ENLISTMENT BONUSES (EB) FOR 0321 MOS MARINES
Date Signed: 4/30/2009 | MARADMINS Number: 0285/09
MARADMINS : 0285/09

R 300101Z APR 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0285/09
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/ENLISTMENT BONUSES (EB) FOR 0321 MOS MARINES//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1130.53P/-//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/DOD DIRECTIVE 1304.21/-//
REF/C/MSGID:LTR/VZ ELIGILBILITY/-//
NARR/REF A PROVIDES INSTRUCTION FOR THE USE OF ENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAMS (EBP) FOR REGULAR ACCESSIONS. REF B UPDATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) POLICIES AND ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ENLISTMENT BONUSES.REF C DISPLAYS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THE MARINE CORPS AND VOLUNTEERS.//
POC/J. A. SIERPIEN/MAJ/UNIT:MPP-20/-/TEL:(703) 784-9361/TEL:DSN 278-9361//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE DEMAND FOR RECONNAISSANCE MARINES TO SOURCE OPERATING FORCE UNITS HAS GROWN WITH AN INCREASE IN PMOS 0321 REQUIREMENTS. CURRENTLY, THE TIME TO TRAIN 0321 MARINES IS 10.3 MONTHS.  BEGINNING IN FY10, THE MARINE CORPS WILL INCREASE THE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE OBLIGATION FOR INITIAL ACCESSION RECONNAISSANCE MARINES FROM FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.  THIS WILL ALLOW FIRST TERM 0321 MARINES TO COMPLETE MORE THAN ONE DEPLOYMENT AND PARTICIAPTE IN ADDITIONAL MOS RELATED TRAINING AFTER THE BASIC RECONNAISSANCE COURSE (BRC).  THIS NEW EBP PROGRAM WILL BE CALLED THE VZ (5 YEAR RECONNAISSANCE MAN) AND WILL REPLACE THE EBP PROGRAM UZ (FOUR YEAR RECONNAISSANCE MAN).  THE EBP VZ WILL PAY A 7,500 ENLISTMENT BONUS TO ALL INITIAL ACCESSION ACTIVE DUTY MARINES THAT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE BRC AND OBTAIN THE PMOS OF 0321.  THE UZ AND VZ EBPS ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO INITIAL ACCESSION MARINES AND NOT LATERAL MOVE MARINES.  INITIAL ACCESSION MARINES ARE IDENTIFIED AS THOSE WITH THE STUDENT TYPE CODE OEE WITHIN MCIMS OR THOSE FIRST TERM MARINES WITHIN THEIR FIRST INITIAL TRAINING SEQUENCE.
2.  THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH A MARINE'S ARMED FORCES ACTIVE DUTY BASE DATE (AFADBD) IS PROCESSED DETERMINES WHICH EBP PROGRAM APPLIES.  IF A MARINE'S AFADBD IS 30 SEPT 2009 OR SOONER, THAT MARINE WILL REMAIN UNDER THE CURRENT UZ PROGRAM, AND REMAIN UNDER FOUR YEARS OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE.  IF A MARINE'S AFADBD IS 1 OCT 2009 OR LATER, HE WILL FALL UNDER THE NEW VZ PROGRAM AND BE OBLIGATED TO 5 YEARS OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE.
    A. MANPOWER PLANS AND POLICY (MPP) DIVISION WILL IMPLEMENT THE USE OF THE VZ EBP ON OCT 1 2009 TO FILL CURRENT AND FUTURE 0321 REQUIREMENTS. THE INTENT OF THE VZ PROGRAM IS TO PAY 7,500.00 TO EACH INITIAL ACCESSION ACTIVE DUTY MARINE WHO ENLISTS OR VOLUNTEERS INTO THE VZ PROGRAM, GRADUATES FROM BRC AND SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINS THE 0321 PMOS.  TAXES, WHERE APPLICABLE, STILL APPLY.
    B. MARINES THAT ENLIST UNDER THE ENLISTMENT OPTION PROGRAM UH (4 YEAR INFANTRY) MAY VOLUNTEER FOR THE VZ EBP WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN THE INITIAL TRAINING PIPELINE AT THE SCHOOL OF INFANTRY (SOI) IF TRAINING SEATS AT BRC ARE AVAILABLE.  UH MARINES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER UNTIL THEY GET TO SOI.
        1. MARINE CORPS SOI/BRC REPRESENTATIVES WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SCREEN AND ACCEPT UH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE VZ EBP AS TRAINING SEATS BECOME AVAILABLE AT BRC.
        2. UH MARINES WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN "PAID" SHIPPING BONUSES OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF ENLISTMENT BONUS, ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE VZ EBP.  UH MARINES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN "PAID" A SHIPPING OR ENLISTMENT BONUS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VZ EBP.  THE VZ EBP WILL CANCEL OUT ANY OTHER UNPAID EXISTING EBP INCENTIVES, SUCH AS SHIPPING BONUSES, UPON DAY OF GRADUATION FROM BRC, SUCCESSFUL ATTAINMENT OF PMOS 0321 AND REFLECT FIVE YEARS OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE IN MCTFS.
3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS:
    A. ALL UH VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE AN AFADBD OF 1 0CT 2009 OR LATER WHO ARE ACCEPTED TO BRC, WILL COMPLETE A NEW VZ STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) NO SOONER THAN ONE WEEK PRIOR TO GRADUATION OF THE BRC CLASS THAT MARINE IS ATTENDING.  ONCE THAT VZ SOU IS COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THE MARINE, IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO MMEA CMC.  IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING GRADUATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF PMOS 0321, MMEA WILL ADD THE VZ EBP AS WELL AS CHANGE THE OBLIGATED ACTIVE SERVICE FROM FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITHIN MCTFS. ONCE THE PROPER MCTFS ENTRIES HAVE BEEN POSTED, MMEA WILL FORWARD THE SOUS TO MPP-20, WHICH WILL THEN HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROCESSING THE 7,500 PAYMENT WITH DFAS. DO NOT DESTROY THE PREVIOUS UH SOU. IT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ENLISTMENT CONTRACT. DESTROYING IT WILL INVALIDATE THE ENLISTMENT CONTRACT.  RATHER, A SINGLE, BOLD, DIAGONAL LINE WILL BE DRAWN FROM BOTTOM LEFT CORNER TO TOP RIGHT CORNER, WITH THE DATE AND APPROPRIATE EXPLANATION WRITTEN ALONG THE TOP OF THE DIAGONAL LINE (I.E. VOIDED BY VZ SOU). FURTHERMORE, THE MARINE MUST SIGN ALONG THE BOLD, DIAGONAL LINE CANCELING THE SOU. 
    B. THE FOLLOWING ENTRY FOR UH MARINES WILL BE ANNOTATED ON PAGE 11 OF THE MARINE'S RECORD BOOK IMMEDIATELY AFTER BRC GRADUATION: (DATE) I, (PRINT NAME) HAVE ON THIS DATE VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAWN FROM THE INFANTRY/UH PROGRAM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF MCO 1130.53P (INCENTIVE PROGRAM ORDER) AND ACCEPT ASSIGNMENT IN THE RECONNAISSANCE MAN/VZ PROGRAM WITH A TERM OF ENLISTMENT OF FIVE YEARS. (SIGNATURE OF INDIVIDUAL),(SIGNATURE OF CO/DESIGREP).
4.  ONLY THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS WILL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DIARY ENTRIES TO CREATE OR CHANGE THE VZ EBP IN MCTFS:
    A. RECRUIT ADMIN CENTER AT THE APPROPRIATE RECRUIT DEPOT FOR RECRUITS.
    B. MMEA CMC, FOR UH VOLUNTEERS.
5.  ANY MARINE THAT IS FOUND NOT QUALIFIED DUE TO MEDICAL OR DISCIPLINARY REASONS, INABILITY TO OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE SECURITY CLEARANCE, OR FAILURE TO PASS BRC WILL BE RECLASSIFIED BY CMC (MMEA-11) TO A PMOS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND ARE NO LONGER ENTITLED TO THE VZ EBP INCENTIVES.
6.  THE VZ EBP PROGRAM IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
7.  THIS MARADMIN CANCELS MARADMIN 139/06 ON 30 SEPT 2009.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY (SES) MR. M.F. APPLEGATE, DIRECTOR MANPOWER PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION, M&RA.//