July 2004 Staff Noncommissioned Officer Meritorious Promotion Allocations
This MARADMIN announces July 2004 meritorious promotion allocations for Staff Sergeants and Gunnery Sergeants in special duty assignments across three commands: Marine Corps Recruiting Command, TECOM (Drill/Combat Instructors), and MSG Battalion. Commanders must submit nomination recommendations by 11 June 2004, with promotions effective 2 July 2004.
Issued: May 11, 2004
1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE THE SECOND SEMIANNUAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMANDING GENERALS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS. 2. BACKGROUND. RECENT ANALYSIS OF POLICY USED IN DETERMINING MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS IDENTIFIED INEQUITIES IN THE ALLOCATIONS BETWEEN COMMANDS. TO REACH AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOCATIONS ONLY THREE SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL BE PROVIDED MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARA 4. THESE MERITORIOUS SNCO PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS ALLOW COMMANDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE A SELECT FEW MARINES FOR MERITORIOUS PROMOTION TO THE GRADES OF GUNNERY SERGEANT AND STAFF SERGEANT. MERITORIOUS 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 WITH ALLOCATIONS LISTED IN PARA 4 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 11 JUNE 2004. UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE NOMINATIONS BY THE CMC (MMPR-2), "SELECT GRADE" UNIT DIARY ENTRIES WILL BE ENTERED BY HQMC. COMMANDERS WILL PREPARE CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCE. SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL RECEIVE MERITORIOUS PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR JULY PROMOTIONS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. 4. ACTION. THE JULY 2004 MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE: CMD SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND 46/12 TECOM (DRILL/COMBAT INSTRUCTORS) 22/5 MSG BATTALION 13/4 5. MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON 2 JULY 2004. 6. THIS MESSAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.