R 021541Z SEP 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 505/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/FY12-01 ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) PROGRAM OFFICER NEW APPLICANT ACCESSION BOARD PROCESS//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 1001.52J/YMD:20110606//
REF/B/DOC/DODI 1205.18/YMD:20070504//
REF/C/DOC/MARADMIN 003/09/YMD:20090106//
REF/D/DOC/SECNAVINST 1920.6C/YMD:20051215//
NARR/REF A IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER REGARDING AR SUPPORT TO THE RESERVE COMPONENT (RC).  REF B IS DOD INSTRUCTION REGARDING FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) TO THE RESERVE COMPONENT (RC).  REF C IS MARADMIN 003/09 TRANSMISSION AND FILING OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF).   REF D IS INSTRUCTIONS FOR NAVAL ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION OF OFFICERS.//
POC/JODIE MOSER/MAJOR/RAM-1/DSN 278-0525/-/TEL:(703) 784-0525/ EMAIL: JODIE.MOSER@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/ 1.  THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES GUIDANCE ON THE QUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION PROCESS OF THE FY12-01 AR OFFICER ACCESSION BOARD CONVENING AT THIS HEADQUARTERS ON 24 OCT 11.
2.  GENERAL.  IAW REF A, HQMC (RAM) IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM QUALIFIED MARINE OFFICERS REQUESTING ACCESSION INTO THE MARINE CORPS AR PROGRAM.  THE AR PROGRAM FACILITATES THE INTEGRATION OF THE TOTAL FORCE.  MARINE OFFICERS ACCEPTED INTO THE AR PROGRAM FILL A VARIETY OF GROUND, AVIATION, AND LOGISTICS BILLETS LOCATED AT RESERVE TRAINING CENTERS AND MAJOR MARINE CORPS COMMANDS AND INSTALLATIONS.
3.  BACKGROUND.  PER REFS A AND B, THE MISSION OF THE AR PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A CADRE OF WELL-TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED RC MARINES TO SERVEAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE MARINE CORPS FULL-TIME SUPPORT TO THE RC.
4.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR UNRESTRICTED OFFICERS
    A.  FIRST LIEUTENANTS WITH ANY PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS) ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AND CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE.  APPLICANTS SELECTED TO ACCESS INTO THE AR PROGRAM WHO DO NOT POSSESS A PMOS COMPATIBLE WITH THE AR PROGRAM MUST BE WILLING TO RETRAIN INTO A COMPETITIVE MOS.
    B.  CAPTAINS WITH A DOR JUNIOR TO 1 JULY 2008 WHO DO NOT POSSESS AN MOS COMPATIBLE WITH THE AR PROGRAM MUST BE WILLING TO RETRAIN INTO A COMPETITIVE MOS.  CAPTAINS WITH A DOR OF 1 JULY 2008 OR SENIOR MUST POSSESS A PMOS LISTED ON PARAGRAPH 5(A).
    C.  MAJORS WITH A DOR JUNIOR TO 1 JUNE 2008 ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.  MAJORS WITH A PMOS OF 0180, 0202, 0302, 0402, 0602, 0802, 1302, 3002, 3404, 4302, 4402, 6002, 6602, 7523, 7557, 7562, 7563, 7565, 7532, 7509, AND 7566 WILL BE CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE.  MAJORS WITH A PMOS OF 7509 OR 7523 WILL BE SCREENED FOR ASSIGNMENT TO VMFT-401 AND MUST HAVE A FAVORABLE ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF VMFT-401 INCLUDED IN THEIR APPLICATION PACKAGE FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD.
    D.  MAJORS WITH A DOR JUNIOR TO 1 JULY 2007 WITH A PMOS OF 7523, 7557, 7563, 7565, 7532, OR 7509 WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SELECTION FOR DIFOP ASSIGNMENT.  APPLICANTS WITH A PMOS OF 7509 OR 7523 WILL BE SCREENED FOR ASSIGNMENT TO VMFT-401 AND MUST HAVE A FAVORABLE ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF VMFT-401 INCLUDED IN THEIR APPLICATION PACKAGE FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD.
    E.  UNRESTRICTED APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO COMPLETE 18 YEARS OF ACTIVE FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE BEFORE REACHING 24 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE IN ORDER TO APPLY.
