R 010101Z OCT 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
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MARADMIN
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MARADMIN 430/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/-//
SUBJ/FY05 RESERVE PROMOTION AFFILIATION PROGRAM (RPAP)//
REF/A/DOC/CMC(CMT)/YMD:19950228//
REF/B/DOC/CMC(MMPR-2)/YMD:20001030//
NARR/REF A IS MCO P1040.35 RESERVE CAREER PLANNING AND RETNETION
MANUAL.  REF B IS MCO P1400.32 MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME
2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS.//
POC/DAOOD S. A./MSGT/CMC(RAP)/LOC:QUANTICO VA/TEL:703-784-9136
/EMAIL:DAOODSA@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN ESTABLISHES POLICY AND PROVIDES
INSTRUCTION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE RESERVE PROMOTION
AFFILIATION PROGRAM.
2.  THE RPAP IS A RETENTION INCENTIVE DESIGNED FOR MEMBERS OF THE
MARINE CORPS RESERVE AND FORMER ACTIVE DUTY (REGULAR COMPONENT OR
ACTIVE RESERVE) MARINES IN THE GRADES OF LANCE CORPORAL AND CORPORAL
WHO REMAIN AFFILIATED WITH, OR JOIN, AN SMCR UNIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE POLICY CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE.
3.  MARINES MAY BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE PROVIDED THEY
MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA.  PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS THE CRITERIA
HAS CHANGED.
   A. SMCR MARINES MUST HAVE COMPLETED THEIR DRILLING OBLIGATION
AND HAVE PASSED THEIR MANDATORY PARTICIPATION STOP DATE AND AGREE TO
SERVE TWO YEARS IN THE NEWLY PROMOTED GRADE.
   B. ACTIVE DUTY/ACTIVE RESERVE MARINES MUST AGREE TO JOIN AN SMCR
UNIT THAT POSSESSES THEIR PRIMARY MOS WITHIN 1 MONTH OF BEING
RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND SERVE/DRILL IN THAT UNIT FOR SIX
CONSECUTIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO PROMOTION AND THEN AGREE TO SERVE TWO
YEARS IN THE NEWLY PROMOTED GRADE.
   C. INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE MARINES:
      (1) MARINES CAN NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY
RESERVE FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS FROM THEIR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY
OR FROM THE SMCR.
      (2) MUST JOIN AN SMCR UNIT THAT POSSESSES THEIR PRIMARY MOS
WITHIN 1 MONTH AND SERVE/DRILL IN THAT UNIT FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE
MONTHS PRIOR TO PROMOTION AND THEN AGREE TO SERVE TWO YEARS IN
THE NEWLY PROMOTED GRADE.
4.  THE QUALIFIED APPLICANT MUST:
   A.  MUST HAVE COMPLETED A MINIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE
SATISFACTORY YEARS OF SMCR PARTICIPATION OR MUST HAVE COMPLETED
A MINIMUM OF 4 YEARS OF ACTIVE COMPONENT-ACTIVE RESERVE SERVICE.
   B.  EFFECT A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE
REQUIREMENT TO DRILL FOR 2 YEARS AFTER PROMOTION.
   C.  MEET REENLISTMENT PREREQUISITES LISTED IN REF (A).
   D.  EXECUTE A REENLISTMENT OR EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT FOR A
PERIOD NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE REQUIRED MINIMUM TWO-YEAR SERVICE
OBLIGATION UPON PROMOTION.
   E.  MUST FILL OR BE SCHEDULED TO FILL A T/O BILLET COMMENSURATE
WITH THE RPAP PROMOTION GRADE.
   F.  POSSESS THE PRIMARY MOS FOR THE BILLET ASSIGNMENT.  PMOS
AND BMOS MUST MATCH.
   G.  NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN RPAP PROMOTION.
   H.  MUST NOT HAVE ANY UA'S NOR NJP'S IN CURRENT GRADE.
   I.  MUST POSSESS CURRENT FIRST CLASS PFT SCORE.
   J.  MUST NOT BE ON THE WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM OR THE MILITARY
APPEARANCE PROGRAM DURING CURRENT GRADE.
