R 141515Z AUG 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0486/09
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2009/CG MCRC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1040. FISCAL YEAR 2010 (FY10) ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ECP), MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MCP), MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM-RESERVE (MCP-R), AND SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP) SELECTION BOARDS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOCUMENT/CMC MPP-30/YMD:20020517//
REF/B/MSGID:DOCUMENT/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP/YMD:20090603//
REF/C/MSGID:DOCUMENT/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA/YMD:20080523//
REF/D/MSGID:DOCUMENT/MCRC OE/YMD:20000502//
REF/E/MSGID:DOCUMENT/MCRC ON-E/YMD:20040430//
REF/F/-/CMC WASHINGTON DC (UC)/YMD:20061204//
REF/G/MSGID:DOCUMENT/CMC WASHINGTON DC MP/YMD:20030515//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 278/02 TRANSFORMATION OF THE MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. REF B IS MARADMIN 0339/09 TERMINATION OF THE FY09 OFFICER ACCESSION INCENTIVE (OAI). REF C IS MARADMIN 317/08 SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) OAI. REF D IS MCO 1040.43A ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS. REF E IS MCO 1040R.10L W/CH 1 SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP). REF F IS MARADMIN 571/06 RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS. REF G IS MARADMIN 234/03 MODIFICATIONS TO EDUCATION AND TESTING ACCESSION STANDARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLICATION TO MARINE OFFICER PROGRAMS.//
POC/MRS. NORTHAN/CIV/MCRC ON-E/-/TEL:(703)784-9442//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE CONVENING OF THE FY10 ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ECP), MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MCP), MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM-RESERVE (MCP-R), AND SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP) SELECTION BOARDS.
2. PER THE REFS, THE FOLLOWING ECP/MCP/MCP-R/RECP SELECTION BOARDS WILL CONVENE DURING FY10:
BOARD                       DEADLINE              BOARD CONVENES
FY10 BOARD 1                1 SEP 09                19 OCT 09
FY10 BOARD 2                15 JAN 10                15 MAR 10
FY10 BOARD 3                15 APR 10                14 JUN 10
THESE BOARDS ARE SCHEDULED TO ALIGN WITH THE FOLLOWING OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) CLASSES; HOWEVER, MARINES ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO ATTEND THE OCS CLASS WHICH THE BOARD ALIGNS WITH (FOR EXAMPLE, SELECTEES MAY ATTEND THE NEXT AVAILABLE CLASS). OCS CLASS DATES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. UPDATES TO OCS CLASS CONVENING AND COMPLETION DATES MAY BE VIEWED AT WWW.OCS.USMC.MIL.
CLASS                       START DATE              END DATE
203RD                       21 JAN 10               2 APR 10
204TH                       TBD                     TBD
205TH                       TBD                     TBD
3. REFER TO THE REFS FOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND APPLICATION GUIDELINES. MCP APPLICANTS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO REF (A). ONLY TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY CREDITED CLASSES WILL COUNT TOWARD THE TOTAL OF 75 CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THE MCP. MILITARY CREDIT AND FORMAL SCHOOL CREDITS WILL NOT BE COUNTED. ASSOCIATES DEGREE MUST INCLUDE THE 75 CREDIT HOURS OF ACTUAL COLLEGE WORK. WAIVERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. MARINES SHOULD NOT APPLY TO REGIS UNIVERSITY WHICH IS ONE OF THE COLLEGES LISTED IN REF (A). REGIS UNIVERSITY IS FOR NURSING STUDENTS ONLY. MCP MARINES MUST AGREE TO EXTEND, REENLIST, AUGMENT FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS UPON COMPLETION OF OCS.
4. ECP APPLICANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. APPLICANTS THAT DO NOT POSSESS A DEGREE ARE INELIGIBLE FOR ECP CONSIDERATION, AND MUST APPLY TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE BOARD.
5. PER REF (B), EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 09, THE ACTIVE COMPONENT OFFICER ACCESSION INCENTIVE (OAI) WILL BE TERMINATED. THE RESERVE COMPONENT OAI IS STILL AVAILABLE, REF (C).
6. WHEN COMPUTING AGE AT DATE OF COMMISSIONING, ECP, MCP-R, AND RECP APPLICANTS SHOULD USE THE OCS COMPLETION DATE LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 2. MCP APPLICANTS SHOULD USE THEIR ESTIMATED COLLEGE COMPLETION DATE.
7. ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) MARINES. AR MARINES MUST MEET TIME OR STATION REQUIREMENTS AND BE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THEIR END OF ACTIVE SERVICE (EAS) TO APPLY. REQUESTS SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THESE PARAMETERS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BASED ON AR MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS.
   A. AR MARINES APPLYING FOR ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS MUST BE WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEASE FROM THE AR PROGRAM AND REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL RELEASE (DD FORM 368) FROM THE AR PROGRAM. THE DD FORM 368 WILL ACCOMPANY THE MARINE'S ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION FORM ADDRESSED TO HQMC, MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (RAM-2). APPROVED DD FORM 368 MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) BEFORE THE START OF THE SELECTION BOARD.
   B. AR MARINES SELECTED FOR EITHER OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE AR PROGRAM AND TRANSFERRED TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) PRIOR TO ATTENDING OCS. AR MARINES TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR WILL PRESENT TO THEIR LOCAL OSO OFFICE WITH A COPY OF THEIR SIGNED 368 TO OBTAIN ORDERS TO OCS.
   C. IF A MARINE IS RELEASED FROM THE AR PROGRAM TO ATTEND OCS FOR ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND FAILS TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSIONED GRADE OR DISENROLLS FROM OCS PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE FOR COMMISSION, THE MARINE WILL BE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND RETURNED TO THE IRR.
