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SUBJ/MCBUL 5314. ENLISTED CAREER FORCE CONTROLS (ECFC) PROGRAM//
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NARR/REF A IS ALMAR 256/93 CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) AND PROMOTIONS/
REENLISTMENTS. REF B IS ALMAR 339/96 WHICH CLARIFIES THE
ENLISTED PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SERGEANTS
THROUGH GUNNERY SERGEANTS ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION. REF C IS ALMAR
39/96 WHICH PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOST RECENT
ENLISTED GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW (EGSR). REF D IS MCO 1130.80, THE
PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT PROGRAM (PSEP). REF E IS MCO P1400.32B, THE
ENLISTED PROMOTIONS MANUAL. REF F IS ALMAR 198/95 ANNOUNCING
INCREASED MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS FOR RECRUITERS AND DRILL
INSTRUCTORS. REF G IS MARADMIN 134/00 ANNOUNCING MERITORIOUS SNCO
PROMOTIONS IN THE OPERATING FORCES. REF H IS ALMAR 267/94 ANNOUNCING
A CHANGE TO THE UP OR OUT PROMOTION/RETENTION POLICY AS IT PERTAINS
TO SSGTS. REF I IS ALMAR 163/96 ADDRESSING THE SUSPENSION OF THE UP
OR OUT PROMOTION/RETENTION POLICY FOR SSGTS. REF J IS MARADMIN
436/00 ANNOUNCING THE MULTIPLES FOR THE FY01 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT
BONUS. REF K IS SECTION 1174, OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE
GOVERNING SEPARATION PAY UPON INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM
ACTIVE DUTY. REF L IS SECNAVINST 1900.7G CONCERNING SEPARATION PAY
FOR INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION FROM ACTIVE DUTY. REF M IS MCO
P1040.31H, THE ENLISTED CAREER PLANNING AND RETENTION MANUAL. REF N
IS MARADMIN 075/00 ANNOUNCING THE BROKEN SERVICE SELECTIVE
REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM.//
POC/D. L. ROSS/MAJ/-/-/TEL:278-9361/TEL:(703)784-9361//
RMKS/ 1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE COMMANDERS AND INDIVIDUAL MARINES
WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORIGIN, REQUIREMENT FOR, AND PROGRAM
ELEMENTS OF THE ECFC PROGRAM.
2. BACKGROUND
A. DURING 1985, IN AN EFFORT TO CURB OUR ESCALATING CAREER FORCE
GROWTH, THE MARINE CORPS IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE FORCE
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY CALLED ENLISTED CAREER FORCE CONTROLS (ECFC).
THE GOALS OF THE ECFC PROGRAM ARE TO:
(1) ACTIVELY SHAPE THE INVENTORY OF MARINES BY GRADE AND MOS
TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
(2) CONTROL RETENTION IN ORDER TO STANDARDIZE PROMOTION TEMPO
ACROSS ALL MOS'S TO THE FOLLOWING TIME IN SERVICE (TIS) PROMOTION
TARGETS:
SGT 4.5 YEARS
SSGT 8 YEARS
GYSGT 12 YEARS
1STSGT/MSGT 17 YEARS
SGTMAJ/MGYSGT 22 YEARS
B. THE ECFC PROGRAM WAS NEVER INTENDED AS A FORCE DRAWDOWN
PROGRAM, BUT RATHER A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO BALANCE THE INVENTORY
OF MARINES BY GRADE AND MOS TO MEET THE CAREER FORCE REQUIREMENT.
CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE FORCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WILL
HELP ENSURE THAT COMMANDERS ARE PROVIDED THE RIGHT MARINES BY GRADE
AND MOS.
3. INFORMATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE ECFC POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED TO DATE. AT EACH RESPECTIVE SUBPARAGRAPH IS A
SHORT DISCUSSION OF HOW EACH SUPPORTS THE ECFC GOALS.
