R 242322Z SEP 07
UNCLAS CMC
WASHINGTON DC(UC)
MARADMIN 568/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA //
SUBJ/RESERVE PROMOTION AFFILIATION PROGRAM (RPAP)//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD: 20061031//
REF/B/DOC/CMC(CMT)/YMD: 19950228//
REF/C/DOC/CMC(MMPR-2)/YMD: 20060511//
AMPN/REF A IS MARADMIN 524/06, FY-07 RPAP. REF B IS MCO P1040.35, RESERVE CAREER PLANNING AND RETENTION MANUAL. REF C IS MCO P1400.32D, MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOL 2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS//
POC/J. E. BELL/GYSGT/CMC(RAP)/703-784-9136//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/ 1. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2007 THIS MARADMIN CANCELS REF A AND IMPLEMENTS CHANGES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE RPAP. READ THIS MARADMIN IN ITS ENTIRETY AS SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
A. PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITING OFFICES (PSRO) ARE THE ONLY ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO CMC (RAP) FOR THIS INCENTIVE.
B. REQUESTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CMC (RAP) VIA ITS SECTION MAILBOX SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL.
C. UPON APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, A PROMOTION CONTROL NUMBER (PCN) WILL BE ISSUED.
D. PRIOR TO THE MARINE AFFILIATING WITH THE UNIT, THE PSRO WILL:
(1) OBTAIN A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) BY VISITING THE M&RA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. IN THE SEARCH BOX ENTER KEYWORD "RPAP", SELECT "RPAP", THEN "RPAP SOU."
(2) HAVE THE MARINE SIGN A SOU WITH THE ISSUED PCN, THE UNIT TO BE
AFFILIATED WITH, AND THE PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS) TO BE FILLED.
(3) SUBMIT, TO CMC (RAP), A SCANNED PDF COPY OF THE SIGNED SOU.
E. WHEN CMC (RAP) HAS RECEIVED AND APPROVED THE DOCUMENTATION, THE MARINE WILL BE ALLOWED TO AFFILIATE AND RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE.
F. THE APPROVED SOU WILL BE FILED ON THE DOCUMENT SIDE OF THE MARINE'S SERVICE RECORD BOOK.
G. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE MAY NOT CONCURRENTLY RECEIVE ANOTHER INCENTIVE.
3. ELIGIBILITY.
A. BE RECRUITED BY A PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITER TO AFFILIATE WITH A SMCR UNIT TO FILL A CMC (RAP) VALIDATED VACANT BILLET COMMENSURATE WITH THE RPAP PROMOTION GRADE.
B. BE WITHIN 36 MONTHS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM THE ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC)(COMPONENT CODE 11) UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
C. HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR).
D. AFFILIATE BETWEEN 1 OCTOBER 2007 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2008.
E. MEET REENLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN REFERENCE B.
F. HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT DURING ANY PERIOD OF SERVICE.
G. POSSESS TWO CONSECUTIVE 1ST CLASS PFT SCORES.
H. COMPLETED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP MCI.
I. HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REDUCTION IN GRADE DURING ANY PERIOD OF SERVICE.
J. HAVE NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE BODY COMPOSITION PROGRAM DURING THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT.
K. MEET TIME IN GRADE AND TIME IN SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE C.
L. POSSESS A PMOS IN AN OCCUPATIONAL FIELD THAT WAS OPEN FOR PROMOTION IN THE SMCR IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
4. PROMOTION AUTHORITY.
A. RPAP PROMOTIONS ARE CONSIDERED REGULAR PROMOTIONS. COMMANDING OFFICERS, AS DEFINED IN REFERENCE C, ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMOTE LANCE CORPORALS AND CORPORALS TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE EFFECTIVE THE 1ST DAY OF THE MONTH ONCE ALL INCENTIVE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED AND A "SELECT GRADE" HAS POSTED IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM.
B. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE PROMOTION WARRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FIGURE 5-4 OF REFERENCE C. THE PROMOTION AUTHORITY WILL BE THE PCN.
5. OBLIGATION. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE WILL INCUR A 2-YEAR OBLIGATION FROM THE DATE OF PROMOTION WITH THE SMCR UNIT WITH WHOM THEY AFFILIATED.
6. REDUCTION.
A. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO ADMINISTRATIVELY REDUCE A RECIPIENT OF THIS INCENTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE C IF THE MARINE:
(1) FAILS TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION;
(2) FAILS TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY;
(3) EXECUTES A LATERAL MOVE;
(4) EXECUTES AN INTER-UNIT TRANSFER WITHOUT CMC (RAP) APPROVAL;
(5) TRANSFERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR);
(6) PERFORMS ACTIVE DUTY WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR OWN FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 90 DAYS;
(7) SERVES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR BATTALION OR SQUADRON;
(8) AUGMENTS TO THE AC OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM.
B. REDUCTION WILL NOT OCCUR IF THE MARINE:
(1) IS REQUIRED TO INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE TO A UNIT
DEACTIVATION, REDESIGNATION, OR DISABILITY.
(2) IS COMMISSIONED OR ACCEPTS AN APPOINTMENT IN THE SELECTED RESERVE AND HAS SERVED 1 YEAR OF HIS INCENTIVE OBLIGATION.
7. THIS INCENTIVE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEES.
8. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY COL SEIWELL, K.A., DIRECTOR RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION.//