FY04 Reenlistment School Seat Incentives
This MARADMIN establishes school seat incentives for FY04 to assist commanders with reenlistment of first-term and career Marines. A total of 110 school seats (87 Airborne Course seats at Fort Benning, GA and 23 High Risk Personnel Course seats at Quantico, VA) are allocated to six major commands based on their FY04 retention missions to support retention efforts in skills where commanders face the greatest reenlistment challenges.
Issued: August 15, 2003
1. PURPOSE. THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE ESTABLISHES SCHOOL SEAT INCENTIVES TO ASSIST COMMANDERS WITH REENLISTMENT OF FIRST TERM AND CAREER MARINES. 2. BACKGROUND: A. TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR RETENTION EFFORTS, HQMC ESTABLISHED A FRAMEWORK FOR MISSIONING RETENTION REQUIREMENTS TO SIX MAJOR COMMANDS. REF A CONTAINS THE RETENTION MISSIONS FOR FY04. B. RECOGNIZING THE DIFFICULTY OF THESE MISSIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING CAREER FORCE REENLISTMENTS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE INCENTIVES OUTLINED IN THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE TO ASSIST COMMAND RETENTION EFFORTS IN THOSE SKILLS WHERE COMMANDERS HAVE THE GREATEST REENLISTMENT CHALLENGE. 3. ACTION: A. HQMC ACQUIRED 110 SCHOOL SEATS TO UTILIZE AS REENLISTMENT INCENTIVES. THE FOLLOWING LIST PROVIDES THE COURSE, LOCATION, AND NUMBER OF SCHOOL SEATS AVAILABLE FOR FY04: COURSE TITLE LOCATION SEATS AIRBORNE COURSE FT BENNING, GA 87 HIGH RISK PERSONNEL COURSE (HRPC) QUANTICO, VA 23 TOTAL 110 B. THE SCHOOL SEAT QUOTAS WILL BE APPORTIONED TO THE SIX MAJOR COMMANDS BASED UPON THEIR FY04 RETENTION MISSIONS. THE SCHOOL SEAT QUOTAS ARE APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS: (1) AIRBORNE COURSE (A) MARFORLANT: 35 (B) MARFORPAC: 44 (C) MCCDC: 5 (D) MARFORRES: 1 (E) MCRC: 1 (F) LOGCOM: 1 (2) HIGH RISK PERSONNEL COURSE (HRPC) (A) MARFORLANT: 7 (B) MARFORPAC: 12 (C) MCCDC: 1 (D) MARFORRES: 1 (E) MCRC: 1 (F) LOGCOM: 1 4. JUMP SCHOOL INSTRUCTION: A. COURSE: AIRBORNE CID#: A030CG1 TYPE: 1EFL OR 1EFP LOCATION: FORT BENNING, GA CLASS# REPORTING DATE CONVENING DATE GRADUATION DATE 004 20031026 20031027 20031114 007 20031116 20031117 20031205 017 20040229 20040301 20040319 018 20040307 20040308 20040326 026 20040509 20040510 20040528 030 20040606 20040607 20040625 B. CLASS SEAT ALLOCATIONS PER MSC: CLASS# 004 007 017 018 026 030 TOTAL MARFORLANT: 0 14 13 0 8 0 35 MARFORPAC: 14 0 0 13 0 17 44 MCCDC: 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 MARFORRES: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 MCRC: 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 LOGCOM: 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 TOTAL: 15 15 15 15 10 17 87 5. HIGH RISK PERSONNEL COURSE INSTRUCTION: A. COURSE: HIGH RISK PERSONNEL COURSE (HRPC) CID#: M02M429 TYPE: 1E LOCATION: WEAPONS TRAINING BATTALION, MCCDC QUANTICO, VA CLASS#: REPORTING DATE CONVENING DATE GRADUATION DATE 2004020 20040307 20040308 20040312 2004030 20040321 20040322 20040326 2004040 20040404 20040405 20040409 2004050 20040418 20040419 20040423 2004060 20040502 20040503 20040507 2004070 20040516 20040517 20040521 2004080 20040606 20040607 20040611 2004090 20040620 20040621 20040625 2004100 20040711 20040712 20040716 2004110 20040725 20040726 20040730 2004120 20040808 20040809 20040813 2004130 20040822 20040823 20040827 2004140 20040912 20040913 20040917 B. CLASS SEAT ALLOCATIONS PER MSC: CLASS# 020 030 040 050 060 070 080 090 100 110 120 130 140 TOTAL MARFRLNT: 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 MARFORPAC:1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 12 MCCDC: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MARFORRES:1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MCRC: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MATCOM: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL: 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 23 7. