R 111924Z MAY 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 283/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220. CHANGE 1 TO FISCAL YEAR 2011 (FY11) SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNIT OFFICER AFFILIATION BONUS (OAB)//
REF/A/DOC/TITLE 37 U.S. CODE/-//
REF/B/DOC/MARADMIN 704-07/YMD:20071130//
REF/C/DOC/MARADMIN 078-11/YMD:20110202//
REF/D/DOC/COMMARFORRES G1/DTG:141935ZJAN11//
REF/E/DOC/MARADMIN 222-09/YMD:20090403//
NARR/REF A IS USC TITLE 37, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 308J.  REF B IS PRIOR SERVICE MOS RETRAINING AND LATMOVE PROGRAM.  REF C IS CALENDAR YEAR 2011 RESERVE COMPANY GRADE OFFICER ASSIGNMENT POLICY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE (IMA). REF D IS COMMARFORRES MSG, COMMARFORRES GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING PROPER SMCR BILLET IDENTIFICATION CODE (BIC) ASSIGNMENT AND REPORTING PROCEDURE.  REF E IS INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT//
POC/Y. J. GODBOUT/GYSGT/CMC (RCT)/703-432-9070/EMAIL:  RIT@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE A AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF RELEASE, THIS BULLETIN IMPLEMENTS CHANGES TO THE FY11 SMCR UNIT OAB.
2.  PURPOSE.  THIS CHANGE EXTENDS THE 10,000 DOLLARS OAB ELIGIBILITY TO CERTAIN SMCR UNIT COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS.  THIS MARADMIN EXPANDS THE ELIGIBILITY TO 7532'S IN THE RANK OF MAJOR SERVING OR RECRUITED TO SERVE IN A FLIGHT STATUS IN THEIR PRIMARY MOS AND OFFICER ACCESSIONS CURRENTLY IN TRAINING THAT ACCEPT ASSIGNMENT TO 3RD BATTALION 23RD MARINES.
3.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
    A.  COMMISSIONED COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS (SECOND LIEUTENANT THROUGH CAPTAIN), INCLUDING OFFICERS CURRENTLY SERVING IN A VALID SMCR UNIT BILLET IDENTIFICATION CODE (BIC) AS DEFINED BY REF D COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR GRADE AND MOS.  MAJOR SELECTS AND CAPTAINS OR LIEUTENANTS PASSED FOR PROMOTION ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE. HOWEVER, MAJORS NOT SELECTED OR PASSED FOR PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL THAT HAVE A PRIMARY MOS OF 7532 AND AGREE TO SERVE IN A 7532 BIC ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE.
    B.  MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC), INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR), ACTIVE RESERVE (AR), OR INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE (IMA) PROGRAM MUST BE RECRUITED BY A PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITER TO AFFILIATE WITH AN SMCR UNIT TO FILL A CMC (RAP)  VALIDATED OPEN (VACANT) BIC COMMENSURATE WITH GRADE AND PMOS. VALIDATED BICS INCLUDE NECESSARY, EXCEPTION, AND FREE MOS AT THE BATTALION/SQUADRON LEVEL AND BELOW.
    C.  PRIOR ACTIVE COMPONENT OR ACTIVE RESERVE OFFICERS MUST BE DISCHARGED UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
    D.  RESERVE OFFICERS MUST NOT HAVE MORE THAN A 4-YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE FROM THE ACTIVE COMPONENT OR LAST SELECTED RESERVE AFFILIATION.
    E.  SMCR OFFICERS THAT WERE COMMISSIONED VIA THE RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS (OCC-R, RECP, AND MCP-R) MUST NOT HAVE MORE THAN 1 YEAR LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THEIR MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE. THE THREE YEAR AFFILIATION IS IN ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT REMAINING MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE.
    F.  INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEES (IMA) ARE ELIGIBLE, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME REMAINING IN THEIR IMA TOUR.
    G.  RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ROCP) OFFICERS THAT HAVE NOT COMPLETED MOS TRAINING AND AGREE TO AFFILIATE WITH 3RD BATTALION 23 MARINES WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE.  THE THREE YEAR AFFILIATION WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THEIR REMAINING MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE. ROCP ACCESSION PIPELINE OFFICERS MUST AGREE TO ASSIGNMENT WITH 3/23 PRIOR TO 30 SEPT 2011.
    H.  NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY.  
    I.  OBTAIN CMC (RCT) BONUS APPROVAL AND ACCEPT PAYMENT WITHIN 60 DAYS OR PRIOR TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2011 WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.  FAILURE TO AFFILIATE OR ACCEPT PAYMENT WITHIN THIS WINDOW WILL VOID THE BONUS  AND THE OFFICER WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE.
