MARADMINS : 268/03
R 061455Z JUN 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 268/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MPP-20//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1900. 2ND QUARTER, FY03 FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP,
/NON-EAS ATTRITION//
REF/A/DOC/CMC WHITE LETTER/11NOV2002//
POC/A.G. WILCOX/MAJ/CMC (MPP-20)/-/TEL:COM 703-784-9362
/TEL:DSN 278-9362//
AMPN/REF A IS 1ST QUARTER, FY03 CMC WHITE LETTER ON FIRST-TERM,
POST-BOOT CAMP, NON-EAS ATTRITION.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PREVIOUSLY, CMC PUBLISHED A QUARTERLY WHITE
LETTER ON
FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP, NON-EAS ATTRITION FOR EACH BATTALION
LEVEL COMMAND IN THE MARINE CORPS. REF A IS THE MOST RECENT WHITE
LETTER ON THIS SUBJECT. THIS MESSAGE WILL REPLACE THE COMMANDANT'S
QUARTERLY WHITE LETTER. THE INTENT OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO CONTINUE
PROVIDING COMMAND VISIBILITY TO THIS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE.
2. SECOND QUARTER FY03 FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP, NON-EAS ATTRITION
DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY; 18 PERCENT FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST FY, AND
22 PERCENT FROM HISTORICAL QUARTERLY NORMS. MUCH OF THIS CHANGE IN
ATTRITION BEHAVIOR IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
SPECIFICALLY, SEPARATIONS FOR MISCONDUCT HAVE DECREASED 42 PERCENT
FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST FY AND FROM HISTORICAL QUARTERLY NORMS.
3. SEPARATIONS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO FIVE MAJOR GROUPS. THESE
CATEGORIES ARE:
A. MISCONDUCT (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR DRUGS, SERIOUS OFFENSES,
PATTERNS OF MISCONDUCT, HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ETC).
B. PHYSICAL DISABILITY (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR PERMANENT,
TEMPORARY, SEVERANCE PAY DISABILITIES, ETC).
C. UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR WEIGHT
CONTROL, UNSUITABILITY, ETC).
D. CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR
ACCEPTING A COMMISSION, HARDSHIP, PARENTHOOD, PREGNANCY, SECNAV
AUTHORITY, SERVICE TRANSFER, SOLE SURVIVOR, ETC).
F. DESERTER STATUS (INCLUDES INCIDENTS OF DESERTION).
4. LISTED BELOW ARE SEPARATIONS BY CATEGORY FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR
COMMANDS: MARFORPAC, MARFORLANT, MCCDC, MARFORES, AND MCRC. THESE
MAJOR COMMANDS REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE FIRST-TERM
FORCE. AVERAGE (AVG) IS THE HISTORICAL QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF THE
PREVIOUS NINE QUARTERS AND ALLOWS FOR TREND COMPARISON. COMMANDERS
INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE STATISTICS FOR OTHER LEVELS OF COMMAND
MAY REQUEST THIS INFORMATION FROM THE POINT OF CONTACT LISTED ABOVE.
A. MISCON MISCON MISCON PHYDIS PHYDIS PHYDIS UNSAT UNSAT UNSAT
UNIT Q2FY02 Q2FY03 AVG Q2FY02 Q2FY03 AVG Q2FY02 Q2FY03 AVG
MFPAC 359 205 317 75 87 97 16 7 12
MFLANT 242 256 273 108 122 90 10 10 12
MCCDC 280 59 307 33 26 31 4 6 4
MFRES 5 3 6 5 5 6 0 1 0
MCRC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 886 524 903 221 240 224 30 24 28
B. COG COG COG DESERT DESERT DESERT TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
UNIT Q2FY02 Q2FY03 AVG Q2FY02 Q2FY03 AVG Q2FY02 Q2FY03 AVG
MFPAC 99 115 112 184 144 171 733 558 709
MFLANT 97 153 134 125 153 157 582 694 666
MCCDC 25 24 28 36 24 30 378 139 400
MFRES 20 15 23 0 0 0 30 24 35
MCRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL 241 307 297 345 321 358 1723 1416 1810
5. THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL LIST SEPARATIONS FOR 3RD QUARTER, FY03 AS
COMPARED TO THE SAME QUARTER LAST FY AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
NORMS.//