R 040851Z OCT 12
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 556/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/INCREASED MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS FOR FY13 AND SPECIAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR 03XX//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMPR-2/YMD:20120614//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/-//
NARR/REF A, MCO P1400.32D W/CH 2, (ENLPROMMAN), PROVIDES POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR PROMOTION ELIGIBILITY.  REF B IS THE MARINE CORPS MANUAL.//
POC/S. M. DENAULT/MAJ/HD MMPR-2/-/TEL:DSN 278-9718 /EMAIL:SUZANNE.DENAULT@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  REF A ESTABLISHES POLICY AND ALLOCATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS.  THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES ALLOCATION INCREASES FOR ACTIVE COMPONENT MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS TO CORPORAL AND SERGEANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 AND SPECIAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR 03XX.
2.  MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS TO CORPORAL AND SERGEANT AS OUTLINED IN PARA 4103.2 OF REF A, ARE HEREBY MODIFIED.  EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 2012, OPERATING FORCES, AS DEFINED BY REF (B), ARE AUTHORIZED TO MERITORIOUSLY PROMOTE TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE NOT MORE THAN 1/2 OF ONE PERCENT OF THE CORPORALS, AND 1 PERCENT OF THE LANCE CORPORALS ON BOARD ON THE 2ND DAY OF THE FISCAL QUARTER (OCTOBER, JANUARY, APRIL, AND JULY). EXCESS FRACTIONS WILL NOT BE CARRIED OVER IF ONE OR MORE PROMOTIONS RESULT FROM THE QUARTERLY COMPUTATION.
3.  SPECIAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS FOR 03XX. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2012, COMMANDING GENERALS OF ACTIVE COMPONENT MARINE DIVISIONS ARE DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO EFFECT, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS, MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS TO SERGEANT, AS PRESCRIBED BELOW.
A. UPON UNIT STABILIZATION, THE BATTALION COMMANDER CAN RECOMMEND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STABILIZED ON-BOARD STRENGTH OF OCCUPATIONAL FIELD 03 SERGEANTS FILLING SQUAD/SECTION LEADER BILLETS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SQUAD/SECTION LEADER T/O BILLETS.
EXAMPLE 1:  AN INFANTRY BATTALION HAS A T/O OF 27 0311 SERGEANT SQUAD LEADERS.  IF AN INFANTRY BATTALION STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT HAS ONLY 20 OF THE AUTHORIZED 27 0311 SERGEANT SQUAD LEADERS ON BOARD, THEN THAT BATTALION COMMANDER MAY NOMINATE SEVEN 0311 CORPORALS THAT ARE STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT WITH THE BATTALION FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION TO SERGEANT IN ORDER TO FILL THE SQUAD LEADER VACANCIES. NOMINATIONS WILL BE FORWARDED TO DIVISION COMMANDERS FOR FINAL PROMOTION AUTHORITY.
EXAMPLE 2:  A LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE (LAR) COMPANY HAS A T/O OF SIX 0313 SERGEANT SQUAD LEADERS. IF A LAR COMPANY IS STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT WITH ONLY FOUR OF THE AUTHORIZED SIX 0313 SERGEANT SQUAD LEADERS ON BOARD, THEN THE LAR BATTALION COMMANDER MAY NOMINATE UP TO TWO 0313 CORPORALS THAT ARE STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY TO THE GRADE OF SERGEANT IN ORDER TO FILL THE SQUAD LEADER VACANCIES. NOMINATIONS WILL BE FORWARDED TO DIVISION COMMANDERS FOR FINAL PROMOTION AUTHORITY.
EXAMPLE 3:  AN INFANTRY BATTALION WEAPONS COMPANY HAS A T/O OF EIGHT 0341 SERGEANT SECTION LEADERS. IF A WEAPONS COMPANY IS STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT WITH ONLY SIX OF THE AUTHORIZED EIGHT 0341 SERGEANT SECTION LEADERS ON BOARD, THEN THAT BATTALION COMMANDER MAY NOMINATE UP TO TWO 0341 CORPORALS THAT ARE STABILIZED FOR DEPLOYMENT TO THE GRADE OF SERGEANT IN ORDER TO FILL THE SQUAD LEADER VACANCIES.  NOMINATIONS WILL BE FORWARDED TO DIVISION COMMANDERS FOR FINAL PROMOTION AUTHORITY.
4.  MARINES MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR TIME IN SERVICE BEFORE BEING PROMOTED. MARINES WILL NOT BE PROMOTED WHILE IN A PROMOTION RESTRICTION AS OUTLINED IN PARA 1204 OF REF A.
5.  THIS MARADMIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
6.  THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED 30 SEPTEMBER 2013.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. C. F. SWAIN, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION (ACTING).//