MARADMINS : 206/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220. CHANGE 2, FISCAL YEAR 2008 (FY08) SELECTED MARINE
CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) ENLISTED AFFILIATION BONUS (EAB)//
REF/A/DOC/2008 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTH ACT (NDAA)//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:20071125//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:20071130//
NARR/REF A IS TITLE 37, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 308C OF THE NDAA, REF B
IS MARADMIN 689/07, FY08 SMCR EAB, REF C IS MARADMIN 704/07, SMCR
PMOS RETRAINING PROGRAMS//
POC/J. E. BELL/GYSGT/CMC (RAP)/703-784-9136//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE A AND EFFECTIVE 1
APRIL 2008 THIS BULLETIN CANCELS REFERENCE B AND UPDATES THE MOS S
ELIGIBLE FOR THE FY08 SMCR EAB.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
A. PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITING OFFICES (PSRO) ARE THE ONLY
ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO CMC (RAP) FOR THIS
INCENTIVE.
B. REQUESTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CMC (RAP) VIA ITS SECTION
MAILBOX SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL.
C. UPON APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, A BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN)
WILL BE ISSUED.
D. PRIOR TO THE MARINE AFFILIATING WITH THE UNIT, THE PSRO WILL:
(1) OBTAIN A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) BY VISITING THE
M&RA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL .
IN THE SEARCH BOX, ENTER KEYWORD EAB, SELECT SMCR EAB,
THEN SMCR EAB SOU.
(2) HAVE THE MARINE SIGN A SOU WITH THE ISSUED BCN, THE UNIT
TO BE AFFILIATED WITH, AND THE PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTY (PMOS) TO BE FILLED.
(3) SUBMIT, TO CMC (RAP), A SCANNED PDF COPY OF THE SIGNED
SOU.
E. WHEN CMC (RAP) HAS RECEIVED AND APPROVED THE SOU, THE MARINE
WILL BE ALLOWED TO AFFILIATE AND RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE.
F. THE APPROVED SOU SHALL BE FILED ON THE DOCUMENT SIDE OF THE
MARINE S SERVICE RECORD BOOK.
G. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE MAY NOT CONCURRENTLY RECEIVE
ANOTHER INCENTIVE.
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
A. BE RECRUITED BY A PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITER TO AFFILIATE WITH
A SMCR UNIT TO FILL A CMC (RAP) VALIDATED VACANT BILLET COMMENSURATE
WITH GRADE AND PMOS.
B. HAVE 36 MONTHS OF CONTRACTUAL TIME AT THE TIME OF
AFFILIATION;
C. OR BE ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST FOR 36 MONTHS IN THE SMCR;
D. OR BE ELIGIBLE TO EXTEND IN ORDER TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 36
MONTHS OF CONTRACTUAL TIME AT THE TIME OF AFFILIATION.
E. THE UNIT THE MARINE DESIRES TO AFFILIATE WITH IS NOT
SCHEDULED TO BE DISESTABLISHED OR PLACED IN A CADRE STATUS WITHIN 3
YEARS OF THE DATE OF AFFILIATION.
F. BE WITHIN 48 MONTHS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM THE ACTIVE
COMPONENT (AC) (COMPONENT CODE 11) UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
G. HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE SMCR.
H. NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY.
I. AFFILIATE BETWEEN 1 APRIL AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2008.
J. CORPORALS MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN 5 SATISFACTORY YEARS OF
SERVICE UPON THE DATE OF AFFILIATION.
K. SERGEANTS MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN 10 SATISFACTORY YEARS OF
SERVICE UPON THE DATE OF AFFILIATION.
L. STAFF SERGEANTS MUST HAVE NO MORE 14 SATISFACTORY YEARS OF
SERVICE UPON THE DATE OF AFFILIATION.
