R 182159Z FEB 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 077/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220 CHANGE 2 TO A B C ZONE MULTIPLES FOR THE FY05
/SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PROGRAM//
REF/A/MSG/CMC (MP)/140800ZSEP2004//
REF/B/MSG/CMC (MP)/140801ZSEP2004//
REF/C/MSG/CMC (MP)/211616ZDEC2004//
REF/D/MSG/CMC (ASM)/102025ZDEC2004//
REF/E/MSG/CMC (MP)/301440ZSEP2004//
POC/S.E. VASQUEZ/CAPT/CMC (MPP-20)/-/TEL:DSN 278-9362
/TEL:(703)784-9362//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 391/04 FY05 ZONE A SRB. REF B IS MARADMIN
392/04 FY05 ZONE B/C SRB. REF C IS MARADMIN 558/04 CH 1 TO FY05 SRB.
REF D IS MARADMIN 536/04 MV-22 TRANSITION AND RETENTION POLICY UPDATE
FOR ENLISTED MARINES. REF E IS MARADMIN 428/04 FY05 ARABIC LANGUAGE
SCHOOL SEAT ENLISTMENT RETENTION INCENTIVE//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. TO INFORM MARINES, CAREER RETENTION
SPECIALISTS, AND COMMANDERS OF THE STATUS OF THE FY05 SRB PROGRAM;
PROVIDE POLICY UPDATES AND GUIDANCE; AND UPDATE FY05 SRB MULTIPLES.
2. BACKGROUND. TO DATE, WE HAVE EXECUTED $35 MILLION (68 PERCENT)
OF PLANNED FY05 SRB BUDGET. THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
SUPPORTING THE REENLISTMENTS OF OVER 2,500 MARINES.
3. ACTION. COMMANDERS AND CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS WILL INFORM
THEIR MARINES OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN THE SRB PROGRAM:
A.03XX LATERAL MOVE WITHIN THE 03 OCCUPATINAL FIELD: EFFECTIVE
14 FEB 05, ANY REENLISTMENT ELIGIBLE FTAP MARINE IN SRB ZONE A
HOLDING AN 03XX MOS, RATES THE SRB MULTIPLE OF THE 03XX MOS HE
LATERALLY MOVES INTO UPON ASSIGNMENT OF THE NEW 03XX PMOS.
B.MV-22 LATERAL MOVE: REF D, MARADMIN 536/04 CLARIFIES LIKE MOS(S)
FOR SRB ELIGIBLE MV-22 REENLISTMENTS.
(1) LIKE 6116 MOS(S): 6112, 6113, 6114, 6122, 6123, 6124, 6132, 6212,
6213, 6214, 6216, 6217, 6222, 6223, 6226, AND 6227.
(2) LIKE 6156 MOS(S): 6152, 6153, 6154, 6252, 6253, 6256, AND 6257.
(3) LIKE 6176 MOS(S): 6172, 6173, 6174, AND 6276.
(4) LIKE 6326 MOS(S): 6312, 6313, 6314, 6316, 6317, 6322, 6323, 6324,
6332, 6333, 6336, 6337, 6412, 6413, 6461, 6462, 6463, 6464, 6466,
6467, 6482, 6483, 6484, AND 6492.
(5) MARINES HAVING ALREADY LAT MOVED INTO AN SRB-ELIGIBLE MV-22 MOS
DURING FY05 BUT WERE NOT LISTED AS AN SRB-ELIGIBLE LIKE MOS IN REF A,
ARE AUTHORIZED THE MV-22 SRB BONUS MULTIPLE OF 2 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT
ON 1 OCT 04. TO RECEIVE SRB PAYMENT, MARINES NEED TO COMPLETE
REQUIRED SRB PAPERWORK WITH A CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST AND SUBMIT
TO DISBURSING.
C.FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILL SRB: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ANY MARINE
WHO IS CURRENTLY 2/2 OR BETTER QUALIFIED IN ONE OF THE BELOW
LANGUAGES MAY REENLIST FOR AN SRB MULTIPLE OF 5, REGARDLESS OF PMOS.
THE APPLICABLE LANGUAGES ARE: ARABIC (SAUDI), (EGYPTIAN), (IRAQI), &
(NORTH AFRICAN), PERSIAN FARSI, KURDISH, URDU, PUSHTU, AND SOMALI.
THIS SRB IS INTENDED FOR THE 8611 QUALIFIED MARINE, WITH 2/2
PROFICIENCY, WHO IS EITHER SERVING IN OR AVAILABLE TO SERVE AS AN
8611. SINCE 8611 IS A CONTINGENCY BILLET, IT IS NOT REASONABLE TO
ASSUME THAT A MARINE CAN SERVE AN ENTIRE REENLISTMENT CONTRACT IN
THAT BILLET, THEREFORE, SRB RECOUPMENT IS LIMITED TO THOSE MARINES
WHO REFUSE ORDERS TO SERVE AS AN 8611.
(1) ANY MARINE WHO IS PROFICIENCT IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE REFERENCED
ABOVE BUT WHO HAS NOT FORMALLY QUALIFIED UNDER THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY PAY PROGRAM (FLPP) MUST DO SO IN ORDER TO RATE THE SRB
MULTIPLE OF 5. ADDITIONALLY, MARINES WHO LATERALLY MOVE INTO MOS
2671 WILL BE AUTHORIZED A MULTIPLE OF 5 WITH PAYMENT DUE UPON
COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE 2671 PMOS.
(2) LATMOVE SRB INCENTIVE: REFERENCE E OFFERED A REENLISTMENT
INCENTIVE TO ATTEND THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (DLI) IN MONTEREY
TO GAIN PROFICIENCY IN AN ARABIC LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT THE FOREIGN
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PROGRAM. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ANY MARINES
REENLISTING FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A REENLISTMENT BONUS
MULTIPLE OF 5. THE SRB IS PAYABLE UPON COMPLETION OF LANGUAGE
TRAINING AT THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AND SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENT
OF THE 8611 ADDITIONAL MOS. ANY MARINES HAVING ALREADY REENLISTED IN
FY05 FOR THIS DLI INCENTIVE ARE ALSO AUTHORIZED THE SAME SRB
MULTIPLE OF 5. IF A MARINE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED AN SRB THIS FY, THE
MARINE RATES THE HIGHER MULTIPLE OF 5 EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF
REENLISTMENT, PAYABLE UPON COMPLETION OF LANGUAGE TRAINING. TO
RECEIVE SRB PAYMENT, MARINES NEED TO COMPLETE REQUIRED SRB PAPERWORK
WITH A CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST AND SUBMIT TO DISBURSING.
D.THE 5821 (CID) MOS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AS A LATERAL MOVE
SRB-ELIGIBLE MOS. FUTURE 5821 REQUIREMENTS WILL BE FILLED BY THE
5811 MOS.
E.IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR AN SRB PAYMENT, A QUALIFIED MARINE MUST
EXECUTE REENLISTMENT ON OR BEFORE 31 MAY 2005 (THUS HAVING AN
EFFECTIVE REENLISTMENT DATE OF 1 JUN 2005 OR EARLIER). ALL SRB
MULTIPLES IN REF A AND B REMAIN THE SAME.
4. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 1 JUN 2005.//