R 121529Z FEB 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 073/13
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMEBC WASHINGTON DC AVN ASM//
SUBJ/FY 13 RESERVE KC-130T TRANSITION CONVERSION BOARD FOR MARINE NAVAL AVIATORS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/YMD:MCO 1331.2K/-/-//
REF/B/MSGID:MARADMIN/044-13/CMC(RA)/YMD:20130123/-/-//
REF/C/MSGID:MARADMIN/045-13/CMC(RA)/YMD:20130123/-/-//
NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS ORDER 1331.2K TRANSITION/
CONVERSION TRAINING FOR MARINE NAVAL AVIATORS AND NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICERS.  REF B IS CHANGE 1 TO FISCAL YEAR 2013 SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNIT AVIATION OFFICER AFFILIATION BONUS (AOAB).  REF C IS MCBUL 1001 INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.//
POC/BELL A.D. II/MAJ/UNIT:4TH MAW/-/TEL:504-697-7788/-/
EMAIL:ALVIN.BELL(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION IS COMMITTED TO A ROBUST MARINE AVIATION TRANSITION/CONVERSION (T/C) PROGRAM WHICH BALANCES AVIATOR INVENTORIES WITH FUTURE MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENTS.  THIS MARADMIN SEEKS APPLICATIONS FROM NAVAL AVIATORS (NA) WHO DESIRE TO BROADEN AND CHALLENGE THEMSELVES BY TRAINING IN A KC-130T SQUADRON WITHIN 4TH MAW.  THESE SELECT INDIVIDUALS WILL FACILITATE THE INTERCHANGE OF PROFESSIONAL AND TACTICAL EXPERTISE WITHIN 4TH MAW AND MARINE CORPS AVIATION. 
2.  THE 4TH MAW KC-130T T/C SELECTION BOARD WILL MEET ON OR ABOUT 14 MAR 13.
3.  THE RESERVE KC-130T T/C PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO ALL ACTIVE COMPONENT NAVAL AVIATORS MAJOR AND BELOW WHOSE EAS IS NOT LATER THAN 31 AUG 13 AND ANY RESERVE COMPONENT NAVAL AVIATOR WITH LESS THAN 16 SATISFACTORY YEARS CREDIT TOWARD A RESERVE RETIREMENT AS OF 31 AUG 13, WHO IS ABLE TO COMPLETE 18 SATISFACTORY YEARS WITHIN 24 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE AND HAS NOT BEEN PASSED FOR PROMOTION IN GRADE ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE STATUS LIST (RASL).  ADDITIONALLY, MAJORS MUST HAVE LESS THAN 4 YEARS TIME IN GRADE AS OF 1 MAY 13.
4.  ALL OPENINGS REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE AND WILL BE FILLED ON A COMPETITIVE/BEST QUALIFIED BASIS.  UP TO FOUR (4) PRIMARY APPLICANTS AND TWO (2) ALTERNATE APPLICANTS WILL BE SELECTED FOR T/C TO THE KC-130T.  THE APPLICANTS WILL BE CHOSEN FOR EITHER VMGR-452 IN NEWBURGH, NY, OR VMGR-234 IN FT WORTH, TX.  PRIMARY SELECTEES WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR YEARS UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING.  T/C TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED NO EARLIER THAN 01 MAY 13 AFTER ASSIGNMENT TO THE RESERVE UNIT.  ADDITIONALLY, INDIVIDUALS SELECTED WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND UP TO FOUR MONTHS OF ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING (ADT), COMPLETE THE KC-130T CORE SKILL INTRODUCTION PHASE AND ACHIEVE A MINIMUM QUALIFICATION OF T3P.  IT IS EXPECTED THAT APPLICANTS WILL ALSO BE WILLING TO ACCEPT VOLUNTARY MOBILIZATION ORDERS, IF AVAILABLE, TO ACHIEVE CORE SKILL PROFICIENCY, WHICH CAN REQUIRE ANOTHER EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS OF TRAINING.
5.  SPECIFIC SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE KC-130T:  A MINIMUM OF 1,200 FLIGHT HOURS TOTAL TIME WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND IN INSTRUMENT FLYING, MILITARY OR CIVILIAN FLIGHT TIME IS ACCEPTABLE. PROXIMITY TO DRILLING SITE, EASE OF COMMUTE, OR WILLINGNESS TO RELOCATE WILL BE FAVORABLY CONSIDERED.  FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WITH MOS 7509, 7523, 7543, 7562 AND TO APPLICANTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS AS A SMCR WITHIN 4TH MAW.
6.  APPLICANTS ARE REMINDED TO CONSIDER ALL CAREER IMPLICATIONS PRIOR TO APPLICATION SUBMISSION TO INCLUDE MIL-CIV CONVERSION PLAN REGARDING CIVILIAN JOB AND FAMILY SITUATION.
7.  APPLICATIONS ARE NOT SOLICITED FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SELECTED FOR T/C TRAINING (I.E. CH-46 TO AH-1W), ARE MEDICALLY DISQUALIFIED FOR DUTIES INVOLVING FLYING, OR HAVE HAD THEIR FLIGHT STATUS REVOKED.
