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UNCLAS //N01900//
MARADMIN 045/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MPO-40//
SUBJ/OFFICER CANDIDATE COURSE (OCC) AND PLATOON LEADER COURSE (PLC)
COMMISSIONING SOURCE 1985 - 1989 PAY ENTRY BASE DATE
(PEBD) ERRORS AND PROTECTION//
RMKS/1. PEBD ERRORS RESULTED FROM AN INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION
THAT TOOK EFFECT 1 JANUARY 1985 (TITLE 37 U.S. CODE, SECTION 205(E)).
THE INTENT OF CONGRESS WAS TO DENY LONGEVITY CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED
IN A DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP). THIS LEGISLATION WAS AMENDED 29
NOVEMBER 1989 BY PROVIDING LONGEVITY CREDIT TO RESERVE COMPONENT
MEMBERS WHO SERVE INACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING PRIOR TO SERVING ON
ACTIVE DUTY. THIS CORRECTION WAS NOT RETROACTIVE.
2. PEBDS OF MARINES ACCESSED THROUGH EITHER THE OCC OR THE PLC
BETWEEN 1 JANUARY 1985 AND 28 NOVEMBER 1989 REQUIRE CORRECTIVE ACTION
TO BECOME VALID. CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE TO INSERT A DAY OF
UNPAID ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING INTO THE RECORD OF THE AFFECTED
OFFICERS. THIS DAY WILL COINCIDE WITH THE CURRENT RECORDED PEBD.
3. ACTION. AFFECTED OFFICERS (ACTIVE AND RESERVE) MUST REQUEST A
CORRECTION TO THEIR RECORDS USING A DD-149. FORWARD THE DD-149 TO
HQMC (MPO-40) BY 31 MARCH 2001 FOR CONSOLIDATION. THIS HQ HAS
COORDINATED WITH THE BOARD FOR CORRECTIONS OF NAVAL RECORDS (BCNR)
AND WILL ACT AS AN AGENT ON BEHALF OF THOSE MARINES WHO REQUEST
THE CORRECTION. AN ELECTRONIC DD-149 IS LOCATED AT
HTTP://WEB1.WHS.OSD.MIL/ICDHOME/DD-0999.HTM. THE FOLLOWING
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE DD-149 ARE UNIQUE TO THIS ACTION.
A. ENSURE YOUR CURRENT PEBD IS RECORDED IN BLOCK 8.
B. DO NOT COMPLETE BLOCKS 9, 10, AND 11.
C. INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IN BLOCK 17, "I HEREBY AUTHORIZE
HQMC TO ACT AS MY AGENT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE ERROR IDENTIFIED IN
BLOCK 8 OF THIS FORM. HQMC WILL COMPLETE BLOCKS 9, 10, AND 11 ON
MY BEHALF."
D. ENSURE YOUR DD-149 IS RECEIVED BY HQMC BY 31 MARCH 2001. MAIL
FORMS TO:
HEADQUARTERS US MARINE CORPS
MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS MPO 40
3280 RUSSELL ROAD
QUANTICO VA 22134-5103
4. POC CONCERNING THIS MATTER IS MAJOR KARL HACKBARTH AT
703/784-9387, DSN 278-9387 OR E-MAIL AT
HACKBARTHKJ@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL//
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