MARADMINS : 252/14
R 222222Z MAY 14
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 252/14
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF, 2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS MCFIO//
SUBJ/CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT THE GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT INTEGRATED TASK FORCE//
REF/A/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC/232219ZAPR12/REF/B/DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC C465/08AUG2013//
NARR/REF A IS ALMAR 012/12, ASSIGNMENT OF WOMEN TO GROUND COMBAT UNITS. REF B IS MCO 1200.17E, MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES MANUAL (SHORT TITLE: MOS MANUAL).//
POC/VENNING, BENJAMIN M./LTCOL/UNIT: CMC WASHINGTON MCFIO/BENJAMIN.VENNING@USMC.MIL/TEL:(703)784-3388POC/SAMAROV, MICHAEL V./LTCOL/UNIT: CMC WASHINGTON MCFIO/MICHAEL.SAMAROV@USMC.MIL/TEL:(703)784-3387 POC/BERARD, ERIN K./MAJ/UNIT: MCOTEA/ERIN.BERARD@USMC.MIL/TEL:(703)432-0962
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS MARADMIN SOLICITS VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT INTEGRATED TASK FORCE (GCEITF).
2. BACKGROUND. REFERENCE (A) ANNOUNCED EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY FOR FEMALE MARINES TO SERVE IN COMBAT ARMS UNITS. ACCORDINGLY, THE MARINE CORPS WILL TAKE DELIBERATE, MEASURED AND RESPONSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE INTEGRATION OF FEMALE MARINES INTO COMBAT ARMS UNITS AND OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS AS DIRECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ON 24 JANUARY 2013. CMC HAS DIRECTED ACTIVATION OF THE GCEITF AND ASSIGNED THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL EVALUATION ACTIVITY (MCOTEA) THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONDUCT ASSOCIATED RESEARCH. THE TASK FORCE WILL TRAIN FEMALE MARINE VOLUNTEERS IN GROUND COMBAT ARMS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY SKILLS, AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO A COMBAT ARMS UNIT, WHILE A DEDICATED RESEARCH TEAM OBSERVES THE UNIT'S PERFORMANCE IN AN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE GCEITF WILL BE COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 500 MARINES, INCLUDING MALE AND FEMALE, ACTIVE AND RESERVE VOLUNTEERS AND DIRECTED ASSIGNMENT MARINES.
3. METHOD. THE GCEITF WILL BE ACTIVATED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NC IN JUNE 2014. MCOTEA WILL LEAD THE RECRUITING EFFORT TO STAFF THE GCEITF BASED ON THE RESEARCH DESIGN. THE GCEITF RECRUITING TEAM WILL BRIEF AND SCREEN ALL VOLUNTEERS USING THE PREREQUISITES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 3B BELOW TO IDENTIFY MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT TO THE GCEITF. MARINES WHO WISH TO VOLUNTEER MAY DO SO VIA THE MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (M&RA) WEBSITE, VIA TELEPHONE OR IN PERSON DURING ONE OF THE RECRUITING BRIEFS LISTED BELOW. RECRUITING BRIEFS WILL BE CONDUCTED 28 MAY THROUGH 9 JUNE AT THE FOLLOWING BASES AND STATIONS.
LOCATION TIME PERIOD
MCB CAMP HANSEN 28 MAY 2014
MCB CAMP FOSTER 29 MAY 2014
MCAS FUTENMA 30 MAY 2014
MCAS IWAKUNI 2 JUNE 2014
QUANTICO AND NCR 2-6 JUNE 2014
CAMP LEJEUNE 2-3 JUNE 2014
CAMP PENDLETON 2-3 JUNE 2014
NEW RIVER 4 JUNE 2014
MIRAMAR 4 JUNE 2014
MCB KANEOHE BAY 4-5 JUNE 2014
CHERRY POINT 5 JUNE 2014
29 PALMS 5-6 JUNE 2014
CAMP SMITH 6 JUNE 2014
MCAS YUMA 9 JUNE 2014
A. GCEITF VOLUNTEER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
A.1. MALE MARINE VOLUNTEERS. MALE MARINE VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE ONLY WITHIN THEIR PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS). MALE MARINES MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
A.1.A. MALE MARINES CURRENTLY SERVING IN A GROUND COMBAT ARMS PMOS. THE GCEITF IS RECRUITING MARINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MOS'S.
