25TH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF) CONFERENCE AFTER ACTION
Date Signed: 12/24/2003 | MARADMINS Number: 608/03
MARADMINS : 608/03
R 240729Z DEC 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 608/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/25TH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF) CONFERENCE AFTER
/ACTION//
REF/A/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON MRA MM/170733ZJUN2003//
REF/B/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON MRA MM/221400ZOCT2002//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 290/03, FY04 ENLISTED RETENTION GUIDELINES.
REF B IS MARADMIN 561/02, QUALITY REENLISTMENT PROGRAM (QRP)
GUIDELINES.//
POC/A. H. SNOWDEN /CAPT/MMEA-6/-/TEL:DSN 287-9238/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE 25TH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF)
CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON 20 NOV 03.  THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE REVIEWS
TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ANNOUNCES THE DATE FOR THE NEXT CONFERENCE.
2.  TOPICS DISCUSSED:
   A.  FY04 CALENDAR SUMMARY:  PER REF B, THE QUALITY REENLISTMENT
PROGRAM (QRP) BOARD IS RESERVED FOR THOSE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTY (MOS)'S THAT HAVE ALREADY REACHED 100% EXECUTED.  THERE
ARE 100 QRP BOATSPACES ALLOCATED FOR FY04.  THE FIRST QRP BOARD WAS
HELD ON 4 DEC 03.  THOSE MARINES NOT SELECTED ON THIS BOARD WILL
HAVE THEIR RELMS RETURNED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN.  MARINES MAY OPT TO
RESUBMIT FOR QRP THE NEXT MONTH OR REQUEST A LATERAL MOVE TO A NEW
MOS.  PER REF A, THE CMC (MMEA) HAS BEGAN ACCEPTING LATERAL MOVE
REQUESTS ON 1 DEC 03 FOR EXECUTION AFTER 1 JAN 04.  MARINES ARE
ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT FOR REENLISTMENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.  DURING
PREVIOUS YEARS, 75% OF THE FTAP WAS FILLED BY 1 JAN.  REENLISTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER.
   B.  OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) PFT EXEMPTIONS:  ALL PFT
EXEMPTIONS DUE TO OPERATIONS IN IRAQ WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED WITH
2ND HALF PFTS BY 1 JAN 04.  RELMS SUBMITTED WITHOUT UPDATED PFTS
WILL BE RETURNED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN.  THOSE MARINES STILL
PARTICIPATING IN OPERATIONS IN IRAQ WILL NOTIFY THE CMC (MMEA) OF
THE STATUS OF THE MARINE'S PFT EXEMPTION. 
   C.  CAREER COUNSELING:  CAREER COUNSELORS CAN NOT PROVIDE
REASONS FOR NON-SELECTION.  CAREER MARINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL
THE CAREER COUNSELORS AT LEAST TWO YEARS PRIOR TO SELECTION. 
   D.  CRS INFORMATION:  COMMANDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND THOSE
MARINES WHO WERE ERRONEOUSLY EXTENDED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.  THAT WAY
THE CMC (MMEA) CAN GET THEM REENLISTED WITHOUT FURTHER
COMPLICATIONS.
   E.  CRS'S ARE DIRECTED TO BEGIN REFERRING MARINES TO THE MARINE
FOR LIFE WEBSITE UPON THEIR DECISION TO EAS FROM THE MARINE CORPS.
THIS ACTION SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE LAST 90 DAYS OF A CONTRACT.
3.  THE CMC (MMEA) COMMAND VISIT UPDATE:
   A. JAN 6-21 MARFORPAC/III MEF
   B. FEB 9-13 FT LEONARD WOOD/KANSAS CITY COMMANDERS SHOULD ENSURE
THAT THEIR MARINES ARE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THE BRIEFS AND VISIT WITH
THEIR MONITORS AND CAREER COUNSELORS DURING THE PERIOD THAT THE CMC
(MMEA) IS IN THEIR AREA.
4.  THE NEXT ERTF CONFERENCE WILL BE 22 JAN 04 AT 1530.
5.  A DETAILED AGENDA FOR THE 26TH ERTF CONFERENCE WILL BE
FORWARDED TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
6.  INFORMATION CONCERNING ERTF BRIEFS, TIME, AND LOCATION ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE ENLISTED ASSIGNMENT BRANCH'S INTERNET WEB PAGE AT
WWW.USMC.MIL.  SELECT "CAREER," "ENLISTED ASSIGNMENTS," "ENLISTED
CAREER COUNSELING AND RETENTION," "THEN" ENLISTED RETENTION TASK
FORCE."  UNITS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THE WEB PAGE.//