MCBUL 7220. Fiscal Year 2004 (FY04) Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Program
This MARADMIN announces the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) multiples for Fiscal Year 2004, effective for Marines reenlisting on or after 1 October 2003. The program is designed to retain Marines in critical and shortage Military Occupational Specialties (MOS), with the program planned to conclude on 31 January 2004 unless funds remain available. All SRB payments will be made as 100% lump sum, with payment caps of $30,000 for Zone A and $35,000 for Zones B and C.
Issued: August 14, 2003
1. PURPOSE. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES THE SRB MULTIPLES FOR THE FY04 SRB PROGRAM AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR SRB PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE SRB PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST THE MARINE CORPS IN RETAINING THE BEST MARINES IN OUR CRITICAL AND SHORT MOS'S. 2. ACTION. COMMANDING OFFICERS WILL BE GUIDED BY REF A AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BULLETIN IN THE COMPUTATION OF SRB AWARDS FOR MARINES WITH A DATE OF REENLISTMENT ON OR AFTER 1 OCT 2003. REF B DEFINES REENLISTMENT ELIGIBILITY. A. EXPIRATION OF CURRENT CONTRACT (ECC) ELIGIBILITY. SRB REENLISTMENTS ARE LIMITED TO ZONE B AND ZONE C MARINES WHO ARE WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THEIR ECC. AS AN EXCEPTION, MARINES MORE THAN 12 MONTHS FROM ECC WHO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO COMPLY WITH PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ORDERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN SRB WHEN SPECIFICALLY APPROVED FOR REENLISTMENT VIA MESSAGE BY CMC (MMEA-6). ECC IS TO BE USED VICE END OF ACTIVE SERVICE (EAS) AS A RESULT OF STOP LOSS ENTRIES MADE TO MARINES' EAS. ZONE A MARINES MUST REENLIST IN THE FY OF THEIR ECC. REF B REFERS. B. SRB MULTIPLES. THE MULTIPLES LISTED BELOW BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR MARINES WITH A DATE OF REENLISTMENT ON OR AFTER 1 OCT 2003. SRB FUNDS ARE LIMITED AND WILL BE DISBURSED TO MARINES UNTIL THEY ARE DEPLETED. IT IS THE INTENTION OF HQMC TO CONCLUDE THE SRB PROGRAM (SRBP) ON 31 JAN 2004. IF SRBP FUNDING EXISTS AFTER 31 JAN 2004, THE SRBP WILL BE EXTENDED FURTHER INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY04. IF SRB FUNDS ARE OBLIGATED FASTER THAN CURRENTLY PLANNED, HQMC WILL TERMINATE THE PROGRAM BEFORE 31 JAN 2004. COMMANDERS WILL BE ADVISED 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE IF SRBP TERMINATION WILL BE EARLIER THAN 31 JAN 2004. SKILLS NOT LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE A ZERO MULTIPLE. C. ZONE A APPLIES TO THOSE MARINES WITH 17 MONTHS TO 6 YEARS OF ACTIVE MARINE CORPS SERVICE. ZONE B APPLIES TO THOSE MARINES WITH 6 TO 10 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE. ZONE C APPLIES TO THOSE MARINES WITH 10 TO 14 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE. MARINES WITH GREATER THAN 14 YEARS OF TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SRB