MCBUL 1400. July 2006 Drilling Reserve (DR), Individual Ready (IRR), and Active Reserve (AR) Promotion Authority

1. THIS MARADMIN IS THE PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR DR,
IRR AND AR LCPL'S AND CPL'S. 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, IRR, AND AR CUTTING SCORES SHOULD BE PRINTED FROM THE
"CCOS" SCREEN AND ATTACHED WITH THIS MARADMIN 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 AS THE OFFICIAL PROMOTION AUTHORITY.
 B. RECEIPT OF 1 JULY 06 SELECT GRADE GENERATED ON THE UNIT
DIARY FEEDBACK REPORT.
3. REF A SETS FORTH GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR EFFECTING THE
MONTHLY PROMOTION OF LCPL'S AND CPL'S OF THE DR, IRR, AND AR WHO
MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 A. SEL CPL ED: 20060701
 B. SEL SGT ED: 20060701
 C. DATE OF RANK: 20060701
 D. EFFECTIVE DATE: 20060701
4. IRR MARINES AND THEIR COMMANDS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE JANUARY 2006
COMPOSITE SCORES FOR IRR MARINES HAVE BEEN COMPUTED USING THE
CHANGES PUBLISHED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF REF B.
5. 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", "MARINES", "PROMOTIONS", "ENLISTED", "CONTACTS".
6. THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
7. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 JUNE 2007.