MARADMINS : 256/05
R 081300Z JUN 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 256/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN/ASM//
SUBJ/MV-22 TRANSITION POLICY CLARIFICATION FOR ENLISTED
MARINES//
REF/A/MTG/CMC/TTF/10MAY05//
REF/B/MSG/CMC/ASM/25DEC04//
REF/C/MSG/CMC/ASM/22JUL04//
REF/D/MTG/CMC/MMEA/24NOV04//
REF/ED/DOC/CMC/MCO P1040.31J/23JUN04//
REF/F/DOC/CMC/MCO P1200.7Z/27APR04//
REF/G/DOC/CMC/MCO P1300.8R/24NOV98//
NARR/ REF A IS MV-22 TTF CONFERENCE 2-05 CONVENED AT MCAS
NEW RIVER, NC. REF B IS MARADMIN 536/04 WHICH PROVIDED
GUIDELINES EXPANDING AVIATION COMMUNITY ENLISTED MARINES'
OPPORTUNITY FOR RETENTION AND TRANSITION INTO MV-22
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES (MOS) 6116, 6156, 6176,
AND 6326 WHILE CLARIFYING EXISTING POLICY AS PROMULGATED
IN REF C. REF C IS MARADMIN 315/04, WHICH REVISED EXISTING
MV-22 OSPREY TRANSITION POLICY FOR ENLISTED MARINES. REF D
IS A CMC (ASM/ASL AND MMEA/MPP) WORKING GROUP MEETING
CONDUCTED AT M&RA TO DISCUSS MV-22 ENLISTED MARINE TRANSITION
POLICY ISSUES. REF E IS THE ENLISTED RETENTION AND CAREER
DEVELOPMENT MANUAL. REF F IS THE MOS MANUAL. REF G IS THE
MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.//
POC/C. D. TAYLOR/MAJ/ASM/DSN 223-9874/-/TEL:COMM 703 693-9874//
POC/R. J. TAYLOR/MGYSGT/ASM/DSN 223-9887/-/TEL:COMM 703 693-9887//
POC/T. A. CARNAGHI/MGYSGT/ASL/DSN 223-9718/-/TEL:COMM 703-693-9718//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION OF AVIATION COMMUNITY
ENLISTED MARINES' MV-22 TRANSITION POLICY TO ENSURE COHESIVE
SQUADRONS WITH PROPER ENLISTED POPULATION SHAPING AS
PROMULGATED IN REFS B AND C.
2. PER THE REFS, FIRST-TERM MARINES WITH MORE THAN 2.5
YEARS AND CAREERIST MARINES WITH MORE THAN 3 YEARS REMAINING
ON ENLISTMENT CONTRACT IN TRANSITIONING SQUADRONS, FROM THE
DATE ENTERING TRANSITION TRAINING, WILL BE ELIGIBLE AND SCREENED
FOR TRANSITION. ALL MARINES FOUND SUITABLE FOR TRANSITION BY
THE MAG COMMANDER DURING SCREENING, SHALL ENTER TRANSITION
TRAINING WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SQUADRON ISO UNIT COHESION AND
PROPER COMMUNITY ENLISTED POPULATION SHAPING. THOSE MARINES
NOT TRANSITIONING SHALL BE REASSIGNED AT THE DISCRETION OF
MAG COMMANDER AND MMEA PER NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS
3. THIS MESSAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE AT THIS TIME.//