ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 141940Z FEB 03 ZYB PSN 616744J28 FM COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI TO ALCOMPAC P ALCOMLANT A INFO COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI UNCLAS ALCOMPAC P 011/03 / ALCOMLANT ALFA 008/03 MSGID/GENADMIN/COMPACFLT// SUBJ/USE OF TURBOPREP IN PACFLT AND LANTFLT// REF/A/GENADMIN/CINCPACFLT/220026ZJUN2001// REF/B/GENADMIN/COMNAVCOMTELCOM/021212ZMAR2001// NARR/REF A IS ALCOMPAC P 051/01. REF B IS ALCOM 016/01.// POC/ROSA/LCDR/COMPACFLT N62/LOC:PEARL HARBOR HI/SECTEL:808.474.7862 /EMAIL:ROSAAG@CPF.NAVY(.SMIL).MIL// POC/PERKINS/ITCS/COMLANTFLT N617A/LOC:NORFOLK VA/SECTEL:757.836.5272 /EMAIL:CHARLES.PERKINS@NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. THIS IS A COORDINATED COMPACFLT AND COMLANTFLT MESSAGE. 2. REFS A AND B ANNOUNCE THE NAVY'S SELECTION OF TURBOPREP AND COMMON MESSAGE PROCESSOR (CMP) AS THE APPROVED NAVAL MESSAGE PREPARATION SOFTWARE PRODUCTS TO REPLACE MESSAGE TEXT FORMAT (MTF) EDITOR FOR DMS AND AUTODIN/LEGACY SYSTEMS. 3. DUE TO SOFTWARE INCOMPATIBILITY WITH DMS, THE USE OF MTF EDITOR OR OTHER WORD PROCESSING APPLICATIONS GREATLY INCREASES THE REQUIREMENT FOR OPERATOR INTERVENTION AT THE SERVICING COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRMS AFLOAT, USED FOR GENERATING SORTS, CASREPS, AND TRAREP MESSAGES, TURBOPREP AND CMP ARE THE ONLY AUTHORIZED MESSAGE DRAFTING SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THE USE OF MTF EDITOR OR ANY OTHER WORD PROCESSING APPLICATION IS NO LONGER AUTHORIZED. 4. TURBOPREP SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON THE NCTAMS WEB SITES (WWW.NCTAMSPAC.NAVY.MIL OR WWW.NCTAMSPAC.NAVY.SMIL.MIL/N35/TACPLANS/CAT/INDEX.HTML OR WWW.NCTAMSLANT.NAVY.MIL/NCTAMS1/SOFTWARE.CFM OR WWW.NCTAMSEUR.NAPLES.NAVY.MIL) OR DIRECTLY FROM ICE COMM AT HTTP:/WWW.ICECOMM.COM. 5. MOST LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS OFFER TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR THE USE OF TURBOPREP. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL COMM CENTER OR THE JFTOC WATCH OFFICER FOR DETAILS AND QUOTAS. 6. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE USE OF TURBOPREP OR CMP MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NCTAMS JFTOC WATCH OFFICER.// BT NNNN