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MARADMIN 290/05

MCBUL 1400. July 2005 Drilling Reserve (DR), Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), and Active Reserve (AR) Promotion Authority and Active Reserve (AR) Corporal and Sergeant Cutting Scores

This MARADMIN provides July 2005 promotion authority for Drilling Reserve (DR), Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), and Active Reserve (AR) Lance Corporals and Corporals to the ranks of Corporal and Sergeant. It announces that starting October 2005, AR cutting scores will no longer be listed in MARADMIN messages but will be available through the Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS) and the Enlisted Promotion Section web page.

Issued: June 27, 2005
1. THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE IS THE PROMOTION AUTHORITY
FOR DR, IRR AND AR LCPL'S AND CPL'S. STARTING WITH THE OCTOBER 2005
PROMOTION AUTHORITY, THE AR CUTTING SCORES WILL NO LONGER BE LISTED
ON THE MARADMIN MESSAGE. THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM
(MCTFS) MAY NOW BE USED TO VIEW THE DR, IRR, AND THE AR CUTTING
SCORES FOR THE CURRENT MONTH. YOU MAY ALSO USE THE MCTFS TO VIEW
THE DR, IRR AND AR PROMOTION PARAMETERS FOR THE CURRENT PROMOTION
QUARTER. THIS MAY BE DONE BY TYPING "CCOS" FROM THE MCTFS MAIN MENU
AND THEN SELECTING THE DESIRED OPTION. IRR MARINES WILL USE THE
SAME PROMOTION PARAMETERS AND THE SAME CUTTING SCORES AS DR MARINES.
DR AND IRR CUTTING SCORES SHOULD BE PRINTED FROM THE "CCOS" SCREEN
AND ATTACHED WITH THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE TO BE USED FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE. NOTE THAT ANY MOS LISTED ON THE "CCOS" SCREEN AS "9999"
IS CLOSED FOR PROMOTION. CUTTING SCORES ALSO WILL BE AVAILABLE ON
THE ENLISTED PROMOTION SECTION WEB PAGE. 
2. TO ELIMINATE ERRONEOUS PROMOTIONS AND DELAYS IN PROMOTING 
DESERVING MARINES, COMMANDERS WILL ENSURE THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
ARE MET:
 A. RECEIPT OF THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE AS THE OFFICIAL PROMOTION
AUTHORITY.
 B. RECEIPT OF 1 JULY 05 SELECT GRADE GENERATED ON THE UNIT
DIARY FEEDBACK REPORT.
3. THE REF SETS FORTH GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR EFFECTING THE 
MONTHLY PROMOTION OF LCPL'S AND CPL'S OF THE DR AND AR WHO MEET 
THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 A. SEL CPL ED: 20050701
 B. SEL SGT ED: 20050701
 C. DATE OF RANK: 20050701
 D. EFFECTIVE DATE: 20050701
 E. AR CUTTING SCORES TO CPL:
 OCCFLD/MOS CUTTING SCORE OCCFLD/MOS CUTTING SCORE
 0121 1442 0151 1442
 1171 1498 3043 1510 
 3051 1590 3531 1713 
 6046 1534 6112 1460 
 6216 1460 6317 1491
 6531 1512
 F. AR OCCFLDS/MOS CLOSED FOR PROMOTION TO CPL: 0291, 0311,
0411, 0481, 0621, 0622, 1349, 2111, 3451, 3529, 5711, 6672, 7041,
AND 8421.
 G. AR CUTTING SCORES TO SGT:
 OCCFLD/MOS CUTTING SCORE OCCFLD/MOS CUTTING SCORE
 0121 1937 0151 1937
 0341 1586 0411 1586 
 0431 1494 0622 1556 
 3043 1953 3432 1515 
 6046 1661 6317 1609 
 6500 1617 6672 1494 
 8421 1718 
 H. AR OCCFLDS/MOS CLOSED FOR PROMOTION TO SGT: 0291, 1169,
1349, 2100, 3051, 3521, 3537, 5711, 6072, 6073, 6112, 6132, 6152,
6153, 6172, 6216, 6217, 6256, 6467, AND 7041.
4. FOR MARINE ENLISTED PROMOTION MATTERS CALL COMM (703) 784-9717
OR DSN 278-9717. E-MAIL INQUIRIES MAY BE SUBMITTED VIA THE 
PROMOTION BRANCH'S INTERNET WEB PAGE AT WWW.USMC.MIL. SELECT
"CAREER", "MILITARY", "PROMOTIONS", "ENLISTED PROMOTIONS", "POINTS
OF CONTACT".
5. THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
6. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 JUNE 2006.