MCBUL 1900. 3rd Quarter, FY03 First-Term, Post-Boot Camp, Non-EAS Attrition
This MARADMIN reports third quarter FY03 first-term, post-boot camp, non-EAS attrition statistics, showing record lows attributed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and stop loss policies. Overall attrition decreased 29% from the same period in FY02 and 26% from historical norms, with misconduct separations down 47% from the previous year. The message provides detailed separation statistics by category and major command for trend analysis.
Issued: July 24, 2003
1. WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE RECORD LOWS IN FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP, NON-EAS ATTRITION. MUCH OF THIS CHANGE IN ATTRITION BEHAVIOR IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND STOP LOSS POLICIES. 2. THIRD QUARTER FY03 FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP, NON-EAS ATTRITION DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY; 29 PERCENT FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST FY, AND 26 PERCENT FROM HISTORICAL QUARTERLY NORMS. MOREOVER, MISCONDUCT SEPARATIONS HAVE DECREASED 47 PERCENT FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST FY AND 38 PERCENT FROM HISTORICAL QUARTERLY NORMS. 3. SEPARATIONS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO FIVE MAJOR GROUPS. THESE CATEGORIES ARE: A. MISCONDUCT (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR DRUGS, SERIOUS OFFENSES, PATTERNS OF MISCONDUCT, HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ETC). B. PHYSICAL DISABILITY (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR PERMANENT, TEMPORARY, SEVERANCE PAY DISABILITIES, ETC). C. UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR WEIGHT CONTROL, UNSUITABILITY, ETC). D. CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR ACCEPTING A COMMISSION, HARDSHIP, PARENTHOOD, PREGNANCY, SECNAV AUTHORITY, SERVICE TRANSFER, SOLE SURVIVOR, ETC). E. DESERTER STATUS (INCLUDES INCIDENTS OF DESERTION). 4. LISTED BELOW ARE SEPARATIONS BY CATEGORY FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR COMMANDS: MARFORPAC, MARFORLANT, MCCDC, MARFORES, AND MCRC. THESE MAJOR COMMANDS REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE FIRST-TERM FORCE. AVERAGE (AVG) IS THE HISTORICAL QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS NINE QUARTERS AND ALLOWS FOR TREND COMPARISON. MISCON MISCON MISCON PHYDIS PHYDIS PHYDIS UNSAT UNSAT UNSAT UNIT Q3FY02 Q3FY03 AVG Q3FY02 Q3FY03 AVG Q3FY02 Q3FY03 AVG MFPAC 347 147 293 105 80 92 17 5 11 MFLANT 310 312 282 92 121 98 6 3 10 MCCDC 316 55 245 22 24 29 5 1 4 MFRES 1 1 5 2 7 6 0 0 1 MCRC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 974 516 825 221 232 226 28 9 26 COG COG COG DESERT DESERT DESERT TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL UNIT Q3FY02 Q3FY03 AVG Q3FY02 Q3FY03 AVG Q3FY02 Q3FY03 AVG MFPAC 91 92 110 148 92 149 708 416 655 MFLANT 103 168 136 140 93 148 651 697 675 MCCDC 43 24 27 24 17 26 410 121 332 MFRES 10 20 21 0 0 0 13 28 32 MCRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 TOTAL 247 304 294 312 202 324 1782 1263 1695 5. THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL LIST SEPARATIONS FOR 4TH QUARTER, FY03 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME QUARTER LAST FY AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY NORMS AND A YEARLY WRAP-UP.