R 260138Z JAN 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 051/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/FY12 AND FY13 MARINE CORPS OFFICER TIME-IN-GRADE RETIREMENT WAIVER PROGRAM//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/10 U.S. CODE 1370//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/10 U.S. CODE 6323//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASH DC MMSR/06JUN2007//
NARR/REF (A) IS TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, CHAPTER 69, SECTION 1370 GOVERNING RULES FOR RETIREMENT IN HIGHEST GRADE HELD FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.  REF (B) IS TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, CHAPTER 571, SECTION 1370 GOVERNING RULES FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.  REF (C) IS MCO P1900.16F, MARINE CORPS SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.//
POC/M. R. SANDSTROM/CAPT/UNIT:CMC MPP-30/-/TEL:DSN 278-9365//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  ANNOUNCING A PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING HQMC ACCEPTANCE OF TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) WAIVER REQUESTS FOR RETIREMENT IN GRADE FROM ACTIVE COMPONENT MARINE OFFICERS IN THE GRADES OF COLONEL AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL DURING FY12 AND FY13.  PER REF (A), THIS FORCE SHAPING PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR ELIGIBLE ACTIVE DUTY OFFICERS TO RETIRE IN THEIR CURRENT GRADE WITH TWO YEARS TIG VICE THREE.
2.  ELIGIBILITY
    A.  PER THE REFS, REQUESTS FOR TIG WAIVERS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FROM ACTIVE DUTY COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT COLONELS WHO ARE OTHERWISE RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE.
    B.  PER REF (A), THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED TIG RETIREMENT WAIVERS IS LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN TWO PERCENT OF THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IN GRADE. ACCORDINGLY, AUTHORIZED APPROVALS ARE LIMITED TO 14 COLONELS AND 39 LIEUTENANT COLONELS ANNUALLY.
    C.  PER REF (B), OFFICERS MAY APPLY FOR RETIREMENT AFTER COMPLETING MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE, OF WHICH AT LEAST 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WAS AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
    D.  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT MUST BE NO LATER THAN 1 OCT 2013.
    E.  THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT SUPERSEDE ANY OTHER SERVICE OBLIGATIONS INCURRED (E.G., PCS, POST-9(SLASH)11 GI BILL TRANSFER, EDUCATION AND TRAINING PAYBACK, ETC.)
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS 
    A.  SUBMIT WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR EARLY RELEASE UNDER THIS PROGRAM VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO CMC (MMSR-2) PER REF (C).  EACH APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED CASE-BY-CASE, BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
    B.  HQMC (MP) MAINTAINS ALL POLICY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM.
    C.  SECNAV (MRA) MAINTAINS FINAL APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR ALL REQUESTS.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5.  THIS MARADMIN CANCELS ON 30 SEP 2013.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY (SES) MR. M. F. APPLEGATE, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION.//