MCBUL 1900 4th Qtr FY04 Firstterm Post Bootcamp Noneas Attrition
This MARADMIN reports 4th Quarter FY04 first-term, post-boot camp, non-EAS attrition statistics across major Marine Corps commands. Overall attrition decreased 21% from the previous quarter and is 1% below the same quarter in FY03, with the majority of the decrease due to fewer misconduct discharges. The message provides detailed breakdowns of separations by category (misconduct, physical disability, unsatisfactory performance, convenience of government, and deserter status) for each major command.
Issued: October 20, 2004
1. OUR 4th QUARTER FIRST-TERM, POST-BOOT CAMP,
NON-EAS ATTRITION DECREASED 21 PERCENT FROM THE 3RD QUARTER, FY04
AND IS 1 PERCENT BELOW 4th QUARTER, FY03. THIS ATTRITION RATE IS
18 PERCENT BELOW THE THREE YEAR HISTORICAL AVERAGE WITH A MAJORITY
OF THE DECREASE OCCURING DUE TO FEWER DISCHARGES FOR MISCONDUCT.
2. SEPARATIONS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO FIVE MAJOR GROUPS. THESE
CATEGORIES ARE:
A. MISCONDUCT (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR DRUGS, SERIOUS OFFENSES,
PATTERNS OF MISCONDUCT, HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ETC).
B. PHYSICAL DISABILITY (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR PERMANENT AND
TEMPORARY SEVERANCE PAY DISABILITIES, ETC).
C. UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR WEIGHT
CONTROL, UNSUITABILITY, ETC).
D. CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT (TO INCLUDE SEPARATIONS FOR
ACCEPTING A COMMISSION, HARDSHIP, PARENTHOOD, PREGNANCY, SECNAV
AUTHORITY, SERVICE TRANSFER, SOLE SURVIVOR, ETC).
E. DESERTER STATUS (INCLUDES INCIDENTS OF DESERTION).
3. LISTED BELOW ARE SEPARATIONS BY CATEGORY FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR
COMMANDS: MARFORPAC, MARFORLANT, MCCDC, MARFORES, AND MCRC. THESE
MAJOR COMMANDS REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE FIRST-TERM
FORCE. AVERAGE (AVG) IS THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE OF THE
PREVIOUS THREE YEARS AND ALLOWS FOR TREND COMPARISON. THIS IS A
CHANGE FROM THE LAST MARADMIN THAT COMPARED THE PREVIOUS NINE
QUARTERS.
MISCON MISCON MISCON PHYDIS PHYDIS PHYDIS UNSAT UNSAT UNSAT
UNIT Q4FY03 Q4FY04 AVG Q4FY03 Q4FY04 AVG Q4FY03 Q4FY04 AVG
MFPAC 145 184 226 88 88 87 9 4 7
MFLANT 240 196 276 88 103 93 15 14 12
MCCDC 54 49 107 38 38 26 0 1 3
MCRC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MFRES 0 2 7 4 7 6 0 1 1
TOTAL 440 431 617 218 236 212 24 20 23
COG COG COG DESERT DESERT DESERT TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
UNIT Q4FY03 Q4FY04 AVG Q4FY03 Q4FY04 AVG Q4FY03 Q4FY04 AVG
MFPAC 76 85 99 95 117 124 413 478 543
MFLANT 146 120 155 88 98 128 577 531 663
MCCDC 26 28 25 37 16 22 155 132 181
MCRC 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
MFRES 21 8 15 0 0 2 25 18 30
TOTAL 269 241 296 220 231 276 1171 1159 1420
4. THE NEXT MARADMIN WILL LIST SEPARATIONS FOR 1st QUARTER, FY05 AS
COMPARED TO THE SAME QUARTER LAST FY.