R 301720Z JAN 20
MARADMIN 054/20
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY21 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ENLISTED ASSIGNMENTS COMMAND VISIT SCHEDULE//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/CMC MMEA/YMD: 20100908//
REF/B/MSGID: MSG/CMC MM/310835ZDEC13//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC MPO/YMD: 20140918//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1040.31, ENLISTED RETENTION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. REF B IS MARADMIN 701/13, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION (MM) IMPLEMENTATION OF DEFENSE CONNECT ONLINE (DCO) FOR REMOTE PMOS MONITOR AND CAREER COUNSELORS INTERFACE. REF C IS MCO 1300.8, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY//
POC/K. D. TUCKER-DAVIS/CAPT/MMEA/-/TEL: (703) 784-9956 EMAIL: KYLE.TUCKER-DAVIS@USMC.MIL//
POC/A. A. CRUZ/MGYSGT/MMEA-1/-/TEL: (703) 432-9125 EMAIL: ARBENZ.CRUZ@USMC.MIL//
POC/D. P. COHEN/GYSGT/MMEA-1/-/TEL: (703) 432-9019 EMAIL: DEREK.COHEN@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Situation. Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments (MMEA) Branch will conduct its annual visit to major installations from July 2020 through August 2020.
2. Mission. MMEA will visit major installations to conduct retention actions, assignments, and information operations to retain and assign the most highly qualified Marines while updating commands on Manpower Management policy and issues.
3. Execution.
3.a. Concept of operations. MMEA leadership will conduct in-calls with operating forces leadership. MMEA staff will conduct briefs for Marines. Primary Military Occupational Specialty (PMOS) Monitors and MMEA Career Planners will be available to conduct in-person interviews and “on-the-spot” retention actions IAW the FY21 Enlisted Retention Guidelines.
3.b. Location and dates of MMEA Command Visits (read in two columns):
Location: Date(s):
MCB Quantico 14 July 2020
NCR 16 July 2020
MCB Camp Lejeune 21-24 July 2020
MCAS New River 21-22 July 2020
MCAS Cherry Point 23-24 July 2020
MCRD Parris Island 27 July 2020
MCAS Beaufort 28 July 2020
Norfolk, VA 4 August 2020
MCAGCC Twentynine Palms 13-14 August 2020
MCAS Yuma 13-14 August 2020
MCRD San Diego 17 August 2020
MCAS Miramar 17-18 August 2020
MCB Camp Pendleton 17-20 August 2020
MCB Okinawa 24-27 August 2020
MCAS Iwakuni 27-28 August 2020
MCB/MCAS Hawaii 31 August – 1 September
3.c. Command Visit Briefs:
3.c.1. First Term Alignment Plan (FTAP) Brief
3.c.1.a. Target audience: FY21 first term Marines
3.c.1.b. Brief time: 45 min
3.c.2. Special Duty Assignments (SDA) Brief
3.c.2.a. Target audience: FY21 and FY22 first term Marines
3.c.2.b. Brief time: 90 min
3.c.3. Career Counselor Brief
3.c.3.a. Target audience: Sergeants and above
3.c.3.b. Brief time: 90 min
3.c.4. Enlisted Manpower Overview Brief.
3.c.4.a. Target audience: Regiment-group, and battalion-squadron commanders/sergeants major, staff noncommissioned officers
3.c.4.b. Brief time: 90 min
3.d. MMEA Interviews:
3.d.1. Select enlisted PMOS Monitors are available for personal interviews. The focus of effort for interviews are FY21 FTAP Marines. One-on-one discussions between the PMOS Monitor and the Marine ensure clear communication regarding the needs of the Marine Corps while addressing the desires of the individual Marine. Enlisted Monitors that are not present are available for interviews via Defense Collaboration Services (DCS) conference calls. Marines must attend their respective manpower briefs in order to set the conditions for successful interviews. On-the-spot retention actions are authorized IAW the FY21 Retention Guidelines. Marines desiring an interview with their PMOS Monitor should contact the site coordinator.
3.d.2. On-the-spot retention actions are authorized IAW the FY21 Retention Guidelines.
3.d.3. Enlisted Career Counselor Interviews (MMRP-50). Marines desiring career counseling must print and bring a current copy of their Master Brief Sheet (MBS) in order to receive the best counseling possible.
4. Administration and Logistics
4.a. Administration. NLT 1 May 2020, installations should review the tentative dates, assign a site coordinator, and advise HQMC/MMEA of scheduling conflicts.
4.b. Logistics.
4.b.1. Facilities. Each command/station will have unique requirements for accommodating the MMEA Command Visit schedule, especially at locations where the full MMEA Command Visit Team is located. The designated site coordinator/career planner must ensure proper facilities are reserved for all in-calls, briefs, interviews, and counseling sessions. All locations supporting the interview and counselings must have available switches to support a minimum of 40 active Marine Corps Enterprise Network-NIPR (MCEN-N) laptops, which have been tested prior to the arrival of the MMEA command visit team. The site coordinator will also ensure that audio-visual support, projection capability, and computer (internet) access are available for all briefs, interviews, and counseling sessions. The site coordinator must provide a minimum of three MCEN-N laptops to facilitate DCS conference calls with MMEA PMOS Monitors not in attendance.
4.b.2. The MMEA Command Visit team will require one quality networked printer and one DSN-capable phone. Request Marine Corps Base Japan G-6 provide a minimum of 8 cellular phones during the WESTPAC (Okinawa/Iwakuni-Japan) command visit.
5. Command and Signal.
5.a. Maximum participation and support from all levels of command is essential. Detailed roadshow support instructions will be delineated via a letter of instruction for each geographic area.
5.b. Base or station career planners are requested to provide Installation G-6 Point of Contact (POC) for network port numbers to the POC below NLT 30 days prior to arrival in order to facilitate IT support. Installation G-6s are requested to provide a team of three to five 0671 data system Marines to support command visit set-up. POC for C4 specific issues is Captain Kyle Tucker-Davis.
6. Release authorized by MajGen David A. Ottignon, Director, Manpower Management Division.//