R 250019Z DEC 08
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 735/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY09 COMBAT EXTENSION PROGRAM (CEP)// REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MP/YMD:20071022//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/PDUSD/YMD:20070925//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/PDUSD/YMD:20081013//
POC/P. GULBRANDSEN/MAJ/MRA (MPO)/-/TEL:703-784-9386/ TEL:DSN 278-9386// POC/MRA (MMEA-6)/-/-/-/TEL:703-784-9238//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 615/07, MODIFICATION OF THE FY08 CEP. REF B IS PDUSD (P&R) MEMORANDUM APPROVING THE MARINE CORPS ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY (AIP) PROGRAM. REF C IS PDUSD (P&R) MEMORANDUM APPROVING CONTINUATION OF THE MARINE CORPS AIP PROGRAM.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. PER THE REFERENCES, THIS MARADMIN EXTENDS THE AUTHORITY TO PAY AIP TO MARINES WHO AGREE TO EXTEND THEIR EXPIRATION OF ACTIVE SERVICE (EAS) TO COMPLETE A SEVEN OR TWELVE MONTH DEPLOYMENT. MARINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THIS ENTIRE MARADMIN SINCE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HAS CHANGED FROM THE FY08 COMBAT EXTENSION PROGRAM.
2. MARINES WITH TWELVE MONTHS OR LESS REMAINING ON AN EXISTING ENLISTMENT CONTRACT, WHO EXTEND THEIR ENLISTMENT ON OR PRIOR TO AN EAS DATE TO COMPLETE A SCHEDULED DEPLOYMENT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)/OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) OR OTHER GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) MISSION, WILL RECEIVE:
A. $3,000 (LUMP SUM) FOR AN ENLISTMENT EXTENSION TO COMPLETE A 7-MONTH DEPLOYMENT.
B. $6,000 (LUMP SUM) FOR AN ENLISTMENT EXTENSION TO COMPLETE A 12-MONTH DEPLOYMENT.
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF REF A ARE CANCELLED. THE FOLLOWING ARE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FY09 CEP:
A. DEPLOYMENT MUST BE TO THE CENTCOM AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR). AOR IS DEFINED AS IRAQ, KUWAIT, AFGHANISTAN, BAHRAIN, AND THE HORN OF AFRICA. ADDITIONALLY, ALL MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT DEPLOYMENTS AND LOCATIONS AS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE.
B. CURRENT EAS MUST BE BETWEEN 1 OCT 08 AND 30 SEP 09.
C. MUST AGREE TO REMAIN WITH THEIR CURRENT UNIT OR BE REASSIGNED TO A DEPLOYING UNIT BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
D. MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS CANNOT EXCEED 48 CUMULATIVE MONTHS.
E. EXTENSION LENGTH WILL VARY FOR EACH MARINE AND IS BASED STRICTLY UPON THE MARINE'S CURRENT EAS AND THE UNIT DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE. WHEN DETERMINING EXTENSION LENGTH, THE NEW EAS MUST ACCOUNT FOR BOTH THE ENTIRE DEPLOYMENT AND POST DEPLOYMENT TRANSITION TIME.
F. ONLY FIRST TERM MARINES ARE ELIGIBLE.
G. MUST SIGN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
4. AIP AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS:
A. WRITTEN AGREEMENT. THE AIP AGREEMENT WILL BE COMPLETED SIMILARLY TO A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING PER MCO 7220.24M AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE REENLISTMENT CONTRACT FOR RETENTION IN THE MARINE'S SERVICE RECORD BOOK. CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS WILL SUBMIT THE ORIGINAL REENLISTMENT CONTRACT WITH COPY OF THE AIP STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING TO CMC (MMSB-20) PER PARAGRAPH 4003.4 OF THE IRAM.