MOS DESCRIPTION
0311 RIFLEMAN
0313 LAV CREWMAN
0331 MACHINE GUNNER
0341 MORTARMAN
0351 INFANTRY ASSAULTMAN
0352 ANTITANK MISSILEMAN
0811 FIELD ARTILLERY CANNONEER
1833 AAV CREWMAN
1812 M1A1 TANK CREWMAN
A.1.B. COMBAT ENGINEERS. MALE COMBAT ENGINEERS MAY ALSO VOLUNTEER IN THEIR PMOS TO ASSESS THE COMBAT ENGINEERING ROLE WITHIN GROUND COMBAT UNITS.
A.1.C. MALE MARINES CURRENTLY SERVING IN A NON-COMBAT ARMS PMOS. THE GCEITF IS RECRUITING MARINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MOS'S: 0111, 0231, 1345, 2111, 2171, 2841, 2847, 3043, 3051, 3521, 3531, AND 7212. MARINES CURRENTLY SERVING IN A NON-COMBAT ARMS MOS WILL PERFORM AS A PROVISIONAL RIFLE COMPANY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMBAT ENGINEER MARINES.
A.2. FEMALE MARINE VOLUNTEERS. FEMALE MARINE VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THREE WAYS:
A.2.A. COMBAT ARMS MOS OPTION. FEMALE MARINES MAY VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMBAT ARMS MOS BY FIRST ATTENDING A COMBAT ARMS MOS SCHOOL. THE MARINES MUST MEET THE MOS PREREQUISITES LISTED IN REFERENCE B. FEMALE MARINES VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE IN A COMBAT ARMS MOS HAVE THE FOLLOWING NINE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE:
MOS DESCRIPTION
0311 RIFLEMAN
0313 LAV CREWMAN
0331 MACHINE GUNNER
0341 MORTARMAN
0351 INFANTRY ASSAULTMAN
0352 ANTITANK MISSILEMAN
0811 FIELD ARTILLERY CANNONEER
1833 AAV CREWMAN
1812 M1A1 TANK CREWMAN
A.2.B. FEMALE MARINE COMBAT ENGINEER OPTION. FEMALE COMBAT ENGINEERS MAY VOLUNTEER IN THEIR PMOS TO ASSESS THE COMBAT ENGINEERING ROLE WITHIN GROUND COMBAT UNITS.
A.2.C. FEMALE MARINE COMBAT SUPPORT / COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT MOS OPTION. FEMALE MARINES ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CURRENT COMBAT SUPPORT OR COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT PMOS. THE GCEITF IS RECRUITING MARINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MOS'S: 0111, 0231, 0411, 0621, 0651, 1345, 2111, 2311, 2841, 2847, 3051, 3521, AND 3531. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PERFORM AS A MEMBER OF A PROVISIONAL RIFLE COMPANY WITHIN THE GCEITF.
B. GCEITF RECRUITING AND PARTICIPATION. GCEITF VOLUNTEERS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING PREREQUISITES.
B.1. BE AN ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE (SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) AND INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE (IMA)) ENLISTED MARINE, MALE OR FEMALE. ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) PROGRAM MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) MEMBERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GCEITF.
B.2. ENLISTED MARINES MUST BE IN PAYGRADES E-5 OR BELOW. SERGEANTS MUST HAVE LESS THAN NINE YEARS OF SERVICE AS OF 1 SEPTEMBER 2014.
B.3. RESERVE MARINES MUST BE ELIGIBLE AND AVAILABLE FOR HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (HQMC)-FUNDED ACTIVE DUTY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (ADOS) ORDERS BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 1 JULY 2014 TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2015. AT THE COMPLETION OF ADOS ORDERS, RESERVE MARINES WILL RETURN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE UNITS.
B.4. PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE AN END OF ACTIVE SERVICE OR RESERVE END OF CURRENT CONTRACT AFTER 1 OCTOBER 2015.
B.5. ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR COMBAT ARMS MOS'S MUST BE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING AT LEAST A THIRD CLASS SCORE ON THE MALE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (AGE 17-26).
B.6. BE IN A FULL-DUTY STATUS (I.E., NOT CURRENTLY ON LIMITED/LIGHT DUTY, OR PENDING A PHYSICAL EVALUATION BOARD).
