Revision of Promotion Requirements and Composite Score Computation for Promotion to Cpl and Sgt in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)

1. THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES REVISIONS TO PROMOTION
REQUIREMENTS AND COMPOSITE SCORE COMPUTATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS TO CPL
AND SGT IN THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR). 
2. REF (A) ANNOUNCED APPROVED REVISIONS TO THE REQUIREMENTS
CONTAINED IN REF (B) FOR PROMOTION TO CPL AND SGT IN THE IRR. THESE
REVISIONS WERE MADE TO IMPROVE PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES AND TO
ENCOURAGE SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNIT AFFILIATION BY
IRR MARINES. THE REVISIONS OUTLINED IN REF (A) WERE IMPLEMENTED FOR
THE JULY 2004 PROMOTION PERIOD AND INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING POLICY
CHANGES:
 A. REQUIRED IRR MARINES TO MEET SMCR CUTTING SCORES FOR PROMOTION
 TO CPL AND SGT
 B. REQUIRED IRR MARINES TO HAVE VALID RIFLE SCORE WITHIN
 PREVIOUS THREE YEARS
 C. REQUIRED IRR MARINES TO HAVE VALID PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (PFT)
 SCORE WITHIN PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
 D. REQUIRED IRR MARINES TO HAVE RECEIVED PROFICIENCY AND CONDUCT
 (PRO/CON) MARKS WITHIN PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
 E. REQUIRED IRR MARINES TO HAVE EARNED FIFTY (50) RESERVE
 RETIREMENT CREDIT POINTS IN PREVIOUS ANNIVERSARY YEAR.
3. IN MAY 2005, RESERVE AFFAIRS (CMC (RAP)) AND THE ENLISTED
PROMOTION SECTION (CMC (MMPR-2)) CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE ENLISTED
RESERVE PROMOTION POLICIES IMPLEMENTED IN REF (A). THIS REVIEW
GENERATED SEVERAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IRR PROMOTION
REQUIREMENTS AND COMPUTATION OF COMPOSITE SCORES THAT WERE APPROVED
BY DC, M&RA ON 7 JULY 2005. THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS LIST THESE
APPROVED REVISIONS:
 A. RIFLE SCORE. ELIMINATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR REQUALIFICATION
 IN PREVIOUS THREE YEARS. IRR MARINES WHO HAVE NOT REQUALIFIED
 IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WILL HAVE THEIR MOST RECENT
 REQUALIFICATION SCORE USED IN THEIR COMPOSITE SCORE, REGARDLESS
 OF THE DATE OF THE REQUALIFICATION.
 B. PFT. MAINTAINS THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PFT SCORE WITHIN THE
 PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
 C. PRO/CON MARKS. ELIMINATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRO/CON MARKS
 WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. 
 D. ANNIVERSARY YEAR PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS. REDUCES THE
 REQUIRED RESERVE RETIREMENT CREDIT POINTS FROM FIFTY (50) BACK 
 DOWN TO TWENTY-SEVEN (27) IN THE PRIOR ANNIVERSARY YEAR AND 
 APPLIES THIS REQUIREMENT TO ALL IRR MARINES. WAIVES THIS
 REQUIREMENT FOR COMBAT MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS.
 E. IRR SERVICE REQUIREMENT. REMOVES THE SIX MONTH IRR SERVICE
 REQUIREMENT FOR ALL ENLISTED GRADES WITHIN THE IRR.
4. IMPLEMENTATION. THESE POLICY REVISIONS IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE ARE
EFFECTIVE UPON THE RELEASE OF THIS MARADMIN. THESE REVISIONS WILL
BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT REVISON OF REF (B) SCHEDULED FOR 1ST
QTR FISCAL YEAR 2006. A SYSTEM CHANGE REQUEST (SCR) HAS BEEN
SUBMITTED TO CMC (MI) IN ORDER TO PROPERLY REFLECT THESE REVISIONS
TO COMPOSITE SCORE CALCULATIONS IN MCTFS. CMC (MI) ANTICIPATES
IMPLEMENTING THE MCTFS CHANGES NECESSARY TO PROPERLY REFLECT THESE
REVISIONS TO COMPOSITE SCORE CALCULATIONS NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 2006.
5. REMEDIAL PROMOTIONS. BECAUSE MCTFS WILL NOT CORRECTLY COMPUTE
COMPOSITE SCORES UTILIZING THE NEW REQUIREMENTS UNTIL THE REQUIRED
SYSTEM CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN 2006, IRR MARINES WHO DID NOT HAVE
A COMPOSITE SCORE GENERATED ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 2004 MAY BE REQUIRED
TO SUBMIT A REMEDIAL REQUEST THROUGH CMC (MMPR-2) PROVIDED THEY MEET
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR REMEDIAL PROMOTION. UNTIL ALL MCTFS SYSTEM
CHANGES ARE COMPLETE, CMC (MMPR-2) WILL USE THE REVISED IRR PROMOTION
REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 3 TO COMPUTE COMPOSITE SCORES FOR
THESE REQUESTS. ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING REMEDIAL PROMOTION REQUESTS
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE ENLISTED PROMOTION SECTION (MMPR-2).
ENLISTED PROMOTION SECTION POINTS OF CONTACT ARE: MAJ J. A.
MCLAUGHLIN AT (703) 784-9710 AND MRS. D.K. MURPHY AT (703)
784-9718.