B. AIP AGREEMENT: "I, [RANK, LAST NAME, FI, MI, L4-SSN] UNDERSTAND THAT, INCIDENT TO THE EXTENSION OF MY ENLISTMENT/REENLISTMENT ON OR PRIOR TO MY EAS DATE, I WILL BE PAID ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY (AIP) IN THE AMOUNT OF [$3,000 (7-MONTH DEPLOYMENT) OR $6,000 (12-MONTH DEPLOYMENT)] IN A LUMP SUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING A [SEVEN OR TWELVE] MONTH DEPLOYMENT UPON SIGNATURE OF THIS AGREEMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT I MUST REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY SERVING AS PART OF THE ACTIVE COMPONENT FOR A PERIOD THAT EXTENDS MY CURRENT CONTRACT BEYOND 1 OCT 08. FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE DEPLOYMENT WILL RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND MY REPAYMENT OF ANY UNEARNED PORTION OF THE AIP PAYMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, SHOULD I REENLIST PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF MY EXTENSION OR DURING THE EXTENSION, I WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE THE AGREED UPON AIP SERVICE IN ADDITION TO MY NEW REENLISTMENT CONTRACT OBLIGATION. IF I DO NOT AGREE TO THIS ADDITIONAL OBLIGATED SERVICE, RECOUPMENT OF ANY UNEARNED AIP WILL BE MADE. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT REPAYMENT WILL NOT BE SOUGHT IF MY INABILITY TO COMPLETE THE SERVICE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN THIS AGREEMENT IS DUE TO MY DEATH, ILLNESS, INJURY, OR OTHER PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT, WHICH WAS NOT THE RESULT OF MY MISCONDUCT, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE DETERMINED TO BE REASONABLY BEYOND MY CONTROL."
C. ALL EXTENSION REQUESTS WILL BE PROCESSED VIA THE TOTAL FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM. ALL REQUESTS MUST STATE "THE EXTENSION IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLETING A DEPLOYMENT WITH [UNIT]." EXTENSIONS FOR ANY OTHER REASON ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE. CMC (MMEA) IS THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY.
D. CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS WILL PREPARE AIP CONTRACTS. AIP CONTRACTS MUST BE SIGNED BY THE MARINE AND THE BATTALION/SQUADRON LEVEL COMMANDER OR DESIGNEE. AGREEMENTS WILL BEGIN ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE EXTENSION. EXTENSION AGREEMENTS AND AIP AGREEMENTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE SIGNED ON THE SAME DAY. PAYMENT OF AIP WILL BE MADE IMMEDIATELY UPON SIGNATURE OF THE EXTENSION AGREEMENT.
E. MARINES MUST COMPLETE THE EAS EXTENSION AND THE DEPLOYMENT.
IF A MARINE DOES NOT FULFILL THE EAS EXTENSION OR COMPLETE THE DEPLOYMENT DUE TO MISCONDUCT OR ACTIONS INITIATED BY THE MARINE, THE UNEARNED PORTION OF THE AIP WILL BE RECOUPED. RECOUPMENT WILL BE PRORATED BASED ON THE PERIOD OF TIME UNFULFILLED. RECOUPMENT CALCULATIONS WILL USE $14.29 FOR A 7-MONTH DEPLOYMENT AND $16.67 FOR A 12-MONTH DEPLOYMENT, TIMES THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF DEPLOYMENT THAT WAS NOT COMPLETED.
F. MARINES MAY ENTER INTO A TERMINAL LEAVE STATUS UPON COMPLETION OF THE DEPLOYMENT BASED ON COMMANDER DISCRETION.
5. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXTENSIONS: MARINES WHO ENTERED INTO AN EXTENSION AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS MESSAGE ARE ELIGIBLE PROVIDED THEY MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AS STATED IN PARAGRAPH THREE. THE TOTAL EXTENSION PERIOD MUST NOT EXCEED 48 CUMULATIVE MONTHS.
