Administrative Changes to Officer Frocking Procedures
This MARADMIN announces that effective June 1, 2003, CMC (MMOA-3) will assume responsibility for processing and tracking all officer frocking requests, which must be submitted per existing guidance and mailed to the MMOA-3 office in Quantico, Virginia. Current frocking policies remain unchanged, with the only modification being that all Captain frocking notifications must now also be submitted to CMC (MMOA-3).
Issued: May 27, 2003
1. EFFECTIVE 1 JUN 03, THE CMC (MMOA-3) WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY TO PROCESS AND TRACK ALL OFFICER FROCKING REQUESTS. ALL OFFICER FROCKING REQUESTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PER THE GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 6007 OF REF A, AND MAILED TO: COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS MMOA-3 HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS 3280 RUSSELL ROAD QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103 2. CURRENT FROCKING POLICIES AS OUTLINED IN REF B, AND STATUTORY REGULATIONS CONCERNING FROCKINGS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE. POLICIES IN REF C REMAIN THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ALL CAPTAIN FROCKING NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CMC (MMOA-3). 3. THIS CHANGE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT REVISION OF REF A. GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICER PROMOTION SECTION INTERNET HOMEPAGE AT WWW.USMC.MIL. SELECT CAREER, MILITARY, PROMOTIONS, THEN OFFICER PROMOTIONS TO ARRIVE AT THE OFFICER PROMOTION HOMEPAGE. THEN CLICK ON FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THE FROCKING LINK. 4. THIS MSG IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE. 5. POC FOR REQUESTING AND/OR PROCEDURES FOR FROCKING IS MAJOR BLAKE M. WILSON, PLANS OFFICER, DSN 278-9284/5 OR COMM (703)784-9284.