R 011744Z SEP 15
MARADMIN 429/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/HQMC M&RA MP//
SUBJ/ IDENTIFY ENLISTED LEADER BILLETS IN SUPPORT OF THE 36TH COMMANDANT’S PLANNING GUIDANCE (CPG)//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/2015//
REF/B/ TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA/USMC TABLE OF ORGANIZATION AS OF THE AUG 2015 ASR//
REF/C/ MARADMIN 024/15/CANCELLATION OF MARADMIN 338/15//
REF/D/ MCO 5311.6 ADVOCATE AND PROPONENT ASSIGNMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES//
POC/JEFF RINGHOFFER/HQMC M&RA-MP/TEL: 703-784-9355 (DSN 278)/ JEFF.RINGHOFFER(AT)USMC.MIL//
REF/A/ IS THE 36TH COMMANDANT’S PLANNING GUIDANCE. REF/B/ USMC TABLE OF ORGANIZATION FOR ALL USMC FORCES AS OF THE AUG 2015 AUTHORIZED STRENGTH REPORT (ASR).//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/ 1. PURPOSE. IN SUPPORT OF REF (A), DC, M&RA REQUESTS ACTION BY ADDRESSEES TO IDENTIFY LEADER (GRADES E5 THROUGH E7 ) BILLETS IN BOTH THE ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPONENT FORCE USING DATA CONTAINED ON THE FOLLOWING WEBPAGE: HTTPS:(SLASH)(SLASH)EHQMC.USMC.MIL(SLASH)ORGMRA(SLASH)MP(SLASH)MPP(SLASH)L2L(SLASH)FORMS(SLASH)ALLITEMS.ASPX
2. BACKGROUND. THE PREVIOUS EFFORT TO IDENTIFY LEADER TO LED “SQUAD LEADER” EQUIVALENT BILLETS FOCUSED ON ACTIVE COMPONENT GRADE E5 IN THE OPFOR ONLY. IN SUPPORT OF REF (A) DC M&RA EXPANDS THIS EFFORT TO IDENTIFY ALL LEADER BILLETS (AS DEFINED IN PARA 4.A.1 BELOW) OF GRADE E5 THROUGH E7 ACROSS BOTH OPERATING FORCES AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE IDENTIFICATION, MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING OF LEADER BILLETS WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE MARINE CORPS FORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. REF C WAS RELEASED TO ALLOW FOR SYSTEM CHANGES WITHIN THE TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TO ALLOW FOR UPDATED STRUCTURE DATA.
3. TASKS
3.A. DC M&RA (MP)
3.A.1. COORDINATE SERVICE-WIDE STAFF ACTION IN RESPONSE TO REF (A) TO IDENTIFY LEADER BILLETS ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPONENT (GRADES E5 THROUGH E7).
3.B. DC CD&I, AVN, I&L, PP&O, AND SE UIC POCS IDENTIFIED IN PARA 4D.
3.B.1. AS THE MAGTF ELEMENT ADVOCATES, AND IAW REF D, IDENTIFY ENLISTED LEADER BILLETS (AS DEFINED IN PAR 4.A.1) BY BILLET IDENTIFICATION CODES (BICS) FOR GRADES E5 THROUGH E7 FROM THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF ENLISTED BILLETS WITHIN YOUR RESPECTIVE TABLES OF ORGANIZATION FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND RESERVE UNITS. EACH BIC PROVIDED IN THE DATA SET SHOULD BE EVALUATED ACROSS CURRENT AND ALL OUT YEARS TO ACCOUNT FOR PROGRAMMED FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES. DATA IS FROM REF (B) FY2017-FY2023. THE DATA SET WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING WEBPAGE IN THE "ADVOCATE L2L DATA" FOLDER: HTTPS:(SLASH)(SLASH)EHQMC.USMC.MIL(SLASH)ORGMRA(SLASH)MP(SLASH)MPP(SLASH)L2L(SLASH)FORMS(SLASH)ALLITEMS.ASPX
3.B.2. UTILIZE ACCESS TO TFSMS UNIT T/O REPORTS, IF NECESSARY, TO AID IN IDENTIFICATION OF LEADER BILLETS.
3.B.3. SELECT THE APPROPRIATE INPUT FOR ALL EVALUATED BILLETS IN COLUMN W. SELECT “Y” IF THE BILLET IS IDENTIFIED AS A LEADER BILLET.
3.B.4 STAFF TO MARFORS TO INCLUDE MARFORRES AND MEFS FOR INPUT AND COMMENT. ADVOCATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADJUDICATING VARIATIONS IN INPUT AND INTEGRATING RESPONSES BETWEEN ADVOCATES FOR CONSISTENCY AND CORRECTNESS.
