R 280729Z DEC 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 574/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/30TH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF) CONFERENCE//
REF/A/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC /010729ZJUN2004//
REF/B/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC /200729ZAUG2004//
POC/T. ANGELINI/CAPT/MMEA-6 HQMC/-/TEL:DSN 278-9238
/EMAIL:ANGELINIT@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 245/04.  FISCAL YEAR 2005 (FY05) RETENTION
GUIDELINES.  REF B IS MARADMIN 354/04.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE 30TH ENLISTED RETENTION TASK FORCE (ERTF)
CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON 16 DECEMBER 04.  THIS MARADMIN REVIEWS TOPICS
DISCUSSED DURING THE CONFERENCE AND ANNOUNCES THE DATE FOR THE NEXT
CONFERENCE.
2.  TOPICS:
   A.  FY05 RETENTION UPDATE:  AS OF 16 DEC 04, 69.4% OF THE FIRST
TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP) GOAL OF 5710 HAS BEEN EXECUTED.  MOS
MATCH IS AT 69.4%.  FORTY TWO MOS'S ARE CLOSED AND 149 MOS'S REMAIN
OPEN.  THE SUBSEQUENT TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (STAP) HAS EXECUTED 32.3%
OF THE FY05 GOAL OF 5,003.  MOS MATCH IS 32.1%.  WITH THE APPROVAL
OF SEVERAL FSRG INITIATIVES, CMC (MMEA) EXPECTS THERE TO BE AN
INCREASE TO THE FTAP BOATSPACES BY FEB 05. 
   B.  CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST (CRS) INFORMATION:
       1.  BY NAME ASSIGNMENTS (BNA) FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT
(SDA) BILLETS HAS BEEN RELEASED IN AN 8 DEC 04 MESSAGE.  THE NEXT
HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS RECRUITER SCREENING TEAM (HRST) IS
TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 05.  PROBLEMS DISCOVERED IN THE
PREVIOUS HRST VISITS SUCH AS DISCREPANCIES WITH ROTATION DATES AND
TIMING OF THE VISITS ARE BEING RESOLVED.
       2.  THE UPDATED SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM (SRBP)
MARADMIN IS BEING STAFFED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.  OF THE $51.8M SRBP
BUDGET, $25.9 HAS BEEN OBLIGATED.  AN ADDITIONAL MARADMIN OUTLINING
THE BROKEN SERVICE SRB (BSSRB) FOR PRIOR SERVICE (PSEP) MARINES WHO
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR MORE THAN 91 AND LESS THAN 365 DAYS HAS BEEN
RELEASED AND RETROACTIVE TO 15 DEC 04. 
       3.  CMC (MMEA) HAS MODIFIED THE TIMELINE FOR PSEP MARINES
ACCESSION OUTLINED IN REF A.  CMC (MMEA) IS ACCEPTING PSEP RELMS AS
OF 15 DEC 04. 
       4.  CRS MCI STUDY UNITS 1-3 ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES.  UNIT 4
WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1 FEB 05.  THE TARGET DATE FOR COMPLETION OF
THE ENTIRE COURSE IS JUN 05.
       5.  THE AUTOMATED CAREER RETENTION SYSTEM (ACRS) IS THE
RETENTION SYSTEM UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO REPLACE TFRS.  ACRS IS
INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY FOR DECENTRALIZED REENLISTMENT
EXECUTION.  THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED UNDER THE TFAS
UMBRELLA AND WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $6.4M.  SEP 06 IS THE TARGET
DATE TO HAVE THE COMPLETE SYSTEM RUNNING, AND BEGIN PHASING OUT TFRS.
       6.  THE CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSIS HAS RECENTLY PROVIDED
INFORMATION THAT REENLISTEES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TOP QUALITY
MARINES.  THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THE
CRS FORCE TO RETAIN THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.
       7.  THE FTAP EAS SURVEY WILL BE ENDING IN FEB 05.  THE
SEPARATE EXIT SURVEY WILL BE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY UNTIL THAT TIME. 
   C.  FY05 CRS INFORMATION UPDATE: THE CRS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD
IN NORFOLK, VA, DURING MAY 05.  POC IS CAPT CAZE, MMEA-6 DSN
278-9239.  THE NEXT QUALITY REENLISTMENT PLAN (QRP) BOARD WILL BE
HELD ON 19 JAN 05.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE QRP BOARD,
REFER TO TFRS SIGN ON MESSAGE #853.   
   D.  RETENTION ASSIST VISITS (RAV'S):  THE FY05 COMMAND VISIT
SCHEDULE WAS BRIEFED DURING THE CONFERENCE.  PER REF B, THE FINAL
SCHEDULE WAS PUBLISHED VIA MARADMIN 354/04.
3.  THE NEXT ERTF CONFERENCE WILL BE ON 24 MAR 05 AT 1530 EST.
4.  A DETAILED AGENDA FOR THE 31ST ERTF CONFERENCE WILL BE FORWARDED
TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
5.  CRS' SUBMIT TOPICS BY 11 MAR 05 TO CAPT ANGELINI, MGYSGT
SUMABAT, OR GYSGT YON; AS THIS WILL ALLOW FOR PROPER STAFFING.//