Meritorious SNCO Promotions in Marine Forces Reserve
This MARADMIN establishes a meritorious SNCO promotion program for Marine Forces Reserve, authorizing COMMARFORRES to nominate exceptional Sergeants and Staff Sergeants for promotion to Staff Sergeant and Gunnery Sergeant. For Calendar Year 2003, one promotion allocation to Gunnery Sergeant and four allocations to Staff Sergeant are authorized for USMCR personnel who demonstrate extraordinary performance and contribution to MARFORRES missions.
Issued: January 10, 2003
1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE COMMARFORRES A TOOL TO RECOGNIZE SUPERIOR SGTS AND SSGTS FOR EXCEPTIONAL AND NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS IN ACCOMPLISHING MARFORRES MISSIONS. 2. BACKGROUND. REF (A) ANNOUNCED THE MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTION PROGRAM FOR THE OPERATING FORCES. REF (B) PROVIDES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS TO SSGT AND GYSGT FOR RESERVE MARINES SERVING IN SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE DUTY ASSIGNMENTS. 3. INFORMATION. THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES A COMPARABLE MERITORIOUS PROMOTION PROGRAM FOR MARINES OF THE RESERVE FORCES. THE COMMANDER MARINE FORCES RESERVE IS AUTHORIZED TO MERITORIOUSLY NOMINATE A SELECT FEW MARINES TO THE GRADE OF GYSGT AND SSGT IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE, INDICATING SUPERIOR POTENTIAL TO SERVE AT THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE. 4. ACTION A. COMMARFORRES IS AUTHORIZED THE BELOW LISTED MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR CY03. FUTURE CY ALLOCATIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY CMC (RAP) ANNUALLY. TO GYSGT TO SSGT USMCR 1 4 B. NOMINATIONS FOR THESE ALLOCATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED VIA MESSAGE TO CMC (MMPR-2) FOR FINAL APPROVAL. ALL NOMINEES APPROVED FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION BY CMC (MM) WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MARADMIN WITH A DATE OF RANK EFFECTIVE THE 2ND DAY OF THE MONTH IN WHICH THE NOMINATION IS APPROVED. C. QUALIFICATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION CONSIDERATION ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (1) MINIMUM OF 6 YEARS TIME IN SERVICE FOR PROMOTION TO GYSGT (NOT WAIVERABLE). (2) MINIMUM OF 4 YEARS TIME IN SERVICE FOR PROMOTION TO SSGT (NOT WAIVERABLE). (3) PERFORMANCE OF DUTY TO A DEGREE WHICH CLEARLY MERITS PROMOTION OVER OTHER QUALIFIED MARINES AND WHICH JUSTIFIES CONSIDERATION FOR ADVANCEMENT AHEAD OF OTHER MARINES IN THAT GRADE, REGARDLESS OF TIME IN GRADE. (4) COMPARISON OF THE MARINE WITH ALL KNOWN MARINES OF THE SAME GRADE, WITHOUT REGARD TO OCCUPATIONAL FIELD OR MOS. (5) LEVEL AND TYPE OF DUTY PERFORMED WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S OCCUPATIONAL FIELD/MOS. (6) OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHICH REFLECTS FAVORABLY UPON THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. 5. THIS POLICY IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE ACTIVE RESERVE.