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MARADMIN 042/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MMEA//
SUBJ/FIRST TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP) FIRST QUARTER FY01 EXECUTION
/PROGRESS REPORT//
REF/A/GENADMIN/CMC/151554ZSEP00//
REF/B/GENADMIN/CMC/111845ZSEP00//
NARR/REF A, MARADMIN 451/00, FY01 FTAP MISSION TO COMMANDS. REF B,
ALMAR 034/00, IS THE CMC FY01 RETENTION CAMPAIGN PLAN//
POC/G.L. WAGNER/LTCOL/MMEA-6/TEL:DSN 278-9235/TEL:COMM (703) 784-9235//
RMKS/1. THIS MARADMIN UPDATES OUR FTAP PROGRESS AT THE CLOSE OF THE
FIRST QUARTER OF FY01 AND PROVIDES GUIDELINES REGARDING EXECUTION.
2. OUR PROGRESS TO DATE INDICATES REENLISTMENT RATES FOR FY01
(REENLISTMENTS EXECUTED) COMPARE FAVORABLY TO RATES DURING THE SAME
PERIOD IN FY00:
A. 3,541 BOATSPACES OUT OF THE FY01 FTAP MISSION OF 6,068
BOATSPACES HAVE BEEN EXECUTED, AND 2,527 BOATSPACES REMAIN. DURING
THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, 3,179 BOATSPACES HAD BEEN EXECUTED, AND
2,608 BOATSPACES REMAINED (NOTE, THE FY01 FTAP MISSION HAS INCREASED
281 BOATSPACES, OR 4.7%).
B. 48 MOS'S HAVE CLOSED, AS COMPARED WITH ONLY 37 DURING THE SAME
PERIOD IN FY00.
3. CAREER PLANNERS, COMMANDERS, AND LEADERS ARE COMMENDED FOR THEIR
EFFORTS TO REENLIST FIRST TERM MARINES. YOUR PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT
AND DILIGENCE IN RETAINING MARINES YIELDED SOLID FTAP PROGRESS
DURING THE FIRST QUARTER AND INITIATED STRONG MOMENTUM AS WE MOVE
INTO THE SECOND QUARTER. NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
GROUND TO BE COVERED.
4. THE SECOND QUARTER IS HISTORICALLY A SLOW PERIOD FOR
REENLISTMENTS. WE MUST SUSTAIN AND BUILD UPON THE MOMENTUM GENERATED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE CLOSED 48 MOS'S, AS A CORPS,
WE FELL SHORT OF OUR FIRST QUARTER PHASELINE TO EXECUTE 64% OF THE
FTAP BOATSPACES BY 31 DECEMBER 2000. DURING THE UPCOMING MONTHS, WE
MUST NOT SLOW OUR REENLISTMENT TEMPO; INSTEAD, WE SHOULD INTENSIFY
OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE OUR SECOND QUARTER PHASELINE OF 87% EXECUTED
BOATSPACES IS MET BY 31 MARCH 2001. ADDITIONALLY, ATTENTION SHOULD
BE PAID TO THE FOLLOWING MOS'S WHICH HAVE MADE PARTICULARLY SLOW
PROGRESS:
MOS BOATSPACES AVAIL MOS BOATSPACE AVAIL
0251 25 0341 92
0351 67 0411 39
0431 45 0451 8
0511 16 0844 39
0861 19 1171 20
2146 11 2171 15
2336 41 2514/0614 22
2822 11 2831/2832 19
2886 3 2887 2
4133 10 4611 3
5937/5939 9 6022/6223 2
6030/6032 23 6083/6283 2
6323 19 6412 8
6484 3 6821/6842 11
THE ABOVE LIST IS NOT AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST OF MOS'S WHERE BOATSPACES
ARE AVAILABLE. REAL TIME UPDATES OF THE BOATSPACE REPORT ARE FOUND
ON THE TOTAL FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM (TFRS), ACCESSIBLE TO EACH UNIT
CAREER PLANNER.
