 is concerned. 



Naval Air Systems 

 Command Instructions 



Naval Air Systems Command Instructions 

 and Notices dealing primarily with meteoro- 

 logical equipments and related matters (their 

 procurement, maintenance, operation, and the 

 like) are usually in the 13950 series. 



Maintenance of Navy Directives 



To find out whether or not the particular 

 Instruction is up to date, check the Directives 

 Issuance System Check List. This index is 

 identified as NAVPUB Instruction 5215.3. 



NAVAL WEATHER SERVICE 

 NEWSLETTER 



The Naval Weather Service Newsletter is 

 published quarterly by the NAVWEASERV. It 

 is a publication that is designed to carry shop- 

 talk, notices of new developments, personnel 

 changes, publication information, etc. Though 

 the opinions expressed are not necessarily those 

 of the Navy Department, it is an informative 

 publication. 



NAVY CORRESPONDENCE 

 MANUAL 



The Navy Correspondence Manual prescribes 

 policies and outlines procedures for the prepa- 

 ration of correspondence in the Department of 

 the Navy. These policies and procedures are 

 followed unless prescribed otherwise by the 

 Secretary of the Navy or by his authority. 



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