PAYMENT. WHEN COMPUTING THE 6 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE FOR ZONE A ELIGIBILITY, THE PRIOR ACTIVE SERVICE OF FTAP MARINES SERVED IN ANY OTHER MILITARY DEPARTMENT IS EXCLUDED AND ONLY ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE MARINE CORPS IS INCLUDED. THIS EXCLUSION DOES NOT APPLY, HOWEVER, TO THE 14 YEAR SERVICE CAP ON A MARINE'S ELIGIBILITY WHICH CONSIDERS HIS OR HER TOTAL ACTIVE SERVICE. ALL ACTIVE DUTY TIME SERVED, REGARDLESS OF U.S. MILITARY BRANCH SERVED IN, IS TO BE USED IN DETERMINING ZONE B AND ZONE C STATUS. D. MARINES WITH EXACTLY 6 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE DATE OF REENLISTMENT MAY BE PAID A ZONE A BONUS IF THEY HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A ZONE A BONUS. IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED A ZONE A BONUS, OR IF NO ZONE A BONUS IS DESIGNATED, THEY MAY BE PAID A ZONE B BONUS. MARINES WITH EXACTLY 10 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE DATE OF REENLISTMENT MAY BE PAID A ZONE B BONUS IF THEY HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A ZONE B BONUS. IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED A ZONE B BONUS, OR IF NO ZONE B BONUS IS DESIGNATED, THEY MAY BE PAID A ZONE C BONUS. E. ADDITIONAL OBLIGATED SERVICE BEYOND 16 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE MAY NOT BE USED IN COMPUTING SRB DOLLAR AMOUNTS. F. USMC BONUS PAYMENT POLICY: THE ZONE A SRB MULTIPLES WILL NOT INCREASE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. HQMC HAS MADE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN EQUITY AND CONSISTENCY IN THE OFFERED SRB MULTIPLES FOR ALL ZONES. BECAUSE B AND C ZONE MARINES ARE ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST 365 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR ECC, THEY ARE NOT CONSTRAINED TO A FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE THE REENLISTMENT DECISION. THEREFORE, ALTHOUGH EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY IN ZONES B AND C WITH THIS INITIAL SRB OFFERING, HQMC MAY CHANGE ZONE B AND C MULTIPLES DURING FY04. REENLISTMENT ELIGIBLE CAREERISTS SHOULD NOT WAIT ON A POSSIBLE SRBP FUNDS EXTENSION BEYOND 31 JAN 2004 TO REENLIST FOR A SRB. G. THREE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE FY04 SRB PROGRAM ARE: (1) LUMP SUM PAYMENT. IN FY04, ALL MARINES WILL BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE 100 PERCENT OF THEIR REENLISTMENT BONUS IN ONE LUMP SUM PAYMENT. NO 50 PERCENT UP FRONT PAYMENTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED. (2) 48 MONTHS OF SRB OPTION IN ZONES A, B, AND C. THE DOLLAR SRB CONTRACT AMOUNT IS IMPACTED BY THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGATED MONTHS OF SERVICE WHICH THE MARINE REENLISTS FOR. BY REENLISTING FOR MORE MONTHS, A MARINE'S CONTRACT AMOUNT WILL INCREASE. IN FY04, MARINES WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO REENLIST FOR A FULL 48 MONTHS OF SRB. MARINES WILL NOT BE PENALIZED FINANCIALLY FOR REENLISTING EARLY. