FY06 Enlisted Grade Structure Review (EGSR) Procedures and Administrative Instructions for Phase II Implementation and Phase III Execution

1. PURPOSE. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES DETAILED PROCEDURES
AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FY06 EGSR PHASE
II MOS MANUAL PURGE CHANGES, AND OUTLINES THE PLAN OF ACTION AND
MILESTONES FOR PHASE III. BOTH OFFICER AND ENLISTED
OCCUPATIONAL FIELD (OCCFLD) SPONSORS ARE EXPECTED TO REVIEW THIS
MESSAGE.
2. BACKGROUND. REF (A) DIRECTED DC, MRA AND DC, CDI TO CONDUCT A
GRADE STRUCTURE REVIEW. REF (B) ANNOUNCED THE FY06 EGSR. REF (C)
IS THE EGSR LETTER OF INSTRUCTION SIGNED BY DC, MRA AND DC, CDI,
WHICH OUTLINES GUIDANCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES. REF (D) OUTLINED THE
GOALS AND PROCEDURES FOR PHASE I OF THE EGSR. REF (E) OUTLINED THE
GOALS AND PROCEDURES FOR PHASE II OF THE EGSR, WHICH WERE LATER
ADJUSTED TO ACCOMMODATE AN MOS MANUAL PURGING EFFORT EXPLAINED IN
REF (F).
3. PHASE II MOS MANUAL PURGE IMPLEMENTATION
A. PER REF (C), ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FY06 EGSR WAS TO
CLEANSE ALL MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS DATA (TO INCLUDE A REVIEW
OF THE ATTRIBUTION OF B-BILLETS TO PMOS) UTILIZING THE HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (HRDP) AND TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFSMS) BUSINESS RULES AGREED UPON DURING PHASE I.
B. IN KEEPING WITH THIS GOAL, THE EGSR WORKING GROUP (WG)
ASSISTED TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM) IN THEIR EFFORTS TO
STANDARDIZE AND TRANSFORM MCO P1200.16 (MOS MANUAL) INTO A
DATA-BASED RESOURCE. THESE MODIFICATIONS TO THE MOS MANUAL INCREASED
THE ABILITY TO ACCURATELY CAPTURE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS, AND
FURTHERED THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF TECOM'S GOAL TO CREATE AN ELECTRONIC
INTERFACE BETWEEN THE NEW AUTOMATED CAREER RETENTION SYSTEM AND THE
MOS MANUAL. TECOM WILL BE RELEASING, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
PUBLISHING OF THENEW MOS MANUAL, A MESSAGE ILLUSTRATING ALL OF THE
MOS CHANGES INCORPORATED INTO THIS VERSION OF THE MANUAL. A COPY OF
THE MOS CONVERSION TABLE WILL BE VIEWABLE ON TECOM'S WEBSITE AT THE
HTTP ADDRESS WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/GTB/TDS/ UNDER "MOS MANUAL" AS OF
THE SCHEDULED MOS MANUAL PUBLISHING DATE (15 APR 06).
C. EVERY YEAR, CHANGES TO THE MOS MANUAL NECESSITATE HRDP
INFORMATION SYSTEM UPDATES. THIS YEAR IS NO EXCEPTION, HOWEVER,
THE VOLUME OF CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE MOS MANUAL PURGE WARRANTS AN
OUTLINE OF AN HRDP INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION PLAN (NOTE:
NORMAL CONVERSION GUIDANCE AS PER CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF THE MOS
MANUAL REMAINS
GERMANE):

APR 06 - TFSMS PRODUCTION RUN (AUTHORIZED STRENGTH REPORT)

APR 06 - TFSMS PRODUCTION RUN RESULTS PUBLISHED USING PRESENT DAY
MOS'S

APR 06 - OFFICER / ENLISTED STAFFING GOAL MODELS (SGM'S) AND
GRADE ADJUSTED RECAPITULATION (GAR) EXECUTED BASED ON PRESENT DAY
MOS'S

APR 06 - NEW MOS'S ADDED TO MOS VALIDATION TABLE IN TFSMS, NEW
MOS MANUAL RELEASED

APR THRU AUG 06 - MCTFS, STAFFING GOAL MODELSS, GAR, WEBMASS,
TFSMS (ALL SERVERS) UPDATED WITH NEW MOS'S

AUG 06 - OLD MOS'S PULLED FROM TFSMS MOS VALIDATION TABLE,
TFSMS PRODUCTION RUN

SEPT 06 - TFSMS PRODUCTION RUN RESULTS PUBLISHED USING NEW
MOS'S

4. PHASE III PROCEDURES AND INSTRUCTIONS
A. WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PHASE II MOS MANUAL PURGE, THE
EGSR
WG IS NOW POISED TO ASSIST THE OCCFLD SPONSORS WITH THEIR PHASE III
DUTIES. THE FOCUS OF EFFORT FOR PHASE III IS TO CLEANSE ALL (BOTH
OFFICER AND ENLISTED REQUIREMENTS) DATA WITHIN TFSMS TO ENSURE
ADHERENCE TO THE AGREED UPON HRDP AND TFSMS BUSINESS RULES (THE HRDP
BUSINESS RULES CAN BE VIEWED UNDER "REFERENCE" AT THE HTTPS ADDRESS
WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/PORTAL/PAGE?_PAGEID=278,1950783&_DAD=PORTAL&_
SCHEMA=PORTAL). AN ADDITIONAL GOAL OF PHASE III IS TO TRAIN THE
OCCFLD SPONSORS ON THE TFSMS EGSR MODULE SO THEY ARE PREPARED TO
EXECUTE PHASE IV ENLISTED GRADE SHAPING.
B. TIMELINE FOR PHASE III:
APR 06 - TFSMS PRODUCTION RUN, OCCFLD SPONSOR INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE
WITH BUSINESS RULE VIOLATIONS

1 JUN 06 - DATA CLEANSING TOECRS SUBMITTED TO TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE
DIVISION (TFSD)

30 JUL 06 - ALL STRUCTURAL DATA CLEANSED WITHIN TFSMS TO
INCLUDE ALL PHASE II MOS MANUAL PURGE CHANGES

AUG 06 - PRODUCTION RUN, TFSMS EGSR MODULE TRAINING, PHASE III
COMPLETE

*A DETAILED INTERVIEW SCHEDULE ASSIGNING EACH AFFECTED OCCFLD
SPONSOR TO A TIME SLOT AND LOCATION WILL BE RELEASED VIA SEPCOR.
D. SPECIFIC DATES AND TIMES FOR AUGUST TFSMS EGSR MODULE
TRAINING WILL BE PUBLISHED VIA SEPCOR. PER REF (F), OVERALL EGSR
TIMELINE REMAINS ON TRACK FOR FEBRUARY 07 COMPLETION.