MCBUL 1560. Fiscal Year 2003 (FY03) Staff Noncommissioned Officer Degree Completion Program (SNCODCP) Selection Board
This MARADMIN announces the Fiscal Year 2003 Staff Noncommissioned Officer Degree Completion Program (SNCODCP) and solicits applications from qualified SNCOs. The program allows staff sergeants and gunnery sergeants to complete bachelor's degrees in specific disciplines (accounting, business administration, education, psychology, safety education, and music) with a four-year service obligation upon completion. Applications must be submitted by April 15, 2003, with the selection board convening in May 2003.
Issued: January 24, 2003
-1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE FY03 SNCODCP AND TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FROM QUALIFIED SNCO'S. 2. REFERENCE A ESTABLISHES POLICY, THE SELECTION PROCESS, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR THE SUBJECT PROGRAM. PRIMARY EMPHASIS FOR SELECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONCENTRATED IN THE GRADES OF STAFF SERGEANT AND GUNNERY SERGEANT. 3. BASED ON A RECENT REVIEW OF MARINE CORPS BILLETS THAT REQUIRE A BACCALAUREATE, THE FY03 SNCODCP SELECTION BOARD WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: A. ACCOUNTING B. BUSINESS ADMIN W/EMPHASIS IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT C. EDUCATION D. PSYCHOLOGY E. SAFETY EDUCATION F. MUSIC 4. IN ADDITION TO THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN REFERENCE A, MARINES APPLYING FOR THE BUSINESS ADMIN DISCIPLINE WITH EMPHASIS IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 12 SEMESTER HOURS OF ACCOUNTING. THE ACCEPTING COLLEGE MUST CERTIFY THAT THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 12 SEMESTER HOURS OF ACCOUNTING COURSE WORK PRIOR TO GRADUATION. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WITHOUT THIS CERTIFICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 5. PARAGRAPH 3E ABOVE IS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, SAFETY MANAGEMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, AND WASTE CONTROL. UPON GRADUATION, THESE MARINES WILL BE ASSIGNED TO A 9917 SAFETY SPECIALIST BILLET. 6. MARINES ACCEPTED FOR THE SNCODCP WILL BE ASSIGNED A THREE YEAR PAYBACK TOUR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS. PLEASE LIST IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE THE BILLETS YOU ARE APPLYING FOR: UNIT DISCIPLINE WHEN OPEN MCAGCC 29 PALMS EDUCATION ASAP MCLB ALBANY EDUCATION 0404 MCB CAMP PENDLETON EDUCATION 0404 MCB CAMP LEJEUNE EDUCATION 0411 MCB CAMP LEJEUNE ACCOUNTING 0405 MCB CAMP LEJEUNE ACCOUNTING 0505 MCB CAMP BUTLER ACCOUNTING 0505 1ST MAW ACCOUNTING 0505 2ND MAW ACCOUNTING 0505 3RD MAW ACCOUNTING 0509 NAB LITTLE CREEK, SCOL OF MUSIC MUSIC ASAP NAB LITTLE CREEK, SCOL OF MUSIC MUSIC 0406 MCB QUANTICO PSYCHOLOGY 0412 MCAS CHERRY POINT PSYCHOLOGY 0502 MCLB ALBANY PSYCHOLOGY 0505 HQ MCSFBN, NORFOLK VA PSYCHOLOGY 0506 MCAS YUMA SAFETY ASAP 3RD MAW SAFETY 0409 MCB CAMP PENDLETON SAFETY 0412 1ST MAW SAFETY 0412 MCB QUANTICO SAFETY 0412 MCB CAMP PENDLETON SAFETY 0501 MCB CAMP PENDLETON SAFETY 0506 MCAGCC 29 PALMS SAFETY 0505 7. RESTRICTIONS: A. MARINES RECEIVING SRB INSTALLMENTS ARE RESTRICTED FROM APPLYING FOR THIS PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE MARINES SERVING IN A REENLISTMENT ZONE THAT WOULD BE AWARDED A SRB PAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) REFERENCE B, ARE ALSO RESTRICTED FROM APPLYING FOR THIS PROGRAM. B. MARINES WHO WILL NOT POSSESS A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS TIME ON STATION (TOS) AT ESTIMATED DATE OF DEPARTURE (EDD) ARE RESTRICTED FROM APPLYING FOR THIS PROGRAM, UNLESS THEY WILL POSSESS 2 YEARS TOS AT EDD AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS THEIR PARENT COMMAND. MARINES SERVING AT AN OVERSEAS LOCATION WILL NORMALLY BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THEIR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT (INCLUDING THOSE ON ACCOMPANIED TOURS) PRIOR TO AN ASSIGNMENT TO A CONUS BASED COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY. C. MARINES MUST ATTEND A CONUS COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY (INCLUDING THOSE MARINES STATIONED AT AN OVERSEAS BASED COMMAND). D. MARINES MUST ATTEND SCHOOL AT HOME CAMPUS, NO SATELLITE CAMPUSES (INCLUDING THOSE MARINES STATIONED AT AN OVERSEAS BASED COMMAND). E. MARINES WHO HAVE ATTENDED A FORMAL MILITARY SCHOOL IN EXCESS OF 20 WEEKS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SNCODCP UNTIL PREVIOUS OBLIGATION HAS BEEN SERVED. 8. WAIVERS: A. THE SRB RESTRICTION MAY BE WAIVED ON CASE BY CASE BASIS. B. AS CITED IN PAR 7B, MARINES WITH LESS THAN 3 YEARS TOS MAY BE GRANTED A WAIVER PROVIDED THE ACCEPTING INSTITUTION IS ACCREDITED AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AS THE APPLICANT'S PERMANENT DUTY STATION. 9. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: A. AN ORIGINAL APPLICATION PLUS ONE COPY WILL BE SUBMITTED IAW THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN REFERENCE A AND FORWARDED TO CMC (MMEA-85) VIA THE PARENT COMMAND. B. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE REQUESTED TO ENSURE THAT EACH APPLICATION IS CAREFULLY REVIEWED AND THAT ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED. C. APPLICANTS MUST MAKE IT KNOWN IF SUBMITTING/APPLYING FOR THE WARRANT OFFICER (WO) PROGRAM OR MARINE CORPS ENLISTED COMMISSIONING EDUCATION PROGRAM (MECEP). 10. SERVICE OBLIGATION: A. APPLICANTS MUST AGREE TO EXTEND/REENLIST FOR A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS BEYOND COMPLETION OF THE SNCODCP. B. REQUEST FOR SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE WHILE PARTICIPATING WITHIN THE OBLIGATED ACTIVE SERVICE, SUBSEQUENT TO COMPLETION OF THE SNCODCP, WILL NOT NORMALLY RECEIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION. C. APPLICANTS MUST AGREE NOT SUBMIT/APPLY WO PROGRAM AND MECEP. 11. THE FY03 SNCODCP SELECTION BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO CONVENE DURING MAY 2003. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE AND IAW MCO 1560.21D. FORWARD APPLICATIONS TO CMC (MMEA-85) TO ARRIVE NLT 15 APRIL 2003. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER 15 APRIL 2003 WILL NOT RECEIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION. 12. COMMANDING OFFICERS SHOULD DISSEMINATE THE CONTENTS OF THIS BULLETIN TO ALL ELIGIBLE SNCOS WITHIN THEIR COMMANDS. 13. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. 14. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 31 DECEMBER 2003.