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MARADMIN 628/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MPP-20//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220, CHANGE 2 TO MULTIPLES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2002
/(FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM//
REF/A/MSG/CMC MP/141015ZSEP2001//
AMPN/REF A IS MARADMIN 429/01 MCBUL 7220, MULTIPLES FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR 2002 (FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM.//
POC/D. L. ROSS/MAJ/-/DSN:278-9361/COMM:(703)784-9361//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO INFORM MARINES, CAREER RETENTION
SPECIALISTS, AND COMMANDERS ON THE STATUS OF THE FY02
SRB PROGRAM AND TO EXTEND FY02 SRB PROGRAM CUT-OFF DATE.
2. BACKGROUND. THE REF ANNOUNCED THE FY02 SRB PROGRAM CUT-OFF
DATE AS 15 JAN 02. TO DATE, WE HAVE EXECUTED $24.2M (50 PERCENT)
OF PLANNED SRB BUDGET. THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
SUPPORTING THE REENLISTMENTS OF 2,810 MARINES.
3. ACTION. COMMANDERS AND CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST WILL
INFORM THEIR MARINES THAT THE SRB PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM
15 JAN 02 TO 1 FEB 02. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR AN SRB PAYMENT, A
QUALIFIED MARINE MUST EXECUTE REENLISTMENT ON OR BEFORE 31 JAN 02
(THUS HAVING AN EFFECTIVE REENLISTMENT DATE OF 1 FEB 02 OR BEFORE).
ALL SRB MULTIPLES IN THE REFERENCE REMAIN THE SAME. MARINES SHOULD
NOT PLAN ON FURTHER PROGRAM EXTENSIONS.
4. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 1 FEB 02.//
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