6. CANCELLATION OF THE AIP EXTENSION DUE TO REENLISTMENT OR EXTENSIONS NOT FULLY SERVED PRIOR TO REENLISTMENT:
A. PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE EXTENSION, IF A MARINE REENLISTS AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR A SRB, THE MARINE MUST AGREE TO EXTEND THE NEW REENLISTMENT CONTRACT FOR THE LENGTH OF THE UNEXECUTED COMBAT EXTENSION OBLIGATION TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, A MARINE EXTENDS HIS CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THREE MONTHS TO QUALIFY FOR THE COMBAT EXTENSION AIP. PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE EXTENSION, THE MARINE REENLISTS. IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE MARINE MUST EXTEND HIS NEW REENLISTMENT CONTRACT FOR THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR THE AIP. FAILURE TO COMMIT TO THIS ADDITIONAL OBLIGATED SERVICE WILL RESULT IN RECOUPMENT OF AIP.
B. AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE EXTENSION, IF A MARINE REENLISTS AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR A SRB, THE MARINE MUST AGREE TO EXTEND THE NEW REENLISTMENT CONTRACT FOR THE REMAINING COMBAT EXTENSION OBLIGATION TO RETAIN ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS INCENTIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, A MARINE EXTENDS HIS CURRENT CONTRACT FOR TEN MONTHS. FIVE MONTHS INTO THE EXTENSION, THE MARINE DECIDES TO REENLIST. IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE MARINE MUST EXTEND HIS NEW REENLISTMENT CONTRACT FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL MONTHS (REMAINING COMBAT EXTENSION AIP SERVICE OBLIGATION) TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMBAT EXTENSION INCENTIVE. FAILURE TO COMMIT TO THIS ADDITIONAL OBLIGATED SERVICE WILL RESULT IN RECOUPMENT OF ANY UNEARNED AIP.
C. CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS ARE REMINDED THAT AIP EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED WHEN COMPUTING SRB PAYMENTS. ONLY THE OBLIGATED SERVICE REMAINING ON THE CURRENT CONTRACT WILL BE USED TO COMPUTE THE SRB.
7. PAYMENT PROCEDURES: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ARE TO REPORT TTC 264/001 (CODE: C OR E) IAW THE MCTFS PRIUM, CHAPTER 9, PARA 91701.
8. COMBAT ZONE TAX EXCLUSION (CZTE) APPLIES TO ALL PAY AND ALLOWANCES EARNED DURING THE MONTH OF TAX EXCLUSION. IN ORDER FOR AIP TO BE TAX EXCLUDED, THE AIP AGREEMENT MUST BE SIGNED WHILE THE MEMBER IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN A COMBAT ZONE TAX EXCLUDED AREA OR DURING THE MONTH IN, WHICH CZTE APPLIES.
9. UPON CMC (MMEA) APPROVAL, THE COMMAND PERSONNEL CENTER WILL UPDATE THE EAS UPON A MARINE'S ACCEPTANCE TO THE REQUESTED EXTENSION AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE UNIT DIARY ENTRY. A DRAW CASE CODE (DCC) IS NEEDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NUMBER OF MARINES PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM. CMC (MMEA) WILL ENTER A DCC OF A8, COMBAT EXTENSION PROGRAM INTO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM.
10. MARINES WHO ARE SUBJECT TO ENLISTED CAREER FORCE CONTROL (ECFC) LIMITATIONS MAY SUBMIT AN EXTENSION REQUEST TO MMEA-6 FOR CONSIDERATION PROVIDED THEY MEET THE ELIGIBILITY AS STATED IN PARAGRAPH THREE. APPROVAL OF ECFC WAIVER AND SUBSEQUENT DEPLOYMENT DOES NOT EARN ELIGIBILITY TO THIS INCENTIVE. THE MEMBER MUST EXTEND SPECIFICALLY FOR DEPLOYMENT AND NO OTHER REASON TO RECEIVE THIS INCENTIVE.
11. THIS PROGRAM TERMINATES ON 30 SEP 09.
12. THIS MESSAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
13. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. M. F. APPLEGATE, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION.//