MARADMINS : 011/03
R 101045Z JAN 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(n)
TO ML MARADMIN(n)
MARADMIN
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UNCLAS
MARADMIN 011/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC RAP//
SUBJ/MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTIONS IN MARINE FORCES RESERVE//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/R 080542Z NOV 02//
REF/B/DOC/CMC/MMPR-2//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 604/02, REF B IS MCO P1400.32C, THE
ENLISTED PROMOTION MANUAL.//
POC/CAPT B. A. CRAFT/SSGT R. F. SEAY/RAP/DSN:278-9136/TEL:703-784-9136//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE COMMARFORRES A TOOL TO RECOGNIZE
SUPERIOR SGTS AND SSGTS FOR EXCEPTIONAL AND NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS
IN ACCOMPLISHING MARFORRES MISSIONS.
2. BACKGROUND. REF (A) ANNOUNCED THE MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTION
PROGRAM FOR THE OPERATING FORCES. REF (B) PROVIDES FOR MERITORIOUS
PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS TO SSGT AND GYSGT FOR RESERVE MARINES SERVING
IN SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.
3. INFORMATION. THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES A COMPARABLE MERITORIOUS
PROMOTION PROGRAM FOR MARINES OF THE RESERVE FORCES. THE COMMANDER
MARINE FORCES RESERVE IS AUTHORIZED TO MERITORIOUSLY NOMINATE A
SELECT FEW MARINES TO THE GRADE OF GYSGT AND SSGT IN RECOGNITION
OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRIBUTION TO
THE SUCCESS OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE, INDICATING SUPERIOR
POTENTIAL TO SERVE AT THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE.
4. ACTION
A. COMMARFORRES IS AUTHORIZED THE BELOW LISTED MERITORIOUS
PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR CY03. FUTURE CY ALLOCATIONS WILL BE
PUBLISHED BY CMC (RAP) ANNUALLY.
TO GYSGT TO SSGT
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B. NOMINATIONS FOR THESE ALLOCATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED VIA
MESSAGE TO CMC (MMPR-2) FOR FINAL APPROVAL. ALL NOMINEES APPROVED
FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION BY CMC (MM) WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MARADMIN
WITH A DATE OF RANK EFFECTIVE THE 2ND DAY OF THE MONTH IN WHICH THE
NOMINATION IS APPROVED.
C. QUALIFICATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION CONSIDERATION ARE
BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(1) MINIMUM OF 6 YEARS TIME IN SERVICE FOR PROMOTION TO GYSGT
(NOT WAIVERABLE).
(2) MINIMUM OF 4 YEARS TIME IN SERVICE FOR PROMOTION TO SSGT
(NOT WAIVERABLE).
(3) PERFORMANCE OF DUTY TO A DEGREE WHICH CLEARLY MERITS
PROMOTION OVER OTHER QUALIFIED MARINES AND WHICH JUSTIFIES
CONSIDERATION FOR ADVANCEMENT AHEAD OF OTHER MARINES IN THAT GRADE,
REGARDLESS OF TIME IN GRADE.
(4) COMPARISON OF THE MARINE WITH ALL KNOWN MARINES OF THE
SAME GRADE, WITHOUT REGARD TO OCCUPATIONAL FIELD OR MOS.
(5) LEVEL AND TYPE OF DUTY PERFORMED WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF
THE INDIVIDUAL'S OCCUPATIONAL FIELD/MOS.
(6) OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHICH REFLECTS FAVORABLY UPON
THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS POLICY IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE ACTIVE RESERVE.//