R 140945Z MAR 01
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//MP//
TO MARADMIN
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UNCLAS //N07220//
MARADMIN 124/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MPP-20//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220, CHANGE 4 TO MULTIPLES FOR THE FY01 SELECTIVE
REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM//
REF/A/RMG/CMC MPP-20/YMD:010213//
AMPN/THE REF IS MARADMIN 074/01, CH 3, MULTIPLES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
2001 (FY01) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM//
POC/D. L. ROSS/MAJ/-/-/TEL:278-9361/TEL:(703)784-9361//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION TO THE REF ABOUT ACCEPTANCE
DATES (OATH DATE) AND EFFECTIVE DATES OF REENLISTMENT AND HOW THEY
PERTAIN TO SRB ELIGIBILITY.
2. THE REF ANNOUNCED THAT EFFECTIVE 0001 HOURS, 14 MAR 01, ALL SRB
MULTIPLES WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME CONFUSION HAS
ARISEN AS TO THE LAST ACCEPTANCE DATE OF REENLISTMENT (OATH DATE)
AND THE LAST EFFECTIVE DATE OF REENLISTMENT THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE REENLISTMENT BONUS PRIOR TO SRB TERMINATION.
3. UNDER THE REF AS WRITTEN, A MARINE MUST HAVE A REENLISTMENT
ACCEPTANCE DATE (OATH DATE) NO LATER THAN 12 MAR 01 WITH A
REENLISTMENT EFFECTIVE DATE NO LATER THAN 13 MAR 01 TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE FY01 SRB PROGRAM. HOWEVER, SOME CAREER PLANNERS WERE GIVEN
GUIDANCE THAT MARINES WITH AN ACCEPTANCE DATE (OATH DATE) OF 13 MAR
01 AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 14 MAR 01 WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
REENLISTMENT BONUS. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE MARINES GIVEN
THIS GUIDANCE THE REF IS MODIFIED SUCH THAT EFFECTIVE 0001 HOURS 15
MAR 01, ALL SRB MULTIPLES WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO. MARINES MUST
HAVE A REENLISTMENT ACCEPTANCE DATE (OATH DATE) NO LATER THAN 13
MAR 01 AND A REENLISTMENT EFFECTIVE DATE NO LATER THAN 14 MAR 01 TO
BE ELIGIBLE FOR A FY01 SRB BONUS.
4. FOR FUTURE SRB ELIGIBILITY, MARINES WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE
REENLISTMENT EFFECTIVE DATE PRIOR TO THE SRB TERMINATION DATE.
MARINES WITH A REENLISTMENT EFFECTIVE DATE THE SAME AS THE SRB
TERMINATION DATE WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN SRB BONUS.
5. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
6. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELLED ON 30 SEP 01.//
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