06/06/2012
This website provides very good information regarding the Electronic Service Record and the Official Military Personnel File.
http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/organization/npc/publicaffairs/news/Pages/2011/SailorsRemindedtoReviewRecordsOnline.aspx
Highlights below provided by the Navy Virtual Education Center:
"Sailors should not confuse their OMPF with the Electronic Service Record (ESR). They are two separate records with differing functions.
The ESR is an online version of the old field service record maintained at the command level. Information entered into the ESR is used to update corporate data, create documents for the OMPF, and provide up-to-date human resource information to a Sailor's local command when the OMPF is not available. It's not a permanent record like the OMPF. Also, when a Sailor is transferred or separated, temporary information is purged from their ESR."
"The OMPF is the record reviewed by selection boards and is also used to manage a service member's assignments, training, advancement and separation. After separation, OMPF documents are used primarily to protect the legal and financial rights of the government, veterans, their families and survivors."
"For a complete description of all Navy human resource records or detailed instructions on how to update records, visit the records management and policy Web Page on the NPC website at www.npc.navy.mil/career/recordsmanagement/militarypersonnelrecords/Pages/default2.aspx"
Average turnaround for updates to OMPF:
"The OMPF on BOL reflects documents that have been received, reviewed, and accepted as official record documents. Recently submitted documents may not yet appear in the record. If a document was sent to NPC within the past 60-90 days, it may still be in processing, so do not resend. After 90 days, if the document still has not appeared in the OMPF, contact PERS-313 by e-mail: [email protected] before resubmitting. For additional assistance, contact the NPC Customer Service Center at 1-866-U-ASK-NPC."
MILLINGTON, Tenn.— With the announcement of the Fiscal Year 2013 E-7 selection board cycle Nov. 17, leadership reminds Sailors it is their responsibility to ensure their Official Military Personal File (OMPF) is up to date.