SUBPARAGRAPH AND ECFC TOPIC:
A. PROMOTION BY MOS
B. VARIABLE FIRST TIME IN-ZONE SELECTION OPPORTUNITY
C. ENLISTED GRADE SHAPING
D. RESTRICTIONS ON PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS
E. CONTROL OF MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS
F. FIRST TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP)
G. VOLUNTARY EARLY TRANSFER TO THE FMCR PROGRAM/ENLISTED
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARD (ESERB)
H. SERVICE LIMITS
I. OTHER SUPPORTING PROGRAMS
A. PROMOTION BY MOS. MARINES ARE PROMOTED TO THE GRADES OF CPL
AND ABOVE BY MOS, BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS. THIS
ENSURES THE SKILLS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MARINES SELECTED FOR PROMOTION
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE VACANCIES IN THE FORCE.
(1) MARINES ARE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION TO SSGT AND ABOVE
BASED ON PRIMARY MOS HELD THE DAY THE SELECTION BOARD CONVENES,
UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED AN INTENDED MOS, IN WHICH CASE THEY
WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION IN THE INTENDED MOS, NOT THE PRIMARY
MOS, ON THE CONVENING DATE OF THE BOARD.
(2) REFS A AND B ANNOUNCED THAT EFFECTIVE 1 JAN 96 SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL NON-RESIDENT PME COURSE WILL BE
REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION. REF B STRESSED THAT ATTENDANCE OF THE
RESIDENT PME COURSE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS REQUIREMENT.
B. VARIABLE FIRST TIME IN ZONE SELECTION OPPORTUNITY. HELPS
ENSURE STANDARDIZED PROMOTION TEMPO ACROSS MOS'S. FIRST TIME IN-ZONE
SELECTION OPPORTUNITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PROMOTION MINIMUM STANDARD MAXIMUM
TO OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY
SSGT 70% 80% 90%
GYSGT 65% 75% 85%
1STSGT/ MSGT 60% 70% 80%
SGTMAJ/MGYSGT 55% 65% 75%
VARIABLE SELECTION OPPORTUNITY IS APPLIED IN ORDER TO STANDARDIZE
PROMOTION TEMPO AS FOLLOWS BASED ON THE DEGREE OF PROMOTION
STAGNATION:
(1) MOS'S THAT ARE PROMOTING WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE AVERAGE
TIS TO PROMOTION TO THAT GRADE WILL RECEIVE THE STANDARD OPPORTUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, 80% STANDARD OPPORTUNITY TO SSGT MEANS THAT FOR 100
ALLOCATIONS, 125 SGTS WILL BE PLACED IN ZONE.
(2) MOS'S THAT ARE PROMOTING SLOWER THAN ONE YEAR OF THE
AVERAGE TIS TO PROMOTION TO THAT GRADE WILL RECEIVE THE MINIMUM
OPPORTUNITY. APPLYING THE MINIMUM SELECTION OPPORTUNITY WILL
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MARINES PLACED IN THE PROMOTION ZONE FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO COMPETE FOR A GIVEN NUMBER OF PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS.
THIS WILL SPEED UP THE RATE AT WHICH MARINES IN THE SLOWER PROMOTING
MOS'S ARE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE ARE 100
ALLOCATIONS IN A SLOW PROMOTING MOS TO SSGT, 143 SGTS WILL BE PLACED
IN ZONE.
(3) MOS'S THAT ARE PROMOTING FASTER THAN ONE YEAR OF THE
AVERAGE TIS TO PROMOTION TO THAT GRADE WILL RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM
OPPORTUNITY. APPLYING THE MAXIMUM SELECTION OPPORTUNITY WILL
DECREASE THE NUMBER OF MARINES PLACED IN ZONE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO
COMPETE FOR A GIVEN NUMBER OF PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS. THIS WILL SLOW
THE RATE AT WHICH MARINES IN THE FASTER PROMOTING MOS'S ARE
CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE SUCH MOS'S ARE
CHARACTERISTICALLY UNDER STRENGTH, WE CAN ENHANCE RETENTION BY
REDUCING THE PERCENTAGE OF NON-SELECTIONS RELATIVE TO OTHER MOS'S.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN A FAST PROMOTING MOS TO SSGT, THE MAXIMUM
OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTION TO SSGT WOULD BE APPLIED. IF THERE ARE
100 ALLOCATIONS TO SSGT, 111 SGTS WILL BE PLACED IN ZONE.
C. ENLISTED GRADE SHAPING. REF C PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE MOST RECENT ENLISTED GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW (EGSR). THE
EGSR WAS CONDUCTED TO ENSURE EACH MOS HAD A PYRAMID-SHAPED STRUCTURE
REQUIREMENT THAT:
(1) SUPPORTS MARINES BEING PROMOTED AT THE TIS TARGETS FOR
EACH GRADE.
