FY05 First Term Alignment Plan (FTAP) Fast Filling MOS Update
This MARADMIN updates the list of Fast Filling MOS's (FFMs) for the FY05 First Term Alignment Plan (FTAP), adding 12 new MOS's that received more reenlistment requests than available billets and removing 27 MOS's that did not meet FFM criteria. Marines in the newly designated FFMs have an extended deadline to submit reenlistment requests and will be considered by selection boards in late August 2004.
Issued: August 11, 2004
1. PER REFERENCES A AND B, CMC (MMEA) WILL HOLD SELECTION BOARDS FOR FY05 FIRST TERM MARINES IN DESIGNATED FAST FILLING MOS' (FFM'S) IN ORDER TO ENSURE QUALITY REENLISTMENTS AND FAIR HANDLING OF ALL CASES. AS OF 1 AUG 04, CMC (MMEA-6) HAS RECEIVED OVER 921 FY05 FIRST TERM REENLISTMENT REQUESTS FOR MARINES IN FFM'S. REF B LISTED THOSE MOS'S THAT WERE MOST LIKELY TO BE FFM'S. PUBLISHING THE LIKELY FFM'S ALLOWED COMMANDS TO CANVASS THEIR FIRST TERM POPULATIONS AND ENSURE MARINES IN THOSE MOS'S SUBMITTED REENLISTMENT REQUESTS DURING THE DESIGNATED SUBMISSION PERIOD TO ALLOW THEM THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE FFM BOARD. SOME MOS'S NOT ON THE ORIGINAL LIST HAVE HAD MORE REENLISTMENT REQUESTS SUBMITTED THAN THERE ARE BOATSPACES AVAILABLE. THEREFORE, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL MOS'S ARE NOW CONSIDERED FFM'S: 1141, 1316, 1361, 5942/5948, 6046, 6074, 6152, 6217, 6282, 6283, 6286, AND 6483. CMC (MMEA-6) WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF FURTHER REENLISTMENT REQUESTS IN THESE MOS'S BEFORE THEY ARE BROUGHT BEFORE AN FFM BOARD. 2. THESE NEW FFM'S WILL BE PROCESSED PER THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: A. THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR SUBMITTING REENLISTMENT REQUESTS IN THE ABOVE FFM'S IS EXTENDED TO 23:59 EST, 13 AUG 04. B. PREP WEEK FOR THE ABOVE FFM'S WILL BE THE WEEK OF 16-20 AUG 04. C. FFM BOARDS FOR THE ABOVE FFM'S WILL BE THE WEEK OF 23-27 AUG 04. D. PER REF B, MARINES SELECTED BY THE FFM BOARD WILL RECEIVE REENLISTMENT AUTHORITY FOR EXECUTION ON OR AFTER 1 OCT 04. EXECUTION OF FY05 REENLISTMENT AUTHORITY PRIOR TO 1 OCT 04 IS NOT AUTHORIZED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED ERRONEOUS. MARINES NOT SELECTED FOR REENLISTMENT IN THEIR PMOS BY AN FFM BOARD MAY RESUBMIT FOR LATERAL MOVE BEGINNING 1 DEC 04. 3. SOME MOS'S LISTED IN REF B AS PROJECTED FFM'S DID NOT RECEIVE MORE REENLISTMENT REQUESTS THAN THERE WERE AVAILABLE BOATSPACES. THEREFORE, THE FOLLOWING MOS'S ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED FFM'S: 0151, 0842, 2621, 3043, 4611, 4641, 5831, 5937/5939, 6122, 6123, 6132, 6173, 6212, 6213, 6214, 6316, 6323, 6333, 6386, 6412, 6432, 6464, 6482, 6484, 6672, 7041. 4. ALL REQUESTS FOR MOS'S THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED FFM'S WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. THOSE MARINES REQUESTING REENLISTMENT PRIOR TO 1 OCT 04 WILL RECEIVE REENLISTMENT AUTHORITY BY 1 OCT 04 FOR EXECUTION ON OR AFTER 1 OCT 04. 5. CMC (MMEA) IS READY TO SUPPORT ALL COMMANDERS AND CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS (CRS) IN ENCOURAGING ALL FY05 FIRST TERM MARINES IN ALL MOS'S TO SUBMIT FOR REENLISTMENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOATSPACE IN THEIR PMOS. 6. ALL OTHER GUIDANCE REGARDING FY05 ENLISTED RETENTION WILL BE PUBLISHED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. 7. POINT OF CONTACT IS MAJ M. J. MENOTTI @ DSN 278-9236 OR COML (703)784-9236.