5. IAW REFERENCE A, COMMANDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO CONTINUE TO SUBMIT
QUALIFIED MARINES FOR REENLISTMENT EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
THEIR FTAP REQUIREMENT, OR HAD NO REQUIREMENT. RECENTLY, AS MOS'S
HAVE CLOSED OUT, CONCERNS HAVE RISEN REGARDING THE INABILITY OF
COMMANDS TO MEET FTAP REENLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE INSUFFICIENT
BOATSPACES REMAIN IN THE PARTICULAR MOS'S FOR WHICH THE UNITS HAVE
A REQUIREMENT. ESSENTIALLY, IF THE MARINE CORPS CLOSES OUT ALL
BOATSPACES IN A MOS THEN, THROUGH OUR COMBINED EFFORTS, WE AS A
CORPS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN OUR MISSION. COMMANDS UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
THEIR FTAP REENLISTMENT REQUIREMENT BY MOS DUE TO THE LACK OF
AVAILABLE BOATSPACES SHOULD UTILIZE THE LATERAL MOVE PROGRAM AND
FOCUS ON MEETING THEIR REENLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS BY AGGREGATE
NUMBER.
6. MANY REQUESTS FOR QUALITY REENLISTMENT PROGRAM (QRP) BOATSPACES
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY MMEA. THE QUALITY REENLISTMENT PROGRAM IS A
FACET OF THE FTAP WHICH ALLOWS MMEA TO AUTHORIZE BOATSPACES FOR
MARINES IN CLOSED MOS'S. QRP BOATSPACES MAY NOT EXCEED 105% IN AN
MOS OR MORE THAN ONE BOATSPACE PER MOS IN CASES WHEN ONE BOATSPACE
WILL EQUAL MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT. ONLY 150 TOTAL QRP BOATSPACES MAY
BE EXECUTED ANNUALLY. QRP BOATSPACES ARE INTENDED FOR MARINES WITH
EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE RECORDS WHO WISH TO REMAIN IN THEIR PRIMARY
MOS RATHER THAN LATERALLY MOVE. MANY OF THE MARINES WHO SUBMITTED
FOR QRP CONSIDERATION DURING THE FIRST QUARTER DID NOT HAVE
EXPECTIONAL PERFORMANCE RECORDS. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE STANDARD FOR
ISSUING QRP BOATSPACES REMAINS AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE RECORD
MMEA IS INSTITUTING A MONTHLY QRP BOARD. THE BOARD WILL CONSIST OF
REPRESENTATIVES FROM MMEA-6 (CAREER COUNSELING AND RETENTION
SECTION) AND MMEA-8 (ENLISTED ASSIGNMENT SECTION) AND WILL MEET
DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH TO DETERMINE WHICH MARINES ARE
MOST COMPETITIVE FOR QRP BOATSPACE APPROVAL. MARINES RECOMMENDED BY
COMMANDS FOR QRP CONSIDERATION SHOULD HAVE EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE
RECORDS WORTHY OF GENERAL OFFICER LEVEL ENDORSEMENT. COMMANDS MAY
SUBMIT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ALONG WITH THE MARINES' QRP REQUEST.
QRP REQUESTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR MOS'S WHICH HAVE ALREADY
ISSUED ALL QRP BOATSPACES. MARINES THAT REQUEST FOR QRP
CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MMEA NO LATER THAN THE LAST DAY
OF EACH MONTH. COMMANDS ALSO MUST NOTIFY MMEA-61 BY E-MAIL WHEN
SUBMITTING QRP REQUESTS TO ENSURE ALL SUBMITTED REQUESTS ARE
CONSIDERED DURING THE MONTHLY QRP BOARD (NOTE, PLEASE NOTIFY BOTH
THE PROCESSING CHIEF, MSGT J.A. SUMABAT, AT
SUMABATJA@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL, AND THE PROCESSING OFFICER,
CAPT M.P. CODY AT CODYMP@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL WHEN SUBMITTING
QRP REQUESTS).
7. WE ARE CONFIDENT THE CORPS CAN ACCOMPLISH OUR FY01 FTAP MISSION
AS LONG AS CAREER PLANNERS, COMMANDERS, AND LEADERS OF OUR
CORPS VIGILANTLY MAINTAIN RETENTION EFFORTS. CONTINUE TO UTILIZE
REENLISTMENT INCENTIVES, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUSES, AND THE
LATERAL MOVE PROGRAM TO GENERATE INTEREST IN REENLISTMENT. MOST
IMPORTANTLY, CONTINUE TO EXERCISE LEADERSHIP IN THE DRIVE TOWARD
ACCOMPLISHING THE FY01 FTAP MISSION. AS OUR COMMANDANT STATED IN
REFERENCE B, IN THE RETENTION BATTLE, "POSITIVE LEADERSHIP, ONE ON
ONE WHEN POSSIBLE, PAYS THE GREATEST DIVIDENDS." KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK, AND STAY MARINE.//
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