FY06 Nonprior Service (NPS) /Selected Reserve Incentive Programs (SRIP)

1. THIS BULLETIN AUTHORIZES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
FY06 NONPRIOR SERVICE (NPS) RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS (ENBO), AND
MONTGOMERY GI BILL-SELECTED RESERVE (MGIB-SR) KICKER. DETAILS OF
THESE
PROGRAMS ARE LISTED BELOW. READ THIS BULLETIN IN ITS ENTIRETY AS
MANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
2. NPS ENBO: $10,000 FOR A 6 YEAR NPS SELECTED MARINE CORPS
RESERVE (SMCR) ENLISTMENT (6X2). THE BONUS IS PAID ON THE
FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: ONE $5,000 INITIAL PAYMENT (PAID UPON
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF IADT) AND SIX $833.34 ANNIVERSARY
PAYMENTS.
 A. NPS APPLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A BONUS PROVIDED THEY MEET
THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN REF (A) AND ENLIST FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A
SPECIFIC MOS LISTED IN THIS BULLETIN.
 B. DISTRICT COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROMULGATING PROCEDURES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS FOR PROPER
PROCESSING OF APPLICANTS WHO ENLIST FOR A BONUS. AT A MINIMUM,
THESE PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) RESERVE PROCUREMENT CHIEFS CAN OBTAIN A BONUS CONTROL
NUMBER (BCN) FROM CMC (RAP) AT RAP3@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. A BCN WILL
NOT BE ISSUED TO A DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP) APPLICANT WHO
SUBSEQUENTLY SHIPS IN A DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR.
 (2) TYPE THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES IN BLOCK 32 OF THE DD FORM
1966: THAT THE ENLISTEE IS AN ENLISTMENT BONUS RECIPIENT, THE BCN,
AND THE PROGRAM ENLISTED FOR (PEF) CODE (Z7 FOR ENLISTMENT BONUS).
 (3) ENSURE THAT A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) FOR
THE ENBO (ENCL (1) TO REF (A)) IS COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF
ENLISTMENT AND IS ATTACHED AS AN ANNEX TO THE DD FORM 4. TYPE
THE BCN ON THE SOU.
 (4) INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RECLASSIFIED TO AN ALTERNATE MOS
DUE TO ANY REASON WILL LOSE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ENLISTMENT
BONUS. EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE ACADEMIC FAILURE, FAILURE TO
QUALIFY FOR AN MOS, ETC.
 (5) MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) IS REQUIRED
TO NOTIFY CMC (RAP) OF MARINES IN THE DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP)
WHO HAVE AN ENLISTMENT BONUS AND ATTRITE PRIOR TO SHIPPING TO
RECRUIT TRAINING. THIS NOTIFICATION MUST HAPPEN BEFORE REMOVING
THE APPLICANT FROM THE QUOTA SERIAL NUMBER (QSN). THIS WILL
ENABLE CMC (RAP) TO REISSUE THE BCN TO A QUALIFIED APPLICANT.
3. MGIB-SR KICKER: THIS BONUS PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
PAYMENTS OF UP TO $350 A MONTH, FOR UP TO 36 MONTHS OF FULL TIME
EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT, IN ADDITION TO CURRENT MGIB BASIC BENEFITS.
THESE PAYMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EITHER THE
SELECTED RESERVE (SR) OR ACTIVE DUTY (AD) MGIB BASIC BENEFIT
PAYMENT. PAYMENTS MAY BE PRO-RATED FOR LESS THAN FULL TIME
ENROLLMENT.
 A. ELIGIBILITY: SERVICE MEMBERS MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
MGIB-SR OR MGIB-AD BASIC BENEFIT, AND AGREE TO ENLIST FOR A PERIOD
OF 6 YEARS IN ANY VALID T/O BILLET.
 B. OBLIGATION. FOR NPS RECRUITS, THE INITIAL 6 YEAR
OBLIGATION THAT QUALIFIES THEM FOR THE MGIB-SR BASIC BENEFIT MAY
ALSO SATISFY THE MGIB-SR KICKER OBLIGATION, PROVIDED THEY ENLIST
INTO A VALID SMCR T/O BILLET FOR A MINIMUM SERVICE TERM OF 6 YEARS.
 C. DISTRICT COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROMULGATING PROCEDURES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS FOR PROPER
PROCESSING OF APPLICANTS WHO ENLIST FOR A BONUS. AT A MINIMUM,
THESE PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
 (1). RESERVE PROCUREMENT CHIEFS CAN OBTAIN A KICKER
CONTROL NUMBER (KCN) FROM CMC (RAP) AT RAP3@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL.
A KCN MAY BE ISSUED TO A DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP) APPLICANT
ONLY IF HE SHIPS IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR.
 (2). ENSURE THAT AN SOU FOR THE MGIB-SR KICKER (ENCL (1)
TO REF (A)) IS COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF ENLISTMENT AND ATTACH IT
AS AN ANNEX TO THE DD FORM 4. TYPE THE KCN ON THE SOU.
 (3). ENSURE THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES ARE TYPED IN BLOCK 32
OF THE DD FORM 1966: THAT THE ENLISTEE IS A MGIB-SR KICKER
RECIPIENT, THE KCN, AND THE PROGRAM ENLISTED FOR (PEF) CODE (Z8
FOR KICKER).
 D. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS. MARINES WHO FAIL TO PARTICIPATE
SATISFACTORILY OR ARE RECLASSIFIED TO ANOTHER MOS DUE TO ACADEMIC
FAILURE ARE SUBJECT TO RECOUPMENT OF MGIB-SR BENEFITS. BENEFITS
WILL NOT BE TERMINATED IF A MARINE LEAVES A UNIT INVOLUNTARILY DUE
TO DISABILITY, UNIT DEACTIVATION, OR UNIT REDESIGNATION.
4. APPLICANTS MAY RECEIVE BOTH INCENTIVES.
5. INCENTIVE ELIGIBLE BILLETS. THE FOLLOWING LIST OF MILITARY
OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A NPS BONUS AND OR
MGIB-SR KICKER.
0231/0311/0321/0481/0511/0613/0614/0627/0656/0842/1361/1391/1812
1833/2161/2141/2147/2822/2881/2887/3112/3451/4341/4641/5953/6072
6073/6122/6132/6174/6316/6461/6464/6482/6483/6492/6672
6. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SELECTED RESERVE INCENTIVE PROGRAM
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CAPT H. PARRISH AT RAP3@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL,
DSN 278-9136/7 OR COMMERCIAL (703) 784-9136/37.