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UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 192/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1500.  SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) PRIOR SERVICE MOS RETRAINING PROGRAM (PSMRP)//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MARADMIN 568/11/YMD:20110929//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1200.17C/YMD:20110629//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1001R.1K/YMD:20090322//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/MCO P1000.6G/YMD:19990506//
REF/E/MSGID:DOC/MCTFSPRIUM/YMD:20080819//
NARR/REF A IS THE SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) PRIOR SERVICE MOS RETRAINING PROGRAM (PSMRP).  REF B IS THE MOS MANUAL.  REF C IS THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT MANUAL (MCRAMM). REF D IS THE ASSIGNMENT, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRAVEL SYSTEM (ACTS) MANUAL.  REF E IS THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM PERSONNEL REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS USER MANUAL ONLINE.//
POC/W.W.ROHRMAN/GYSGT/CMC (RCT)/703-432-9771/EMAIL:SMB-RIT@USMC.MIL//
POC/F.D.GUZMAN/MSGT/CMC (RAP-2)/703/784/9136/EMAIL:SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PSMRP IS A PROGRAM FOR PRIOR SERVICE MARINES RECRUITED BY A PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITER (PSR) WHO ARE MOS MISMATCHES TO FILL A CMC (RAP) VALIDATED VACANT BILLET COMMENSURATE WITH GRADE AND INTENDED MOS (IMOS) IN A MARFORRES UNIT.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE PSMRP APPROVAL PROCESS, PRE-REQUISITES, AND BILLET REQUIREMENTS.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THIS MARADMIN CANCELS REF A AND UPDATES PSMRP.  READ THIS MESSAGE IN ITS ENTIRETY AS SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
2.  ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
    A.  PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITERS ARE THE ONLY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO CMC (RCT) FOR THE PSMRP.
    B.  ALL REQUESTS FOR ENLISTED MARINES WILL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE TOTAL FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM (TFRS).
    C.  THE MARINE CORPS TRAINING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MCTIMS) WILL BE USED TO SELECT A SCHOOL SEAT.  THE REQUESTED SCHOOL SEAT SHOULD START NO EARLIER THAN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF REQUEST.
    D.  TRAINING REQUEST FORMS AND WRITTEN AGREEMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING THE MRA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. ENTER KEYWORD "PSMRP" IN THE SEARCH BOX.
    E.  INCLUDE A SCANNED COPY OF THE SIGNED TRAINING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM AND THE COMPLETED TRAINING REQUEST FORM WITH THE TFRS REQUEST.
    F.  UPON JOINING THE SMCR, UNITS WILL REPORT THE BASIC MOS FOR ENLISTED MARINES PER REF B.  THE CURRENT PMOS WILL BE REPORTED AS A FIRST ADDITIONAL MOS.  UNITS WILL SUBMIT A REQUEST WITH APPROPRIATE ENDORSEMENT ALONG WITH THE PSMRP APPROVAL TO MARFORRES G-1 VIA THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX AT MFR(UNDERSCORE)MANPOWER@USMC.MIL FOR OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO RETRAIN PER REF C AND D.
    G.  UNITS MUST REPORT PROGRAM ENLISTED FOR (PEF) CODE YZ USING TTC 153 000 PER PAR 4-40904.1 OF REF E.
    H.  ON A MONTHLY BASIS CMC (RCT) WILL SUBMIT A ROSTER OF MARINES TO MARFORRES G-1 THAT INCLUDES MARINES WHO ARE WITHIN 90, 60, AND 30 DAYS FROM ATTENDING THEIR APPROVED MOS SCHOOL.
    I.  NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS FROM THE REPORTING DATE OF THE APPROVED MOS SCHOOL, THE UNIT MUST SUBMIT A SET OF ORDERS USING THE MARINE RESERVE ORDER WRITING SYSTEM (MROWS).
3.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
    A.  THE REQUESTED UIC MUST HAVE AN OPEN BILLET IDENTIFICATION CODE (BIC) PER THE MOST RECENT BIC REPORT.
    B.  THE MARINE MUST NOT BE A PREVIOUS RECIPIENT OF RETRAINING FUNDING FROM CMC.
    C.  MEET THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE IMOS PER REF B.
    D.  MARINES USING THE PSMRP FOR A NECESSARY MOS (NMOS) MUST MEET THE PREREQUISITES PER REF B, AND MUST BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED TRAINING WITHOUT A BREAK IN BETWEEN SCHOOLS.  THE FOLLOWING NMOS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PSMRP:  0303, 0317, 0652, 0653, 0814, 3524, 3534, 6012, 6033, 6043, 6049, 6242, 8621, 8641.  A PSMRP REQUEST FOR AN NMOS NOT LISTED MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY CMC (RAP).
    E.  A MARINE POSSESSING AN AVIATION MECHANIC RELATED MOS WHO JOINS HMM/VMM-764 WILL BE APPROVED TO RETRAIN TO THE CORRESPONDING MV-22 MOS (I.E., 6112 HELICOPTER MECHANIC TO 6116 TILTROTOR MECHANIC).
    F.  ONLY SERGEANTS AND BELOW AND COMMISSIONED COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING PREREQUISITES ARE ELIGIBLE:
        (1) A MEMBER OF THE ACTIVE COMPONENT (COMPONENT CODE 11) WHO IS WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY.
        (2) A MEMBER OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT:
            (A) IN THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) AND RELEASED FROM THE ACTIVE COMPONENT UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
            (B) IN THE IRR RELEASED FROM THE SMCR UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
            (C) THE PSMRP IS APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEES (IMA) AFFILIATING WITH AN SMCR UNIT WITHIN 90 DAYS OF COMPLETING A 3 YEAR IMA TOUR.