(2) DEFINED A LOGICAL CAREER PATH THAT IS ACHIEVABLE THROUGH
THE MANPOWER PROCESS. PRIOR TO THE EGSR, MANY MOS'S HAD MORE GYSGT
THAN SSGT BILLETS, WHICH MEANT THAT SSGTS IN THESE MOS'S WERE
GENERALLY PROMOTED QUICKLY TO GYSGT. HOWEVER, SOME MOS'S HAD A
REQUIREMENT FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF SSGTS BUT ONLY A FEW GYSGTS.
MARINES IN THESE MOS'S HAD VERY LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTION.
MOS SPECIALISTS, TFSD, AND OCCFLD SPONSORS ARE NOW CHARGED WITH
ENSURING THAT T/O CHANGES DO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE GRADE SHAPE OF
THEIR MOS'S.
D. RESTRICTIONS ON PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS. ENSURES THAT PRIOR
SERVICE MARINES ARE NOT BROUGHT BACK INTO OVER-STRENGTH MOS'S,
THEREBY FURTHER SLOWING PROMOTION TEMPO FOR MARINES WHO HAVE
REMAINED ON ACTIVE DUTY. PER REF D, QUALIFIED PRIOR SERVICE MARINES
WHO FIT A CRITICAL MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR
REENLISTMENT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
E. CONTROL OF MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS. THE MARINE CORPS
CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OF EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMERS AHEAD OF
CONTEMPORARIES. HOWEVER, THE DESIRE FOR SUCH PROMOTIONS MUST BE
BALANCED WITH THE NEED TO PROMOTE MARINES IN MOS'S WITH VACANCIES.
MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS TO CPL AND SGT ARE ALLOCATED TO MAJOR
COMMANDS. MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS TO SSGT AND GYSGT ARE GENERALLY
RESTRICTED TO MARINES IN SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS (DRILL INSTRUCTOR,
MARINE SECURITY GUARD, AND RECRUITER). REF E CONTAINS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS. REF F ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL
MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS FOR RECRUITERS AND DRILL INSTRUCTORS. REF G
ANNOUNCED MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTIONS IN THE OPERATING FORCES.
F. FIRST TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP). THE FTAP IDENTIFIES THE
NUMBER OF FIRST TERM MARINES BY PMOS THE MARINE CORPS MUST REENLIST
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CAREER FORCE. THE NUMBER OF
BOATSPACES ARE BASED ON CAREER FORCE STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS AND
PROJECTED INVENTORY. THIS ENSURES THE REENLISTMENT OF FIRST
TERM MARINES IS CONTROLLED AND DOES NOT CAUSE FURTHER PROMOTION
STAGNATION IN OVER-STRENGTH MOS'S. THE FTAP ALSO ASSISTS IN
ALLEVIATING SHORTAGES IN UNDER-STRENGTH MOS'S SINCE SOME FIRST TERM
MARINES IN OVER-STRENGTH MOS'S ARE REQUIRED TO LATERALLY MOVE TO AN
MOS FOR WHICH THERE IS A BOATSPACE AND, IF REQUIRED, A LATERAL MOVE
SCHOOL SEAT. CAREER PLANNING NEWSGRAMS ANNOUNCING THOSE MOS'S OPEN
TO FIRST TERM REENLISTMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE FIELD BY THE ENLISTED
RETENTION SECTION CMC (MMEA-6).
G. VOLUNTARY EARLY TRANSFER TO THE FMCR PROGRAM/ENLISTED
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARD (ESERB). THESE ELEMENTS OF THE ECFC
PROGRAM HELP ALLEVIATE PROMOTION STAGNATION AND MANPOWER EXCESSES BY
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FMCR-ELIGIBLE MARINES IN SELECTED GRADES AND
MOS'S.
(1) FOR THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, WAIVERS OF VARIOUS SERVICE
OBLIGATIONS (I.E., TIME ON STATION, TIME IN GRADE, ETC.) ARE GRANTED
TO ENCOURAGE RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEERS IN OVER-STRENGTH GRADES
AND MOS'S TO TRANSFER TO THE FMCR. DEPENDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE
VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, AN ESERB CAN BE USED TO REDUCE REMAINING OVERAGES.