   K.  MUST BE PME COMPLETE FOR CURRENT GRADE.
5.  SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.  PROMOTION IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A
PROMOTION CONTROL NUMBER (PCN).  A PCN MUST BE OBTAINED FROM
CMC(RAP), AFTER WHICH ANY NECESSARY REENL/EXT REQUESTS MAY BE
SUBMITTED VIA THE TOTAL FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM (TFRS).  THE PCN
MUST BE ANNOTATED WITHIN THE TFRS REQUEST.  THE RPAP ALLOCATIONS
WILL BE BROKEN DOWN IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND AVAILABLE ON A
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS: 1ST QTR - 25; 2ND QTR - 25;
3RD QTR - 25; 4TH QTR - 25.
6.  UNIT COMMANDERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMOTE PCN RECIPIENTS ONCE
ALL RPAP REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND A SELECT GRADE INDICATING THE
RPAP DATE OF RANK IS POSTED IN MCTFS.
7.  PROMOTIONS.  RPAP DATE OF RANK WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE
MONTH FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF ALL RPAP REQUIREMENTS.
   A.  ALL PROMOTION WARRANTS EFFECTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL BE
PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE (B).  THE PROMOTION AUTHORITY
IS THE PROMOTION CONTROL NUMBER.
   B.  RPAP PROMOTIONS ARE CONSIDERED REGULAR PROMOTIONS AND WILL
BE EFFECTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH.  TIME IN SERVICE AND TIME
IN GRADE REMAIN THE SAME AS ALL OTHER REGULAR PROMOTIONS.  TIS/TIG
REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE WAIVED.
8.  THE RPAP BENEFITS THE RESERVE FORCE BY RETAINING QUALITY MARINES
IN SMCR UNITS.  MARINES PROMOTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE THEIR
PROMOTIONS REVOKED IF, AFTER PROMOTION, THEY CHOOSE TO TRANSFER TO
THE IRR, ACTIVE COMPONENT OR ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM, OR PERFORM
ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK (OTHER THAN AT THE UNIT OR BILLET IN WHICH
THEY NORMALLY DRILL) FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 139 DAYS (CUMULATIVE)
WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF THEIR RPAP PROMOTIONS.  THE REVOCATION RULE DOES
NOT APPLY TO MARINES WHO ARE MOBILIZED OR PERFORM ACTIVE DUTY
SPECIAL WORK - CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS (ADSW-CO).
9.  FAILURE TO FULFILL THE RPAP AFFILIATION REQUIREMENTS, FAILURE TO
SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPATE IN THE SMCR AS A DRILLING RESERVIST FOR A
TWO YEAR PERIOD AFTER PROMOTION, AND/OR A MARINE'S WITHDRAWAL FROM
THIS PROGRAM WILL RESULT IN AN ADMIN REDUCTION TO THE GRADE HELD
PRIOR TO THE RPAP PROMOTION.
   A.  IF REDUCED, THE DATE OF RANK ORIGINALLY POSSESSED IN THE
PREVIOUS GRADE WILL BE REASSIGNED.  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF REDUCTION
WILL BE THE DATE THE MARINE IS:
       (1) DECLARED AN UNSAT PART.
       (2) TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR/AR/AD/ADSW, OR DISCHARGED, OR
       (3) THE MARINE INDICATES IN A PAGE 11 STATEMENT, HIS/HER
DESIRE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PROGRAM.
   B.  THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES THE AUTHORITY FOR A REDUCTION
EFFECTED AS A RESULT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH RPAP CRITERIA.
10.  THE NEW RPAP SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO TRAIN(SWAT) CAN BE
VIEWED AND DOWNLOADED AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL, CLICK ON RESERVE
AFFAIRS (RA); RESERVE AFFAIRS POLICY (RAP); PERSONNEL PLANS
SECTION; RESERVE INCENTIVES; RESERVE PROMOTION AFFILIATION PROGRAM. 
11.  THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED 30 SEP 05.//