MCBUL 7220 Change 2 to A B C Zone Multiples for the FY06 Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Program

1. PURPOSE. TO INFORM MARINES, CAREER RETENTION
SPECIALISTS, AND COMMANDERS OF THE STATUS OF THE FY06 SRB PROGRAM
AND TO EXTEND FY06 SRB MULTIPLES FOR ALL ZONES TO 30 JUN 06.
2. BACKGROUND. TO DATE, WE HAVE EXECUTED $67.2 MILLION OF
PLANNED FY06 SRB BUDGET. THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
SUPPORTING THE REENLISTMENTS OF 4,400 MARINES.
3. ACTION. COMMANDERS AND CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS WILL
INFORM THEIR MARINES THAT THE SRB PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED
FROM 31 MAR 2006 TO 30 JUN 2006.
A. FIRST TERM 02XX AND 26XX MARINES WHO REENLIST FOR ANY OTHER
02XX AND 26XX MOS RESPECTIVELY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A LATERAL MOVE
BONUS FOR THE REQUESTED MOS. ANY FIRST TERM MARINE WHO REQUESTS
LATERAL MOVE REENLISTMENT FOR MOS 0261 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A LATERAL
MOVE BONUS, MULTIPLE OF 5. AS EXPLAINED IN REF A, SRB PAYMENT
WILL NOT BE MADE AT THE TIME OF REENLISTMENT. SRB PAYMENT WILL
BE BASED UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MOS TRAINING AND
SUBSEQUENT AWARD OF THE NEW MOS.
B. PER REF B, 06XX MARINES PROMOTED TO SSGT OR MSGT WILL BE
AWARDED THE PMOS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR GRADE WITHOUT COMPLETING
THE APPROPRIATE CHIEF'S COURSE AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
CORRESPONDING SRB.
C. 8611 SRB: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ANY 8611 SPEAKING ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING LANGUAGES WITH A CURRENT 2/2 PROFICIENCY MAY REENLIST
FOR AN SRB MULTIPLE OF 5, REGARDLESS OF PMOS. ELIGIBLE LANGUAGES
OR DIALECTS ARE INDICATED BELOW:
AC (AMHARIC)
AD (MODERN STANDARD ARABIC)
AE (ARABIC EGYPTIAN)
AM (ARABIC MAGHREBI)
AN (ARABIC SAUDI)
AP (ARABIC SYRIAN)
AQ (ARABIC LEBANESE)
DG (ARABIC IRAQI)
KU (KURDISH)
PF (PERSIAN FARSI)
PG (PERSIAN AFGHAN OR DARI)
PU (PASHTU)
SM (SOMALI)
SW (SWAHILI)
UR (URDU)
XY (ASSYRIAN)
(1) ANY MARINE WHO IS PROFICIENT IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE REFERENCED
ABOVE, BUT WHO HAS NOT FORMALLY QUALIFIED UNDER REF C, MUST DO SO
TO RATE THE SRB MULTIPLE OF 5. ADDITIONALLY, FIRST TERM MARINES
WHO REQUEST LATERAL MOVE REENLISTMENT INTO MOS 2671, OR TO
COMPLETE TRAINING FOR THE ADDITIONAL MOS 8611 IN THE ABOVE
REFERENCED LANGUAGES, WILL BE AUTHORIZED A MULTIPLE OF 5.
PAYMENT OF SRB WILL BE MADE UPON COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL AND
ASSIGNMENT OF THE 2671 PMOS OR THE 8611 AMOS.
(2) SINCE 8611 IS A CONTINGENCY BILLET, IT IS NOT REASONABLE TO
ASSUME THAT A MARINE CAN SERVE AN ENTIRE REENLISTMENT CONTRACT IN
THAT BILLET; THEREFORE, SRB RECOUPMENT IS LIMITED TO THOSE MARINES
WHO REFUSE ORDERS TO SERVE AS AN 8611 OR WHO FAIL TO MAINTAIN
PROFICIENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF C.
(3) ANY APPLICABLE 8611 MARINE WHO HAS ALREADY REENLISTED IN FY06
IS AUTHORIZED THE SAME SRB MULTIPLE OF 5.
D. ALL OF THE OTHER GUIDELINES AND SRB MULTIPLES IN REF A REMAIN
THE SAME.
E. MARINES MUST SUBMIT A REENLISTMENT/EXTENSION/LATERAL MOVE
(RELM) REQUEST TO CMC (MMEA-6) AT LEAST 7 BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO
30 JUN 2006 TO ENABLE CMC (MMEA-6) TO GRANT APPROVAL NLT 30 JUN
2006.
F. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN SRB PAYMENT, A QUALIFIED MARINE MUST
EXECUTE REENLISTMENT NLT 30 JUN 2006 (THUS HAVING AN EFFECTIVE
REENLISTMENT DATE OF 1 JUL 2006 OR EARLIER).
G. IF THIS EXTENSION GENERATES INCREASED SRB PAYMENTS THAT
EXHAUST AVAILABLE SRB FUNDS, THIS HEADQUARTERS MAY TERMINATE
THIS PROGRAM PRIOR TO 30 JUN 2006. IF EARLY TERMINATION IS
REQUIRED, A NEW MARADMIN WILL BE PUBLISHED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE
NEW TERMINATION DATE.
4. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 1 JUL 2006.