(2) ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE MARINE CORPS EFFORT TO
CONTROL THE FMCR-ELIGIBLE POPULATION, MARINES WITH 20 OR MORE YEARS
OF SERVICE ARE LIMITED TO 3 YEAR TERMS OF REENLISTMENT.
H. SERVICE LIMITS. SERVICE LIMITS ENSURE THAT MARINES WHO HAVE
REACHED A CERTAIN YEAR OF SERVICE IN THEIR CURRENT GRADE WITHOUT
BEING SELECTED FOR PROMOTION ARE EITHER SEPARATED OR TRANSFERRED TO
THE FMCR. ENFORCEMENT OF SERVICE LIMITS IMPROVES PROMOTION
OPPORTUNITY FOR MARINES IN JUNIOR GRADES. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT
MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS HAS BEEN GRANTED WAIVER AUTHORITY FROM
CMC. FOR SERVICE LIMIT COMPUTATION PURPOSES, MARINES WITH BROKEN
SERVICE WILL COUNT ALL ACTIVE DUTY MARINE CORPS TIME AS COMPLETED
YEARS OF SERVICE. MARINES WITH PRIOR SERVICE IN ANOTHER MILITARY
BRANCH WILL ONLY COUNT ACTIVE DUTY MARINE CORPS SERVICE TOWARD
COMPLETED YEARS OF SERVICE. THE CURRENT SERVICE LIMITS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
CPL 8 YEARS
SGT 13 YEARS
SSGT 20 YEARS
GYSGT 22 YEARS
1STSGT/MSGT 27 YEARS
SGTMAJ/MGYSGT 30 YEARS
SGTS, GYSGTS, AND 1STSGTS/MSGTS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED SELECTION PRIOR
TO REACHING THE ABOVE SERVICE LIMITS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO CONTINUE
TO THESE LIMITS. EXCEPTIONS ARE NOTED BELOW:
(1) CPLS WITH 4 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE WHO REENLIST AT
THE FTAP MAY BE AUTHORIZED A 4 YEAR REENLISTMENT IF ELIGIBLE FOR A
SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB).
(2) SGTS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED SELECTION AND WHO HAVE REACHED
THEIR EAS PRIOR TO COMPLETING 13 YEARS OF SERVICE CANNOT
REENLIST/EXTEND. SGTS WHO HAVE FAILED SELECTION ONCE AND WHO HAVE
REACHED EAS PRIOR TO COMPLETING 13 YEARS OF SERVICE MAY BE OFFERED UP
TO A 1 YEAR EXTENSION VICE REENLISTMENT, PROVIDED THE EXTENSION
WILL NOT TAKE THEM PAST SERVICE LIMITS. SGTS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN
CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION WILL NOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND 13 YEARS OF
SERVICE.
(3) REF H ANNOUNCED THAT SSGTS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED
SELECTION WILL BE SEPARATED AT THEIR EAS. REF I SUSPENDED THIS
POLICY. SSGTS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED SELECTION TO GYSGT MAY BE
AUTHORIZED REENLISTMENT AND/OR EXTENSION TO CONTINUE SERVICE UP TO 20
YEARS, PROVIDED THEY CONTINUE TO MEET OUR HIGH STANDARDS OF
PERFORMANCE AND PERSONAL CONDUCT.
(4) SSGTS AND GYSGTS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED SELECTION TO GYSGT
OR MSGT ARE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER TO THE FMCR AT THEIR EAS UPON
REACHING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
(5) 1STSGTS/MSGTS WHO TWICE FAIL SELECTION TO SGTMAJ/MGYSGT
ARE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER TO THE FMCR AT THEIR EAS ONCE THEY HAVE
COMPLETED AT LEAST 22 YEARS OF SERVICE.
(6) NOTE THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SERVICE LIMITS, MARINES
FAIL SELECTION FROM THE PROMOTION ZONE AND ABOVE ZONE ONLY; MARINES
IN THE BELOW ZONE WHO ARE CONSIDERED BUT NOT SELECTED FOR PROMOTION
ARE NOT REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN PASSED FOR PROMOTION. ADDITIONALLY,
GYSGTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED FOR 1STSGT BUT NOT SELECTED FOR 1STSGT ARE
NOT REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN PASSED FOR PROMOTION.
