R 131849Z APR 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0241/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/JULY 2009 STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMPR-2/YMD:20060511//
REF/B/MSGID:LTR/CMC MPP-20/YMD:20090407//
NARR/REF A, MCO P1400.32D W/CH 1, MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME 2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS (SHORT TITLE: ENLPROMMAN).  REF B, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JULY 2009 SEMIANNUAL SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT MERITORIOUS ALLOCATIONS FOR STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS.//
POC/R. W. REILLY/MAJ/CMC MMPR-2/-/TEL:DSN 278-9710/EMAIL:RYAN.W.REILLY@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO PROVIDE THE SECOND SEMIANNUAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMANDING GENERALS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS.
2.  BACKGROUND.  RECENT ANALYSIS OF POLICY USED IN DETERMINING MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS IDENTIFIED INEQUITIES IN THE ALLOCATIONS BETWEEN COMMANDS.  TO REACH AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOCATIONS, ONLY THREE SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL BE PROVIDED MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARA 4.  THESE MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS ALLOW COMMANDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE A SELECT NUMBER OF MARINES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION TO THE GRADES OF GUNNERY SERGEANT AND STAFF SERGEANT.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS RECOGNIZE MARINES FOR THEIR SUPERIOR POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY BASED UPON THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
3.  ACCORDINGLY, COMMANDERS WITH ALLOCATIONS LISTED IN PARA 4 WILL CONVENE SELECTION BOARDS WITHIN THEIR COMMANDS TO NOMINATE MARINES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION BY THE CMC.  THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SELECTION BOARDS FOR THE MERITORIOUS PROMOTION OF MARINES TO GUNNERY SERGEANT AND STAFF SERGEANT AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ENDORSED BY THE COMMANDER AND SUBMITTED VIA NAVAL MESSAGE TO CMC (MMPR-2).  THE MESSAGE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 2 JUN 09.  UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE NOMINATIONS BY THE CMC (MM), PROMOTION UNIT DIARY ENTRIES WILL BE ENTERED BY HQMC (MARINES ALREADY SELECTED FOR THE NEXT GRADE BY A REGULAR PROMOTION BOARD ARE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION TO THAT GRADE).  COMMANDERS WILL PREPARE CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A.  SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL RECEIVE MERITORIOUS PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR JULY PROMOTIONS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
4.  ACTION.  THE JUL 09 MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE:
CMD                                    SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND              48/13
TECOM (DRILL/COMBAT INSTRUCTORS)             35/6
MSG BATTALION                                13/3 
5.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON 2 JUL 09.
6.  THIS MESSAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN J. A. KESSLER, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION.//