R 270800Z APR 00
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//MCRC//
TO MARADMIN
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UNCLAS //N01040//
MARADMIN 223/00
MSGID/GENADMIN//
SUBJ/REQUIREMENT FOR MARINES LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY TO PROVIDE
/ACCURATE FORWARDING ADDRESSES//
REF/A/ALMAR 011 00//
REF/B/ALMAR 017 00//
AMPN/ REF A IS GUIDANCE FR CMC FOR CMDRS TO MEET OR THE EXCEED
FIRST TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP) REENLISTMENT GOALS//
REF B IS A CMC DIRECTED TWO DAY RETENTION STAND DOWN TO ADDRESS
RETENTION CHALLENGES//
POC/LTCOL SPOSATO/MCRC AC/S TRAINING/TEL:DSN 278-9424/
/TEL:COMM 703-784-9424//
POC/GYSGT EDWARDS/MCRC AC/S ADVERTISING/TEL:DSN 278-9444/
/TEL:COMM 703-784-9444//
RMKS/1. IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST THE CORPS IN RETAINING WELL
TRAINED, HIGH QUALITY FIRST TERM MARINES, ON 1 JANUARY 2000,
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) REACTIVATED THE
REENLISTMENT CARD (RC) PROGRAM. UNDER THE RC PROGRAM, FORMER
MARINES WHO EAS FROM THE MARINE CORPS WITH A REENLISTMENT CODE OF
RE-1A ARE CONTACTED BY A MARINE RECRUITER APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS
AFTER EAS TO INQUIRE IF THE FORMER MARINE WOULD RECONSIDER REENTERING THE CORPS. IN SOME CASES, MARINES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE BROKEN SERVICE SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM (BSSRBP).
2. THE RC CARD PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED EXCELLENT RESULTS. DURING
THE PERIOD 1 JAN – 30 MAR 00, MCRC PROCESSED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL
OF 234 REENLISTMENTS. THIS IS A 34% INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER OF
PRIOR SERVICE REENLISTMENTS APPROVED FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1998
AND A 24% INCREASE OVER REENLISTMENTS APPROVED FOR THE SAME PERIOD
IN 1999.
3. THERE IS POTENTIAL TO ACHIEVE EVEN GREATER SUCCESS. SOME
MARINES REACHING END OF ACTIVE SERVICE ARE FAILING TO PROVIDE THE
MARINE CORPS WITH AN ACCURATE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER WHERE
THEY CAN BE CONTACTED AFTER LEAVING THE CORPS. WHILE IT IS
RECOGNIZED THAT SOME FORMER MARINES CHANGE THEIR RESIDENCE AFTER
THEY EAS, MANY DO NOT SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING THE MARINE
CORPS WITH AN ACCURATE HOME ADDRESS. UNLESS CHANGED, THIS ACTION
MAY PREVENT FORMER MARINES FROM RECEIVING INFORMATION THAT MAY
CONVINCE THEM OF THE VALUE OF REENLISTING IN THE MARINE CORPS.
4. COMMANDERS, SERGEANTS MAJOR, FIRST SERGEANTS AND UNIT CAREER
PLANNERS ARE REQUESTED TO COUNSEL THEIR MARINES APPROACHING EAS TO
PROVIDE THE MARINE CORPS WITH AN ACCURATE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE
NUMBER WHERE THEY WILL BE LOCATED ONCE THEY LEAVE THE CORPS. THESE
MARINES SHOULD BE INFORMED THAT PLANS CHANGE ONCE A MARINE LEAVES
THE CORPS, AND THEIR FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE ADDRESS/TELEPHONE
NUMBER MAY LIMIT THE CAREER OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. RECRUITERS
PROVIDE INFORMATION AND OPTIONS. THE INDIVIDUAL WHO POSSESSES THE
MOST INFORMATION AND OPTIONS CAN MAKE THE MOST INTELLIGENT DECISIONS.//
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