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UNCLAS //N01000//
MARADMIN 359/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCRC QUANTICO VA/MCRC//
SUBJ/RECRUITING STATION COMMANDING OFFICER SELECTIONS FOR FY02//
RMKS/1. THIS MARADMIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECRUITING
STATION COMMANDING OFFICER (RS CO) SELECTION PROCESS FOR FY02.
2. RECRUITING DUTY CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST DEMANDING PEACETIME
MISSION THE MARINE CORPS FACES. OUR CONTINUED SUCCESS IS A
TESTAMENT TO THE OUTSTANDING MARINES WHO ARE SERVING THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES IN DAILY CONTACT WITH FUTURE MARINES.
RECRUITERS ARE CHOSEN FROM AMONG THE BEST MARINE SNCOS AND NCOS
IN THE CORPS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THESE REMARKABLE MARINES
IS PROVIDED TO ONLY THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED MAJORS. DURING
FY02, SEVERAL CURRENT RS COS WILL RETURN TO FMF COMMANDS. WE
ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THEIR SUCCESSORS.
3. SELECTION TO SERVE AS AN RS CO IS A MARK OF DISTINCTION, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE MARINE CORPS OF THE FUTURE.
EIGHTEEN OF THE GENERAL OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY TODAY HAVE SERVED
ONE OR MORE TOURS WITH THE RECRUITING SERVICE. RECRUITING DUTY
PROVIDES COMMAND SELECTED MAJORS A FULFILLING LEADERSHIP
EXPERIENCE THAT SERVES AS A PROVING GROUND FOR FUTURE SENIOR
LEADERS OF THE CORPS.
4. ON 5 SEP 01, A PANEL OF SIX GENERAL OFFICERS WILL MEET AT
MCB, QUANTICO, TO SELECT 22 PRIMARY AND 20 ALTERNATE CANDIDATES
TO SERVE AS RS COS. THE POPULATION TO BE SCREENED CONSISTS OF
THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED MAJORS, BY VIRTUE OF DEMONSTRATED
ABILITY TO LEAD MARINES, WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER IN FY02
OR EARLY FY03, WITH A DATE OF RANK OF MAY 1999 OR LATER. THE
GROUND, AVIATION AND CSS MONITORS WILL SCREEN ELIGIBLE OFFICERS
AND BRIEF THE CASES OF THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO THE PANEL,
WHO WILL SELECT PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE CANDIDATES. PRIMARY
CANDIDATES WILL BE SLATED AND THE SLATE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE
CMC FOR APPROVAL. THE APPROVED SLATE WILL BE PUBLISHED BY
MARADMIN IN LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER 2001.//
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