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ALMAR 035/04
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| Date signed: | 06/29/2004 | MARADMIN Number: | 035/04 |
| Subject: | POLICY ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) REQUIREMENTS FOR FY05 USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS AND MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS | ||
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R 291500Z JUN 04 FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc) TO AL ALMAR(uc) ALMAR BT UNCLASSIFIED ALMAR 035/04 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS// SUBJ/POLICY ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) REQUIREMENTS FOR /FY05 USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS AND MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS // REF/A/MSG/CMC/142020ZMAY2004// REF/B/DOC/MCCDC/YMD:19991220// REF/C/DOC/CMC/YMD:19990310// REF/D/DOC/CMC/YMD:20001030// NARR/REF A IS ALMAR 026/04, POLICY ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION FOR PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS DURING PERIOD OF INCREASED DEPLOYMENT TEMPO. REF B IS MCO P1553.4A, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. REF C IS MCO P1610.7E, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM. REF D IS MCO P1400.32C, ENLISTED PROMOTION MANUAL.// POC/L. W. FREUND/COL/HD MMPR/-/TEL:COMM (703) 784-9700 /EMAIL:LEE.FREUNDLW@USMC.MIL// POC/J. A. POPIELEC/MAJ/HD MMPR (ENLISTED)/-/TEL:COMM (703) 784-9710 /EMAIL:JAMES.POPIELEC@USMC.MIL.// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. BACKGROUND. REF A ANNOUNCED THE DECISION TO WAIVE THE PME REQUIREMENT FOR SELECTION TO GYSGT AND SSGT BY THE FY04 USMC GYSGT SELECTION BOARD AND THE FY04 USMC SSGT SELECTION BOARD. THIS DECISION WAS MADE DUE TO THE IMPACT OF CURRENT HIGH DEPLOYMENT TEMPO HAS HAD ON THE ABILITY OF MARINES TO COMPLETE THEIR REQUIRED PME. 2. PME REQUIREMENT POLICY ON SNCO PROMOTIONS A. USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS. BECAUSE THE CURRENT HIGH DEPLOYMENT TEMPO FOR MARINE UNITS AND INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE WAIVER OF THE PME REQUIREMENT FOR SELECTION TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE IS EXTENDED FOR ALL FY05 USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS. WHILE THESE SELECTION BOARDS WILL STILL CONSIDER PME AS ONE OF THE MANY FACTORS IN A MARINE'S RECORD TO DETERMINE THE BEST QUALIFIED FOR PROMOTION, COMPLETION OF PME WILL NOT BE A REQUIREMENT FOR SELECTION. (1) THIS TEMPORARY WAIVER OF PME REQUIREMENTS FOR FY05 USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS DOES NOT CHANGE EITHER THE PME BY GRADE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN REF B, OR THE PME REPORTING REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN REF C. ALL MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION CONSIDERATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY TO COMPLETE THE PME REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR GRADE. HQMC INTENDS TO REINSTATE THE PME REQUIREMENTS FOR SNCO SELECTION WHEN THE DEPLOYMENT TEMPO FOR THE MARINE CORPS RETURNS TO A MORE NORMAL LEVEL. (2) THIS WAIVER OF PME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FY05 USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS IS NOT RETROACTIVE FOR PREVIOUS SNCO PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS AND CANNOT BE USED AS A BASIS FOR REQUESTING REMEDIAL CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION FOR PREVIOUS BOARDS. (3) ENLISTED MARINES SELECTED FOR PROMOTION WHO ARE NOT PME COMPLETE AT THE TIME OF THEIR SELECTION WILL STILL BE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED PME FOR BOTH THEIR PRIOR GRADE AND THEIR NEW SELECT GRADE PRIOR TO THEIR NEXT PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT FUTURE PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES. THE EXCEPTION IS THAT A GYSGT SELECTED FOR FIRST SERGEANT WHO HAD NOT ATTENDED THE SNCO ADVANCED RESIDENT COURSE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THAT COURSE AS A FIRST SERGEANT. (4) ENLISTED MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION CONSIDERATION ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SELECTION BOARD TO CLARIFY ANY PORTIONS OF THEIR MILITARY RECORD, TO INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF INCREASED OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS ON PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETING THEIR PME. B. MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS. THIS PME WAIVER IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS DURING FY04 AND FY05 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PARA 4100 OF REF D. 3. ACTION. COMMANDERS ARE DIRECTED TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ALMAR TO ALL MARINES UNDER THEIR COGNIZANCE. 4. A DECISION ON PME POLICY FOR FY06 USMC AND USMCR SNCO SELECTION BOARDS WILL BE MADE DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY05. 5. SEMPER FIDELIS. M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.// | |||
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