R 201515Z OCT 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLAS
MARADMIN 456/04
MMSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC/-//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1900 4TH QTR FY04 FIRSTTERM POST BOOTCAMP NONEAS ATTRITION
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POC/A.F. EVERTSON/MAJ/CMC (MPP-20)/-/TEL:DSN 278-9362
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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  OUR 4th QUARTER FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP,
NON-EAS ATTRITION DECREASED 21 PERCENT FROM THE 3RD QUARTER, FY04
AND IS 1 PERCENT BELOW 4th QUARTER, FY03.  THIS ATTRITION RATE IS
18 PERCENT BELOW THE THREE YEAR HISTORICAL AVERAGE WITH A MAJORITY
OF THE DECREASE OCCURING DUE TO FEWER DISCHARGES FOR MISCONDUCT.
2.  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 AND
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).
E.  DESERTER STATUS (INCLUDES INCIDENTS OF DESERTION).
3.  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 AVERAGE OF THE
PREVIOUS THREE YEARS AND ALLOWS FOR TREND COMPARISON.  THIS IS A
CHANGE FROM THE LAST MARADMIN THAT COMPARED THE PREVIOUS NINE
QUARTERS.
    MISCON MISCON MISCON PHYDIS PHYDIS PHYDIS UNSAT  UNSAT  UNSAT
UNIT  Q4FY03 Q4FY04  AVG  Q4FY03 Q4FY04  AVG   Q4FY03 Q4FY04  AVG
MFPAC   145   184    226      88     88   87      9     4      7
MFLANT  240   196    276      88    103   93     15    14     12
MCCDC    54    49    107      38     38   26      0     1      3
MCRC      1     0      1       0      0    0      0     0      0
MFRES     0     2      7       4      7    6      0     1      1
TOTAL   440   431    617     218    236  212     24    20     23
      COG    COG    COG    DESERT  DESERT DESERT TOTAL  TOTAL  TOTAL
UNIT  Q4FY03 Q4FY04  AVG    Q4FY03  Q4FY04  AVG   Q4FY03 Q4FY04  AVG
MFPAC    76     85    99      95     117    124     413    478   543
MFLANT  146    120   155      88      98    128     577    531   663
MCCDC    26     28    25      37      16     22     155    132   181
MCRC      0      0     2       0       0      0       1      0     3
MFRES    21      8    15       0       0      2      25     18    30
TOTAL   269    241   296     220     231    276     1171  1159  1420  
 4.  THE NEXT MARADMIN WILL LIST SEPARATIONS FOR 1st QUARTER, FY05 AS
COMPARED TO THE SAME QUARTER LAST FY.//