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MARADMIN 171/03

FY03 Staff Noncommissioned Officer Meritorious Promotion Allocations

This MARADMIN announces FY03 meritorious promotion allocations for Staff Sergeants and Gunnery Sergeants serving in special duty assignments (recruiting, drill instructor, MSG, and combat instructor billets). Commanders must submit nomination packages via naval message to CMC by June 2, 2003, with promotions effective July 2, 2003.

Issued: April 14, 2003
1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE MERITORIOUS PROMOTION
ALLOCATIONS FOR 2 JULY 2003 TO COMMANDING GENERALS AND 
COMMANDING OFFICERS. 
2. BACKGROUND. MERITORIOUS STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER PROMOTION
ALLOCATIONS, ALLOW COMMANDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE A SELECT
FEW MARINES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION TO THE GRADES OF GUNNERY
SERGEANT AND STAFF SERGEANT. THESE PROMOTIONS RECOGNIZE MARINES FOR
THEIR SUPERIOR POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY BASED UPON
THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE
SUCCESS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
3. ACCORDINGLY, COMMANDERS WILL CONVENE SELECTION BOARDS WITHIN
THEIR COMMANDS TO NOMINATE MARINES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION BY THE
CMC. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SELECTION BOARDS FOR THE
MERITORIOUS PROMOTION OF MARINES TO SSGT AND GYSGT AMONG SPECIAL
DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ENDORSED BY THE COMMANDER AND SUBMITTED VIA
NAVAL MESSAGE TO THE CMC (MMPR-2). THE MESSAGE MUST BE RECEIVED NO
LATER THAN 2 JUN 03. UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE NOMINATIONS BY
THE CMC (MMPR-2), PROMOTION ENTRIES WILL BE RAN ON THE UNIT DIARY
BY HQMC. COMMANDERS WILL PREPARE CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCES A AND B. 
4. ACTION. THE JULY 2003 MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG
SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE:
CMD SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS
RECRUITING/WEST SAN DIEGO 22/5
RECRUITING/EAST PARRIS ISLAND 22/5
DI/WEST SAN DIEGO 9/2
DI/EAST PARRIS ISLAND 9/3
MSG BATTALION 14/3
TECOM (COMBAT INSTRUCTORS) 5/1
5. MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE
EFFECTIVE ON 2 JULY 2003.
6. THIS MESSAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.