MARADMIN 526/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/USMTF,2007/CG MCRC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1040. FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) ENLISTED COMMISSIONING
/PROGRAM (ECP) MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MCP) MERITORIOUS
/COMMISSIONING PROGRAM-RESERVE (MCP-R) AND SELECTED MARINE CORPS
/RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP) SELECTION BOARDS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOCUMENT/CMC MPP-30/YMD:20020517//
REF/B/MSGID:DOCUMENT/MCRC OE/YMD:20000502//
REF/C/MSGID:DOCUMENT/MCRC ON-E/YMD:20040430//
REF/D/-/CMC WASHINGTON DC (UC)/YMD:20061204//
REF/E/MSGID:DOCUMENT/CMC WASHINGTON DC MP/YMD:20030515//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 278/02 TRANSFORMATION OF THE MERITORIOUS
COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. REF B IS MCO 1040.43A ENLISTED TO OFFICER
COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS. REF C IS MCO 1040R.10L W/CH 1 SELECTED
MARINE CORPS RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP). REF D
IS MARADMIN 571/06 RESERVE OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS. REF E IS
MARADMIN 234/03 MODIFICATIONS TO EDUCATION AND TESTING ACCESSION
STANDARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLICATION TO MARINE OFFICER PROGRAMS//
POC/MRS. NORTHAN/GS-7/UNIT:MCRC ON-E/-/TEL:(703)784-9442//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE
CONVENING OF THE FY08 ECP/MCP/MCP-R/RECP SELECTION BOARDS.
2. PER THE REFS, THE FOLLOWING ECP/MCP/MCP-R/RECP SELECTION BOARDS
WILL CONVENE DURING FY08:
BOARD DEADLINE BOARD CONVENES
FY08 BOARD 1 1 OCT 07 26 NOV 07
FY08 BOARD 2 1 FEB 08 17 MAR 08
FY08 BOARD 3 1 MAY 08 16 JUN 08
THESE BOARDS ARE SCHEDULED TO ALIGN WITH THE FOLLOWING OCS CLASSES;
HOWEVER, MARINES ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO ATTEND THE OCS CLASS WHICH
THE BOARD ALIGNS WITH (FOR EXAMPLE, SELECTEES MAY ATTEND THE NEXT
AVAILABLE CLASS). OCS CLASS DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
CLASS START DATE END DATE
197TH 20 JAN 08 28 MAR 08
198TH 1 JUN 08 8 AUG 08
199TH 5 OCT 08 12 DEC 08
3. REFER TO THE REFS FOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND APPLICATION
GUIDELINES. MCP APPLICANTS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO CHANGES
CONTAINED IN REF (A). ONLY TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY CREDITED CLASSES
WILL COUNT TOWARD THE TOTAL OF 75 CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THE MCP.
MILITARY CREDIT AND FORMAL SCHOOL CREDITS WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
MARINES SHOULD NOT APPLY TO REGIS UNIVERSITY WHICH IS ONE OF THE
COLLEGES LISTED IN REF (A). REGIS UNIVERSITY IS FOR NURSING
STUDENTS ONLY.
4. ECP APPLICANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AT THE
TIME OF APPLICATION. APPLICANTS THAT DO NOT POSSESS A DEGREE ARE
INELIGIBLE FOR ECP CONSIDERATION, AND MUST APPLY TO THE NEXT
AVAILABLE BOARD.
5. WHEN COMPUTING AGE AT DATE OF COMMISSIONING, ECP, MCP-R, AND
RECP APPLICANTS SHOULD USE THE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS)
COMPLETION DATE LISTED ABOVE. MCP APPLICANTS SHOULD USE THEIR
ESTIMATED COLLEGE COMPLETION DATE. DUE TO LIMITED AVAILABLE
TRAINING SEATS, FEMALES SELECTED CANNOT ATTEND THE WINTER 197TH
OFFICER CANDIDATES COURSE. THEY WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL A LATER OCS
CLASS.
6. MCP MARINES MUST AGREE TO EXTEND, REENLIST, AUGMENT FOR A PERIOD
OF FOUR YEARS UPON COMPLETION OF OCS.
7. APPLICATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS SHOULD FOLLOW STANDARD NAVAL
CORRESPONDENCE FORMAT USING THE APPLICATION FORMAT AND CONTENT
PROVIDED BY REFS (B) THROUGH (E) SUBMIT A CLOSE UP PHOTO OF EACH
BODY MARKING ADDRESSING THE CONTENT (WHAT THE BODY MARKING IS AND
WHAT IT MEANS), LOCATION, SIZE, NUMBER OF BODY MARKINGS AND DATE
BODY MARKING WAS MADE. SUBMIT FULL LENGTH PHOTO(S) OF APPLICANT IN
PT GEAR (GREEN SHORTS-GREEN T-SHIRT) FROM EACH BODY ANGLE OF BODY
MARKINGS (SUCH AS SIDE-FRONT-BACK). A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION DETAILING
CRITERIA CITED BY THIS PARAGRAPH OF BODY MARKINGS LOCATED IN PRIVATE
AREAS WILL SUFFICE. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE ENDORSED BY THE
MARINE'S CHAIN OF COMMAND. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WITHOUT ALL
ENDORSEMENTS TO INCLUDE A COMMANDING GENERAL LEVEL ENDORSEMENT, WILL
NOT BE CONSIDERED.
8. APPLICANTS AND COMMANDS MUST COMPLY WITH APPLICATION DUE DATES.
A MINIMAL EXTENSION OF THE DUE DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED ONLY FOR
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES APPROVED BY MCRC (ON/E). ADDITIONAL
GUIDANCE ON RECP AND MCP-R APPLICATION PREPARATION IS AVAILABLE AT
HTTPS:\\WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL RESERVE AFFAIRS (RA), CAREER MANAGEMENT TEAM (CMT), CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES, ENLISTED TO OFFICER PROGRAMS, THEN RESERVE ENLISTED
COMMISSIONING PROGRAM.
9. RECP APPLICANTS MUST AGREE TO REMAIN AFFILIATED WITH A SELECTED
MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNIT FOR A MINIMUM OF 48 MONTHS FROM
THEIR DATE OF COMMISSION. TIME SPENT IN TRAINING AT THE BASIC
SCHOOL (TBS) AND MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) SCHOOL WILL
COUNT TOWARD THE 48 MONTH REQUIREMENT CURRENT RESERVE LIEUTENANT
BILLET MOS (BMOS)/UNIT VACANCIES ARE LISTED BELOW: