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SECNAVINST 5300.39B
ASN (M&RA)
26 Feb 2020
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5300.39B
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OVERSEAS SCREENING PROGRAM
Ref: (a) DoD Instruction 1315.18 of 28 October 2015
(b) DoD Instruction 1315.19 of 19 April 2017
(c) DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 1230 of 26 July 2012
(d) SECNAVINST 1754.5C
(e) SECNAVINST 5200.35G
(f) BUMEDINST 1300.2B
(g) SECNAV M-5214.1
1. Purpose
a. To establish policy and assign responsibilities
regarding overseas screening within the Department of the Navy
(DON).
b. When this instruction differs from references (a)
through (f), those documents shall govern.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 5300.39A.
3. Definitions
a. Overseas screening. The process of identifying military
Service Member and family member fitness for overseas or remote
duty assignment based on conditions that may require special
health care, facility, or education services. For the purposes
of this policy, overseas screening does not apply to Alaska and
Hawaii, with the exception of DON family members enrolled in the
Exceptional Family Member Program, and for the locations
designated as remote in reference (f).
b. Overseas processing. The process of providing accurate
information to prospective civilian employees/selectees about
the overseas area for which they are being considered and the
type of facilities and services that will be available to them
