FY05 Cross Fiscal Year Extension for Deployment Requests

1. PER THE REF, MMEA PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED CROSS
FISCAL YEAR EXTENSIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS TOUR II
EXTENSIONS) VIA NAVAL MESSAGE. 
2. BY FOLLOWING THIS POLICY, TRACKING THE NUMBER OF CROSS YEAR
EXTENSIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING. ARCHIVING AND
RESEARCHING THESE REQUESTS VIA NAVAL MESSAGE HAS PROVEN TO BE
INEFFICIENT. 
3. BEGINNING 1 MAY 05, MMEA WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT CROSS YEAR
EXTENSIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT VIA NAVAL MESSAGE. MARINES WHO DESIRE AN
EXTENSION FOR DEPLOYMENT (WHETHER CROSS FISCAL YEAR FOR FIRST
TERMERS OR STANDARD EXTENSION FOR A CAREERIST) MUST SUBMIT A TOTAL
FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM (TFRS) RELM VIA THEIR COMMAND CAREER
RETENTION SPECIALIST (CRS). THE UNIT CRS WILL SERVE AS THE
COMMAND'S PRIMARY CONDUIT TO REQUEST CROSS FISCAL YEAR EXTENSIONS
FOR DEPLOYMENT. 
4. NAVAL MESSAGES WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE
CRS DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TFRS DUE TO CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
NAVAL MESSAGES WILL STILL BE USED FOR DEPLOYMENT EXTENSIONS NOT
REQUIRING CROSS FISCAL YEAR APPROVAL.
5. AA FORMS OR NAVAL MESSAGES SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 1 MAY 2005 WILL BE
PROCESSED. 
6. SUBMITTING EXTENSIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT VIA TFRS ENHANCES
EFFICIENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, PROVIDING HQMC WITH ACCURATE
INFORMATION AND THE MEANS FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. 
7. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE REGARDING FTAP CROSS FISCAL YEAR EXTENSIONS
FOR DEPLOYMENT MAY BE PUBLISHED VIA TFRS SIGN-ON MESSAGE.
8. POC IS MAJ M. J. MENOTTI AT DSN 278-9236 OR COMM (703)
784-9236.