Language Skill Selective Reenlistment Bonus Modification

1. PURPOSE. TO AMPLIFY PARAGRAPH 3.C OF REF A WHICH
STATES THAT THE 8611 MOS WAS REQUIRED TO RATE THE SRB MULTIPLE 
OF 5. BECAUSE MANY OF THE TARGETED MARINES FOR THIS SRB 
CANNOT HOLD THE 8611 MOS, THESE MARINES WERE EXCLUDED FROM 
THE SRB, WHICH WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SKILL SRB. 
2. CLARIFICATION. MARINES WITH A CURRENT DLPT/OPI SCORE OF 
2/2 OR BETTER IN ONE OF THE BELOW LANGUAGES, AS IDENTIFIED 
ON THE BASIC TRAINING RECORD OR S118 SCREEN IN MCTFS, MAY 
REENLIST FOR AN SRB MULTIPLE OF 5 REGARDLESS OF PMOS.
THOSE MARINES HAVING ALREADY REENLISTED IN FY05, HAVING MET
THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS, ARE ALSO AUTHORIZED THE SAME 
MULTIPLE OF 5. ELIGIBLE LANGUAGES OR DIALECTS ARE INDICATED
BELOW:
AD (MODERN STANDARD ARABIC)
SW (SWAHILI)
PF (PERSIAN FARSI)
KU (KURDISH)
AE (ARABIC EGYPTIAN)
DG (ARABIC IRAQI)
AM (ARABIC MAGHREBI)
PG (PERSIAN AFGHAN OR DARI)
PU (PASHTU)
AC (AMHARIC)
AP (ARABIC SYRIAN)
AQ (ARABIC LEBANESE)
SM (SOMALI)
XY (ASSYRIAN)
3. MARINES RECEIVING THIS SRB WILL BE EXPECTED TO DEPLOY AS
A LINGUIST IN SUPPORT OF GWOT FOR A MINIMUM OF 179 DAYS DURING
THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE CONTRACT. SRB RECOUPMENT WILL
OCCUR IF MARINES REFUSE ORDERS TO SERVE AS A LINGUIST. THIS
DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINES THAT ARE NOT PHYSICALLY QUALIFIED 
FOR ANY REASON OR MARINES WHO CANNOT DEPLOY FOR REASONS BEYOND 
THEIR CONTROL.
4. AS REFERENCED IN MARADMIN 077/05, PARA. 3. C (2), MARINES HAVING
ALREADY RECEIVED AN SRB (LOWER THAN A MULTIPLE OF 5) 
FOR REENLISTMENT IN FY05 ARE AUTHORIZED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE LOWER MULTIPLE AND A MULTIPLE OF 5 EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE
OF REENLISTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE: A MARINE REENLISTED IN MOS 
XXXX ON 1 JAN 05 AND RECEIVED AN SRB MULTIPLE OF 3. THIS 
MARADMIN AUTHORIZES THIS MARINE A MULTIPLE OF 5 VICE THE 
MULTIPLE OF 3, PROVIDING THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. 
5. ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF REF A REMAIN IN EFFECT.