FY-04 Annual Review of Languages Qualifying for AMOS 8611 /Foreign Language (Interpreter) and Criteria for Receiving Associated /Foreign Language Proficiency Pay

1. THIS MARADMIN RE-EMPHASIZES THE INCREASED
REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINES WHO POSSESS PROFICIENCY IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGES. MARINES SELECTED FOR THE AMOS 8611 (INTERPRETER) WILL BE
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PAY (FLPP) OF UP TO
$200 A MONTH FOR ONE LANGUAGE AND UP TO $300 A MONTH FOR MULTIPLE
LANGUAGES. 8611 MARINE INTERPRETERS SUPERVISE AND PARTICIPATE IN
LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION ACTIVITIES THAT PERTAIN PRIMARILY TO
NON-INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS DURING CONTINGENCIES, EXERCISES, AND
OPERATIONS.
2. THE 8611 AMOS MAY BE AWARDED TO ENLISTED MARINES IN THE RANKS OF
PRIVATE THROUGH MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT. ALL OFFICERS, SERGEANTS
MAJOR, FIRST SERGEANTS, AS WELL AS MARINES IN THE INTELLIGENCE (02)
OR SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE (26) OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS
ARE NOT ELIGIBLE; FLPP FOR MARINES IN THESE CATEGORIES IS GOVERNED
BY REF D. THE 8611 AMOS WILL BE AWARDED AND VOIDED BY HQMC INTEL
DEPARTMENT (IOP) ONLY.
3. EFFECTIVE WITH THIS MARADMIN, THE AMOS 8611 WILL BE AWARDED 
FOR THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES ONLY:
ALBANIAN
AMHARIC
ARABIC (MODERN STANDARD)
ARABIC (EGYPTIAN)
ARABIC (IRAQI)
ARABIC (LEBANESE)*
ARABIC (MAGHREBI)
ARABIC (SAUDI)
ARABIC (SUDANESE)
ARABIC (SYRIAN)
ARABIC (YEMENI)
ASSAMESE
ASSYRIAN
BALOCHI
BURMESE
CHAVACANO
CHINESE (CANTONESE)
CHINESE (HAKKA)
CHINESE (MANDARIN)
GUJARATI
HAITIAN-CREOLE*
HARARI
HAUSA
HEBREW
HINDI
INDONESIAN
JAPANESE
JAVANESE
KURDISH*
KOREAN
MALAY
PERSIAN-AFGHAN (DARI)
PERSIAN-FARSI
PUNJABI
PASTHU
SERBO-CROATIAN
SOMALI
SWAHILI
TAJIKI*
TAUSUG
TIGRINYA
TURKMEN
URDU
UZBEK
YAKAN
YORUBA
* (DENOTES NEW LANGUAGE ADDED EFFECTIVE THIS MARADMIN)
4. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE 8611 AMOS, MARINES MUST DEMONSTRATE
PROFICIENCY IN A LANGUAGE LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 3 IN ACCORDANCE WITH
REFS (C) AND (D). IN CASES WHERE THE LANGUAGES CANNOT BE TESTED VIA
THE DEFENSE LANGAUGE PROFICIENCY TEST (DLPT), AN ORAL PROFICIENCY
INTERVIEW (OPI) CAN BE ADMINISTERED. CMC (I/IOP) WILL COORDINATE
FOR OPI TESTING AND WILL COORDINATE TEST RESULTS WITH LOCAL
COMMANDS, CMC (MPP-50) TESTING, AND DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
CENTER (DFAS). 
5. ONLY MARINES PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGES LISTED IN THE CURRENT
EDITION OF THIS MARADMIN WILL RETAIN THE 8611 AMOS AND CONTINUE TO
RATE FLPP. HQMC WILL INITIATE ACTION TO REMOVE THE 8611 AMOS FROM
THOSE MARINES NO LONGER QUALIFIED. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED BY
INDIVIDUAL UNITS.
6. MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR THE AMOS 8611 SHOULD CONTACT CMC/I/IOP MSGT
T. W. RUDOLPH (RUDOLPHTW@HQMC.USMC.MIL), 703-614-3981 (DSN 224). 
SUBMISSION OF AA FORM IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.
7. RESERVE MARINES ARE ELIGIBLE AND ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THE
8611 AMOS. PAYMENT OF FLPP TO RESERVISTS IS GOVERNED BY THE NUMBER
OF DRILLS ATTENDED PER MONTH MULTIPLIED BY ONE-THIRTIETH OF THE
AUTHORIZED FLPP LEVEL AS SPECIFIED IN REF (C).
8. ENLISTED MARINES AWARDED THE 8611 AMOS WILL RECEIVE FLPP IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REF (D). IN SOME CASES, ENLISTED MARINES AWARDED
THE 8611 AMOS, WHO ARE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED DUTIES AS
INTERPRETERS/TRANSLATORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FLPP ENTITLEMENTS BASED ON
PAY AMOUNTS FROM FLPP CATEGORY I (CAREER) LINGUISTS FOR THE DURATION
OF THEIR ASSIGNMENT. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY, MARINES MUST BE ASSIGNED,
EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY TO DUTY ASSIGNMENTS DESIGNATED BY
THE COMMANDING OFFICER/OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE UNIT AS REQUIRING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON A REGULAR AND NECESSARY BASIS. 
REQUESTS FOR HIGHER CATEGORY FLPP ENTITLEMENTS MUST BE FORWARDED
THROUGH THE NORMAL CHAIN-OF-COMMAND VIA STANDARD NAVAL MESSAGE OR
CORRESPONDENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN REF
(D). IN ADDITION, 8611 AMOS MARINES WHO FAIL TO NOTIFY CMC (I/IOP)
OF FLPP DISCREPANCIES WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE OF DISCREPANCY,
WILL NOT BE AWARDED BACKPAY OF FLPP.
9.  POC IS CAPT A. C. WILES (WILESAC@HQMC.USMC.MIL) OR MSGT T. W.
RUDOLPH (RUDOLPHTW@HQMC.USMC.MIL), HQMC (I/IOP), 703-614-3981 (DSN
224).
10. THIS MARADMIN SUPERCEDES MARADMIN 124/03