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MARADMIN
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MARADMIN 611/03
UNCLAS
MSGID/GENADMIN/MCRC ON-E//
SUBJ/MCBUL1040 UPDATED FY 2004 ENLISTED TO OFFICER SELECTION BOARDS//
REF/A/DOC/MCRC OE/YMD:20030724//
REF/B/DOC/MCRC OE/-/20000502//
REF/C/DOC/CMC MCRC OE/YMD:20001201//
REF/D/DOC/CMC MPP-35/YMD:19911226//
REF/E/DOC/MCRC OE/-/20000503//
REF/F/DOC/CMC MCRC/-/20031210//
REF/G/DOC/CMC MCRC/-/20031210//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 345/03 WHICH ANNOUNCED THE FY04 ENLISTED TO
OFFICER SELECTION BOARDS SCHEDULE. REF B IS MCO 1040.43A GOVERNING
THE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ECP) AND THE MERITORIOUS
COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MCP). REF C IS MCO 1040R.10K GOVERNING THE
SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP).
REF D IS SECNAVINST 1120.11A GOVERNING THE WARRANT OFFICER (WO)
PROGRAMS. REF E IS MCO 1040.42A WHICH CONTAINS THE FORMATS FOR THE
WO PROGRAMS. REF F IS MARADMIN 570/03 ECP/RECP SELECTION BOARD
RESULTS. REF G IS MARADMIN 571/03 MCP SELECTION BOARD RESULTS.//
POC/MRS WIGGINS/GS-11/MCRC ON-E/TEL:COMM 703-784-9446/-/-//
RMKS/1. REF A IS CANCELLED AND SUPERCEDED BY THIS BULLETIN.
2. PER REFS B THROUGH E, THE 185TH OCS ECP/MCP/RECP BOARDS CONVENED
1 DEC 03. SELECTEES ANNOUNCED IN REFS F AND G WILL ATTEND THE 185TH
OCS FROM 18 JAN - 26 MAR 2004. DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF TRAINING
FOR WOMEN IN THE WINTER 185TH OCS CLASS, FEMALE SELECTEES WILL BE
DEFERRED UNTIL 6 JUN 04 AND WILL TRAIN WITH THE PLATOON LEADERS
CLASS (PLC) WOMEN AT THE 10 WEEK COMMISSIONING COURSE.
3. PER REFS B THROUGH E, THE FOLLOWING SELECTION BOARDS WILL BE
HELD DURING FY 2004:
A. ECP/MCP/RECP SELECTION BOARDS
CLASS DEADLINE BOARD CONVENES OCS DATES
186TH 20 FEB 04 22 MAR 04 6 JUN - 13 AUG 04
187TH 1 JUN 04 2 AUG 04 3 OCT - 10 DEC 04
THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND APPLICATION GUIDELINES ARE CONTAINED IN
REFS B AND C. WHEN COMPUTING AGE AT DATE OF COMMISSIONING, USE THE
OCS COMPLETION DATE LISTED ABOVE.
B. WO SELECTION BOARDS
BOARD NAME DEADLINE BOARD CONVENES DURATION APPT DATE
WO (REGULAR) 1 MAR 04 2 JUN 04 4 WEEKS 1 FEB 05
WO (RESERVE) 1 APR 04 28 JUN 04 2 WEEKS 1 DEC 04
WO (GUNNER) 3 MAY 04 19 JUL 04 1 WEEK 1 FEB 05
WO (RECRUITER) 1 JUN 04 11 AUG 04 2 DAYS 1 FEB 05
THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS CONTAINED IN REF D. APPLICATION FORMATS
ARE CONTAINED IN REF E. MARADMINS WILL BE RELEASED SEPARATELY TO
ANNOUNCE THE AVAILABLE MOS CHOICES AND ANY POLICY CHANGES THAT HAVE
OCCURRED UNTIL INCORPORATED INTO REF D.
C. RECP SELECTION BOARD. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND
APPLICATION GUIDELINES ARE CONTAINED IN REF C. HOWEVER, REF C IS
CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION. SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES INCLUDE THE
NAME CHANGE TO RECP VICE DCP; THE ARMED FORCES QUALIFICATION TEST
(AFQT) MINIMUM SCORE OF 74 REPLACES THE ARMED FORCES CLASSIFICATION
TEST (AFCT) ELECTRICAL COMPOSITE (EL) SCORE; AN ANNUAL
MARADMIN WILL BE RELEASED BY CMC (RESERVE AFFAIRS) LISTING THE
BILLET VACANCIES AVAILABLE; ATTENDANCE AT A MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTY (MOS) SCHOOL WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE
OFFICER BILLET; AND THE RECP SELECTION BOARD WILL NO LONGER BE A
STANDING BOARD, IT WILL BECOME PART OF THE ECP/MCP SELECTION BOARD.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED AND SENT TO THE ECP/MCP/RECP BOARD AS
INDICATED IN PAR 3A. TO ATTEND A SPECIFIC OCS CLASS AND MEET THE
AGE CRITERIA, USE THE DATES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 3A ABOVE.
4. THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 JUN 04.//