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UNCLAS //N00001//
MARADMIN 301/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/MRS//
SUBJ/SEMPER FIT STILL SEEKING MARINES FOR ALL-MARINE MARATHON TEAM//
REF/A/MARADMIN 180/00/-/YMD:000417//
AMPN/ALL-MARINE MARATHON TEAM INFORMATION//
POC/PAMALA HODGE/MR/MRS/-/TEL:(703)784-9542/TEL:DSN 278-9542
/TEL:FAX (703)784-9822//
RMKS/1. REF A ANNOUNCED FORMATION OF AN ALL-MARINE MARATHON TEAM TO
TRAIN AT MCAS MIRAMAR AND RUN IN MCCS DESIGNATED RACES IN PREPARATION
FOR THE MARINE CORPS MARATHON 22 OCT 00. THE TEAM WILL CONSIST OF 10
MALE AND 6 FEMALE MARINES.
2. REF A ALSO REQUIRED MARINES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FROM 15 MAR-1
NOV 00. TO DATE ONLY A FEW APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THREE
MEN AND 3 WOMEN HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE TEAM, PER MARADMIN 248/00,
AND ARE CURRENTLY TRAINING AT MCAS MIRAMAR. THE TAD TIME PERIOD
SEEMS TO BE AN OBSTACLE TO FORMING THE ALL-MARINE MARATHON TEAM.
3. MARINES WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED FOR THE TEAM IF THEY CAN SPEND
1-3 MONTHS AT MCAS MIRAMAR.
4. MARINES INTERESTED IN BECOMING PART OF THE ALL-MARINE MARATHON TEAM, MUST SUBMIT RESUMES TO HQMC MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS
(MRS), 3280 RUSSELL ROAD, QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103, IAW FIGURE 3-4 OF
MCO P1700.29. RESUMES MUST LIST DATES, PLACES AND FINISH TIMES OF
MARATHONS OR HALF MARATHONS RAN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THEY MUST
INDICATE PERIOD OF TIME MARINE CAN BE RELEASED TO TRAIN AT MCAS
MIRAMAR (1-3 MONTHS). SEE YOUR LOCAL MCCS ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FOR THE
PROPER RESUME FORMAT. MALE RUNNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A
MARATHON IN 2:40 AND WOMEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A MARATHON IN
3:25.
5. RESUMES MUST HAVE COMMAND ENDORSEMENT STATING MARINES WILL BE
MADE AVAIL FOR A DESIGNATED PERIOD OF TIME TO TRAIN WITH THE TEAM.
6. A TEAM FOF FIVE MEN AND THREE WOMEN WILL BE CHOSEN FROM MARINES
ON THE ALL-MARINE MARATHON TEAM AND FROM MARINES NOT ABLE TO TRAIN AT
MCAS MIRAMAR DUE TO OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS TO COMPETE IN THE
MARINE CORPS MARATHON ON 22 OCT 00. THE TOP COMPETITORS WILL BE
CHOSEN REGARDLESS OF STATUS.
7. RESUMES FOR MARINES, DESIRING TO BE NAMED TO THE ALL-MARINE
MARATHON TEAM, BUT NOT ABLE TO TRAIN AT MCAS MIRAMAR ARE DUE TO
SEMPER FIT NLT 25 AUG 00.//
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