R 270930Z MAR 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0204/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/ANNUAL FITNESS REPORTS AND THE FY09 GUNNERY SERGEANT SELECTION BOARD//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MMSB/YMD:20060511//
REF/B/MSGID:MSG/CMC/YMD:20090317//
REF/C/MSGID:LTR/SMS/YMD:20081007//
NARR/REF A IS MCO P1610.7F W/CH 1 THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM
(PES), REF B IS MARADMIN 170/09 CHANGE 1 TO THE FY 2009 GUNNERY
SERGEANT SELECTION BOARD, REF C IS CMC WHITE LETTER 06-08 FITNESS
REPORT SUBMISSION TIMELINESS//
POC/M.T. KAMINSKI/LTCOL/UNIT:MMSB-30/-/TEL:703-784-5686
/TEL:DSN 278-5686//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN IS PUBLISHED TO HIGHLIGHT THE UPCOMING GYSGT SELECTION BOARD AND THE NUMBER OF MISSING FITNESS REPORTS FOR POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE MARINES.
2.  RECENT RESEARCH AT MMSB HAS REVEALED THAT OF THE 7,338 STAFF SERGEANTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BELOW, IN, OR ABOVE ZONE, AS DEFINED IN REFERENCE (B), 683 HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR ANNUAL FITNESS REPORT.  THE ENDING DATE FOR STAFF SERGEANT ANNUAL REPORTS IS 31 DECEMBER 2008.  THESE REPORTS WERE DUE TO CMC 30 JANUARY 2009.
3.  ADDITIONALLY, 449 STAFF SERGEANTS BELOW, IN, OR ABOVE ZONE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING A DATE GAP OF THIRTY DAYS OR MORE ON THEIR MASTER BRIEF SHEETS.
4.  REFERENCE (C), THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS WHITE LETTER 06-08, REMINDED REPORTING OFFICIALS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMELY FITNESS REPORT SUBMISSION WITH REGARDS TO PROMOTION AND RETENTION.  CURRENTLY, NEARLY 10% OF THE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE POPULATION DO NOT HAVE THEIR MOST RECENT FITNESS REPORT IN THEIR RECORD AND 6% HAVE A DATE GAP.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN J. A. KESSLER, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION.//