B.7. VOLUNTEERS CANNOT BE PENDING DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS (I.E., NON-JUDICIAL PUNISHMENT, COURTS MARTIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION).
B.8. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE GCEITF MUST BE FINANCIALLY STABLE.
B.9. VOLUNTEERS MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT.
B.10. VOLUNTEERS CANNOT BE SERVING IN A SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT BILLET OR BE STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT.
B.11. VOLUNTEERS MUST SUBMIT THE COMPLETED SCREENING CHECKLIST AND THE INFORMED CONSENT FORM, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LOCATED AT HTTPS:(FORWARD SLASH)(FORWARD SLASH)WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/APPLICATION.
C. HOW TO VOLUNTEER. MALE AND FEMALE MARINES MAY VOLUNTEER REMOTELY VIA THE M&RA WEBSITE, BY TELEPHONE, OR IN PERSON. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL VOLUNTEERS WILL BE SELECTED. EACH VOLUNTEER WILL BE SCREENED TO ENSURE THEY MEET THE PREREQUISITES OF THE GCEITF.
C.1. REMOTE VOLUNTEERING VIA WEBSITE. MALE AND FEMALE MARINES CAN VOLUNTEER AT HTTPS:(FORWARD SLASH)(FORWARD SLASH) WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL(FORWARD SLASH)APPLICATION. AT THIS SITE, PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS MAY VIEW A GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT RECRUITING BRIEF, REVIEW FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AND SUBMIT A COMPLETED CHECKLIST AND THE WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT FORM. THE WEBSITE IS ACCESSIBLE USING A NON-COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) LOGIN METHOD. MARINES MUST KNOW AND PROVIDE THEIR DOD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (ALSO KNOWN AS THE EDIPI), WHICH IS PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THE CAC, PROVIDE THEIR DATE OF BIRTH, AND ANSWER THE CAPTCHA WORD PRINTED ON THE SCREEN. BY AGREEING TO THE INFORMED CONSENT AND SUBMITTING THE APPLICANT'S INFORMATION, AN APPLICANT HAS SUCCESSFULLY VOLUNTEERED. RESEARCH PERSONNEL AND AN OMBUDSMAN WILL CONTACT ALL VOLUNTEERS NO LATER THAN 13 JUNE 2014 TO CONFIRM THEIR DECISION TO VOLUNTEER. FOR QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED ON THE WEBSITE, VOLUNTEERS SHOULD EMAIL GCEITF_MCOTEA@USMC.MIL, OR CALL TO SPEAK WITH A MCOTEA RESEARCH REPRESENTATIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 7 JUNE 2014, FROM 1500-1700 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME AT (703) 432-2513 OR (DSN) 378-2513 (ENTER PASSWORD 5564).
C.2. REMOTE VOLUNTEERING BY TELEPHONE. MARINES MAY VOLUNTEER VIA TELEPHONE BETWEEN 2 AND 7 JUNE 2014, FROM 1500-1700 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME BY CALLING (703) 432-2513 OR (DSN) 378-2513 (ENTER PASSWORD 5564). THE MCOTEA RESEARCH REPRESENTATIVE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO SUBMIT THE CHECKLIST AND INFORMED CONSENT FORM.
C.3. VOLUNTEER IN PERSON. MARINES CAN VOLUNTEER IN PERSON BY ATTENDING A BRIEF AT THE TIMES AND LOCATIONS OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 3. UPON CONCLUSION OF THE BRIEF, ALL VOLUNTEERS WILL SIGN INFORMED CONSENT FORMS. THE RECRUITING TEAMS WILL ENSURE VOLUNTEERS MEET THE PREREQUISITES OUTLINED WITHIN PARAGRAPH 3B.
ALL MARINES WHO DESIRE TO VOLUNTEER IN PERSON ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIRST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST ELECTRONICALLY.
D. SELECTED VOLUNTEERS. THOSE VOLUNTEERS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GCEITF, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMANDERS, WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR SELECTION BY HQMC VIA AMHS MESSAGE NO LATER THAN 13 JUNE 2014.