   D. AR MARINES MUST SIGN A PAGE 11 REFLECTING THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU): "I UNDERSTAND THAT, IF SELECTED FOR (NAME OF PROGRAM FOR WHICH APPLYING), I WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE AR PROGAM AND TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR PRIOR TO ATTENDING OCS. IF I FAIL TO COMPLETE OCS OR OBTAIN A COMMISSION, I WILL BE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY ORDERS AND TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR. I MAY RESUBMIT FOR RETURN TO THE AR PROGRAM WITHOUT PREJUDICE. HOWEVER, ACCEPTANCE FOR RETURN TO THE AR PROGRAM WILL BE BASED ON AR PROGRAM NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION." THIS PAGE 11 STATEMENT MUST BE INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION. AR MARINES WHO DO NOT WISH TO AUGMENT TO THE REGULAR MARINE CORPS OR BE RELEASED FROM THE AR PROGRAM SHOULD NOT APPLY FOR THE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS.
8. APPLICATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS SHOULD FOLLOW STANDARD NAVAL CORRESPONDENCE FORMAT USING THE APPLICATION FORMAT AND CONTENT PROVIDED BY REFS (D) AND (E). SUBMIT A CLOSE UP PHOTO OF EACH BODY MARKING ADDRESSING THE CONTENT (WHAT THE BODY MARKING IS AND WHAT IT MEANS), LOCATION, SIZE, NUMBER OF BODY MARKINGS AND DATE BODY MARKING WAS MADE. SUBMIT FULL LENGTH PHOTO(S) OF APPLICANT IN PT GEAR (GREEN SHORTS-GREEN T-SHIRT) FROM EACH BODY ANGLE OF BODY MARKINGS (SUCH AS SIDE-FRONT-BACK). A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION DETAILING CRITERIA CITED BY THIS PARAGRAPH OF BODY MARKINGS LOCATED IN PRIVATE AREAS WILL SUFFICE. APPLICATIONS MUST ALSO INCLUDE AN SOU FOR TATTOOS. A COPY OF THE SOU MAY BE FOUND ON THE MCRC WEBSITE HTTPS:WWW.MARINES.USMC.MIL. ENTER AC S G3, OFFICER PROGRAMS, ENLISTED TO OFFICER PROGRAMS. CLICK ON DESIRED PROGRAM, APPLICATION FORMS, THEN SOU. APPLICANT AND COMMANDING OFFICER ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT ENTIRE FORM EXCEPT THE RE-VERIFICATION PORTION. THE RE-VERIFICATION PORTION OF THE FORM WILL BE COMPLETED UPON NOTIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT'S SELECTION. THE COMMANDING OFFICER MUST SCREEN THE APPLICANT FOR TATTOOS AND SIGN THE OFFICER RE-VERIFICATION PORTION 30 DAYS PRIOR TO ATTENDING OCS.
9. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE ENDORSED BY THE MARINE'S CHAIN OF COMMAND. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WITHOUT ALL ENDORSEMENTS TO INCLUDE A COMMANDING GENERAL LEVEL ENDORSEMENT, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED MUST NOT BE FORWARDED TO MCRC. APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE PROOF OF SECURITY CLEARANCE OR PROOF THAT ONE HAS BEEN INITIATED.
10. APPLICANTS AND COMMANDS MUST COMPLY WITH APPLICATION DUE DATES. A MINIMAL EXTENSION OF THE DUE DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED ONLY FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES APPROVED BY MCRC (ON-E). EXTENSION REQUEST MUST COME FROM THE MARINE'S COMMANDING GENERAL LEVEL VIA EMAIL TO JEANETTE.NORTHAN@MARINES.USMC.MIL. AN ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE APPLICATION MUST BE SENT TO MCRC VIA DIRECT MAIL ONLY. DUE TO THE VOLUME OF EMAILS, EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS AN EXTENSION REQUEST. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON RECP AND MCP-R APPLICATION PREPARATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS:WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. CHOOSE RESERVE MARINE ICON, THEN VIEW MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS DIRECTORY, RESERVE AFFAIRS (RA), CAREER MANAGEMENT TEAM (CMT), CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, ENLISTED RETENTION, AND RESERVE ENLISTED TO OFFICER PROGRAM.
11. RESERVE COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANTS WILL PROCEED DIRECTLY FROM OCS TO TBS AND MOS SCHOOL. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN TBS AND MOS SCHOOL, THE MARINE WILL REMAIN AT TBS. AT THE COMPLETION OF MOS SCHOOL THE MARINE WILL PROCEED TO THEIR SMCR UNIT AND WILL SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR MANDATORY SERVICE OBLIGATION IN A DRILLING STATUS.
12. CMC (RA), IN COORDINATION WITH TBS, WILL ASSIGN RESERVE LIEUTENANTS THEIR MOS BASED THE LIEUTENANT DURING TRAINING, AND FINAL VERIFICATION OF UNIT OR BILLET REQUIREMENTS. RECP AND MCP-R SELECTEES WILL REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY THROUGHOUT ALL PHASES OF TRAINING AND ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND OCS, TBS AND THE APPROPRIATE MOS SCHOOL. ONCE ALL PHASES OF TRAINING ARE COMPLETED, SELECTEES WILL RETURN TO THE UNIT ASSIGNED TO THEM AND REMAIN IN AN SMCR DRILLING STATUS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR 48 MONTHS MINIMUM AFFILIATION OBLIGATION. SELECTEES UNABLE TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE REVERTED TO THEIR HIGHEST ENLISTED RANK OR DISCHARGED.
13. THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
14. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELLED 15 DEC 10.
15. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT E. MILSTEAD JR., CG, MCRC.//