    G.  IF A MARINE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THEIR APPROVED MOS SCHOOL, THE PARENT UNIT MUST NOTIFY CMC (RCT) NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE START DATE OF THE SCHOOL; FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS TIMELINE MAY RESULT IN THE MARINE'S LOSS OF PSMRP ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENT TO REAPPLY FOR MOS RETRAINING VIA THE LATMOV PROGRAM.
    H.  CMC (RCT) DOES NOT RETRAIN TO THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY MOS (PMOS): NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER, JUDGE ADVOCATE, AIR COMMAND AND CONTROL OFFICER AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
    I.  PILOTS REQUIRING TRANSITION MUST FIRST BE APPROVED BY DC, AVN.  PILOTS REQUIRING CONVERSION MUST BE APPROVED BY CG, 4TH MAW.
    J.  SERGEANTS WHO ARE ABOVE ZONE IN THE SMCR OR HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION IN THE RESERVE COMPONENT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PSMRP.
    K.  LANCE CORPORALS MUST HAVE LESS THAN 6 SAT YEARS ON THE DATE ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (ADT) BEGINS.  CORPORALS MUST HAVE LESS THAN 7 SAT YEARS ON THE DATE ADT BEGINS.  SERGEANTS MUST HAVE LESS THAN 11 SATISFACTORY YEARS ON THE DATE ADT BEGINS.  THE ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION REQUIRED UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING MUST NOT TAKE THE MARINE BEYOND SERVICE LIMITS FOR GRADE.
    L.  MARINES MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN A 3-YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE.  IF A MEMBER OF THE IRR, THE LAST 3 ANNIVERSARY YEARS MUST NOT BE LESS THAN 50 POINTS EACH.
    M.  CAPTAINS WHO ARE ABOVE ZONE OR HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION TO MAJOR ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PSMRP, UNLESS APPROVED FOR TRANSITION/CONVERSION TRAINING PER PARAGRAPH 3.I.  A CAPTAIN WHO IS IN-ZONE REQUIRES VERIFICATION BY CMC (RAP) PRIOR TO PSMRP APPROVAL TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.
4.  PROGRAM DISQUALIFICATION.
    A.  SELECTION TO STAFF SERGEANT.
    B.  SELECTION TO MAJOR, EXCEPT PILOTS IAW PAR 3.I.
    C.  FAILURE TO ATTEND TRAINING WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF JOINING THE UNIT AS DIRECTED BY REF C.
    D.  FAILURE TO COMPLETE TRAINING AS A RESULT OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION OR ACADEMIC FAILURE.
5.  OBLIGATION.
    A.  ENLISTED MARINES MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST/EXTEND FOR THE NECESSARY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION PRIOR TO AFFILIATING WITH THE DESIRED UNIT.  PSRS WILL SUBMIT A TFRS REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT ENLISTED MARINES HAVE THE REQUIRED CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO INCLUDE WHEN THE SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO CONVENE.  FOR EXAMPLE A MARINE IS APPROVED TO JOIN SMCR UNIT ON 15 JAN 2013 BUT SCHOOL CONVENES ON 15 APRIL 2013, PSR WILL SUBMIT REQUEST FOR REENLISTMENT/EXTENSION THROUGH TFRS TO INCLUDE THE TIME SPENT WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL TO START.
    B.  ENLISTED MARINES MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION PER REF C AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING (ADT) BEGINS (SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF 12 WEEKS OR LESS REQUIRES 2 YEARS OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF MORE THAN 12 WEEKS REQUIRES 3 YEARS OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION) TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE.  THE APPROVED AND SIGNED TRAINING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SHALL BE FILED ON THE DOCUMENT SIDE OF THE MARINE'S SERVICE RECORD BOOK.
    C.  SERVICE MEMBERS NOT COMPLETING THEIR SERVICE OBLIGATION WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF COMMARFORRES SHALL BE REVIEWED BY COMMARFORRES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION, PER THEIR WRITTEN AGREEMENT, FROM THE MARINE CORPS.  REQUESTS FOR EARLY RELEASE OR DEFERMENT OF THE SERVICE OBLIGATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO COMMARFORRES.
    D.  IF THE MARINE DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE (MDSD) RESIDENT IN MCTFS, THE SMCR UNITS WILL SUBMIT REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT TO MARFORRES G-1 VIA THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX AT MFR(UNDERSCORE)MANPOWER@USMC.MIL.
    E.  MANDATORY DRILL START AND STOP DATES WILL COINCIDE WITH THE OBLIGATED TIME OBTAINED BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL AS INDICATED IN PAR 5.B.  THE OBLIGATED TIME STARTS THE DAY A MARINE REPORTS TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR ATTENDANCE AT A FORMAL SCHOOL.  HOWEVER, IF PSMRP IS UTILIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BONUS, THE MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE WILL BE THE LATER OF THE TWO DATES (I.E., BONUS REQUIRES 3 YEARS OBLIGATION, SCHOOL UNDER 12 WEEKS REQUIRES 2 YEARS OBLIGATION. IN THIS CASE THE BONUS DATE WILL BE UTILIZED AS THE MDSD.)
6.  RESCHEDULING.  INDIVIDUALS THAT REQUIRE RESCHEDULING WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. A WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED ON COMMAND LETTERHEAD SIGNED BY THE CO OR SGTMAJ/1STSGT TO CMC (RCT) VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND EXPLAINING WHY THE MARINE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND WHY THE MARINE SHOULD REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.  THE WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY CMC (RCT) NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ORIGINAL APPROVED MOS SCHOOL START DATE.  IF APPROVED, UNITS WILL ENSURE THE MARINE HAS THE NECESSARY TIME TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED OBLIGATION PER PAR 5.E.
7.  THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2012.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN D.L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION.//