R 201944Z JUL 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 415/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCRC OE/YMD:20000502//
REF/B/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC CG MCRC/011518ZJUN2010//
REF/C/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MPP-30/171053ZMAY2002//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRON/YMD:19940816//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1040.43A, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS.  REF (B) IS MARADMIN 309/10, FISCAL YEAR 2011 (FY11) ECP, MCP, MCP-R, AND RECP SELECTION BOARDS.  REF (C) IS MARADMIN 278/02 TRANSFORMATION OF THE MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM.  REF (D) IS MCO 1560.15L, MARINE CORPS ENLISTED COMMISSIONING EDUCATION PROGRAM (MECEP).//
POC/SCOTT, A. J./CAPT/UNIT:MCRC ON-E/-/TEL:(703) 784-9446/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ACTIVE DUTY MARINE CORPS ENLISTED TO OFFICER PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY THE MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MCP) CONTAINED IN REF (A) AND SUPPORTED BY REFS (B) AND (C), AND THE MARINE CORPS ENLISTED COMMISSIONING EDUCATION PROGRAM (MECEP) CONTAINED IN REF (D).
2.  THE MCP IS TERMINATED EFFECTIVE UPON COMPLETION OF THE FY11 BOARD 3 ANNOUNCED IN REF (B).  PER REF (D), MARINES MAY APPLY FOR THE MECEP AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE MCP.  THE MCP-RESERVE (MCP-R) PROGRAM REMAINS UNCHANGED BECAUSE RESERVE COMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN MCP.
3.  ALL MCP MARINES SELECTED BY FY11 BOARD 3 WILL BE ORDERED TO OFFICER CANDIDATES SCHOOL (OCS).  UPON COMPLETION OF OCS, MARINES WILL ATTEND A NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (NROTC) COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR AFFILIATED CROSS-TOWN TO COMPLETE THEIR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.  UPON DEGREE COMPLETION, MARINES WILL BE COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AND ORDERED TO THE BASIC SCHOOL.
4.  BEGINNING IN FY12, MECEP APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCREENED BY THE SAME BOARD AS APPLICANTS FOR THE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ECP), RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP), AND MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM - RESERVE (MCP-R) UP TO THREE TIMES ANNUALLY.  A SUBSEQUENT MARADMIN WILL ANNOUNCE THE FY12 BOARD SCHEDULE AND APPLICATION DUE DATES.  THE FIRST BOARD IS EXPECTED TO CONVENE IN OCTOBER 2011.
5.  ALSO BEGINNING IN FY12, ALL MECEP SELECTS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE 10-WEEK OFFICER CANDIDATES COURSE AT OCS DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THE SELECTION BOARD.  SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT TO OCS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON MEDICAL QUALIFICATION BY THE NAVY BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
6.  MECEP SELECTS WILL NOT BE ISSUED PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ORDERS TO SCHOOL UNTIL COMPLETION OF OCS AND PROVIDING AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER FROM AN APPROVED NROTC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.  APPLICANTS DISENROLLED FROM OCS MAY BE CONDITIONALLY RETAINED IN MECEP IF APPROVED BY THE COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (CG MCRC).  APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLETE OCS, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON(S) FOR DISENROLLMENT FROM TRAINING.
7.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A FUTURE MARADMIN.  CHANGES ANNOUNCED HEREIN WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO REF (A) WHEN NEXT REVISED.
8.  THIS MESSAGE IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
9.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL W. J. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS STAFF.//