Active Duty Officer and Enlisted Grade Structure Review (O/EGSR) Table of Organization Changes - Final Result

1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCES A AND B, MCCDC, M&RA, MOS 
SPECIALISTS, AND FUNCTIONAL AREA ADVOCATES CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF ALL 
FY 06 ACTIVE DUTY OFFICER AND ENLISTED FORCE GRADE STRUCTURE IN AN 
EFFORT TO IMPROVE SUPPORTABILITY OF OCCUPATIONAL GRADE STRUCTURES 
WHILE PRESERVING OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. OVER 9,800 OFFICER AND 
NEARLY 130,000 ENLISTED BILLETS WERE REVIEWED RESULTING IN GRADE 
CHANGES AFFECTING 8,000 LINES AND 12,006 BILLETS DURING THE GRADE 
STRUCTURE REVIEW.
2. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF C, CHANGES THAT WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL 
IMPACT UPON A UNIT'S OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY/MISSION WERE REPORTED TO 
MCCDC, TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE DIVISION BY INDIVIDUAL MARFOR'S IN 
DECEMBER 2002. AS A RESULT, 806 OF THE 12,006 BILLETS THAT WERE 
IDENTIFIED FOR CHANGE DURING THE INITIAL GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW 
WERE CONSIDERED BY THE MARFORS TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT UPON 
MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT. ALL MARFOR INPUTS WERE HONORED, AND THESE
SPECIFIC BILLETS WERE REVERTED BACK TO PRE-GSR STATUS.
3. THE MARINE CORPS MOST RECENT REVIEWS OF ENLISTED AND OFFICER
GRADE STRUCTURE OCCURRED IN 1995 AND 1997, RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE
LAST SIX YEARS, SEVERAL FORCE STRUCTURE REVIEWS (ADFSRG, FSPG-99) AND
MAJOR INITIATIVES (4TH MEB, ANGLICO, CBIRF, A-76) HAVE RESULTED IN
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE CHANGES. FURTHER, SECTION 517(A) OF TITLE 10,
U. S. CODE AUTHORIZED INCREASES TO THE NUMBER OF MARINES ALLOWED IN
THE TOP TWO ENLISTED GRADES. PREVIOUS GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEWS
RESULTED IN OPERATING UNITS SEEKING ADDITIONAL E8 AND E9 STRUCTURE,
AND MCCDC AND M&RA HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO RESPOND TO THIS CALL BY
CONDUCTING THIS GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW. THE CHANGE TO TITLE 10
ALLOWED MOS SPECIALISTS, IN CONCERT WITH THEIR OPERATING FORCE POCS,
THE FREEDOM TO REDISTRIBUTE GRADES WITHIN CURRENT MILITARY 
OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) STRUCTURE TO CREATE ADDITIONAL MASTER
SERGEANT AND MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT BILLETS WITHOUT ADDING AND/OR
DELETING CURRENT FY 06 BILLETS. THE GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW RESULTED
IN AN INCREASE OF 232 E-8 BILLETS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF E-8 BILLETS 
NOW STANDS AT 3682 WHILE THE NUMBER OF E-9 BILLETS INCREASED BY 90
BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CURRENT E-9 BILLETS TO 1510.
4. A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ANALYTICAL RIGOR, OPERATIONAL 
CONSIDERATION, AND COMMON SENSE WENT INTO THE EXECUTION OF THE GRADE 
STRUCTURE REVIEW BY ALL INVOLVED. MANPOWER PARAMETERS ALLOWED FOR 
SIGNIFICANT FREEDOM TO ACCOUNT FOR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 
THIS GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MOS
HAS A LOGICAL, PYRAMID-SHAPED GRADE STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE
GROWTH OF THE PROPER QUANTITY OF MARINES WITH THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
LEVELS TO MEET THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE FORCE. 
5. AS NOTED IN THE INITIAL ANALYSIS, THE O/EGSR CHANGES REFLECT A 
DECREASE IN E2, E3, E6, AND E7 BILLETS WITH A COMMENSURATE INCREASE 
IN E4, E5, E8 AND E9 BILLETS. THE GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW IS 
CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE 70 PERCENT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT 
EXIST BETWEEN EACH OF THE ENLISTED GRADES IS NOW WITHIN ACCEPTABLE 
PARAMETERS AS OPPOSED TO ONLY 36 PERCENT BEING ACCEPTABLE AT THE 
START OF THE REVIEW. ESSENTIALLY, 54 OUT OF 238 ENLISTED MOS'S 
REVIEWED STILL POSE CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES, BUT THE REVIEW WAS
SIGNIFICANT IN MOVING THESE MOS'S TOWARDS ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS. 
HOWEVER, THERE ARE FOUR MOS'S THAT REMAIN UNSUPPORTABLE DUE TO THEIR 
INVERTED GRADE PYRAMIDS THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL REVIEW BY ALL 
INVOLVED. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: 0321, 0626, 6124, AND 6463. ONE 
OFFICER MOS (6802) REMAINS OUTSIDE ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS RESULTING 
IN THE ENTIRE GRADE STRUCTURE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED BILLETS REVERTING 
BACK TO PRE-GSR STATUS.
6. TFSD, M&RA, MOS SPECIALISTS, FUNCTIONAL AREA ADVOCATES AND OTHER 
AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS REVIEW WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE 
MOS'S THAT PRESENT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN BUILDING AN INVENTORY 
TO MEET STATED REQUIREMENTS.
7. STRUCTURE CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THIS O/EGSR WILL BECOME 
EFFECTIVE IN FY 06 (05/10) TABLES OF ORGANIZATION. WHILE THIS 
PROCESS DID NOT GROW OR ELIMINATE STRUCTURE (NOR DID ANY BILLETS 
MOVE BETWEEN T/O'S), THE PROCESS REALLOCATED CURRENT GRADE STRUCTURE 
WITHIN MANPOWER SUPPORTABILITY PARAMETERS.
8. ULTIMATELY, GRADE STRUCTURE CHANGES ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE ALL 
PMOS GRADE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE SUPPORTED WITHIN THE HUMAN RESOURCE 
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO INCLUDE RECRUITING, ENTRY-LEVEL TRAINING, 
CLASSIFICATION, PROMOTION, AND RETENTION OF MARINES WHILE MEETING 
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. DATA ENCOMPASSES ONLY ACTIVE DUTY OFFICER 
AND ENLISTED CHARGEABLE BILLETS EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2005.