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MARADMIN 318/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MCRC ON-E//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1040.  FY05 ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (ECP)
/MERITORIOUS COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MCP) AND SELECTED MARINE CORPS
/RESERVE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (RECP) SELECTION BOARDS//
REF/A/DOC/MCRC OE/YMD:20000502//
REF/B/DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MP/YMD:20020517//
REF/C/DOC/MCRC ON-E/YMD:20040427//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1040.43A GOVERNING THE ECP AND MCP. 
REF B IS MARADMIN 278/02 TRANSFORMATION OF THE MCP. 
REF C IS MCO 1040R.10L GOVERNING THE RECP//
POC/MRS. NORTHAN/-/MCRC ON-E/-/TEL:DSN 278-9442/SECTEL:9443
/TEL:COMM 703-784-9442//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE
CONVENING OF THE FY05 ECP/MCP/RECP SELECTION BOARDS.  
2.  PER THE REFS, THE FOLLOWING ECP/MCP/RECP SELECTION BOARDS WILL
CONVENE DURING FY05:  
CLASS   APPLICATION DUE DATE  BOARD CONVENES        OCS DATES
188TH         1 OCT 04          29 NOV 04       16 JAN - 25 MAR 05
189TH         1 FEB 05          28 MAR 05        5 JUN - 12 AUG 05
190TH         1 JUN 05           1 AUG 05        2 OCT -  9 DEC 05
3.  REFER TO REFS (A), (B) AND (C) FOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND
APPLICATION GUIDELINES.  MCP APPLICANTS MUST PAY PARTICULAR
ATTENTION TO CHANGES CONTAINED IN REF (B).
4.  WHEN COMPUTING AGE AT DATE OF COMMISSIONING, USE THE OCS
COMPLETION DATE LISTED ABOVE.  DUE TO AVAILABLE TRAINING FOR WOMEN,
APPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN FOR THE WINTER (188TH) OCS CLASS WILL BE
DEFERRED UNTIL 5 JUN 05 AND WILL TRAIN WITH THE PLATOON LEADERS
CLASS (PLC) WOMEN AT THE 10-WEEK COMMISSIONING COURSE.
5.  ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE ENDORSED BY THE MARINE'S CHAIN OF
COMMAND.  APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WITHOUT ALL ENDORSEMENTS WILL NOT BE
CONSIDERED.
6.  APPLICANTS AND COMMANDS MUST COMPLY WITH APPLICATION DUE DATES.
A MINIMAL EXTENSION OF DUE DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ONLY
EXTINUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
7.  AN ANNUAL MARADMIN WILL BE RELEASED BY CMC (RESERVE AFFAIRS)
LISTING THE BILLET VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR RECP APPLICANTS.  IF
SELECTED, RECP CANDIDATES WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND MOS
SCHOOL UPON COMPLETION OF OCC AND TBS AND PRIOR TO REPORTING TO THE
OFFICER BILLET.  IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, THEN RECP CANDIDATES MUST
BEGIN AN MOS SCHOOL WITHIN ONE YEAR OF COMPLETION OF TBS.  OFFICERS
WHO FAIL TO DO SO WILL EITHER BE REVERTED TO THEIR HIGHEST ENLISTED
RANK OR DISCHARGED, DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S CIRCUMSTANCES.
REFER TO REF (C). 
8.  THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
9.  THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 JUN 05.//