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04-10-07, 07:09 PM
Eligibility broadens for Reserve bonuses
By Kimberly Johnson - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Apr 10, 2007 16:32:40 EDT
The Corps is broadening eligibility for Reserve enlistment bonuses and Montgomery GI Bill kickers, according to a Corps-wide message released Saturday.
The service is adding 14 military occupational specialties to its list of 30 MOSs already eligible for a $10,000 sign-on enlistment bonus and $350 monthly MGIB kicker paid in addition to the bill’s basic monthly stipend, said MarAdmin message 242/07.
The Corps augmented the list after a review found certain MOS enlistments weak. “What keys the MOS’ eligibility is the strength of the MOS,” said Gunnery Sgt. Jason Bell, Reserve promotions and incentives chief for Marine Corps Reserve Affairs.
“It’s a fluid list” that is updated about every six months, he said.
The new MOS list includes: riflemen, antitank assault guided missilemen, field wiremen, field radio operators, unit-level circuit switch operators, field artillery cannoneers, engineer equipment operators, combat engineers, bulk field specialists, M1A1 tank crewmen, main battle take repairmen, ground communications organizational repairers, drivers and logistics vehicle systems operators.
MARADMIN 242/07
Posted : Tuesday Apr 10, 2007 16:26:25 EDT
Date signed: 04/07/2007
MARADMIN Number: 242/07
MCBUL 7220. CHANGE 1, FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) ENLISTMENT BONUS (EB) AND MONTGOMERY GI BILL-SELECTED RESERVE (MGIB-SR) KICKER Subject: UNCLAS 051543Z APR 07 CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC) TO AL MARADMIN(UC) MARADMIN MARADMIN 242/07 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP// SUBJ/MCBUL 7220. CHANGE 1, FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) SELECTED /MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) ENLISTMENT BONUS (EB) AND MONTGOMERY /GI BILL-SELECTED RESERVE (MGIB-SR) KICKER// REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:20061030// REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:20001016// REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:19930823// NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 521/06 FY07 SMCR EB AND MGIB-SR KICKER.
REF B IS MCO 7220R.38, SRIP. REF C IS MCO 1560R.30, MGIB-R.// POC/J. E. BELL/GYSGT/CMC (RAP)/-/TEL: 703-784-9136// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. INFORM THE MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) OF THE CHANGES TO REF A. EFFECTIVE 9 APRIL 2007 THIS BULLETIN CANCELS REF A AND IMPLEMENTS CHANGES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE FY07 SMCR EB. REQUESTS FOR THIS INCENTIVE BASED ON REF A WILL ONLY BE AUTHORIZED UNTIL 8 APRIL 2007. READ THIS BULLETIN IN ITS ENTIRETY AS SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMULGATING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE PROPER PROCESSING OF REQUESTS FOR THESE INCENTIVES. AT A MINIMUM, THESE PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A. SUBMIT SMCR EB AND MGIB-SR KICKER REQUESTS TO CMC (RAP) VIA ITS SECTIONAL MAILBOX SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL .
B. UPON APPROVAL OF THE INCENTIVE(S) REQUEST, A BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN) AND/OR A KICKER CONTROL NUMBER (KCN) WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE APPLICANT FOR WHOM THE INCENTIVE IS REQUESTED.
C. THE BCN AND/OR KCN MUST BE ASSIGNED PRIOR TO THE APPLICANT ENLISTING.
D. OBTAIN A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) BY VISITING THE M&RA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL .
IN THE SEARCH BOX ENTER KEYWORD “SMCR EB,” AND SELECT “SMCR EB,” THEN SELECT “SMCR EB SOU.”
E. COMPLETE THE SOU AT THE TIME OF ENLISTMENT, ENSURE THE BCN AND/OR THE KCN IS TYPED ON THE SOU, AND ATTACH IT AS AN ANNEX TO THE DD FORM 4.
F. ENSURE THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES ARE TYPED IN BLOCK 32 OF THE DD FORM 1966: (1) THE ENLISTEE IS A SELECTED RESERVE INCENTIVE PROGRAM INCENTIVE RECIPIENT.
(2) THE BCN IS 07Z7XXXX AND THE BONUS PROGRAM ENLISTED FOR (PEF) IS Z7.
(3) THE KCN IS 07NKXXXX AND THE COLLEGE FUND PEF IS Z8.
G. NOTIFY CMC (RAP) OF APPLICANTS IN THE DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED A BCN AND/OR A KCN THAT ATTRITE PRIOR TO SHIPPING. THIS NOTIFICATION MUST OCCUR BEFORE THE APPLICANT IS REMOVED FROM THE QUOTA SERIAL NUMBER.
H. MARINES RECLASSIFIED TO AN ALTERNATE MOS DURING INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (IADT)(IADT IS DEFINED AS RECRUIT TRAINING, MARINE COMBAT TRAINING, AND MOS SCHOOL) DUE TO ANY REASON WILL LOSE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR A SMCR EB. EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE ACADEMIC FAILURE OR FAILING TO MEET THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE CONTRACTED MOS.
3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE SMCR EB.
