After 2001, the detachment slowly implemented one ship after another with full audits being performed on all service and pay records as they were brought to the command. Prior to being officially named PSD Afloat LANT in 2004, the command began as Pay and Personnel Afloat Detachment (PAPA DET) in 1999.
Bryant Kohut, officer in charge for PSD Afloat LANT. leaving the warfighters on the ships and getting the support functions off the ships.” said Lt. “The changes support the chief of naval operation’s Optimal Manning Initiative, and by supporting the ships we are reducing our manning afloat.
San Diego Sasebo, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Everett, Wash. In addition to Norfolk there are PSD Afloat detachments in Charleston, S.C. The Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) Afloat Atlantic (LANT), now well established under the Personnel Administrative Support Systems (PASS) network, is the first to implement the afloat concept. Many shipboard Sailors may be asking themselves “Where have all the personnelman gone?”įor an answer, one only needs to look within a newly renovated warehouse one block off Pier 10 at Naval Station Norfolk.
