Announcement of the Active Reserve (AR) Program FY03-3 Officer Career Designation Board

1. THE AR FY03-3 OFFICER CAREER DESIGNATION BOARD WILL CONVENE
ON 13 AUG 03. COMPLETE ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS WITH ENCLOSURES AND
ENDORSEMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CMC (RAM-1) NLT 11 JUL 03.
ONLY ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. LATE APPLICATIONS 
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
2. NON-CAREER DESIGNATED OFFICERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE ONLY AFTER
RECEIVING 18 MONTHS OF OBSERVED FITNESS REPORTS ON THEIR CURRENT
TOUR IN THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM. WAIVERS OF THIS REQUIREMENT
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
3. FORMAT FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION (AA FORM) IS AS FOLLOWS:
 FROM: GRADE NAME SSN/MOS'S
 UNIT ADDRESS
 TO: COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (RAM-1)
 HEADQUARTERS, U. S. MARINE CORPS
 3280 RUSSELL ROAD
 MCB QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103
 VIA: CHAIN OF COMMAND
 SUBJ: REQUEST FOR CAREER DESIGNATION ON THE ACTIVE RESERVE
 (AR) PROGRAM
 REF: (A) MCO 1001.52H
 ENCL: (1) A CURRENT PHOTOGRAPH (PER MCO P1070.12)
 (2) COPY OF BIR/BTR
 (2) CAREER RETIREMENT CREDIT REPORT
 1. PER THE REFERENCE, I AM APPLYING FOR CAREER DESIGNATION IN
 THE ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) PROGRAM.
 2. MY CURRENT PERSONAL DATA IS AS FOLLOWS:
 A. HEIGHT: WEIGHT:
 A. TOTAL YEARS/MONTHS ACTIVE DUTY:
 B. DOR:
 C. AFADBD:
 D. EAS:
 E. HOME ADDRESS:
 F. UNIT PHONE: DSN COMM: ( )
 G. E-MAIL ADDRESS:
 2. I UNDERSTAND THAT IF SELECTED FOR CAREER DESIGNATION, I AM
 AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE
 MARINE CORPS. I WILL ACCEPT ANY ASSIGNMENT ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH
 THE AR PROGRAM BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS.
 SIGNATURE
4. COMMANDING OFFICERS WILL INCLUDE A STATEMENT IN THEIR
ENDORSEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE VERIFIED ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE
APPLICATION AS TRUE AND CORRECT.
5. FITNESS REPORTS. ORIGINAL FITNESS REPORTS WILL BE SUBMITTED IAW
MCO P1610.7E (PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM) TO CMC (MMSB-32).
6. SUBMISSION OF UPDATE MATERIAL. UPDATE MATERIAL IS INFORMATION
PROVIDED BY AN ELIGIBLE OFFICER TO A SELECTION BOARD FOR ADDITION TO
AN OFFICER'S OFFICIAL RECORD. THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY TO THE
SUBMISSION OF UPDATE MATERIAL:
 A. EACH ELIGIBLE OFFICER MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
THE SELECTION BOARD. SUCH PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED
NO LATER THAN COB THE DAY PRIOR TO THE CONVENING DATE OF THE BOARD.
 (1) A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION FROM AN ELIGIBLE OFFICER MAY
CALL ATTENTION TO ANY MATTER AN OFFICER CONSIDERS IMPORTANT.
 (2) PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM AN ELIGIBLE OFFICER MUST BE
STAMPED RECEIVED AT HQMC BEFORE THE CONVENING DATE OF THE BOARD.
FAX COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY COB ON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE
CONVENING DATE OF THE BOARD. THE FAX NUMBER IS COML (703) 784-9808
OR DSN 278-9808. PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE MAILED TO RAM-1 AT
THE ADDRESS IN PARA 3 ABOVE.
 (3) PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE CONVENING
DATE OF THE BOARD WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER WITHOUT
ACTION.
 (4) 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 RECEIVED FROM ANYONE OTHER
THAN THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER WILL BE RETURNED TO THE SENDER WITHOUT
ACTION.
 B. ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICERS MUST MEET HEIGHT AND WEIGHT AND
MILITARY APPEARANCE REQUIREMENTS PER MCO 6100.10B (CHANGE 3).
 C. AWARDS, AND OTHER MATERIAL WHICH SHOULD PROPERLY BE A PART
OF THE OMPF, MATERIAL WHICH IS MISSING FROM AN ELIGIBLE OFFICERS
OMPF, SHOULD NOT BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT. SUCH MATERIAL
SHOULD BE SENT DIRECTLY TO CMC (MMSB-10/30). THE FORWARDING
ENVELOPE SHOULD BE CONSPICUOUSLY MARKED, "CONTAINS DOCUMENTS/
FITREPS FOR FY03-3 MARINE CORPS ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) PROGRAM OFFICER
CAREER DESIGNATION BOARD."
7. INFORMATION ON THIS BOARD, FUTURE BOARDS AND THE AR PROGRAM CAN
BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:
WWW.LNWEB1.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/MANPOWER/MI/MRA_OFCT.NSF/RA/ACTIVE+
RESERVE+OFFICE
8. OFFICERS SELECTED FOR CAREER DESIGNATION WILL BE NOTIFIED BY
MARADMIN AND BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. NON-SELECTS WILL BE
NOTIFIED BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE ONLY.