    J.  THE UNIT THE OFFICER DESIRES TO AFFILIATE WITH IS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE DISESTABLISHED OR PLACED IN A CADRE STATUS WITHIN 3 YEARS OF THE DATE OF AFFILIATION.
    K.  THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE WAIVED.
    L.  RETROACTIVE BONUSES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
    M.  CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF INACTIVE DUTY TRAVEL (IDT) REIMBURSEMENT IS AUTHORIZED.
4.  ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
    A.  OVERVIEW.  PAYMENT OF THIS INCENTIVE REQUIRES ISSUANCE OF A BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN) BY CMC (RCT), AFFILIATION OF THE MARINE TO A VALID BIC, SUBMISSION OF A PAGE 11 ENTRY TO CMC (RCT) BY THE UNIT, AND REPORTING THE NEW MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE AND PEF CODE BY THE UNIT.
        (1)  MCRC G-3 PSR IS THE ONLY ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO CMC (RCT) FOR MEMBERS OF THE IRR, IMA, AND AR VIA THE SECTION MAILBOX RIT@USMC.MIL, AND OBTAIN AND SUBMIT A PDF COPY OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
        (2)  MFR WILL SUBMIT REQUEST TO CMC (RCT) FOR MEMBERS OF THE SMCR VIA THE SECTION MAILBOX RIT@USMC.MIL, AND OBTAIN AND SUBMIT A PDF COPY OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
        (3)  CMC (RAP) WILL COORDINATE FUND AVAILABILITY AND BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN) ASSIGNMENT WITH CMC (RCT) FOR ROCP ACCESSION PIPELINE OFFICERS AGREEING TO ASSIGNMENT WITH 3RD BATTALION 23RD MARINES.  ADDITIONALLY, CMC (RAP) WILL ENSURE COMPLETION OF ALL ADMINISTRATIVE FORMS TO INCLUDE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, THE PAGE 11, AND UPDATES TO THE MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE FOR ROCP OFFICERS IN THE INITIAL ACCESSION PIPELINE.
    B.  DURING THE FIRST STEP, REQUESTS WILL BE SUBMITTED BY MCRC G-3 PSR AND MFR TO CMC (RCT) VIA ITS SECTION MAILBOX RIT@USMC.MIL.  UPON APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, A BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN) WILL BE ISSUED.
    C.  DURING THE NEXT STEP, REQUESTING AUTHORITIES WILL:
        (1)  OBTAIN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BY VISITING THE MRA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL.  IN THE SEARCH BOX ENTER KEY WORD "OAB", SELECT "SMCR OAB", THEN SELECT "SMCR OAB WRITTEN AGREEMENT".
        (2)  HAVE THE OFFICER SIGN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE ISSUED BCN, THE UNIT AND BIC TO BE OR CURRENTLY AFFILIATED WITH, AND THE PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS) TO BE FILLED.
        (3)  SUBMIT A SCANNED PDF COPY OF THE SIGNED WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO CMC (RCT) VIA ITS SECTION MAILBOX RIT@USMC.MIL.
        (4)  FOR IRR, IMA, AND AR OFFICERS, THE OFFICER WILL BE ALLOWED TO AFFILIATE WHEN CMC (RCT) HAS RECEIVED AND APPROVED THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
        (5)  THE APPROVED WRITTEN AGREEMENT SHALL BE FILED ON THE DOCUMENT SIDE OF THE OFFICER'S QUALIFICATION RECORD.
    D.  THE SMCR UNIT WILL:
        (1)  HAVE THE OFFICER SIGN A PAGE 11 WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, "I AGREE TO CONTINUE AFFILIATION WITH RUC XXXXX MCC XXX FOR 3 YEARS FROM THIS DATE FOR THE INCENTIVE LISTED: (DOLLAR SIGN) 10,000.  UNDERSTAND THAT FAILURE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFILIATION WILL RESULT IN A PRORATED RECOUPMENT AND MAY BE GROUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION FROM THE MARINE CORPS."
        (2)  SUBMIT THE SIGNED PAGE 11 TO CMC (RCT) VIA ITS SECTION MAILBOX AT RIT@USMC.MIL.  FOR CURRENT SMCR UNIT MEMBERS, THIS STEP MAY BE COMPLETED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE SIGNED WRITTEN AGREEMENT ABOVE IN PARA 4C.