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A MARINE'S EAS IS ON 1 AUG 2004 AND THE MARINE REENLISTS ON 1 OCT 2003, THE MARINE WILL BE ABLE TO REENLIST BETWEEN 48 MONTHS (NEW EAS 1 OCT 2007) AND 58 MONTHS (NEW EAS 1 AUG 2008). IF THE MARINE CHOOSES TO REENLIST FOR 48 MONTHS IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE REENLISTMENT LENGTH OF HIS/HER SRB CALCULATION WOULD BE 38 MONTHS (48 MONTH CONTRACT LENGTH MINUS 10 MONTHS OF OBLIGATED SERVICE REMAINING UNDER INITIAL CONTRACT). IF THE MARINE CHOOSES TO REENLIST FOR 58 MONTHS IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE REENLISTMENT LENGTH OF HIS/HER SRB CALCULATION WOULD BE 48 MONTHS (58 MONTH CONTRACT LENGTH MINUS 10 MONTHS OF OBLIGATED SERVICE REMAINING UNDER INITIAL CONTRACT). IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE MARINE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO REENLIST FOR A CONTRACT LENGTH (IN UNITS OF MONTHS) ANYWHERE BETWEEN 48 AND 58 MONTHS. (3) SRB PAYMENT CAPS. FOR FY04, ZONE A PAYMENT CAPS REMAIN AT 30,000 DOLLARS AND ZONE B AND C PAYMENT CAPS REMAIN AT 35,000 DOLLARS. H. RECOUPMENT POLICY. (1) MARINES WHO RECEIVE A SRB PAYMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE IN A BILLET REQUIRING THE MOS FOR WHICH HE/SHE RECEIVED THE BONUS PAYMENT UNLESS HE/SHE SERVES IN AN AUTHORIZED OUT-OF-SKILL ASSIGNMENT OR A WAIVER IS GRANTED BY CMC (MMEA-8). FAILURE TO COMPLETE THIS REQUIREMENT WILL RESULT IN RECOUPMENT OF THE UNEARNED PORTION OF THE MARINE'S BONUS AS STATED IN DOD 7000.14R FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION VOLUME 7A. (2) IN OUR ENLISTED TO OFFICER PROGRAMS, MARINE CORPS RECOUPMENT POLICY WILL DIFFER FROM DOD 7000.14R VOLUME 7A. MARINES SELECTED FOR WARRANT OFFICER, MECEP, OR BOOST PROGRAMS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY BACK ANY UNEARNED PORTION (PRORATED) OF THEIR LUMP SUM SRB PAYMENT IF THEY SERVE LESS THAN TWO YEARS IN THEIR SRB MOS. AFTER SERVING TWO YEARS IN HIS/HER SRB MOS, NO RECOUPMENT IS REQUIRED OF A MARINE ACCEPTED FOR A COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. AS STATED IN DOD 7000.14R SECTION 090201 PAR E, NUMBER 4, MEMBERS WHO REENLIST OR EXTEND TO GAIN SUFFICIENT OBLIGATED SERVICE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM LEADING TO A COMMISSIONED OR WARRANT OFFICER STATUS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO AN SRB. I. CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS MAY OBTAIN AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE "STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING" (SOU) FROM REF A BY CONTACTING MMEA-6. J. SKILLS NOT LISTED HAVE NO MULTIPLES. PMOS A ZONE B ZONE C ZONE 0211 4 3 3 0231 5 1 1 0241 3 1 1 0261 4 3 2 0311 1 0 0 0313 1 0 0 0321 2 0 0 0331 1 0 0 0341 1 0 0 0351 1 0 0 0352 1 0 0 0411 1 0 0 0431 1 0 0 0451 1 1 1 0481 1 0 0 0491 0 2 2 0511 4 0 0 0612 1 0 0 0613 5 1 1 0619 0 0 2 0621 1 0 0 0627 3 1 0 0629 0 0 2 0651 1 0 0 0659 0 1 1 0681 0 3 3 0689 0 3 3 0811 1 0 0 0842 1 0 0 0844 1 0 0 0847 1 0 0 0848 0 1 1 0861 1 3 3 1161 1 0 0 1349 0 1 1 1812 1 1 1 1833 1 0 0 2111 1 0 0 2131 1 0 0 2141 1 1 1 2146 1 0 0 2147 1 1 1 2161 2 0 0 2171 1 0 0 2311 2 0 0 2336 2 3 2 2621 1 1 1 2631 1 1 1 2651 1 2 2 2671 1 3 3 2673 5 4 4 2674 1 2 2 2676 2 3 3 2822 1 1 1 2831/32 0 2 2 2834 3 3 3 2844/62 2 2 2 2846/62 2 2 2 2847/62 2 2 2 2871 3 2 0 2874 0 2 2 2881 0 1 1 2887 4 2 2 3441 0 2 2 3451 0 1 1 4341 3 0 0 4429 4 0 0 4671 1 1 1 5711 1 0 0 5811 1 0 0 5821 2 3 3 5937/39 1 2 2 5942/48 2 2 2 5952 0 1 1 5953 0 1 1 5954 0 1 1 5974/62 1 2 2 5979/63 2 2 2 6046 1 0 0 6048 1 0 0 6062 1 0 0 6072 0 1 1 6073 0 1 1 6092 1 0 0 6112 2 2 2 6113 1 1 1 6114 0 1 1 6116 2 2 2 6122 0 1 1 6123 1 0 0 6124 3 1 1 6152 2 2 2 6153 1 1 1 6154 1 0 0 6156 2 2 2 6172 2 2 2 6173 0 2 2 6174 1 2 2 6176 2 2 2 6212 0 1 1 6213 0 1 1 6216 0 1 1 6217 1 1 1 6222 1 1 1 6223 0 1 1 6226 0 1 1 6227 1 1 1 6252 1 1 1 6253 1 2 2 6256 0 1 1 6257 0 1 1 6276 3 3 3 6283 3 3 3 6286 1 0 0 6287 1 2 2 6312 1 1 1 6313 1 0 0 6314 3 2 2 6316 1 0 0 6317 3 1 1 6322 2 1 1 6323 1 1 1 6324 1 1 1 6326 5 0 0 6332 2 3 3 6333 0 1 1 6336 4 1 1 6337 3 1 1 6386 1 0 0 6412 1 2 2 6413 1 4 4 6414 0 1 1 6423 1 2 2 6432 1 0 0 6433 1 0 0 6434 0 1 1 6461 1 4 4 6462 2 1 1 6463 5 1 1 6464 1 0 0 6466 2 0 0 6467 1 2 2 6482 1 1 1 6483 1 4 4 6484 1 0 0 6492 2 1 1 6493 3 3 3 6531 1 0 0 6541 1 0 0 6821/42 3 4 4 6842 0 1 1 7011 0 1 1 7212 0 1 1 7234/36 3 4 4 7242 1 1 1 7257 3 2 2 7314 3 2 2 7372 3 0 0 7382 1 0 0 8412 0 2 2 3. LATERAL MOVES. NO OTHER LATERAL MOVE REENLISTMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE AN SRB THAN THOSE MOS(S) LISTED IN THIS PARAGRAPH. A. FIRST TERM ZONE A MARINES WHO REENLIST AS A PART OF THE FIRST TERM ALIGNMENT PLAN (FTAP) AND AGREE TO LATERALLY MOVE TO MOS'S 0211, 0241, 2336, 2834, 4429, OR 5821 ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE THE CORRESPONDING SRB MULTIPLE IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THEIR REENLISTMENT. MARINES LATERALLY MOVING INTO THE ABOVE MOS'S AND MOS(S) 2823 AND 8421 WILL NOT REQUIRE THEIR CURRENT MOS TO BE CLOSED OUT AT THE FTAP PRIOR TO REQUESTING A LATERAL MOVE BOAT SPACE. SRB PAYMENT WILL NOT BE MADE AT THE TIME OF REENLISTMENT BUT UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MOS TRAINING AND SUBSEQUENT AWARD OF THE MOS. MARINES WHO ARE IN TRAINING BEYOND 30 SEP 2004 WILL BE AUTHORIZED THE SRB PAYMENT UPON BEING AWARDED THE NEW MOS. B. ANY REENLISTMENT ELIGIBLE MARINE IN SRB ZONES A, B, AND C, HOLDING CH-46 MOS(S) 6112, 6152, 6172, OR 6322 WILL RATE THE MV-22 SRB MULTIPLE WHEN THEY LATERALLY MOVE TO THE SAME TYPE MV-22 MOS. SPECIFICALLY, 6112 TO 6116, 6152 TO 6156, 6172 TO 6176, AND 6322 TO 6326. 4. FIRST TERM MARINES WHO HAVE BEEN PROMOTED OUT OF THEIR TRADITIONAL "FIRST-TERMER" MOS QUALIFY FOR THE SRB MULTIPLE OF THEIR PRIOR TRADITIONAL FTAP MOS IF ONE IS OFFERED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A FIRST TERM MARINE HOLDING MOS 0311 IS PROMOTED TO SSGT (AND THUS IS RE-DESIGNATED AN 0369) PRIOR TO REENLISTING, HE QUALIFIES FOR THE 0311 SRB MULTIPLE AND WILL COUNT FOR AN 0311 FTAP BOAT SPACE. 5. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. 6. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS ON 31 JAN 2004.