Your personnel record lives inside an electronic filing cabinet. The key to that cabinet? Your command’s UIC. Your awards (NDAWS), your evaluations, and your certifications are all linked to the UIC of the command you were at when you earned them.
That is a (Unit Identification Code). It’s one of the most important administrative tools in the Navy that most sailors never think about—until something goes wrong. navy uic codes
When you receive transfer orders, your gaining command’s UIC dictates everything. It tells the pay system where to send your money, tells the travel system where to send your household goods, and tells the gaining command who is inbound. Your personnel record lives inside an electronic filing