I. OTHER SUPPORTING PROGRAMS. WHILE NOT FORMALLY CONSIDERED
PART OF THE ECFC PROGRAM, THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS SUPPORT THE GOALS OF
THE ECFC PROGRAM:
(1) SRB PROGRAM. THE SRB PROGRAM PROVIDES MARINES WITH
CERTAIN SKILLS A MONETARY INCENTIVE TO REENLIST. THIS HELPS REDUCE
SHORTAGES IN CRITICAL SKILLS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE PROVIDING THE
COMMANDER WITH THE RIGHT NUMBER OF MARINES TO ACCOMPLISH HIS OR HER
MISSION.
(A) REF J IDENTIFIES THOSE MOS'S TARGETED FOR AN SRB
BONUS DURING FY01. THESE MULTIPLES MAY BE MODIFIED THROUGHOUT THE
FISCAL YEAR AS THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS CHANGE.
(B) WE PLAN TO OFFER SRB THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL
FISCAL YEARS.
(2) FRONT-END ANALYSIS (FEA) PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM,
CONDUCTED BY CG MCCDC FACILITATES THE CLUSTERING OF SUFFICIENTLY
RELATED MOS'S BY IDENTIFYING SIMILAR SKILLS BASED ON COLLECTIVE AND
INDIVIDUAL TRAINING STANDARDS. THE FEA PROGRAM ASSISTS IN MEETING
ECFC GOALS BY CLUSTERING SMALLER POPULATION MOS'S WHICH HISTORICALLY
HAVE HAD SLOWER PROMOTION TEMPO THAN THE LARGER POPULATION MOS'S.
(3) SEPARATION PAY. FACILITATES TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE
FOR THOSE CAREER MARINES WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED FUTHER SERVICE.
SEPARATION PAY DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE MARINES WHO VOLUNTARILY
SEPARATE FROM THE MARINE CORPS. REF K STIPULATES THAT ENLISTED
MEMBERS WITH MORE THAN 6 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE
DISCHARGE, AND WHO ARE DISCHARGED INVOLUNTARILY OR ARE SEPARATED AS A
RESULT OF THE DENIAL OF REENLISTMENT, ARE NORMALLY ENTITLED TO
SEPARATION PAY. TWICE PASSED SSGTS WITH LESS THAN 20 YEARS OF ACTIVE
SERVICE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SEPARATION PAY UNLESS DENIED FURTHER
SERVICE BY CMC (MMEA-6). REFS L AND M FURTHER ADDRESS THE REASONS
FOR THE CURRENT SEPARATION PAY POLICY AND TO WHOM IT APPLIES.
(4) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE/SPECIAL SEPARATION
BENEFIT(VSI/SSB) PROGRAM. VSI/SSB WAS AUTHORIZED TO ASSIST THE
SERVICES IN MEETING END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS. THE MARINE CORPS
OFFERED VSI/SSB DURING FY92-94 IN THOSE CASES WHERE ECFC PLANS AND
POLICIES ALONE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO ACHIEVE DESIRED FORCE SHAPING
IN A TIMELY MANNER. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS TO OFFER VSI/SSB.
(5) THERE ARE NO PLANS TO IMPLEMENT A 15-YEAR RETIREMENT
PROGRAM.
(6) BROKEN SERVICE SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (BSSRB)
PROGRAM. REF N ANNOUNCED THE BSSRB PROGRAM THAT PAYS MARINES WHO COME
BACK INTO THE MARINE CORPS BETWEEN 91 AND 365 DAYS FROM SEPERATION
60 PERCENT OF THE OFFERED SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS AT THE TIME
OF REENLISTING.
4. ACTION. COMMANDERS WILL FAMILIARIZE ALL MARINES WITH THE
CONTENTS OF THIS BULLETIN AND INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF ITS CONTENTS
WHERE APPLICABLE IN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND CAREER
COUNSELING SESSIONS.
5. RESERVE APPLICABILITY. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE
MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
6. POC IS MAJ D. L. ROSS, MPP-25, DSN: 278-9361, COMM: (703)784-9361
/62/63 EMAIL: ROSSDL@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL
7. CANCELLATION. 30 SEP 01.//
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