R 051550Z JUN 15
MARADMIN 275/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA//
SUBJ/CLARIFICATION PERTAINING TO PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (PTAD) INCIDENT TO REENLISTMENT//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/DOD/13AUG13//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/CMC/19MAY09//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC/08SEP10//
NARR/REF A IS DODI 1327.06, LEAVE AND LIBERTY POLICY AND PROCEDURES. REF B IS MCO 1050.3J, REGULATIONS FOR LEAVE, LIBERTY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE. REF C IS MCO 1040.31, ENLISTED RETENTION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.//
POC/UNIT: CMC MPO/TEL: DSN 278-9386/87/88/TEL: COM (703)784-9386/87/88//
RMKS/1.  PURPOSE. TO CLARIFY PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (PTAD) POLICY INCIDENT TO REENLISTMENT.
2.  BACKGROUND. REF A GOVERNS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE POLICY, DEFINED BY THE MARINE CORPS AS PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (PTAD), AND LISTS SPECIFIC OCCASIONS WHEN SUCH ABSENCE IS AUTHORIZED. REF A DOES NOT LIST REENLISTMENT AS AN OCCASION THAT MERITS ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE (PTAD).
3.  ACTION
    A.  EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF THIS MARADMIN, COMMANDERS SHALL NO LONGER GRANT PTAD SOLELY FOR REENLISTING. THE ACT OF REENLISTMENT DOES NOT GENERATE AN ENTITLEMENT TO PTAD. THESE PRACTICES, ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS, ARE IN VIOLATION OF REFS A AND B.
    B.  THE SUGGESTION WITHIN REF C THAT COMMANDERS UTILIZE PTAD TO INCENTIVIZE REENLISTMENT SHALL BE REMOVED IN ITS NEXT REVISION.
    C.  COMMANDERS SHALL ENSURE ALL APPROVED REQUESTS FOR PTAD MEET THE LIMITED SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR PTAD LISTED WITHIN CHAPTER FIVE OF REF B. IF REQUESTS DO NOT MEET SPECIFIED CRITERIA, COMMANDERS MAY AUTHORIZE EITHER FUNDED TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (TAD) OR ANNUAL LEAVE, AS APPROPRIATE.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN M. A. BRILAKIS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//