    F.  OFFICERS COMMISSIONED VIA A RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ROCP) MUST BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL DRILLING OBLIGATION NO LATER THAN 30 SEPTEMBER 2012.  SMCR (OTHER THAN ROCP COMMISSIONED OFFICERS) SELECTEES MUST ACCESS INTO THE AR PROGRAM BY 1 MARCH 2012.  LATER DATES OF ACCESSION WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, REQUESTED IN THE INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.  AC OFFICERS WILL INDICATE ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REQUEST A RESERVE COMMISSION UPON SELECTION.  APPOINTMENT TO THE RESERVE ACTIVE STATUS LIST (RASL) NORMALLY TAKES FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. AC SELECTEES WILL ACCESS BY 15 MARCH 2012.
    G.  ALL APPLICANTS MUST HOLD A CURRENT RESERVE COMMISSION OR AGREE TO ACCEPT A RESERVE COMMISSION PRIOR TO SERVING IN THE AR PROGRAM. INITIAL SERVICE OBLIGATION IN THE AR PROGRAM IS 36 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ACCESSION.
    H.  APPLICANTS MUST MEET ALL OTHER QUALIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN REF A.
5.  TARGETED MOS AND EXPERIENCE
    A.  TO BEST MEET CURRENT AND FORECASTED NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM, CERTAIN RANK AND PMOS COMBINATIONS ARE BEING TARGETED FOR ACCESSION:
1STLT-MAJ       0180
1STLT-MAJ       0202
1STLT-MAJ       0302
1STLT-MAJ       0402
1STLT-MAJ       0602
1STLT-MAJ       0802
1STLT-MAJ       1302
1STLT-MAJ       3002
1STLT-MAJ       3404
1STLT-MAJ       4302
1STLT-MAJ       4402
1STLT-MAJ       6002
1STLT-MAJ       6602
1STLT-MAJ       7566/7565/7563/7562/7523/7557/7509/7532
    B.  HQMC RESERVE AFFAIRS IS SEEKING TO FILL A COMPANY GRADE OFFICER BILLET DEVELOPED TO MANAGE OFFICERS SOURCED THROUGH A RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ROCP), SUCH AS THE RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP), OFFICER CANDIDATES COURSE- RESERVE (OCC-R), OR THE MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM-RESERVE (MCP-R).  APPLICANTS COMMISSIONED THROUGH ONE OF THE ROCP PROGRAMS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS BILLET SHOULD EXPLICITLY STATE THEIR INTEREST AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION.
6.  APPLICATIONS.  COMPLETE ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY CMC (RAM-3) NLT 1600 EST, 14 OCT 2011. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
    A.  APPLICANTS WILL USE THE APPLICATION FORMAT FROM THE RAM-3 WEB PAGE THROUGH THE WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL FORWARD SLASH JOINAR, OFFICER ACCESSION BOARD LINK.  FORWARD COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO THE JOINAR@USMC.MIL ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX.
    B.  APPLICANTS CURRENTLY SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY OR WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) MUST SUBMIT AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR BATTALION/SQUADRON COMMANDER. 
    C.  FITNESS REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IAW MCO P1610.7 TO CMC (MMSB-32).
    D.  PER REF C, AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE CONVENING DATE OF BOARD IS REQUIRED.  DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PREFERRED.  OFFICERS HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THEIR PHOTOGRAPH IS RECEIVED BY CONTACTING CMC (MMSB-20) OR BY CHECKING THE MMSB WEBPAGE.  OFFICERS WHO SUBMIT A HARD COPY PHOTOGRAPH TO THE BOARD MAY CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE HARD COPY PHOTOGRAPH THROUGH THE POC LISTED ABOVE.
    E.  IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EACH RC OFFICER REVIEW HIS OR HER CAREER RETIREMENT CREDIT REPORT (CRCR) AND ENSURE IT IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE AND CERTIFIED WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.  HQMC CMC (RAM-3) WILL PROVIDE A CURRENT CRCR FOR EACH RC OFFICER APPLICANT TO THE SELECTION BOARD.
    F.  AWARDS AND OTHER MATERIAL MISSING FROM AN ELIGIBLE OFFICER'S OMPF SHOULD BE SENT TO CMC (MMSB-10).  THE FORWARDING ENVELOPE SHOULD BE CONSPICUOUSLY MARKED:  CONTAINS DOCUMENTS FOR FY12-01 MARINE CORPS AR PROGRAM OFFICER ACCESSION BOARD.  ANY DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD WILL NOT BE RETAINED OR INCLUDED IN THE OFFICERS OMPF.
    G.  OFFICERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED AND NOT SELECTED BY PREVIOUS ACCESSION BOARDS AND DESIRE TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE FY12-01 AR OFFICER ACCESSION BOARD ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT NEW PACKAGES PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE.
