MCBUL 7220 Change 3 to A/B/C Zone Multiples for the FY05 Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Program

1. PURPOSE. TO INFORM MARINES, CAREER RETENTION 
SPECIALISTS, AND COMMANDERS OF THE STATUS OF THE FY05 SRB PROGRAM 
AND EXTEND THE ELIGIBILITY DATES FOR FY05 SRB MULTIPLES. 
2. BACKGROUND. TO DATE, WE HAVE EXECUTED $44.5 MILLION (86 PERCENT)
OF PLANNED FY05 SRB BUDGET. THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN 
SUPPORTING THE REENLISTMENTS OF OVER 3,100 MARINES.
3. ACTION. COMMANDERS AND CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS WILL INFORM
THEIR MARINES OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGE IN THE SRB PROGRAM:
AS OF RELEASE OF REF G, LATERAL MOVE REENLISTMENTS INTO 0321 MAY 
WARRANT AN SRB PAYMENT UPON COMPLETION OF MOS TRAINING. THE CURRENT 
SRB MULTIPLES FOR 0321 ZONES A & B ARE 4 & 3 RESPECTIVELY. PRIOR TO 
MARADMIN 192/05 THE 0321 SRB WAS ONLY AVAILABLE TO 03XX MARINES OR 
THOSE MARINES WHO ALREADY HELD 0321 AS AN ADDITIONAL MOS. MARINES 
IN THE GRADES OF SGT AND BELOW WITH 3-8 YEARS OF SERVICE WHO REENLIST
FOR AT LEAST 4 YEARS WILL RATE THE 0321 SRB FOR THE APPROPRIATE ZONE
UPON COMPLETION OF THE BASIC RECONNAISSANCE COURSE. MARADMIN 192/05
PROVIDES CLARIFICATION AND A POC FOR THE 0321 LATERAL MOVE POLICY.
4. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR AN SRB PAYMENT, A QUALIFIED MARINE MUST
EXECUTE REENLISTMENT ON OR BEFORE 31 JUL 2005 (THUS HAVING AN EFFECTIVE
REENLISTMENT DATE OF 1 AUG 2005 OR EARLIER). ALL SRB MULTIPLES IN THE
REF(S) REMAIN THE SAME. 
5. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
6. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 1 AUG 2005.