JOINT QUALIFICATION UPDATES FOR RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS
Date Signed: 8/27/2010 | MARADMINS Number: 486/10
MARADMINS : 486/10

R 262311Z AUG 10
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MARADMIN 486/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/JOINT QUALIFICATION UPDATES FOR RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS//
REF/A/DOC/DOD/YMD:20100216//
REF/B/MSGID:MSG/CMC/YMD:20070810//
REF/C/MSGID:MSG/CMC/YMD:20080624//
REF/D/MSGID:MSG/CMC/YMD:20100224//
NARR/REF A IS DODI 1300.19 CHANGE 2, DOD JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; REF B IS MARADMIN 477/07, JOINT QUALIFICATION SYSTEM; REF C IS MARADMIN 353/08, JOINT QUALIFICATION SYSTEM UPDATE; REF D IS MARADMIN 102/10, JOINT QUALIFICATION SYSTEM UPDATE CY-2010//
POC/MAITA, S. W./MAJ/CMC(RAP)/-/TEL: 703-432-9066/EMAIL: SEAN.MAITA@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. TO ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO REFERENCE A, THAT ARE RELEVANT TO RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS PROGRESSING TOWARDS DESIGNATION AS A JOINT QUALIFIED OFFICER (JQO).
2. BACKGROUND. REFERENCES B AND C INTRODUCED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT QUALIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXPLAINED THE SIGNIFICANT HIGHLIGHTS, POLICIES, AND PREREQUISITES OF BECOMING A JQO. THE EXPLANATION INCLUDED DETAILS CONCERNING STANDARD (S-JDA) AND EXPERIENCE (E-JDA) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT PATHS. REFERENCE D WAS A CY-2010 UPDATE TO REFERENCES B AND C.
3. OF THE UPDATES INCORPORATED INTO REFERENCE A, THE BELOW CHANGES ARE APPLICABLE STRICTLY TO RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS.
   A. THE DEADLINE, OUTLINED IN REFERENCE D, FOR SUBMITTING E-JDA SELF-NOMINATIONS FOR RETROACTIVE JOINT EXPERIENCE CREDIT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2013. AFTER 30 SEPTEMBER 2013, RESERVE OFFICERS WILL HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THE COMPLETION OF AN E-JDA EXPERIENCE TO SELF-NOMINATE FOR JOINT EXPERIENCE POINTS.
   B. EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2010, RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS, WHO IN THEIR CIVILIAN OCCUPATION ARE EMPLOYED BY A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY, MAY APPLY FOR JOINT EXPERIENCE CREDIT THROUGH THE E-JDA PATH, IF THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES MEETS THE DEFINITION OF JOINT MATTERS.
      (1) UP TO 18 EXPERIENCE POINTS MAY BE ACCRUED THROUGH CIVILIAN EXPERIENCES AND APPLIED TOWARD QUALIFICATION AS A JQO (9 POINTS MAY APPLIED TOWARD LEVEL II QUALIFICATION, AND 9 POINTS APPLIED TO LEVEL III, FOR A TOTAL OF 18 POINTS TOWARDS JQO). THE OTHER 18 EXPERIENCE POINTS MUST BE ACCRUED PERFORMING DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MILITARY OFFICER.
      (2) NO RETROACTIVE CREDIT IS AUTHORIZED FOR CIVILIAN EXPERIENCES; EXPERIENCE WILL BE CREDITED FROM 1 JANUARY 2010, AND FORWARD.
   C. UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2013, RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS MAY CONTINUE TO BE DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL III JQO, WITHOUT PREVIOUSLY BEING DESIGNATED AS LEVEL II JOINT QUALIFIED, AS LONG AS THE OFFICER HAS COMPLETED JPME PHASE I AND II (OR AJPME IN LIEU OF JPME PHASE II) AND HAS ACCRUED AT LEAST 36 JOINT QUALIFICATION POINTS OR RECEIVED FULL JOINT DUTY CREDIT FROM AN ASSIGNMENT IN A JDAL POSITION.
4. OFFICERS IN THE GRADES OF O1 THROUGH O6 ARE ENCOURAGED TO SELF- NOMINATE THEIR JOINT EXPERIENCES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF BEING AWARDED JOINT QUALIFICATION POINTS AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: WWW.DMDC.OSD.MIL AND THEN SELECTING THE LINKS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND JOINT QUALIFICATION SYSTEM SELF-NOMINATION WEBSITE (JQS).
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN D. L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION.//