8.  APPLICATION PROCESS:
A.  APPLICATIONS ARE TO FOLLOW REFERENCE (A) FOR SUBMISSION OF PACKAGES. APPLICANTS WILL USE THE APPLICATION FORMAT FROM THE 4TH MAW WEB PAGE WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP: SLASH SLASH WWW.MARFORRES.MARINES.MIL/PORTALS/116/DOCS/4THMAW/4THMAW_JOIN/WGO PERCENTSIGN 205320R.2S_ENC.DOC
B.  AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE CONVENING DATE, CURRENT COPY OF THE MEMBER'S MASTER BRIEF SHEET AND ALL FITREPS ARE REQUIRED.
C.  ENDORSEMENTS:  APPLICANTS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO A FLYING BILLET SHOULD INCLUDE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER.  APPLICANTS NOT CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO A FLYING BILLET SHOULD INCLUDE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THEIR LAST FLYING UNIT.  LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ARE ENCOURAGED.
D.  ACTIVE DUTY APPLICANTS MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WITHIN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY ACCEPT A FOUR-YEAR RESERVE COMMITMENT FOR T/C TO THE KC-130T.
E.  ONCE THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE, A DIGITAL (PDF) COPY OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE IS THE STANDARD FOR SUBMISSION.  ANY DOCUMENTS REQUIRING SIGNATURE (ENDORSEMENTS, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, ETC) MUST BE SIGNED PRIOR TO CONVERSION TO PDF.  THESE PDF FILE(S) SHALL BE E-MAILED TO ALVIN.BELL@USMC.MIL NLT 7 MAR 2013.  NOTE:  ADOBE ACROBAT (PDF) FORMAT IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED MEANS OF DIGITAL SUBMISSION FOR THE APPLICATIONS.
F.  LABEL ALL PDF FILES WITH LAST.FIRST.DESIRED AIRCRAFT (I.E. FOSS.JOE.KC-130T) FOR TRACKING PURPOSES.  IF MULTIPLE PDF FILES ARE SUBMITTED, LABEL FILES AS 1 OF XX (I.E. FOSS.JOE.KC-130T PART 1 OF 4).
G.  IF APPLICANTS ARE NOT ABLE TO CONVERT THE APPLICATION PACKAGE TO PDF AND E-MAIL IT TO THE BOARD, HARD COPIES OF THE APPLICATION PACKAGE MUST ARRIVE AT 4TH MAW NLT 7 MAR 2013.  THE POC SHALL BE NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL IF A HARD COPY IS BEING SENT IN LIEU OF A  DIGITAL SUBMISSION.  IF REQUIRED, SEND THE HARD COPY OF THE PACKAGE TO: 4TH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ATTN: FY13 KC-130T RESERVE T/C BOARD 2000 OPELOUSAS AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70146
9.  POINTS OF CONTACT:
A.  QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE POC LISTED ABOVE.
B.  QUESTIONS REGARDING UNIT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND PARTICIPATION WITH VMGR-234 MAY BE DIRECTED TO LTCOL D. W. BOUNDS, DSN 739-2902, COMMERCIAL (817) 782-2902 OR EMAIL AT DAVID.W.BOUNDS AT USMC.MIL.
C.  QUESTIONS REGARDING UNIT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND PARTICIPATION WITH VMGR-452 MAY BE DIRECTED TO MAJ DAVID A. TURNER, DSN 636-1987, COMMERCIAL (845) 563-1987 OR EMAIL AT DAVID.A.TURNER2 AT USMC.MIL.
10.  THE BOARD RESULTS, WHEN APPROVED BY DC AVIATION, WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY MARADMIN. BOARD RESULTS WILL NOT BE PASSED BY PHONE UNTIL AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE MARADMIN ANNOUNCING THE SELECTEES.  UPON APPROVAL, SELECTEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) REQUIRING THEM TO SERVE SATISFACTORILY FOR FOUR YEARS IN A SMCR SQUADRON.
11.  MARINES ARE REMINDED THAT 4TH MAW HAS OPEN FLYING BILLETS IN TACTICAL SMCR SQUADRONS.  OFFICERS WHO AFFILIATE WITH A TACTICAL SQUADRON TO INCLUDE KC130T CONVERSIONS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 20,000 DOLLAR BONUS IAW REF B AS WELL AS REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL UP TO 300 DOLLARS PER TRIP FOR 22 TRIPS (UP TO 6,600 DOLLARS) PER YEAR IAW REF C.  TO LEARN MORE, CONTACT 4TH MAW G1 AT COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE (504) 697-7788.  NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF TACTICAL SQUADRONS IN  ADDITION TO VMGR INCLUDE: HMH-772   JB MCGUIRE/DIX/LAKEHURST (MDL), NJ HMLA-773  ROBINS AFB, GA; JRB NEW ORLEANS, LA; JB MDL, NJ HMM-774   NS NORFOLK, VA VMFA-112  JRB FORT WORTH, TX VMM-764   MCAS MIRAMAR, CA
12.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN ROBERT E. SCHMIDLE, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION.//