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MARADMIN 063/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MMEA-6//
SUBJ/ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF) CONFERENCE//
REF/A/MSG/CMC /071500ZJAN2003//
REF/B/DOC/CMC MMEA-6/YMD:19980302//
POC/A. H. SNOWDEN/CAPT/MMEA-6 HQMC/-/TEL: DSN 278-9238
/TEL: (703) 784-9238//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 007/03, MCBUL 1900, MARINE CORPS STOP
MOVE AND STOP LOSS POLICY. REF B IS MCO P1040.31H, ENLISTED
CAREER PLANNING AND RETENTION MANUAL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE 2OTH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF)
CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON 30 JANUARY 2003. THIS MESSAGE REVIEWS
TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ANNOUNCES THE DATE FOR THE NEXT CONFERENCE.
2. TOPICS DISCUSSED:
A. RETENTION UPDATE: AS OF 28 JANUARY 2003, 5038 FIRST TERM
MARINES HAVE EXECUTED REENLISTMENT ACCOUNTING FOR 83.8% OF
THE REENLISTMENT GOAL. WITH THE FY03 FTAP GOAL OF 6007,
MARINES ARE URGED TO SUBMIT THEIR REENLISTMENT REQUESTS AT
THE SOONEST POSSIBLE TIME TO ENSURE A BOATSPACE IN THEIR
PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS). THE SUBSEQUENT
TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (STAP) HAS 2986 MARINES THAT HAVE EXECUTED
REENLISTMENT, ACCOUNTING FOR 48.3% OF THE RETENTION GOAL.
B. LATERAL MOVE SCHOOL SEATS: ALTHOUGH STOP LOSS/STOP MOVE
IS IN EFFECT, ALL FIRST TERM MARINES IN A CLOSED MOS MAY CONTINUE
TO REQUEST LATERAL MOVE. MARINES SLATED FOR A LATERAL MOVE SCHOOL
SEAT AFTER 15 FEBRUARY 2003 MUST HAVE COMMAND APPROVAL PRIOR TO
ATTENDING SCHOOL. CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS (CRS) WILL NOTIFY
CMC (MMEA 6) VIA NAVAL CORRESPONDANCE IF THE MARINE WILL BE RELEASED
FOR SCHOOL. FOR MORE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO LATERAL MOVES DURING
STOP LOSS/STOP MOVE, SEE REFERENCE A.
C. PROCESSING POLICY FOR RELMS: PER CMC GUIDANCE AND IAW
REFERENCE B, MARINES MUST COMPETITIVELY ACHIEVE A FIRST TERM
ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP) BOATSPACE WITHIN THE FY THAT HIS OR HER
CONTRACT EXPIRES. OVER THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, THE FOCUS HAD
SHIFTED TO TIMELINESS OF SUBMITTING RELMS DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME
OF SUBMISSIONS RATHER THAN CHOOSING THE MOST QUALIFIED MARINES,
PARTICULARLY IN FAST FILLING MOS'S. ADDITIONALLY, DELAYS CAUSED
BY MINOR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS COULD CAUSE A MARINE TO MISS OUT ON THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE DUE CONSIDERATION FOR A BOATSPACE. IN ORDER
TO ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE, TWO COURSES OF ACTION (COA) WERE PROPOSED
FOR FY04 FOR FAST-FILLING MOS'S:
COA1) CMC (MMEA) WILL ACCEPT INITIAL FTAP RELMS BETWEEN 1
JULY 2003 AND 1 AUGUST 2003. ALL RELMS SUBMITTED DURING THIS WINDOW
WILL RECEIVE EQUAL CONSIDERATION AND THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED
MARINES WILL BE SELECTED FOR REENLISTMENT IN THEIR PMOS. THIS WILL
ONLY EFFECT THE FAST-FILLING MOS'S. ALL RELMS RECEIVED AFTER
1 AUGUST 2003 WILL BE PROCESSED NORMALLY.
COA2) EACH MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND (MSC) DECIDES WHICH
MARINES WILL RECEIVE BOATSPACES IN FAST-FILLING MOS'S UP TO THEIR
ALLOCATED MISSION IN EACH MOS. CMC (MMEA) WELCOMES ANY ADDITIONAL
INPUT FROM CRS'S AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO FUTURE
ERTF'S.
D. STOP LOSS/STOP MOVE GUIDANCE: MARADMIN 007/03, RELEASED
7 JANUARY 2003, ESTABLISHED THE CRITERIA FOR STOP LOSS/STOP MOVE.
FY03 MARINES WHO ARE STOP-LOSSED AND DESIRE REENLISTMENT MUST
REENLIST PRIOR TO 30 JUNE 2003 FOR AN FY03 BOATSPACE. FY03 MARINES
STOP-LOSSED INTO FY04 WILL NOT BE FAVORABLY CONSIDERED FOR
REENLISTMENT IN FY04.
E. CRS INFORMATION: THE SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB)
IS EXTENDED UNTIL 16 JULY 2003.
F. COMMAND VISIT UPDATE: COMMAND VISITS TO ALL MAJOR BASES
ARE COMPLETE. MMEA WILL CONDUCT A RETENTION ASSIST VISIT (RAV)
TO HAWAII, IWAKUNI, AND OKINAWA 24 FEBRUARY-10 MARCH 2003.
3. THE NEXT ERTF CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR 27 MARCH 2003
AT 1530 (EST).
4. A DETAILED AGENDA FOR THE 21ST ERTF CONFERENCE WILL BE
FORWARDED TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
5. INFORMATION CONCERNING ERTF BRIEFS, TIME, AND LOCATION ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE ENLISTED ASSIGNMENT BRANCH'S INTERNET WEB PAGE AT
WWW.USMC.MIL. SELECT "CAREER," "ENLISTED ASSIGNMENTS," "ENLISTED
CAREER COUNSELING AND RETENTION," "THEN" ENLISTED RETENTION TASK
FORCE." UNITS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THE WEB PAGE.//