R 021734Z AUG 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 436/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/UPDATE TO MARINE CORPS TWICE PASSED (2P) AND PROMOTION POLICIES FOR RESERVE ENLISTED MARINES//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1001R.1K/YMD:20090322//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/MCO P1400.32D/YMD:20060511//
NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS RESERVE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT MANUAL (MCRAMM).  REF B IS MARINE CORPS PROMOTIONS MANUAL, VOLUME 2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS//
POC/F.D. GUZMAN/MSGT/CMC (RAP)/703-784-9136/EMAIL:  FERNANDO.GUZMAN@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO UPDATE THE TWICE PASSED (2P) AND PROMOTION POLICIES FOR RESERVE ENLISTED MARINES AS STATED IN THE REFERENCES.
2.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF RELEASE OF THIS MARADMIN, PARAGRAPH 9109.5A OF REFERENCE (A) WILL ONLY BE APPLIED TO MARINES THAT WERE 2P IN GRADE WHILE A MEMBER OF THE SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNITS AND/OR IMA.
3.  ANY PRIOR PASSES IN GRADE IN A DIFFERENT PARTICIPATION CATEGORY OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT WILL NOT COUNT AGAINST PASSES FOR PROMOTION IN THE SMCR CATEGORY.
4.  THE THREE MARINE CORPS RESERVE PARTICIPATION CATEGORIES CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION PASSES INCLUDE AR, IRR AND SMCR/IMA.  PASSES FOR PROMOTION IN DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS WITHIN THE SAME COMPETITIVE CATEGORY AND IN GRADE, COUNT TOWARDS A SECOND PASS FOR PROMOTION. EXAMPLES:
    A.  GYSGT PASSED OVER ONCE IN THE IRR JOINS THE SMCR.  WHILE IN THE SMCR, GYSGT IS PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.  THIS WOULD BE THE GYSGT'S FIRST PASS IN THE SMCR AND WILL CARRY A 1P FLAG.  UPON ATTAINING A SECOND PASS, GYSGT WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER TO THE IRR PER REFERENCE (A).
    B.  A MARINE THAT RECEIVES A 1P OR 2P WHILE A MEMBER OF THE IRR OR SMCR, AND IS APPROVED TO AFFILIATE WITH THE AR PROGRAM, WILL REFLECT NO PASSES IN THE AR.  CONSEQUENTLY, AN AR MARINE THAT RECEIVES 1P OR 2P WHILE IN THE AR PROGRAM AND TRANSFERS TO THE IRR OR SMCR, WILL REFLECT NO PASSES IN THE IRR OR SMCR.  THIS IS CONDITIONAL ON THE MARINE NOT HAVING A PREVIOUS PASS IN GRADE FROM THE IRR OR SMCR.
5.  DELETE PARAGRAPH 9109.5C OF REFERENCE (A).
6.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF RELEASE OF THIS MARADMIN, PARAGRAPH 3200.2C(4) OF REFERENCE (B) WILL BE ADDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "SMCR AND IMA MARINES AFFILIATED WITHIN 1 YEAR FROM THE CONVENING DATE OF THE SMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARD MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50 POINTS IN THEIR CAREER RETIREMENT CREDIT REPORT (CRCR) FOR THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE CONVENING DATE OF THE SELECTION BOARD TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION."
7.  THOSE MARINES IN PARAGRAPH 6 ABOVE WHO DO NOT MEET THE 50 POINT REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION BY THE SMCR SELECTION BOARD.  THEREFORE, THOSE MARINES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS BEING PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION.
8.  CHANGE PARAGRAPH 3200.2D(2) TO READ "BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE IRR AND HAVE EARNED AT LEAST 50 RESERVE RETIREMENT CREDIT POINTS IN THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF THE SELECTION BOARD."
9.  FILE THIS MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SIGNATURE PAGE OF THE REFERENCES.
10.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN D. L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION//