FY04 Recruiting Station Commanding Officer Selection Board

1. THIS MARADMIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT 
THE FY04 RECRUITING STATION COMMANDING OFFICER 
(RS CO) SELECTION BOARD. DURING FY04 NINE RS COMMANDING OFFICERS 
WILL BE ROTATING OFF RECRUITING DUTY. WE ARE 
NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THEIR SUCCESSORS. 
2. RECRUITING DUTY CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST 
DEMANDING MISSIONS THE MARINE CORPS FACES. DESPITE THE 
CHALLENGES, WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS. 
OUR SUCCESSFUL RECORD IS A TESTAMENT TO THE HIGH QUALITY 
OF LEADERSHIP AMONG COMMANDERS ON RECRUITING DUTY.
RECRUITERS ARE CHOSEN FROM AMONG THE BEST MARINE SNCOS AND 
NCOS IN THE CORPS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THESE 
REMARKABLE MARINES IS PROVIDED TO ONLY THE MOST HIGHLY 
QUALIFIED MAJORS. SELECTION TO SERVE AS AN RS CO IS A UNIQUE 
DISTINCTION AND OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR CORPS.
3. ON 21 AUG 03, A PANEL OF SIX GENERAL OFFICERS WILL MEET 
AT MCB, QUANTICO, TO SELECT 9 PRIMARY AND 9 ALTERNATE CANDIDATES 
TO SERVE AS RS COMMANDING OFFICERS. THE POPULATION TO BE SCREENED
CONSISTS OF THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED MAJORS, BY VIRTUE OF DEMONSTRATED 
ABILITY TO LEAD MARINES, WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER IN FY04 
OR EARLY FY05, WITH A DATE OF RANK OF JULY 2001 OR LATER. THE 
GROUND, AVIATION AND CSS MONITORS WILL SCREEN ELIGIBLE OFFICERS 
AND BRIEF THE CASES OF THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO THE PANEL, 
WHO WILL SELECT PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE CANDIDATES. PRIMARY 
CANDIDATES WILL BE SLATED AND THE SLATE WILL BE PRESENTED TO 
CMC FOR APPROVAL. THE APPROVED SLATE WILL BE PUBLISHED BY 
MARADMIN IN LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER 2003.