D.1. FEMALE VOLUNTEERS SELECTED FOR COMBAT ARMS MOS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR ASSIGNED COMBAT ARMS MOS SCHOOL REPORT DATES NO LATER THAN 13 JUNE 2014. THESE SELECTED VOLUNTEERS WILL RECEIVE ORDERS TO APPROPRIATE ENTRY LEVEL SCHOOL IN A TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY STATUS DURING JULY 2014. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ENTRY LEVEL TRAINING, SELECTED VOLUNTEERS WILL RECEIVE PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION(PCS) OR PERMANENT CHANGE OF ASSIGNMENT (PCA) ORDERS, AS APPROPRIATE, TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NC AND START REPORTING TO THE GCEITF DURING SEPTEMBER 2014.
D.2. FEMALE VOLUNTEERS SELECTED FOR COMBAT ARMS MOS ASSIGNMENT TO THE GCEITF WHO COMPLETE ENTRY LEVEL TRAINING WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED A NEW PMOS, BUT WILL BE ASSIGNED A COURSE COMPLETION CODE IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM.
E. RESERVE VOLUNTEERS: MALE AND FEMALE SMCR AND IMA ONLY RESERVISTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE AND MUST MEET THE PREREQUISITES OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 3B. RESERVE MARINES INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING WILL BE DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE MARINE FORCES RESERVE G-1 ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX AT MFR(UNDERSCORE) SOURCING@USMC.MIL AFTER THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED AND BEEN SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GCEITF.
F. BOTH MALE AND FEMALE VOLUNTEERS MAY REQUEST, AT ANY TIME, TO DROP ON REQUEST (DOR) FROM TRAINING AND/OR THE GCEITF UNIT. FEMALE MARINES WHO DO NOT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COMBAT ARMS MOS PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION (POI), OR CHOOSE TO DOR AT ANY TIME DURING THE POI, WILL RETURN TO THEIR PARENT COMMAND WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE TO FUTURE RETENTION, ASSIGNMENT, OR PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES. MALE AND FEMALE MARINES WHO CHOOSE TO DOR AFTER THEY HAVE EXECUTED ORDERS TO CAMP LEJEUNE WILL RECEIVE LOCAL PCA ORDERS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE TO FUTURE RETENTION, ASSIGNMENT, OR PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES.
G. FEMALE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE 0311 POI WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY FOR 0311 AND 0313 ASSIGNMENTS TO THE GCEITF.
H. WHILE VOLUNTARY SERVICE WITH THE GCEITF IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS, PARTICIPATION WILL CAUSE MANY MARINES TO DEVIATE FROM THE TRADITIONAL CAREER PATH OF THEIR PMOS. CAREER MITIGATION EFFORTS WILL INCLUDE MANDATORY COMMENTS ON FITNESS REPORTS AND SERVICE RECORD BOOK ENTRIES. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS OF FUTURE PROMOTION BOARDS WILL BE INSTRUCTED THROUGH BOARD PRECEPT TO PRECLUDE THOSE MARINES WHO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE GCEITF ASSESSMENT FROM BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY PERFORMING OUTSIDE THEIR PMOS.
4. ASSESSMENT OF THE GCEITF WILL OCCUR 1 JULY 2014 TO 20 JUNE 2015.
5. HQMC (MCOTEA) WILL PROVIDE A DETAILED VISIT SCHEDULE TO MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND (MSC) G-3/S-3 AND CAREER PLANNERS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. MCOTEA WILL NOTIFY BY GENSER MESSAGE MSC POC'S OF MARINES THAT MEET GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS TO ATTEND RECRUITING TEAM BRIEFS SCHEDULED IN PARA 3 ABOVE. EACH COMMAND/STATION WILL HAVE UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SIZE OF THEIR UNIT BRIEFS; THEREFORE, THE DESIGNATED MSC G-3/S-3 AND CAREER PLANNERS MUST ENSURE PROPER FACILITIES ARE RESERVED FOR ALL BRIEFS AND RECRUITING/SCREENING SESSIONS. ALL LOCATIONS SUPPORTING INTERVIEWS AND SCREENINGS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE ACTIVE AND OPERATIONAL NAVY-MARINE CORPS INTERNET PORTS WHICH HAVE BEEN TESTED PRIOR TO GCEITF RECRUITING TEAM ARRIVAL. DESIGNATED MSC G-3/S-3 AND CAREER PLANNERS WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT AUDIO-VISUAL SUPPORT, PROJECTION CAPABILITY, AND COMPUTER (INTERNET) ACCESS IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL BRIEFS, INTERVIEWS AND SCREENING SESSIONS.
6. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN M. R. REGNER, STAFF DIRECTOR, HQMC.//