7.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS
    A.  NAVAL AVIATORS WHO DESIRE TO FLY IN THE AR PROGRAM MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH THEIR AR ACCESSION PACKAGE:
        (1) A COPY OF THEIR ACCIDENT AND FLIGHT RULE VIOLATION RECORD FROM THEIR FLIGHT LOGBOOK.  NAVAL AVIATORS CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE AC OR SMCR MUST SUBMIT COMMANDING OFFICERS ENDORSEMENT OF APPLICANTS ACCIDENT HISTORY INDICATING ANY FLIGHT VIOLATIONS AND OR MISHAP INVOLVEMENT, OR A STATEMENT INDICATING THE APPLICANT HAS NO FLIGHT ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS, AS APPROPRIATE.
        (2) A COPY OF THE OFFICERS AVIATION QUALIFICATION SUMMARY FORMATTED AS SHOWN ON THE AR OFFICER ACCESSION BOARD WEBSITE.
        (3) A STATEMENT INDICATING IF THE OFFICER IS CURRENTLY IN A FLYING STATUS AND IS QUALIFIED TO FILL A NAVAL AVIATOR BILLET AT A FLYING SQUADRON.  IF NOT IN A CURRENT FLYING ASSIGNMENT INDICATE HOW LONG SINCE THE LAST FLIGHT IN RATED AIRCRAFT AND CURRENT QUALIFICATION STATUS.
    B.  APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED THAT ONCE THEY ARE ACCESSED TO THE AR PROGRAM, THEY ARE GOVERNED BY THE SEPARATIONS POLICY CONTAINED IN REF E; SPECIFICALLY, CAPTAINS TWICE PASSED TO THE GRADE OF MAJOR WHILE SERVING ON THE AR PROGRAM WILL BE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH CALENDAR MONTH AFTER THE REPORT OF THEIR SELECTION BOARD IS APPROVED.  REF F PERTAINS TO RESTRICTED OFFICERS.
    C.  EACH OFFICER MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD VIA UPDATE MATERIAL.  PHONE CALLS OR E-MAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  OFFICERS MAY SUBMIT ANY MATERIAL THEY DEEM IMPORTANT FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE BOARD.  OFFICERS ARE ADVISED THAT MATERIAL SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD WILL NOT BECOME PART OF THEIR OMPF.  UPDATE MATERIAL IS DESTROYED UPON FINAL APPROVAL OF THE BOARD.  ALTHOUGH OFFICERS MAY SUBMIT UPDATED MATERIAL, OFFICERS SHOULD CONTACT CMC (MMSB-30) BEFORE INCLUDING FITNESS REPORTS AS UPDATE MATERIAL AND CMC (MMSB-20) FOR ALL OTHER OMPF UPDATES.  THIS PROCESS WILL ENSURE AN OFFICER'S OMPF IS APPROPRIATELY UPDATED. THIRD PARTY LETTERS REGARDING AN ELIGIBLE OFFICER MAY BE SUBMITTED AS A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD ONLY VIA THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER.  THIRD PARTY LETTERS SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER WILL BE RETURNED TO THE SENDER WITHOUT ACTION.
    D.  UPDATE MATERIAL (SCANNED OR PDF FILE) WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 1600 EST, 21 OCT 2011 VIA THE JOINAR(AT)USMC.MIL EMAIL.  THE MATERIAL MUST BE SUBMITTED UNDER COVER LETTER WITH THE UPDATE MATERIAL AS ENCLOSURES. THE COVER LETTER MUST BE FROM THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER AND ADDRESSED TO:  PRESIDENT, FY12-01 ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM OFFICER NEW APPLICANT ACCESSION BOARD.  LATE SUBMISSIONS OF UPDATE MATERIAL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
8.  BOARD SELECTS.
   A.  OFFICERS SELECTED FOR ACCESSION INTO THE AR PROGRAM WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MARADMIN AND BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
   B.  OFFICERS WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE ACCESSED AND ASSIGNED BASED ON BILLET AVAILABILITY AND THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND MUST REMAIN WORLD-WIDE DEPLOYABLE.  AR MARINES SHOULD EXPECT TO REMAIN ON STATION A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS FOR ASSIGNMENTS, BUT NORMAL TOUR ROTATIONS WILL OCCUR AT THE THREE YEAR MARK.  INITIAL ACCESSION TOURS WILL NORMALLY BE AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
9.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN D. L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION.//