R 241409Z MAY 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 284/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/RESERVE COMPONENT ENLISTED PROMOTION NON-SELECTION DRAW CASE CODES (DCC) AND FY12 MOB EXCEPTIONS TO 2P POLICY //
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MARADMIN 436/11/YMD:20110802//
AMPN/REF A IS UPDATE TO MARINE CORPS TWICE PASSED (2P) AND PROMOTION POLICIES FOR RESERVE ENLISTED MARINES.//
POC/F.D. GUZMAN/MSGT/CMC(RAP)/703-784-9136/EMAIL:SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW DRAW CASE CODES (DCC) FOR ENLISTED RESERVE MARINES WHO FAIL SELECTION FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADES OF STAFF SERGEANT THROUGH MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT OR SERGEANT MAJOR.
2.  IAW THE REF AND IN ORDER TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY A MARINE'S RESERVE COMPONENT AFTER BEING PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION, THE NEW DCC WILL BE REPORTED BY RESERVE AFFAIRS STARTING WITH THE FY12 RESERVE SNCO SELECTION BOARD RESULTS.
3.  ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) MARINES DCC WILL REFLECT THE FOLLOWING:
    A.  BW - ONCE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
    B.  BT - TWICE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
4.  SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVES (SMCR) AND INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEES (IMA) MARINES DCC WILL REFLECT THE FOLLOWING:
    A.  RW - ONCE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
    B.  RT - TWICE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
5.  INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) MARINES DCC WILL REFLECT THE FOLLOWING:
    A.  IW - ONCE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
    B.  IT - TWICE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
6.  ACTIVE COMPONENT MARINES WILL RETAIN THE CURRENT AW AND AT CODES AND ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS MARADMIN.
7.  RESERVE MARINES WHO TRANSITIONED FROM THE ACTIVE COMPONENT MAY RETAIN THEIR IN-GRADE DCC.  EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO UPDATE MCTFS AFTER A MARINE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE.
8.  DCC FOR PROMOTION NON-SELECTION WILL HAVE A TERMINATION DATE REPORTED OF 40 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF NON-SELECTION FOR MARINES CONSIDERED BUT NOT SELECTED IN THE SMCR/IMA, AND IRR; THIS WILL ENSURE THAT MARINES RETAIN THE APPLICABLE DCC UNTIL RECEIVING RETIREMENT PAY AT AGE 60.  MARINES CONSIDERED IN THE AR PROGRAM BUT NOT SELECTED WILL REFLECT A DCC WITH A 4 YEAR TERMINATION DATE. HOWEVER, PROMOTION RESTRICTIONS AND SERVICE LIMITATIONS IN-GRADE REMAIN INDEFINITE.  IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A MARINE TO REFLECT A COMBINATION OF CODES LISTED ABOVE DEPENDING UPON THE COMPONENT IN WHICH THEY WERE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION FOR THEIR CURRENT GRADE. CMC(RAP) WILL DELETE DCC THAT REFLECT PREVIOUS NON-SELECTION IN THE CURRENT GRADE AND CATEGORY IN THE EVENT THAT A MARINE IS SUBSEQUENTLY SELECTED FOR PROMOTION.
9.  THE 2P POLICY IS WAIVED FOR MARINES SCHEDULED TO MOBILIZE WITH THEIR RESERVE UNIT PRIOR TO 1 NOVEMBER 2012.  WITHIN 90 DAYS OF RETURN FROM MOBILIZATION, THOSE MARINES WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR.  ADDITIONALLY, THOSE MARINES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION FOR PROMOTION IN THE SMCR BY THE RESERVE SNCO SELECTION BOARD.
10. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN D.L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION.//