Active Reserve (AR) Warrant Officer New Applicant/Accession Board for MOS 0170 and 6502

1. A SPECIAL ACTIVE RESERVE RESTRICTED OFFICER
ACCESSION BOARD WILL CONVENE AT THIS HEADQUARTERS ON 18 JANUARY
2006. 
RESTRICTED OFFICERS (WARRANT OFFICERS THROUGH CHIEF WARRANT 3)
CURRENTLY SERVING IN ANY COMPONENT OF THE MARINE CORPS WHO HOLD
EITHER MOS 0170 (PERSONNEL OFFICER) OR 6502 (AVIATION ORDINANCE
OFFICER) ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AND BE CONSIDERED BY THIS BOARD. 
APPLICATION PROCEDURES ARE DISCUSSED IN PARAGRAPH 7 BELOW. COMPLETE
ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY
CMC (RAM) NLT 1630 13 JANUARY 2006. UPDATE MATERIAL WILL BE
ACCEPTED UNTIL 1630 17 JANUARY 2006. 
2. THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM PROVIDES FULL TIME, ACTIVE DUTY
SUPPORT TO THE RESERVE COMPONENT (RC) WITHIN THE TOTAL FORCE MARINE
CORPS. RESTRICTED OFFICERS SELECTED FOR ACCESSION TO THE PROGRAM
SHOULD EXPECT TO SERVE IN BILLETS IN SUPPORT OF THE RC. FURTHER
GUIDANCE ON ASSIGNMENT POLICIES CAN BE FOUND IN REFERENCE A. A LIST
OF RESTRICTED OFFICER BILLETS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE,
WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/JOINAR. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT AR
MARINES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSIGNMENT TO ANY MARINE COMMAND OR JOINT
COMMAND. AR MARINES ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO UNITS THAT ARE
DEPLOYED WORLDWIDE IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT).
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) AND TOUR LENGTH POLICIES FOR THE
AR PROGRAM MIRROR ACTIVE DUTY MARINE CORPS POLICIES. 
3. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE CRITERIA CONTAINED IN REFERENCE A.
IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE MET: 
(A) RESTRICTED OFFICERS SELECTED FOR ACCESSION TO THE AR BY THIS
BOARD MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR TAD ASSIGNMENT TO WARRANT OFFICER BASIC
COURSE (WOBC) I COMPANY NLT 13 FEB 2006. WOBC COURSE DATES ARE 
20 FEB 2006 TO 26 MAY 2006. A STATEMENT FROM COMMANDING OFFICER THAT
SUPPORTS THIS TAD AVAILABILITY IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE
APPLICATION. RESERVE OFFICERS WHO HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED THE
TWO WEEK RESERVE WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE (RWOBC) MUST ATTEND
THE FULL LENGTH WOBC. RESTRICTED OFFICERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY
ATTENDED FULL LENGTH WOBC ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT. 
(B) MUST BE PHYSICALLY FIT FOR ASSIGNMENT TO ACTIVE RESERVE WITH A
RECENT 5 YEAR PHYSICAL ON FILE AND A STATEMENT FROM A MILITARY
MEDICAL OFFICER STATING FIT FOR FULL DUTY.
(C) MUST HAVE A SECOND HALF CY 2005 PFT SCORE IN MCTFS.
(D) MUST HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED THE MOS SCHOOL FOR 0170 OR 6502 PRIOR
TO THE DATE THE BOARD CONVENES.
4. ANY OFFICER MEETING THE CRITERIA SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 1 AND 3
ABOVE IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER GRADE
STRUCTURE WITHIN THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM, APPLICANTS MAY NOT BE
OFFERED ACCESSION IF THEY DO NOT MEET CERTAIN GUIDELINES FOR CURRENT
LENGTH OF ACCUMULATED ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE. THESE ARE NOT MANDATORY
REQUIREMENTS, BUT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY THE SELECTION
BOARD.
(A) RESTRICTED OFFICERS IN THE GRADE OF WO SHOULD HAVE A TOTAL
CUMULATIVE ACTIVE DUTY TIME OF 10 YEARS OR MORE ON THE DAY THE BOARD
CONVENES.
(B) RESTRICTED OFFICERS IN THE GRADE OF CWO2 SHOULD HAVE A TOTAL
CUMULATIVE ACTIVE DUTY TIME OF 13 YEARS OR MORE ON THE DAY THE BOARD
CONVENES.
(C) RESTRICTED OFFICERS IN THE GRADE OF CWO3 SHOULD HAVE A TOTAL
CUMULATIVE ACTIVE DUTY TIME OF 16 YEARS OR MORE ON THE DAY THE BOARD
CONVENES.
5. FAILURE TO COMPLETE WOBC WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION FROM THE AR.
RC OFFICERS CURRENTLY ON ACTIVE DUTY ORDERS (ANY TYPE) MUST RECEIVE
WRITTEN APPROVAL TO TERMINATE THEIR ORDERS PRIOR TO EXECUTING TAD TO
WOBC. THIS APPROVAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY RAM2 PRIOR TO 31 JANUARY
2006.
6. APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED THAT ONCE THEY ARE JOINED TO THE AR THEY
ARE GOVERNED BY THE SEPARATIONS POLICIES CONTAINED IN REFERENCE B. 
ALL APPLICANTS WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED BY THIS RESTRICTED OFFICERS
ACCESSION BOARD MUST HOLD A CURRENT RESERVE APPOINTMENT/COMMISSION
OR AGREE TO ACCEPT A RESERVE APPOINTMENT/COMMISSION PRIOR TO JOINING
THE AR. OFFICERS WHO ARE UNSURE WHETHER OR NOT THEY MEET THE ABOVE
CRITERIA SHOULD CONTACT THE POC LISTED ABOVE.
7. APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED ONLINE BY COMPLETING THE
APPLICATION FOUND ON THE RAM WEB PAGE AT 
WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/JOINAR (JOINAR IS ALL LOWER CASE). COMPLETED
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX
JOINAR@USMC.MIL.
8. ALL APPLICANTS CURRENTLY SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY OR WHO ARE
JOINED TO A SMCR UNIT MUST SUBMIT AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR
IMMEDIATE COMMANDER IN THE GRADE OF CAPTAIN OR ABOVE. FORMAT FOR
THIS ENDORSEMENT CAN BE FOUND ON THE RAM WEB PAGE NOTED ABOVE.
9. ORIGINAL FITNESS REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IAW MCO P1610.7E
(PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM) TO CMC (MMSB32).
10. AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE CONVENING
DATE OF THE BOARD, IS REQUIRED. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PREFERRED. 
SEE REFERENCE C FOR SUBMISSION OF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEPLOYED
MARINES. WARRANT OFFICERS HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE
THEIR PHOTOGRAPH HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY CONTACTING CMC (MMSB20) OR BY
CHECKING THE MMSB WEB PAGE. OFFICERS WHO SUBMIT A HARD COPY
PHOTOGRAPH MAY CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE HARD COPY PHOTOGRAPH THROUGH
THE POCS ABOVE.
11. THE CAREER RETIREMENT CREDIT REPORT (CRCR) PROVIDES THE BOARD A
QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY RC OFFICERS. 
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EACH RC OFFICER DESIRING TO SUBMIT
FOR THE AR RESTRICTED OFFICER PROGRAM REVIEW HIS/HER CRCR AND ENSURE
THE CRCR IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE. HQMC CMC (RAM1) WILL PULL THE
CURRENT CRCR FOR EACH RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICER APPLICANT.
12. AWARDS AND OTHER MATERIAL MISSING FROM AN ELIGIBLE OFFICER'S
OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF) SHOULD BE SENT TO CMC
(MMSB10). THE FORWARDING ENVELOPE SHOULD BE CONSPICUOUSLY MARKED
CONTAINS DOCUMENTS/FITREPS FOR THE MARINE CORPS RESTRICTED OFFICER
ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) PROGRAM ACCESSION BOARD. ANY DOCUMENTATION
SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD WILL NOT BE RETAINED FOR THE
INCLUSION IN THE OFFICER'S OMPF.
13. EACH OFFICER MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. 
OFFICERS MAY SUBMIT ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL THEY DEEM IMPORTANT
FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE BOARD. OFFICERS ARE ADVISED THAT
MATERIAL SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD DOES NOT BECOME
PART OF AN OFFICERS OMPF. UPDATE MATERIAL WILL BE DESTROYED UPON
CONCLUSION OF THE BOARD. ALTHOUGH OFFICERS MAY SUBMIT ANY MATERIAL
AS UPDATE MATERIAL, OFFICERS SHOULD CONTACT CMC (MMSB30) BEFORE
SUBMITTING FITNESS REPORTS AS UPDATE MATERIAL AND CMC (MMSB20) FOR
ANY OTHER OMPF MATERIALS. THIS PROCESS WILL ENSURE AN OFFICERS
OMPF IS APPROPRIATELY UPDATED. THIRD PARTY LETTERS REGARDING AN
ELIGIBLE OFFICER MAY BE SUBMITTED AS A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TO THE
BOARD ONLY VIA THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER. THIRD PARTY LETTERS SUBMITTED
DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER
WILL BE RETURNED TO THE SENDER WITHOUT ACTION. THE FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES FOR ALL UPDATE MATERIAL MUST BE ADHERED TO:
(A) UPDATE MATERIAL MUST BE SUBMITTED UNDER COVER LETTER WITH THE
UPDATE MATERIAL AS ENCLOSURES.
(B) THE COVER LETTER MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT, MARINE
CORPS RESTRICTED OFFICER ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) ACCESSION BOARD.
(C) UPDATE MATERIAL MUST BE FROM THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER
(D) THE COVER LETTER MUST BE SIGNED BY THE OFFICER
14. THE OFFICERS SELECTED FOR ACCESSION TO THE AR WILL BE NOTIFIED
BY MARADMIN AND BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
15. UNRESTRICTED OFFICERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO THIS SPECIAL
BOARD.