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS: A. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ALLOCATED SCHOOL SEATS IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SIX MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS (MSC). B. COMMANDING OFFICERS, CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS, AND MSC POC'S MUST ENSURE MARINES MEET THE COURSE PREREQUISITES CONTAINED IN REFERENCE'S B AND C. ONCE THE ATTAINMENT OF COURSE PREREQUISITES IS CONFIRMED, THE COMMANDING OFFICER'S ENDORSEMENT ON THE REENLISTMENT PACKAGE MUST CERTIFY THAT THE MARINE MEETS ALL PREREQUISITES. THE PREREQUISITE FOR FILLING A T/O JUMP BILLET IS WAIVED FOR THE REENLISTMENT SCHOOL INCENTIVE PROGRAM. C. COMMANDING OFFICERS WILL ENSURE THEIR MARINES ATTEND THE COURSE ON THEIR DESIGNATED DATE. FAILURE TO ATTEND THE COURSE ON THE ASSIGNED SCHOOL DATE WILL RESULT IN A LOST ALLOCATION TO THE COMMAND. D. COMMANDS MUST NOTIFY TRAINING COMMAND NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO REPORT DATE OF THE COURSE IF THE MARINE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE ASSIGNED COURSE. E. REENLISTMENT INCENTIVE SCHOOL SEAT QUOTAS ARE POSTED IN THE BY NAME ASSIGNMENT (BNA) SYSTEM AS STUDENT TYPE 1EFL (LANT) OR 1EFP (PAC) FOR JUMP SCHOOL AND UNDER 1E FOR HIGH RISK PERSONNEL TRAINING. AFTER THE MARINE HAS REENLISTED, MSC G-3 TRAINING CHIEFS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO BNA, SHOULD RESERVE A SEAT FOR THE MARINE PER THE APPORTIONMENT LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 4 AND 5 ABOVE. EACH MSC WILL ONLY USE THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOL SEAT ALLOCATIONS. F. APPROPRIATION (APPN) DATA FOR THIS FORMAL SCHOOL TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (TAD) IS PROVIDED BY THE CG MCCDC, CG TECOM AND MANAGED BY THE HEAD, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BRANCH (C464) AT TECOM. ALL REQUESTS FOR APPROPRIATION DATA ARE TO BE SENT TO THE E-MAIL WORLDWIDE TAD ACCOUNT AT: TADFUND IF ON OUTLOOK, TADFUND@TECOM.USMC.MIL OR IF E-MAIL IS UNAVAILABLE REQUESTS CAN BE FAXED TO DSN: 278-3088, COMM (703) 784-3088. THE COURSE ID (CID) IS REQUIRED IN THE SUBJECT LINE. WHEN REQUESTING APPROPRIATION DATA FOR MULTIPLE CIDS, ON ONE-E-MAIL, ALL REQUESTED CIDS MUST BE ANNOTATED IN SUBJECT LINE OF THE E-MAIL. THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER CAN BE REACHED AT DSN: 278-3090/5294, OR COMM (703) 784-3090/5294. 8. THE SIX MAJOR COMMANDS WILL IDENTIFY TO THE CMC (MMEA-6) THEIR POC FOR ALL INCENTIVE SCHOOL SEAT QUOTAS BY 15 SEP 02. 9. POC FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL SEATS TO THE SIX MAJOR COMMANDS IS CAPT SNOWDEN, THE CMC (MMEA-6), DSN: 278-9237 OR COMM (703) 784-9237. POC FOR THE APPN DATA IS CWO-2 BELL OR CPL ESCRIBANO AT COMM (703) 784-3090 OR DSN: 278-3090. 10. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AIRBORNE SCHOOL CAN BE FOUND ON THE FORT BENNING WEB SITE: WWW.BENNING.ARMY.MIL/FBHOME/. POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE AIRBORNE SCHOOL IS SSGT HINTON AT COMM: (706) 545-1044/7378 OR DSN: 835-1044/7378. 11. POC CONCERNING THE SCHOOL OR ASSIGNMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE RESPECTIVE MSC COORDINATOR. 12. THIS MESSAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. 13. POC IS CAPT A. H. SNOWDEN AT DSN 278-9240 OR COMMERCIAL (703) 784-9240.