Individual augmentee duty.

NAVY REFINING, IMPROVING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR IAs AND THEIR FAMILIES

Approximately 10,000 Sailors are on IA orders at any given time. Last year alone, more than 75,000 Sailors have been on IA since 2002.

The Navy is committed to supporting IA Sailors and their families with the same fervor and vigilance that deploying Sailors and their families traditionally receive. The primary command providing the supervision and coordination of training and support for IA's is the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center (ECRC), a division of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC).

The mission of the ECRC is to provide oversight to ensure effective processing, equipping, training, deployment, reachback, …