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NINTH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF) CONFERENCE 

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  FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//MM//
  TO MARADMIN
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  MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//MM//
  SUBJ/NINTH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF) CONFERENCE//
  POC/M. T. CUCCIO/MAJ/MMEA-6/HQMC/TEL:DSN 278-9240//
  RMKS/1.  THE NINTH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF)
  CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON 23 AUG 01.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO
  REVIEW TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ANNOUNCE THE DATE OF THE NEXT
  CONFERENCE.
  2.  THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED:
      A.  FY01 FTAP AFTER ACTION:  THE FY01 FTAP CLOSED ON 15 AUGUST
  2001.  A TOTAL OF 6144 FIRST TERM MARINES REENLISTED; THE MARINE
  CORPS EXCEEDED ITS OVERALL RETENTION GOAL (100.4%).  ADDITIONALLY, A
  TOTAL OF 982 MARINES EXECUTED LATERAL MOVES.
      B.  FY02 FTAP EXECUTION:  THE SAME BLUEPRINT FROM FY01 WILL BE
  USED.  HQMC BEGAN ACCEPTING RELM REQUESTS ON 1 JUL 01.  REENLISTMENTS
  MAY BE EXECUTED BEGINNING 1 OCT 01.  SRB ALLOCATION AND MISSIONING
  HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED VIA SEPARATE MARADMINS.  PROCEDURE FOR
  TABULATING MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT HAS BEEN CHANGED.  ONCE AN MOS IS          
            FILLED, ALL MSC'S WILL RECEIVE CREDIT FOR ACHIEVING THEIR MISSION IN
  THAT MOS.
      C.  FY02 STAP STATUS:  THE SUBSEQUENT TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (STAP)
  SIGNALS INCREASED EMPHASIS ON RETENTION OF CAREER FORCE MARINES.
  THE PURPOSE OF STAP IS TO SHAPE THE CAREER FORCE MORE CLOSELY TO ITS
  REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCE THE FTAP MISSION.  MAJOR SUBORDINATE
  COMMANDS (MSC'S) WILL RECEIVE MISSION, SIMILAR TO FTAP, VIA
  MARADMIN.  REENLISTMENT TARGETS ARE BASED UPON REQUIREMENTS BY MOS
  FOR E5'S, E6'S, AND E7'S WITH FY02 EAS'S.
      D.  CAREER PLANNER UPDATE:  THE 2001 CMC CAREER PLANNER OF THE
  YEAR BOARD WAS HELD 13 AUG 01.  WINNERS WERE NOT ANNOUNCED AT THE
  ERTF CONFERENCE, BUT THE MARADMIN ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS HAS SINCE
  BEEN RELEASED.  THE CAREER PLANNER OF THE YEAR IS GYSGT T. A. JAMES
  FROM TSB, 1ST FSSG.  THE FIRST RUNNER UP IS GYSGT D. P. CUMMISKEY
  FROM MTS-1, 2D MAW.  THE SECOND RUNNER UP IS SSGT T. B. HALE FROM
  HQBN, MCB HAWAII.
      E.  PROPOSAL FOR CG AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE REENLISTMENTS WAS
  DISCUSSED.  THE PROPOSAL HAS SINCE BEEN APPROVED BY CMC AND          
            GUIDELINES WILL BE ADDRESSED VIA SEPARATE MARADMIN BY 1 OCT 01.
      F.  PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT PROGRAM (PSEP) COUNTING:
  IN FY01, PSEP MARINES TOOK UP BOATSPACES, AND WERE NOT ATTRIBUTED
  TOWARD MSC MISSIONS.  THIS MADE MSC MISSIONS UNACHIEVABLE.  IN FY02,
  PSEPS THAT ARE EXECUTED AT THE FTAP WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO MSC
  MISSIONS ON A FAIR SHARE BASIS.
      G.  ADDITIONAL ITEMS DISCUSSED:  REENLISTMENT BONUS POINTS,
  UNIFORM REENLISTMENT INCENTIVE, AND DRUG WAIVER BOARD RESULTS.
      H.  NEW ISSUES RAISED:  NONE
  3.  MEMBERS OF THE ERTF DISCUSSED EACH TOPIC.  UNRESOLVED ISSUES
  WILL BE PRESENTED, REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE
  MADE DURING THE NEXT CONFERENCE.
  4.  THE NEXT ERTF CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR 1 NOV 01 AT 1530
  (EST).
  5.  A DETAILED AGENDA FOR THE TENTH ERTF CONFERENCE WILL BE
  FORWARDED TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
  6.  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.
  7.  TAD FUNDING WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BY HQMC.//
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