        (3)  REPORT THE NEW MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE (THREE YEARS FROM THE PAGE 11 DATE VIA UNIT DIARY OR FROM THE CURRENT MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE, WHICHEVER IS LATER).  ROCP LIEUTENANTS THAT ARE WITHIN 1 YEAR OF THEIR MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE OBLIGATION WILL INCUR A 3-YEAR OBLIGATION BEGINNING AT THE END OF THEIR CURRENT MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE.
        (4)  REPORT THE PEF CODE VIA UNIT DIARY INITIATING PAYMENT OF THE INCENTIVE FOR ALL MARINES TO INCLUDE ROCP OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO 3RD BATTALION 23RD MARINES UPON COMPLETION OF INITIAL ACCESSION PIPELINE TRAINING.
        (5)  SUBMIT THE SIGNED PAGE 11 AND WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO CMC (MMSB) FOR FILING IN THE OFFICER'S OMPF.
5.  RETRAINING.
    A.  COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS THAT ARE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE SMCR OAB DUE TO AN MOS MISMATCH MAY RETRAIN UTILIZING THE PRIOR SERVICE MOS RETRAINING PROGRAM (PSMRP).  THIS INCLUDES PMOS AND NMOS RETRAINING FOR COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS.
    B.  REQUESTS FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE PSMRP WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CMC (RCT) BY THE PSRO PER REF B PRIOR TO THE OFFICER JOINING THE SMCR UNIT.
    C.  OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE PSMRP MUST START PMOS RETRAINING WITHIN 180 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF AFFILIATION TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR THE SMCR OAB.
    D.  IF THE PSMRP IS UTILIZED, PAYMENT OF THE INCENTIVE WILL NOT BE RECEIVED UNTIL MOS TRAINING IS COMPLETE.
    E.  A SELECTION TO MAJOR WILL DISQUALIFY AN OFFICER FROM PSMRP ELIGIBILITY.
    F.  THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE WAIVED.
6.  OBLIGATION.
    A.  RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE WILL INCUR A 3-YEAR OBLIGATION TO THE SMCR BEGINNING ON THE DATE THEY AFFILIATED WITH THEIR UNIT OR SIGNED THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND PAGE 11, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
    B.  THE 3-YEAR OBLIGATION FOR ROCP ACCESSIONS CURRENTLY IN THE MOS TRAINING PIPELINE WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THEIR REMAINING MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE.
    C.  THE 3 YEAR OBLIGATION FOR ROCP OFFICERS IN THEIR INITIAL DRILLING OBLIGATION WILL BEGIN AT THE COMPLETION OF THEIR CURRENT MANDATORY  DRILL  STOP DATE.
    D.  RECIPIENTS MUST SERVE IN THE BIC AND THE AFFILIATED UNIT FOR 3 YEARS.
7.  RECOUPMENT.
    A.  RECOUPMENT WILL OCCUR ON A PRORATED BASIS IF THE MARINE:
        (1) FAILS TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION;
        (2) FAILS TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY;
        (3) EXECUTES A LATERAL MOVE;
        (4) CHANGES BICS WITHOUT MARFORRES APPROVAL;
        (5) EXECUTES AN INTER-UNIT TRANSFER WITHOUT COMMANDER MARFORRES APPROVAL;
        (6) TRANSFERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR);
        (7) PERFORMS ACTIVE DUTY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (ADOS) WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR OWN FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 90 CUMULATIVE DAYS PER FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL BY CMC RIT;
        (8) AUGMENTS TO THE ACTIVE COMPONENT OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM;
        (9) TRANSFERS TO THE IMA;
        (10) TRANSFERS TO ANOTHER SERVICE;
        (11) RESIGNS.
    B.  RECOUPMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IF THE OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE TO UNIT DEACTIVATION OR REDESIGNATION, AND THERE IS NO OTHER SMCR UNIT WITHIN REASONABLE COMMUTING DISTANCE FROM SNO'S HOME OF RECORD THAT HAS STRUCTURE FOR THE OFFICER'S MOS, OR DISABILITY.
8.  OFFICERS NOT COMPLETING THEIR THREE YEAR 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 THREE YEAR SERVICE OBLIGATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO  COMMARFORRES.
9.   THIS INCENTIVE IS A (DOLLAR SIGN) 10,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT.
10.  DUE TO FINITE INCENTIVE FUNDS, INCENTIVES WILL BE ISSUED ON A FIRST COME/FIRST SERVED BASIS UNTIL FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED.
11.  THIS BULLETIN CANCELS 30 SEPTEMBER 2011.
12.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN D. L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION.//