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FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//MPP-20//
TO MARADMIN
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UNCLAS
MARADMIN 008/01
MSGID/GENADMIN//
SUBJ/STATUS OF THE FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONAL FIELD//
REF/A/MARADMIN/CMC MPP-20 240813ZOCT00//
AMPN/REF A IS THE EARLY TRANSFER TO THE FMCR PROGRAM.//
POC/CAPT S. J. BOOTH/MPP-24/-/-/TEL:DSN 278-9361
/TEL:COMM 703-784-9361//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO ANNOUNCE THE STATUS AND FORTHCOMING
CHANGES WITHIN THE FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONAL FIELD.
2. BACKGROUND. DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
INITIATIVES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FOOD SERVICE BILLETS AND TO
TRANSFER THE RESULTANT STRUCTURE SAVINGS TO THE OPERATING FORCES.
SPECIFICALLY, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE FOOD SERVICE
OCCUPATIONAL FIELD WILL OCCUR BEGINNING FY01 AND ENDING FY06:
A. FOOD SERVICE REGIONALIZATION. DURING 3RD QUARTER FY01,
CONUS GARRISON MESS HALL FUNCTIONS WILL BE OUTSOURCED. MARINE FOOD
SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL PERFORM FOOD PREPARATION DUTIES IN A
LIMITED NUMBER OF GARRISON MESS HALLS. AS A RESULT, 594
BASE AND STATION BILLETS WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE 33XX
OCCUPATIONAL FIELD. MARINES CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE MESS HALLS
WHICH WILL BE OUTSOURCED WILL BE MOVED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE
CONTRACTOR ASSUMING CONTROL OF EACH MESS HALL. SINCE THE NUMBER OF
MARINES IN THIS OCCUPATIONAL FIELD WILL EXCEED THE REDUCED STRUCTURE
REQUIREMENTS, MARINES WILL BE AFFORDED VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR CONTINUED
SERVICE OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 3 BELOW.
B. MERGER OF PMOS 3361 WITH PMOS 3381. WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL GARRISION MESS HALL CONTRACT AND
STREAMLINING OF THE FIELD FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM, THE REQUIREMENT
FOR DEDICATED SUBSISTENCE SUPPLY CLERKS (PMOS 3361) HAS CHANGED.
PMOS 3361 WILL BE MERGED WITH PMOS 3381 EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 01.
C. FIELD FOOD SERVICE AND THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT KITCHEN (RDK).
THE FIELDING OF THE RDK WILL BEGIN DURING 4TH QUARTER FY03.
STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE FURTHER REDUCED BY THE FIELDING
OF THE RDK BY A TOTAL OF 506 BILLETS. DURING FIELDING OF THE RDK,
FOOD SERVICE SPECIALISTS (PMOS 3381) WILL BE AFFORDED SIMILAR
OPTIONS FOR CONTINUED SERVICE OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 3 AS THE
STRUCTURE TRANSITION OCCURS AND WE ATTEMPT TO BALANCE THE FOOD
SERVICE SPECIALIST POPULATION. THE TRANSITIONS WILL OCCUR AFTER THE
RDK IS FIELDED AT EACH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE BETWEEN FY04 AND
FY06.
3. ACTION. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ACTIONS THAT THE DC, M&RA HAS
TAKEN TO HELP BALANCE THE FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL POPULATION ALONG
WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIONS AVAILABLE TO MARINES IN THE 33XX
OCCUPATIONAL FIELD AS WE UNDERGO THESE STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS.
A. THE NUMBER OF ENTRY-LEVEL MARINES BEING CLASSIFIED AS FOOD
SERVICE SPECIALISTS HAS BEEN REDUCED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE OVERALL
REDUCTION IN REQUIREMENTS.
B. THE FIRST TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT A
SMALLER CAREER FORCE REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD SERVICE SPECIALISTS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOOD SERVICE REGIONALIZATION. IT WILL BE
FURTHER ADJUSTED IN FY04 AFTER THE RDK FIELDING BEGINS.
C. SOME MARINES WITH BETWEEN 5 AND 10 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE WILL
BE AFFORDED OPPORTUNITIES TO LATERAL MOVE INTO ANOTHER MOS, PROVIDED
THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT MOS. DC, M&RA WILL INFORM
COMMANDS WHEN LATERAL MOVES BECOME AVAILABLE.
D. OTHER CAREER FORCE MARINES WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR LATERAL MOVES
OR ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LATERAL MOVES (GREATER THAN 10 YEARS OF
SERVICE) WILL BE ALLOWED TO REENLIST UNDER THEIR CURRENT MOS UNTIL
THEY REACH SERVICE LIMITS OR RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY (WHICHEVER
OCCURS FIRST), PROVIDED THEY MEET ALL OTHER REENLISTMENT
QUALIFICATIONS. HOWEVER, PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE LIMITED
UNTIL GRADE VACANCIES OCCUR VIA SEPARATIONS OR RETIREMENTS.
E. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF (A), GUNNERY SERGEANTS WITH PMOS 3381 ARE
BEING OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO THE FLEET MARINE CORPS
RESERVE PRIOR TO MEETING CERTAIN SERVICE OBLIGATIONS.
F. FOR THOSE MARINES CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO BILLETS AFFECTED BY THE
FOOD SERVICE REGIONALIZATION, THE ENLISTED ASSIGNMENTS BRANCH WILL
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RELOCATE MARINES WITHIN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION (E.G., MARINES CURRENTLY STATIONED AT MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC
MAY RECEIVE PCS/PCA ORDERS TO 2D MARDIV OR 2D FSSG, CLNC).
DC, I&L (LFS4) WILL COORDINATE WITH LOCAL COMMANDS (FSO'S/MANPOWER
OFFICERS) DURING JAN 01 TO ESTABLISH A TRANSITION PLAN FOR
SUBMISSION TO DC, M&RA (MMEA) PERTAINING TO ORDERS FOR
INDIVIDUAL MARINES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGIONALIZATION SCHEDULE.
CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR PRIORITY HOUSING ASSIGNMENT BY
LOCAL COMMANDERS FOR THOSE MARINES REASSIGNED UNDER THIS TRANSITION.
PRIORITY SHOULD ONLY BE GIVEN TO THOSE MARINES WHO WERE DISPLACED
AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS TRANSITION. DC, I&L (LFS) WILL IDENTIFY
THESE MARINES TO DC, M&RA (MMEA).
4. THE MERGER OF PMOS 3361 WITH PMOS 3381 WILL BE A RELATIVELY
SEAMLESS TRANSITION. DC M&RA (MM) WILL CHANGE THE PMOS OF ALL
MARINES HOLDING THE 3361 MOS TO 3381, NLT 1 OCT 01. TO BEGIN
STANDARDIZING PROMOTIONS, PMOS 3361 WILL BE A FEEDER MOS TO 3381 ON
CY01'S SNCO SELECTION BOARDS, AND MARINES WILL COMPETE FOR
PROMOTION UNDER PMOS 3381. ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUIREMENT FOR
SERGEANTS AND CORPORALS WILL BE COMBINED, AND MARINES WILL COMPETE
FOR PROMOTION AS ONE PMOS AS WELL.
5. THIS MARADMIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.//
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