R 231740Z DEC 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 569/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC (RAM2)//
SUBJ/ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) OFFICER CAREER DESIGNATION PROCESS//
REF/A/MCO 1001.52H/-/-//
POC/MAJ COOK E.H./(703) 784-0531/DSN 278-0531/-
/EMAIL:ERIK.H.COOK@USMC.MIL/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
REF/A/IS MCO 1001.552H ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) SUPPORT TO THE RESERVE
COMPONENT (RC)
RMKS/1.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, OFFICERS WHO ARE ACCESSED TO THE
USMC ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) WILL DO SO IN A CAREER DESIGNATED STATUS.
CAREER DESIGNATION ALLOWS OFFICERS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON ACTIVE
DUTY WITH THE AR AND ULTIMATELY QUALIFY FOR AN ACTIVE FEDERAL
SERVICE RETIREMENT, SUBJECT TO CURRENT USMC POLICIES ON PROMOTION
AND RETENTION.  AR OFFICER ACCESSION BOARDS WILL ENSURE THAT ALL
OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR ACCESSION WILL BE CONSIDERED SUITABLE AND
QUALIFIED FOR SERVICE LEADING TO AN ACTIVE FEDERAL RETIREMENT. 
2.  OFFICERS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE AR WHO WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY
CAREER DESIGNATED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS MARADMIN WILL BE SO
DESIGNATED, AND WILL HAVE THEIR EAS CHANGED TO INDEFINITE BY HQMC
DIARY ACTION.  NO ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF OBLIGATED ACTIVE SERVICE WILL
BE INCURRED BY THIS ACTION.  AFTER PUBLICATION DATE OF THIS
MARADMIN, AR OFFICERS WHO DESIRE TO LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY AT ANY POINT
AFTER COMPLETION OF THEIR INITIAL OBLIGATED SERVICE MUST FORWARD AN
OFFICIAL REQUEST TO HQMC (RAM) VIA NAVMC 10274 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
FORM.  THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE AR OFFICERS WHO REQUEST RETIREMENT PER
MCO P1900.16 MARINE CORPS SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.
3.  THIS CHANGE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE REFERENCE.//