3.B.5 ADVOCATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING FINAL DATA. SUBMIT DATA IN THE FORMAT PROVIDED TO THE FOLDER LABELED “ADVOCATE L2L DATA INPUT” ON THE WEBPAGE: HTTPS:(SLASH)(SLASH)EHQMC.USMC.MIL(SLASH)ORGMRA(SLASH)MP(SLASH)MPP(SLASH)L2L(SLASH)FORMS(SLASH)ALLITEMS.ASPX
3.C. DC CD&I (TFSD)
3.C.1 CODE ALL BILLETS IN TFSMS DESIGNATED AS LEADER BILLETS UTILIZING THE FINAL SUBMITTED DATA AND PUBLISH IN THE FEB 16 ASR. THIS WILL BE USED TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR LEADER BILLET IDENTIFICATION WITHIN TFSMS.
4. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.
4.A. DEFINITIONS.
4.A.1 LEADER BILLET. A BILLET THAT REQUIRES A MARINE TO BE DIRECTLY IN CHARGE OF, AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MENTORING, TRAINING, SUPERVISING, TRACKING AND ACCOUNTING FOR SUBORDINATES.
4.B THIS REVIEW WILL NOT CONSIDER NAVY OR OTHER SERVICE BILLETS AS LEADER BILLETS.
4.C DATA TEMPLATE MUST NOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY EXCEPT FOR COLUMN AC THRU AH.
4.D SUBMISSION OF DATA FOR THE FOLLOWING HQMC UICS WILL BE COORDINATED BY INDIVIDUALS LISTED AS POCS:
MS5101 MC SEPARATE OFFICES(CAPT R. BERGSTROM),
MS5116 DC AVIATION (MAJ A. ODELL),
MS5112 DC I&L (MAJ J. NELSON),
MS3000 DC CD&I (MR. J. DAILY),
MS5102 DC M&RA (MS. BARNES),
MS5103 RA DIVISION (MS. S. BARNES),
MS5104 MM DIVISION (MS. S. BARNES),
MS5105 PERSONNEL AND FAMILY READINESS (MS. BARNES),
MS5114 DC PP&O (CAPT K. SONNTAG),
MS5113 DC P&R (CAPT R. IAFELICE),
MS5115 JA DIVISION (MSGT D. SEARS),
MS5109 DIRECTOR, C4 (LTCOL S. LEBLANC),
MS5106 DIRECTOR, AR (MSGT M. OCTAVIO),
MS5121 DIRECTOR, INTEL (LTCOL L. HUSSEY),
MS5123 DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF COMM (MSGT D. ESPINOZA),
MS5601 HQ MCRC (MR. T. HUDSON).
5.B. TIMELINE
5.B.1. ON 24 AUG 2015, DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE ADVOCATES FOR DOWNLOAD
5.B.2. ON OR BEFORE 30 OCT 2015, SUBMIT COMPLETED ADVOCATED L2L DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARA 3.B.5 OF THIS MSG.
6. LEADER BILLET IDENTIFICATION IS PHASE ONE (DATA COLLECTION) OF THIS EFFORT. A SEPARATE TASK WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE TO FOCUS ON KEY BILLETS WITHIN A UNIT THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS AND ARE CRITICAL FOR  THE UNIT TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION. SUBSEQUENT PHASES WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION.
7. COMMAND AND SIGNAL
7.A. POCS
7.A.1. HQMC M&RA (MP DIV): MR. JEFF RINGHOFFER (JEFF.RINGHOFFER(AT)USMC.MIL)/ MR. MARK RAMIREZ (MARK.RAMIREZ(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.A.2. POG (GCE ADVOCACY): CAPT KIM SONNTAG (KIMBERLY.SONNTAG(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.A.3. CD&I (CE ADVOCACY): MR. ANTHONY GRECO (ANTHONY.J.GRECO(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.A.4. AVN (ACE ADVOCACY): MAJOR D. ODELL (DAVID.A.ODELL(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.A.5. I&L (LCE ADVOCACY): MAJ JEREMY NELSONJEREMY.NELSON(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.A.6. I&L (SE ADVOCACY): MCICOM MAJ DERICK WILLIAMS (DERICK.C.WILLIAMS(AT)USMC.MIL) AND MARCORLOGCOM MR. DAN ELZIE (DANIAL.ELZIE(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.A.7. MARFORRES COL JOSEPH GARCIA (JOSEPH.J.GARCIA(AT)USMC.MIL)
7.B. FOR ACCESS TO THE WEBPAGE THAT CONTAINS DATA CONTACT MR. MARK RAMIREZ VIA E-MAIL (MARK.RAMIREZ(AT)USMC.MIL) FOR ANY ISSUES ACCESSING THE FILES PLEASE CONTACT MR. MARK RAMIREZ AT 703-784-9355. FOR ANY ISSUES CONCERNING THE DATA CONTACT CAPT MATTHEW CURRY AT 703-784-3614.
8. DIRECT QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO HQMC M&RA (MP) POINTS OF CONTACT
9. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL M.A BRILAKIS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT, MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//