R 091809Z SEP 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 448/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN ASM//
SUBJ/FY 13-02 RESERVE KC-130T TRANSITION CONVERSION BOARD FOR MARINE NAVAL AVIATORS//
REF/REF A/MSGID:A/DOC/YMD:MCO 1331.2K/-/ REF//
REF/REF B/WGO:B/DOC/WINGO: 5320R.S2/REF//
POC/A.D. BELL/MAJ/UNIT: 4TH MAW/-/TEL:COMM (504)697-7788//
ALTERNATE POC/R.B. YOUNG/LTCOL/UNIT: CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN ASM/DSN 223-9881/703-693-9881/RICHARD.B.YOUNG(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 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 3 OCT 13.
3.  ELIGIBILITY:
A.  ACTIVE COMPONENT NAVAL AVIATORS.  O4/MAJORS AND BELOW WHOSE EAS IS NOT LATER THAN 30 APR 14.   O4/MAJORS MUST HAVE LESS THAN 4 YEARS TIME IN GRADE AS OF THE BOARD CONVENING DATE.
B.  RESERVE NAVAL AVIATORS.  MUST HAVE LESS THAN 16 SATISFACTORY YEARS CREDIT TOWARD A RESERVE RETIREMENT AS OF 30 APR 14 AND WHO ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE 18 SATISFACTORY YEARS WITHIN 24 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE.  CAPTAINS WHO HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION TO MAJOR IN THE READY RESERVE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BOARD.  A CAPTAIN WHO IS IN ZONE OR ABOVE ZONE AND HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION REQUIRES VERIFICATION BY CMC (RESERVE AFFAIRS PERSONNEL PLANS AND POLICY) PRIOR TO APPROVAL TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.
4.  ALL OPENINGS REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE AND WILL BE FILLED ON A COMPETITIVE/BEST QUALIFIED BASIS.  UP TO TWO (2) PRIMARY APPLICANTS AND ONE (1) ALTERNATE APPLICANT WILL BE SELECTED FOR T/C TO THE KC-130T.  THE APPLICANTS WILL BE CHOSEN TO SERVE WITH VMGR-452 NEWBURGH, NY.  PRIMARY SELECTEES WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR YEARS INCLUSIVE OF TRAINING. T/C TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED NO EARLIER THAN 01 DEC 13 AFTER ASSIGNMENT TO THE RESERVE UNIT.
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 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.  APPLICATIONS ARE TO FOLLOW REFERENCE (A) FOR SUBMISSION OF PACKAGES AND WILL INCLUDE REFERENCE (B) IN ITS ENTIRETY. APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT REF (B) 4TH MAW APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SMCR.  REF (B) CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP: SLASH SLASH WWW.MARFORRES.MARINES.MIL/ PORTALS/116/DOCS/4THMAW/4THMAW_JOIN/WGO PERCENTSIGN 205320R.2S_ENC. DOC.APPLICANTS SHALL ENSURE THAT THEIR OMPF IS CURRENT TO INCLUDE PME,FITREPS AND A DIGITAL PHOTO (COMPLETED WITHIN ONE CALENDAR YEAR).  APPLICANTS MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE VIA A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY ACCEPT A FOUR-YEAR RESERVE COMMITMENT FOR T/C TO THE KC-130.
9. 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 OMB_4THMAW_CMD(AT)USMC.MIL NLT 26 SEP 2013.  NOTE: ADOBE ACROBAT (PDF) FORMAT IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED MEANS OF DIGITAL  SUBMISSION FOR THE APPLICATIONS.
A.  LABEL ALL PDF FILES WITH LAST.FIRST.DESIRED AIRCRAFT (I.E. FOSS.JOE.KC-130) FOR TRACKING PURPOSES. IF MULTIPLE PDF FILES ARE SUBMITTED, LABEL FILES AS 1 OF XX (I.E. FOSS.JOE.KC-130 PART 1 OF 4).
B.  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 26 SEP 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: FY2013 RESERVE T/C BOARD
2000 OPELOUSAS AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114
10. LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION OR COMMAND ENDORSEMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED,PARTICULARLY FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM THE APPLICANT HAS SERVED WITH IN A FLYING UNIT.  LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND ENDORSEMENTS SHOULD BE SCANNED WITH THE APPLICATION.
11. SELECTION BOARD RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY MARADMIN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOARD PROCEEDINGS.  BOARD RESULTS WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE MARADMIN ANNOUNCING THE SELECTEES.
12. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT E. SCHMIDLE, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION.//