DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3000.13E
N3/N5
27 Jan 2021
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3000.13E
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVY PERSONNEL TEMPO AND OPERATING TEMPO PROGRAM
Ref: (a) 10 U.S.C. §991
(b) DEPSecDef National Security Waiver, 8 Oct 2001
(c) 2019 Contingency Planning Guidance
(d) DoD Instruction 1336.07 of 28 July 2009
(e) FY19 20 Global Force Management Implementation Guidance
(f) 37 U.S.C. § 436
(g) DoD Instruction 7000.14-R, DoD Financial Management Regulation of October 2018
(h) OPNAVINST 5440.77B
(i) SECNAV Manual 5214.1 of December 2005
(j) USD (P&R) Memorandum, Revised Mobilization/Demobilization Personnel and Pay
Policy for Reserve Component Members Ordered to Active Duty in Response to the
World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks – Section 1, 15 March 2007
Encl: (1) Navy PERSTEMPO Program
(2) Navy OPTEMPO Program
(3) Standard Definitions for Navy PERSTEMPO and OPTEMPO Program
1. Purpose
a. To issue policy, procedures and reporting requirements regarding personnel tempo
(PERSTEMPO) of individual Sailors and operating tempo (OPTEMPO) of deployable units.
This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.
b. Following is a summary of changes to this revision:
(1) Updated dwell limit from 1:1 to 1:2 with a goal of 1:3.
(2) Changed deployment length from 245 down to a maximum of 220 days.
(3) Changed Cumulative Days Deployed (CDD) to Cumulative Underway Days (CUD).
Directs all Naval forces to track and report CUDs in a 3-year period (2 years back, 1 year
forward) counting every day a unit is underway or away from permanent station as a unit.
