R 242316Z SEP 07
UNCLAS CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
MARADMIN 566/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA /
SUBJ/ MCBUL 7220. FISCAL YEAR 2008 SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE
(SMCR) OFFICER AFFILIATION BONUS (OAB)//
REF/A/DOC/2007 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTH ACT/-/(NDAA)//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD: 20061030//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD: 20060601//
AMPN/REF A IS TITLE 37, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 308J OF THE NDAA. REF B IS MARADMIN 522/06, FY-07 SMCR OAB. REF C IS MARADMIN 253/06, FY-06 SMCR AFFILIATION INVOLUNTARY ACTIVATION DEFERMENT//
POC/J. E. BELL/GYSGT/CMC (RAP)/703-784-9136//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2007 THIS BULLETIN CANCELS REF B AND IMPLEMENTS CHANGES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE FY-08 SMCR OAB. READ THIS BULLETIN 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 BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN) WILL BE ISSUED.
D. PRIOR TO THE OFFICER 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 "OAB", SELECT "SMCR OAB", THEN SELECT "SMCR OAB SOU."
(2) HAVE THE OFFICER SIGN A SOU WITH THE ISSUED BCN, 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 OFFICER WILL BE ALLOWED TO AFFILIATE AND RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE.
F. THE APPROVED SOU SHALL BE FILED ON THE DOCUMENT SIDE OF THE OFFICER'S OFFICERS QUALIFICATION RECORD.
G. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE MAY NOT CONCURRENTLY RECEIVE ANOTHER INCENTIVE.
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
A. BE RECRUITED BY A PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITER TO AFFILIATE WITH A SMCR UNIT TO FILL A CMC (RAP) VALIDATED VACANT BILLET COMMENSURATE WITH GRADE AND PMOS.
B. THE UNIT THE OFFICER DESIRES TO AFFILIATE WITH IS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE DISESTABLISHED OR PLACED IN A CADRE' STATUS WITHIN 3 YEARS OF THE DATE OF AFFILIATION.
C. BE A COMMISSIONED COMPANY GRADE OFFICER (NOT SELECTED FOR MAJOR AT THE TIME OF AFFILIATION) AFFILIATING WITH A SMCR UNIT AT THE BATTALION/SQUADRON LEVEL AND BELOW;
D. OR BE A 75XX MAJOR (NOT SELECTED FOR LTCOL AT THE TIME OF AFFILIATION) AFFILIATING WITH A SMCR UNIT AT THE BATTALION/SQUADRON LEVEL.
E. BE WITHIN 36 MONTHS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM THE ACTIVE COMPONENT (AC) (COMPONENT CODE 11) UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
F. HAVE NOT SERVED AS AN OFFICER IN THE SMCR OR IN ANY RESERVE COMPONENT.
G. NOT PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS.
H. NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY.
I. AFFILIATE BETWEEN 1 OCTOBER 2007 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2008.
4. RETRAINING.
A. COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS THAT ARE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE DUE TO A PMOS MISMATCH, MAY RETRAIN UTILIZING THE PRIOR SERVICE TRAINING ASSIGNMENT (PSTA) PROGRAM.
B. REQUESTS FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE PSTA PROGRAM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CMC(RAP) BY THE PSRO PRIOR TO THE OFFICER JOINING THE SMCR UNIT.
C. OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE PSTA PROGRAM MUST COMPLETE PMOS TRAINING WITHIN 180 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF AFFILIATION TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR THE INCENTIVE.
D. IF THE PSTA PROGRAM IS UTILIZED, PAYMENT OF THE INCENTIVE WILL NOT BE RECEIVED UNTIL PMOS TRAINING IS COMPLETE.
E. A SELECTION TO MAJOR WILL DISQUALIFY AN OFFICER FROM THE PSTA PROGRAM AND ELIGIBILITY FOR THE INCENTIVE.
5. OBLIGATION.
A. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE WILL INCUR A 3-YEAR OBLIGATION FROM THE DATE OF AFFILIATION WITH THE SMCR UNIT WITH WHICH THEY AFFILIATED.
B. RECIPIENTS MUST SERVE IN THE PMOS AND THE UNIT FOR WHICH THEY AFFILIATED FOR 3 YEARS.
6. RECOUPMENT.
A. RECOUPMENT WILL OCCUR AT A PRORATED AMOUNT IF THE OFFICER:
(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 AC OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM.
B. RECOUPMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IF THE OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE TO UNIT A DEACTIVATION, REDESIGNATION, OR DISABILITY.
7. THIS INCENTIVE IS A $10,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT.
8. OFFICERS WHO DESIRE THE TRANSITION AFFILIATION BONUS IN LIEU OF THE OAB SHOULD REFER TO REF C FOR ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
9. THIS INCENTIVE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEES.
10. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS 30 SEPTEMBER 2008.
11. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY COL SEIWELL, K.A. DIRECTOR RESERVE AFFAIRS.//