A. ENLIST BETWEEN 9 APRIL 2007 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.
B. MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN REFERENCE B.
C. ENLIST UNDER THE RESERVE OPTIONAL ENLISTMENT PROGRAM (ROEP) WITH A 6X2 OBLIGATION AND COMPLETE THE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A MOS LISTED IN THIS BULLETIN.
D. APPLICANTS WHO ENLIST UNDER THE RESERVE INCREMETAL INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (IIADT) PROGRAM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE.
E. ELIGIBLE MOS’S ARE AS FOLLOWS: 0231/0261/0311/0321/0352/0471/0481/0612/0613/0621/0614/0622/0627 0651/0811/1345/1371/1391/1812/2146/2821/2844/3531/3533/5811/5939 5942/5953/5979/6042/6048/6072/6073/6132/6152/6172/6173/6276/6286 6336/6461/6482/6492/7234.
4. RECOUPMENT.
THE SMCR EB WILL BE RECOUPED AT A PRORATED AMOUNT IF THE RECIPIENT FAILS TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OR; A. FAILS TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY.
B. EXECUTES A LATERAL MOVE.
C. EXECUTES AN INTER-UNIT TRANSFER WITHOUT CMC (RAP) APPROVAL.
D. TRANSFERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR).
E. PERFORMS ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR OWN FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 90 DAYS.
F. SERVES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE.
G. AUGMENTS TO ACTIVE DUTY (AD) OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM.
H. RECOUPMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IF A RECIPIENT IS REQUIRED TO INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE TO UNIT DEACTIVATION, REDESIGNATION, OR DISABILITY.
5. INCENTIVE AMOUNT.
THE SMCR EB IS A $10,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT PAID AT THE COMPLETION OF IADT.
6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE FOR A MGIB-SR KICKER.
A. ENLIST BETWEEN 1 OCTOBER 2006 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.
B. MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN REFERENCE C.
C. ENLIST UNDER THE ROEP WITH A 6X2 OBLIGATION AND COMPLETE IADT OR IIADT.
D. THERE ARE NO MOS RESTRICTIONS.
E. RECIPIENTS OF A SMCR EB ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS INCENTIVE.
F. THE MGIB-SR KICKER INCENTIVE PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS OF $350 A MONTH, FOR UP TO 36 MONTHS OF FULL TIME EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT, IN ADDITION TO CURRENT MGIB BASIC BENEFITS.
THESE PAYMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EITHER THE SELECTED RESERVE OR AD MGIB BASIC BENEFIT PAYMENT. PAYMENTS MAY BE PRO-RATED FOR LESS THAN FULL TIME ENROLLMENT.
7. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.//
Ellie
By Kimberly Johnson - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Apr 10, 2007 16:32:40 EDT
The Corps is broadening eligibility for Reserve enlistment bonuses and Montgomery GI Bill kickers, according to a Corps-wide message released Saturday.
The service is adding 14 military occupational specialties to its list of 30 MOSs already eligible for a $10,000 sign-on enlistment bonus and $350 monthly MGIB kicker paid in addition to the bill’s basic monthly stipend, said MarAdmin message 242/07.
The Corps augmented the list after a review found certain MOS enlistments weak. “What keys the MOS’ eligibility is the strength of the MOS,” said Gunnery Sgt. Jason Bell, Reserve promotions and incentives chief for Marine Corps Reserve Affairs.
“It’s a fluid list” that is updated about every six months, he said.
The new MOS list includes: riflemen, antitank assault guided missilemen, field wiremen, field radio operators, unit-level circuit switch operators, field artillery cannoneers, engineer equipment operators, combat engineers, bulk field specialists, M1A1 tank crewmen, main battle take repairmen, ground communications organizational repairers, drivers and logistics vehicle systems operators.
MARADMIN 242/07
Posted : Tuesday Apr 10, 2007 16:26:25 EDT
Date signed: 04/07/2007
MARADMIN Number: 242/07
MCBUL 7220. CHANGE 1, FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) ENLISTMENT BONUS (EB) AND MONTGOMERY GI BILL-SELECTED RESERVE (MGIB-SR) KICKER Subject: UNCLAS 051543Z APR 07 CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC) TO AL MARADMIN(UC) MARADMIN MARADMIN 242/07 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP// SUBJ/MCBUL 7220. CHANGE 1, FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) SELECTED /MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) ENLISTMENT BONUS (EB) AND MONTGOMERY /GI BILL-SELECTED RESERVE (MGIB-SR) KICKER// REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:20061030// REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:20001016// REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC (RAP)/YMD:19930823// NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 521/06 FY07 SMCR EB AND MGIB-SR KICKER.
REF B IS MCO 7220R.38, SRIP. REF C IS MCO 1560R.30, MGIB-R.// POC/J. E. BELL/GYSGT/CMC (RAP)/-/TEL: 703-784-9136// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. INFORM THE MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) OF THE CHANGES TO REF A. EFFECTIVE 9 APRIL 2007 THIS BULLETIN CANCELS REF A AND IMPLEMENTS CHANGES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE FY07 SMCR EB. REQUESTS FOR THIS INCENTIVE BASED ON REF A WILL ONLY BE AUTHORIZED UNTIL 8 APRIL 2007. READ THIS BULLETIN IN ITS ENTIRETY AS SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMULGATING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE PROPER PROCESSING OF REQUESTS FOR THESE INCENTIVES. AT A MINIMUM, THESE PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A. SUBMIT SMCR EB AND MGIB-SR KICKER REQUESTS TO CMC (RAP) VIA ITS SECTIONAL MAILBOX SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL .
