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R 160910Z SEP 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
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UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 429/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC RA//
SUBJ/FY04 RESERVE PROMOTION AFFILIATION PROGRAM (RPAP)//
REF/A/MCO P1040.35B/DOC/YMD:20030228//
REF/B/MCO P1400.32C/DOC/YMD:20031003//
NARR/REF A IS THE RESERVE CAREER PLANNING AND RETENTION MANUAL. REF
B IS THE MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME 2, ENLISTED
PROMOTIONS//
POC/S. A. MAZUCA/GYSGT/CMC (RAP)/-/TEL:DSN 278-9136
/TEL:COM 703-784-9136/TEL:703-784-9137/TEL:703-784-9138
/TEL:703-784-9139/TEL:DSN 278-9137//
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:
A. CURRENT SMCR MARINES:
(1) MUST HAVE COMPLETED A MINIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE SATISFACTORY
YEARS OF SMCR PARTICIPATION DURING A CURRENT OR PRIOR ENLISTMENT.
(2) MUST HAVE SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION
AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING (IDT) DRILL PERIODS
DURING THE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PROMOTION.
B. INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) MARINES (NOT CURRENTLY A
MEMBER OF THE SMCR):
(1) 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.
(2) MUST JOIN AN SMCR UNIT WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THEIR TRANSFER TO THE
IRR OR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY.
(3) MUST SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF SCHEDULED
IDT DRILL PERIODS DURING THE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PROMOTION.
C. THE QUALIFIED APPLICANT MUST:
(1) EFFECT A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO TRAIN (SWAT) FOR A
MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS AND, IF NECESSARY, EXECUTE A REENLISTMENT OR
EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT FOR A PERIOD NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE
REQUIRED MINIMUM TWO YEAR SERVICE OBLIGATION UPON PROMOTION.
(2) BE CURRENTLY FILLING OR SCHEDULED FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A T/O BILLET
COMMENSURATE WITH THE RPAP PROMOTION GRADE.
(3) POSSESS THE PRIMARY MOS FOR THE BILLET ASSIGNMENT.
(4) MEET REENLISTMENT PREREQUISITES LISTED IN REFERENCE (A).
(5) NOT HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO THEIR CURRENT GRADE WITHIN THE PAST TWO
YEARS.
(6) HAVE NO UNEXCUSED DRILLS OR NJP.
(7) NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN RPAP PROMOTION.
4. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
A. 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'S ALLOCATIONS WILL BE BROKEN DOWN IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER AND AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS: 1ST QTR -
35; 2ND QTR - 35; 3RD QTR - 75; 4TH QTR - 55.
B. UNIT COMMANDERS, AS DEFINED IN REF (B), ARE AUTHORIZED TO
PROMOTE CORPORALS AND LANCE CORPORALS TO SERGEANTS AND CORPORALS
RESPECTIVELY ONCE ALL RPAP REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND A ""SELECT GRADE""
INDICATING THE RPAP DATE OF RANK IS POSTED IN MCTFS.
C. RPAP DATE OF RANK (DOR).
(1) FOR MARINES MEETING ALL RPAP REQUIREMENTS: RPAP DOR WILL BE THE
1ST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF PCN.
(2) FOR MARINES REQUIRING REENL/EXT: RPAP DOR WILL BE THE 1ST DAY
OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING REENLISTMENT/SIGNING OF THE EXTENSION.
(3) FOR AFFILIATING MARINES: RPAP DOR WILL BE THE 1ST DAY OF THE
MONTH FOLLOWING THE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF HIS/HER SIXTH
CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF SCHEDULED IDT.
D. PAY AND ALLOWANCES WILL ACCRUE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE
MONTH IN WHICH THE PROMOTION IS EFFECTED.
E. MARINES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONLY ONE PROMOTION UNDER THIS
PROGRAM.
F. ALL PROMOTION WARRANTS EFFECTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL BE
PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FIGURE 4-6 OF REF (B). THE PROMOTION
AUTHORITY IS THE PROMOTION CONTROL NUMBER.
G. RPAP PROMOTIONS ARE CONSIDERED REGULAR PROMOTIONS AND
PROMOTIONS WILL BE EFFECTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. TIME IN
GRADE REQUIREMENTS (8 MONTHS/9 MONTHS FOR PROMOTION TO CORPORAL AND
12 MONTHS FOR PROMOTION TO SERGEANT) REMAIN THE SAME FOR REGULAR
PROMOTIONS HOWEVER TIME IN SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ARE WAIVED AS IT
APPLIES TO THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
H. THE FY-04 RPAP WILL BE EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 03.
5. 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 12 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).
A. FAILURE TO FULFILL THE RPAP AFFILIATION REQUIREMENTS, FAILURE
TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPIATE 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 ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTION TO THE
GRADE HELD PRIOR TO THE RPAP PROMOTION.
B. 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 UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPANT;
(2) TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR/AR/ADSW/AD, PRIOR TO THE MARINES 12
MONTHS, OR DISCHARGED; OR
(3) THE MARINE INDICATES IN A PAGE 11 STATEMENT, HIS/HER
DESIRE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PROGRAM.
C. THIS MSG CONSTITUTES THE AUTHORITY FOR A REDUCTION EFFECTED
AS A RESULT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH RPAP CRITERIA.
6. THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED 30 SEP 04.
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