ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWICE PASSED CAPTAIN AVIATORS SELECTED FOR CONTINUATION
Date Signed: 1/28/2020 | MARADMINS Number: 047/20
MARADMINS : 047/20

R 271758Z JAN 20
MARADMIN 047/20
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWICE PASSED CAPTAIN AVIATORS SELECTED FOR CONTINUATION//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/CONGRESS//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/SECNAV N132F PERS-49/22JAN2019//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC WASH DC MMSR/26NOV2013//
REF/D/MSGID: MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM/201500ZJUN19//
REF/E/MSGID: DOC/OUSD(PR)/31MAY2013//
REF/F/MSGID: MSG/CG MCRC QUANTICO VA UC /181611ZOCT18//
REF/G/MSGID: MSG/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/171900ZJAN20//
NARR/REF (A) IS TITLE 10, U.S.C. SECTS 632, 637, AND 1174. REF (B) IS SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1920.7C, CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY OF REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE STATUS LIST IN THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. REF (C) IS MARINE CORPS ORDER 1900.16 CH1, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL. REF (D) IS MARADMIN 349/19, CONVENING OF THE FY21 U.S. MARINE CORPS COLONEL, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, MAJOR, AND CAPTAIN PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS. REF (E) IS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTRUCTION 1341.13, POST-9/11 GI BILL, INCORPORATING CHANGE 1 DATED 12 JULY 2018. REF (F) IS MARADMIN 600/18, THE ACTIVE COMPONENT TO SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE OR INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE DIRECT AFFILIATION PROGRAM. REF (G) IS ALNAV 010/20 FY-21 U.S. MARINE CORPS MAJOR SELECTIONS//
POC/L. SIMONE/CAPT/CMC MMSR-2/-/TEL: DSN 278-9324//
POC/C. SMALLWOOD/MAJ/CMC MPP-30/-/TEL: DSN 278-9366//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This MARADMIN initiates notification of, and establishes procedures for, those aviators who have been selected for continuation on active duty after being twice-passed for selection to Major.
2.  Company grade aviator inventory levels are at such a level that continuation of active duty Captain aviators, who have twice failed selection to the rank of Major, is being offered to select aviators.  Those officers selected for continuation are offered the opportunity to remain on active duty as specified in references (a) through (c) and detailed below.
3.  All Captain aviators in the above-zone per reference (d) but not selected on reference (g) are directed to log in to Marine Online (MOL) to check for notification of continuation status.  Those Captain aviators selected for continuation will receive a notice upon logging in to MOL.
4.  MMSR-2 will enter the mandatory separation or retirement date (MSR) of 1 August 2023 into Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS) for all affected officers.  Notifications to commands will be through the Diary Feedback Report (DFR) to the respective Installation Personnel Administration Centers (IPAC).
5.  Affected officers shall be counseled regarding the ramifications of accepting or declining continuation, in accordance with reference (a).
5.a.  The counseling officer should be a Marine officer in the grade of O-5 or higher in the affected officer's immediate chain of command.  Affected officers with unique situations in which a Marine officer meeting the above criteria is not reasonably available shall contact Headquarters, Marine Corps for guidance.  Contact information is located in the header information of this message.
5.b.  All officers selected for continuation shall submit a NAVMC-118(11) (Page 11) entry, signed by themselves and their counseling officer, to Headquarters, Marine Corps Records and Performance Branch (MMRP).  The Page 11 entry shall state:  "I have been counseled on the ramifications of continuation on active duty for a period of 36 months.  I have read and understand sections 632, 637, and 1174 of Title 10, U.S. Code, pertaining to failure of selection, continuation and subsequent separation."  Page 11 entries shall be scanned and emailed to MMRP at smb.manpower.mmrp@usmc.mil.
6.  Acceptance of continuation.
6.a.  Officers who accept continuation will incur a 36-month active duty service extension beginning 1 August 2020 and ending 1 August 2023.  This continuation period will run concurrently with, not in Place of, any existing obligation.
6.b.  Officers selected for continuation are considered to have accepted the offer of continuation if no action is taken by 2359 EST, 29 February 2020.  These officers will retain the MSR of 1 August 2023.  Affected officers shall communicate their intent to accept or decline continuation to their monitor.
6.c.  Officers electing to decline continuation shall express their declination and intent to be separated via signed NAVMC Form 10274, Administrative Action Form (AA form) to MMSR-2(O) prior to 2359 EST, 29 February 2020.  AA forms shall state that the officer declines continuation on active duty and that they accept separation on 1 August 2020.  AA forms shall be scanned and emailed to MMSR-2(O) at smb.manpower.mmsr2o@usmc.mil and affected officer's monitor.
6.d.  Per reference (e), officers previously approved to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill to their dependents (i.e., TEB) will be considered to have completed his or her previously approved TEB-related service agreement (i.e., indicated by your TEB Obligation Date) upon separation, with an honorable discharge, due to twice failing to be selected for promotion.  The following parameters apply:
(1) An officer not offered selective continuation will have the TEB obligation end date adjusted to his or her separation or retirement date (if the officer has not already fulfilled the TEB obligation end date). 
(2) An officer offered selective continuation who accepts selective continuation will have the TEB obligation end date adjusted to his or her new selective continuation or retirement date (if the officer has not already fulfilled the TEB obligation end date).  
(3) An officer offered selective continuation but who rejects selective continuation will have the TEB rejected (if officer has not already fulfilled the TEB obligation end date) or doesn’t directly affiliate into the Selected Reserve (SELRES) to complete TEB obligation (see reference (f)), and has no break in service between active duty and SELRES.  The amount of any transferred entitlement that is used as of the date of such failure will be subject to collection by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
6.e.  Acceptance of continuation will make officers eligible for future promotion opportunities, as well as permanent change of station orders, permanent change of assignment orders, or an extension of current orders.  Affected officers should contact MMOA-2 to discuss future opportunities on continuation.  Fixed Wing Company Grade Monitor, Capt Kyle Bookhout, (703) 784-9267, e-mail:  kyle.bookhout@usmc.mil.  Rotary Wing Company Grade Monitor, Capt Norman Holcombe, (703) 784-9267, e-mail:  norman.holcombe2@usmc.mil.
7.  This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Reserve Component.
8.  Release authorized by LtGen Michael A. Rocco, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.//