MCBUL 1120. Probationary Status of Warrant Officer (WO) Appointments

1.  PURPOSE.  TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF REF A
REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE THREE-YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR
WARRANT OFFICERS.  THIS DECISION PLACES PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE (WOBC),
RESERVE WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE (RWOBC), AND ANY REQUIRED MOS
FOLLOW-ON SCHOOL.
2.  PER REFS B-D, SECNAV MAY TERMINATE THE REGULAR APPOINTMENT OF
ANY PERMANENT REGULAR WO AT ANY TIME WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE
DATE WHEN THE OFFICER ACCEPTED HIS OR HER ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT.
RESERVE WARRANT OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM AND
THE APPOINTMENT IS HELD DURING THE PLEASURE OF THE SECRETARY
CONCERNED.  ALL WARRANT OFFICERS SELECTED FOR APPOINTMENT AS A
PERMANENT RESERVE WO MUST COMPLETE THE RWOBC WITHIN TWO YEARS OF
APPOINTMENT.
3.  ACTION
A.  THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE BASIC SCHOOL, OR ANY FORMAL MOS
FOLLOW-ON SCHOOL, SHALL INITIATE ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION
PROCEDURES PER PAR 6A OF ENCL (4) TO REF E ON ANY WO WHO FAILS THE
WOBC/RWOBC OR ANY MOS FOLLOW-ON SCHOOL WITHIN THE PROBATIONARY
PERIOD.  A MARINE WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS TERMINATED MAY, UPON HIS OR
HER REQUEST, AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SECNAV, BE ENLISTED IN A
GRADE NOT LOWER THAN THAT HELD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.
B.  COMMANDING OFFICERS MUST ENSURE THAT MARINES WHO APPLY FOR THE
WO PROGRAM ARE BRIEFED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS MARADMIN, AND THAT
SELECTED MARINES ARE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY PREPARED FOR THE
CHALLENGES OF THE WOBC/RWOBC.  ADDITIONALLY, PRIOR TO WO
APPOINTMENT, COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT BY PAGE
11 ENTRY A PERMANENT REGULAR WO SELECTEE'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE
PROBATIONARY STATUS OF HIS OR HER APPOINTMENT.  ACTIVE COMPONENT WO
SELECTEES WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING ENTRY:  "I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
FIRST THREE YEARS AS A PERMANENT REGULAR WARRANT OFFICER IS A
PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND THAT SECNAV MAY TERMINATE THE APPOINTMENT OF
ANY WARRANT OFFICER WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE THE WOBC OR ANY REQUIRED
MOS FOLLOW-ON SCHOOL.  A MARINE WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS TERMINATED MAY,
UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SECNAV, BE
ENLISTED IN A GRADE NOT LOWER THAN THAT HELD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO
APPOINTMENT."  RESERVE COMPONENT WO SELECTEES WILL RECEIVE THE
FOLLOWING ENTRY:  "I UNDERSTAND THAT APPOINTMENT AS A PERMANENT
RESERVE WARRANT OFFICER IS FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM AND THAT SECNAV
MAY TERMINATE THE APPOINTMENT OF ANY WARRANT OFFICER WHO FAILS TO
COMPLETE THE RWOBC OR ANY REQUIRED MOS FOLLOW-ON SCHOOL.  A MARINE
WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS TERMINATED MAY, UPON HIS/HER REQUEST, AND AT
THE DISCRETION OF THE SECNAV, BE ENLISTED IN A GRADE NOT LOWER THAN
THAT HELD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT."
4.  THE THREE-YEAR PROBATIONARY STATUS OF PERMANENT REGULAR WARRANT
OFFICERS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE PAY, STATUS, OR RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY
OF PERMANENT REGULAR WARRANT OFFICERS WHO COMPLETE THE INITIAL THREE
-YEAR PERIOD.
5.  WO SELECTEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE WOBC/RWOBC WEBSITE AT
WWW.TBS.USMC.MIL.  THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION
REGARDING THE WOBC AND THE RWOBC.
6.  THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
7.  CANCELLATION DATE: 31 OCT 2005.