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MARADMIN 165/02
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MPP-20//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220, CHANGE 4 TO MULTIPLES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2002
(FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM//
REF/A/MSG/CMC MP/141015ZSEP2001/
REF/B/MSG/CMC MP/050824ZDEC2001/
REF/C/MSG/CMC MP/210824ZDEC2001/
REF/D/MSG/CMC MP/210824ZJAN20002//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 429/01 MCBUL 7220, MULTIPLES FOR THE
(FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM. REF B IS
MARADMIN 602/01 MCBUL 7220, CHANGE 1 TO MULTIPLES FOR
THE (FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM.
REF C IS MARADMIN 628/01 MCBUL 7220, CHANGE 2 TO MULTIPLES FOR
THE (FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM. REF D
IS MARADMIN 052/02 MCBUL 7220, CHANGE 3 TO MULTIPLES FOR
THE (FY02) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM.//
POC/D. L. ROSS/MAJ/-/DSN:278-9361/COMM:(703)784-9361//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO INFORM MARINES, CAREER RETENTION
SPECIALISTS, AND COMMANDERS OF THE STATUS OF THE FY02
SRB PROGRAM AND TO EXTEND FY02 SRB PROGRAM CUT-OFF DATE.
2. BACKGROUND. REF A ANNOUNCED THE SRB MULTIPLES FOR ZONES A,
B, AND C. REF B ADDED MOS 0251 MULTIPLES IN ZONES A, B, AND C,
REF C ANNOUNCED THE FY02 SRB PROGRAM CUT-OFF DATE AS 1 FEB 02.
REF D FURTHER EXTENDED THE FY02 SRB PROGRAM CUT-OFF DATE TO
2 APRIL 02. TO DATE, WE HAVE EXECUTED $36.7M (76 PERCENT) OF
THE PLANNED SRB BUDGET. THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
IN SUPPORTING THE REENLISTMENTS OF 4,154 MARINES.
3. ACTION
A. COMMANDERS AND CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS WILL INFORM
THEIR MARINES THAT THE SRB PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM
2 APR 02 TO 2 JUL 02.
B. MARINES MUST SUBMIT A RELM TO MMEA-6 BY COB ON 21 JUN 02
TO ENABLE MMEA-6 TO TURN AROUND REENLISTMENT REQUEST AND GRANT
APPROVAL ON OR BEFORE 1 JUL 02.
C. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR AN SRB PAYMENT, A QUALIFIED MARINE
MUST EXECUTE REENLISTMENT ON OR BEFORE 1 JUL 02 (THUS HAVING
AN EFFECTIVE REENLISTMENT DATE OF 2 JUL 02 OR BEFORE).
D. ALL SRB MULTIPLES IN REFS A AND B REMAIN THE SAME WITH
THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION EFFECTIVE 3 APRIL 02: MOS 4429 WILL
QUALIFY FOR A ZONE B AND C MULTIPLE OF 4.
MOS ZONE A ZONE B ZONE C
4429 0 4 4
E. MARINES SHOULD NOT PLAN ON FURTHER PROGRAM EXTENSIONS. IF
SRBP FUNDING EXISTS AFTER 2 JUL 02, THE SRBP MAY BE EXTENDED.
F. IF THIS EXTENSION GENERATES INCREASED SRB PAYMENTS THAT
EXHAUST AVAILABLE SRB FUNDS, THIS HEADQUARTERS MAY TERMINATE
THIS PROGRAM PRIOR TO 2 JUL 02. IF THIS ACTION IS REQUIRED, A
NEW MARADMIN WILL BE PUBLISHED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE NEW
TERMINATION DATE.
4. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 2 JUL 02.//
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