M. ELIGIBLE PMOS S ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) CORPORAL:
0231/0261/0311/0321/0351/0481/0613/0622/0656/0814/0842/1171/1316
1342/1391/2141/2146/2147/2161/2831/2887/5942/6042/6062/6072/6132
6152/6172/6216/6286/6324/6531/6842/7051/7234/7242/7372
(2) SERGEANT:
0211/0241/0261/0311/0321/0331/0341/0352/0451/0471/0481/0511/0612
0613/0618/0621/0622/0623/0627/0628/0653/0658/0811/0814/0842/0844
0847/0861/1161/1171/1316/1391/2141/2161/2311/2336/2821/2822/2834
2847/2862/2887/3044/3051/3381/3451/3522/3524/3534/3536/4341/4641
5711/5813/5821/5939/5979/6012/6023/6033/6043/6049/6073/6152/6242
6324/6432/6464/6483/6493/6672/6842/7011/7051/7236/7242/7252/7254
(3) STAFF SERGEANT:
0211/0231/0241/0261/0313/0321/0369/0431/0471/0511/0619/0629/0658
0659/0811/0814/0848/0861/1142/1161/1171/1316/1341/1342/1345/1361
1391/1812/1833/2141/2161/2171/2311/2336/2823/2831/2862/3044/3112
3381/3537/4341/5711/5813/5821/5939/5974/6012/6023/6042/6043/6049
6062/6073/6074/6124/6242/6322/6324/6336/6414/6469/6482/6484/6493
6672/6842/7011/7236/7257/7382
N. THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE WAIVED.
4. RETRAINING.
A. CORPORALS AND SERGEANTS THAT ARE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE
INCENTIVE DUE TO A PMOS MISMATCH, MAY RETRAIN UTILIZING THE PRIOR
SERVICE MOS RETRAINING PROGRAM (PSMRP).
B. REQUESTS FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE PSMRP MUST BE SUBMITTED TO
CMC (RAP) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE C BY THE PSRO AND BE
APPROVED BY CMC (RAP) PRIOR TO THE MARINE AFFILIATING WITH THE SMCR
UNIT.
C. MARINES ASSIGNED TO THE PSMRP MUST COMPLETE PMOS TRAINING
WITHIN 180 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF AFFILIATION TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR
THE INCENTIVE.
D. IF THE PSMRP IS UTILIZED, PAYMENT OF THE INCENTIVE WILL NOT
BE RECEIVED UNTIL PMOS TRAINING IS COMPLETE.
E. A SELECTION TO STAFF SERGEANT WILL DISQUALIFY A MARINE FROM
THE PSMRP AND THIS INCENTIVE.
F. THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE WAIVED.
5. OBLIGATION.
A. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE WILL INCUR A 3-YEAR OBLIGATION
FROM THE DATE OF AFFILIATION WITH THE SMCR UNIT WITH WHICH THEY
AFFILIATED.
B. RECIPIENTS MUST SERVE IN THE PMOS AND THE UNIT FOR WHICH
THEY AFFILIATED FOR 3 YEARS.
6. RECOUPMENT.
A. RECOUPMENT WILL OCCUR AT A PRORATED AMOUNT IF THE MARINE:
(1) FAILS TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION;
(2) FAILS TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY;
(3) EXECUTES A LATERAL MOVE;
(4) EXECUTES AN INTER-UNIT TRANSFER WITHOUT CMC (RAP)
APPROVAL;
(5) TRANSFERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR);
(6) PERFORMS ACTIVE DUTY WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR OWN
FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 90 DAYS;
(7) SERVES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL
MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR BATTALION OR
SQUADRON;
(8) AUGMENTS TO AC OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM.
B. RECOUPMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IF THE MARINE:
(1) IS REQUIRED TO INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE
TO A UNIT DEACTIVATION, REDESIGNATION, OR DISABILITY;
(2) IS COMMISSIONED OR ACCEPTS AN APPOINTMENT IN THE
SELECTED RESERVE AND HAS SERVED 1 YEAR OF HIS INCENTIVE OBLIGATION.
7. THIS INCENTIVE IS A $15,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT.
8. THIS INCENTIVE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION
AUGMENTEES.
9. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS 30 SEPTEMBER 2008.
10. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN R. S. COLEMAN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT
FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//
MGySgt Robert W. Hull
HQMC, Reserve Affairs Admin Chief
(703) 784-9100/2 DSN 278-