B. UPON APPROVAL OF THE INCENTIVE(S) REQUEST, A BONUS CONTROL NUMBER (BCN) AND/OR A KICKER CONTROL NUMBER (KCN) WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE APPLICANT FOR WHOM THE INCENTIVE IS REQUESTED.
C. THE BCN AND/OR KCN MUST BE ASSIGNED PRIOR TO THE APPLICANT ENLISTING.
D. OBTAIN A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) BY VISITING THE M&RA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL .
IN THE SEARCH BOX ENTER KEYWORD “SMCR EB,” AND SELECT “SMCR EB,” THEN SELECT “SMCR EB SOU.”
E. COMPLETE THE SOU AT THE TIME OF ENLISTMENT, ENSURE THE BCN AND/OR THE KCN IS TYPED ON THE SOU, AND ATTACH IT AS AN ANNEX TO THE DD FORM 4.
F. ENSURE THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES ARE TYPED IN BLOCK 32 OF THE DD FORM 1966: (1) THE ENLISTEE IS A SELECTED RESERVE INCENTIVE PROGRAM INCENTIVE RECIPIENT.
(2) THE BCN IS 07Z7XXXX AND THE BONUS PROGRAM ENLISTED FOR (PEF) IS Z7.
(3) THE KCN IS 07NKXXXX AND THE COLLEGE FUND PEF IS Z8.
G. NOTIFY CMC (RAP) OF APPLICANTS IN THE DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED A BCN AND/OR A KCN THAT ATTRITE PRIOR TO SHIPPING. THIS NOTIFICATION MUST OCCUR BEFORE THE APPLICANT IS REMOVED FROM THE QUOTA SERIAL NUMBER.
H. MARINES RECLASSIFIED TO AN ALTERNATE MOS DURING INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (IADT)(IADT IS DEFINED AS RECRUIT TRAINING, MARINE COMBAT TRAINING, AND MOS SCHOOL) DUE TO ANY REASON WILL LOSE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR A SMCR EB. EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE ACADEMIC FAILURE OR FAILING TO MEET THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE CONTRACTED MOS.
3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE SMCR EB.
A. ENLIST BETWEEN 9 APRIL 2007 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.
B. MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN REFERENCE B.
C. ENLIST UNDER THE RESERVE OPTIONAL ENLISTMENT PROGRAM (ROEP) WITH A 6X2 OBLIGATION AND COMPLETE THE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A MOS LISTED IN THIS BULLETIN.
D. APPLICANTS WHO ENLIST UNDER THE RESERVE INCREMETAL INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (IIADT) PROGRAM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE.
E. ELIGIBLE MOS’S ARE AS FOLLOWS: 0231/0261/0311/0321/0352/0471/0481/0612/0613/0621/0614/0622/0627 0651/0811/1345/1371/1391/1812/2146/2821/2844/3531/3533/5811/5939 5942/5953/5979/6042/6048/6072/6073/6132/6152/6172/6173/6276/6286 6336/6461/6482/6492/7234.
4. RECOUPMENT.
THE SMCR EB WILL BE RECOUPED AT A PRORATED AMOUNT IF THE RECIPIENT FAILS TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OR; A. FAILS TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY.
B. EXECUTES A LATERAL MOVE.
C. EXECUTES AN INTER-UNIT TRANSFER WITHOUT CMC (RAP) APPROVAL.
D. TRANSFERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR).
E. PERFORMS ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR OWN FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 90 DAYS.
F. SERVES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE.
G. AUGMENTS TO ACTIVE DUTY (AD) OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM.
H. RECOUPMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IF A RECIPIENT IS REQUIRED TO INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE TO UNIT DEACTIVATION, REDESIGNATION, OR DISABILITY.
5. INCENTIVE AMOUNT.
THE SMCR EB IS A $10,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT PAID AT THE COMPLETION OF IADT.
6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE FOR A MGIB-SR KICKER.
A. ENLIST BETWEEN 1 OCTOBER 2006 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.
B. MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN REFERENCE C.
C. ENLIST UNDER THE ROEP WITH A 6X2 OBLIGATION AND COMPLETE IADT OR IIADT.
D. THERE ARE NO MOS RESTRICTIONS.
E. RECIPIENTS OF A SMCR EB ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS INCENTIVE.
F. THE MGIB-SR KICKER INCENTIVE PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS OF $350 A MONTH, FOR UP TO 36 MONTHS OF FULL TIME EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT, IN ADDITION TO CURRENT MGIB BASIC BENEFITS.
THESE PAYMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EITHER THE SELECTED RESERVE OR AD MGIB BASIC BENEFIT PAYMENT. PAYMENTS MAY BE PRO-RATED FOR LESS THAN FULL TIME ENROLLMENT.
7. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.//
Ellie