R 220541Z OCT 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLAS
MARADMIN 461/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY 2005 STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER MERITORIOUS PROMOTION
/ALLOCATIONS //
REF/A/DOC/CMC MMPR-2/YMD:20001030//
REF/B/LTR/1400 MPP-20 DTD/07OCT2004//
REF/C/LTR/1400 RAP DTD/13SEP2004/-//
POC/J. A. MCLAUGHLIN/CAPT HD MMPR-2/-/-/TEL:DSN 278-9710
/TEL:703-784-9710/TEL:FAX DSN 278-9882/TEL:FAX 703-784-9882//
NARR/REF A IS MCO P1400.32C, MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME
2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS (SHORT TITLE: MARCORPROMMAN).  REF B CONTAINS
THE JANUARY 2005 SEMIANNUAL SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT AND THE APRIL
2005 NON SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT MERITORIOUS ALLOCATIONS.  REF C
CONTAINS THE FY 2005 MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR PRIOR
SERVICE RECRUITERS, EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY RECRUITERS AND SELECTED
MARINE CORPS RESERVE STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO PROVIDE SEMIANNUAL AND ANNUAL
MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS TO COMMANDING GENERALS AND
COMMANDING OFFICERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE SET FORTH IN
REFERENCES A THROUGH C.
2.  BACKGROUND.  RECENT ANALYSIS OF POLICY USED IN DETERMINING
MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS
IDENTIFIED INEQUITIES IN THE ALLOCATIONS BETWEEN COMMANDS.  TO REACH
AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOCATIONS ONLY THREE SPECIAL DUTY
ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL BE PROVIDED MERITORIOUS PROMOTION
ALLOCATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARA 4.  THESE MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTION
ALLOCATIONS ALLOW COMMANDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE A SELECT
FEW MARINES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION TO THE GRADES OF GUNNERY
SERGEANT AND STAFF SERGEANT.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS RECOGNIZE
MARINES FOR THEIR SUPERIOR POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY
BASED UPON THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE, SACRIFICE, AND
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
3.  ACCORDINGLY, COMMANDERS WITH ALLOCATIONS LISTED IN PARA 4 WILL
CONVENE SELECTION BOARDS WITHIN THEIR COMMANDS TO NOMINATE MARINES
FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION BY THE CMC.  THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
SELECTION BOARDS FOR THE MERITORIOUS PROMOTION OF MARINES TO SSGT
AND GYSGT AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ENDORSED BY THE
COMMANDER AND SUBMITTED VIA NAVAL LETTER OR MESSAGE TO CMC (MMPR-2).
THE LETTER OR MESSAGE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 2 DEC 04.
UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE NOMINATIONS BY CMC (MMPR-2), "SELECT
GRADE" UNIT DIARY ENTRIES WILL BE ENTERED BY HQMC.  COMMANDERS WILL
PREPARE CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A.
SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL RECEIVE MERITORIOUS
ALLOCATIONS FOR JULY PROMOTIONS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
4.  ACTION.  THE JAN 05 MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG
SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE:
CMD                                     SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND              31/12
TECOM (DRILL/COMBAT INSTRUCTORS)             19/5
MSG BATTALION                                13/3     
5.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE
EFFECTIVE ON 2 JAN 05.
6.  THE 2005 ANNUAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG NON
SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE:
CMD                                     SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS
MARFORLANT                                   6/3
MARFORPAC                                    9/5
MARFORRES                                   
(ACTIVE)                                     1/1
(SMCR)                                       4/1
MCCDC                                        3/2
MCRC                                         0/0
LOGCOM                                       0/0
7.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG NON SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL
HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2 APR 05.  THIS EFFECTIVE DATE PROVIDES
MARINES AN EARLIER OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTION THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE 2 APR 05 EFFECTIVE DATE ALLOWS PROMOTION PLANNERS
TO MORE ACCURATELY ACCOUNT FOR THE SERGEANT THROUGH GUNNERY SERGEANT
POPULATIONS. 
8.  COMMANDS WITH ALLOCATIONS LISTED IN PAR 6 OF THIS MARADMIN NEED
TO SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATIONS TO CMC (MMPR-2) NO LATER THAN 2 MAR 05.
THOSE COMMANDS WITH POPULATIONS LESS THAN 1000 (THEREBY NOT
RECEIVING ANY ALLOCATIONS) WILL SUBMIT A MERITORIOUS PROMOTION
PACKAGE ON A NOMINEE TO COMPETE FOR A SINGLE ALLOCATION ON THE
MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER
MERITORIOUS SELECTION BOARD.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTION PACKAGES MUST BE
SUBMITTED TO MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS NO LATER THAN 2 FEB 05.
FOR QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS SERGEANT
MAJOR AT COMM: (703) 784-9011 OR DSN: 278-9011.//