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MARADMIN 235/03

MCBUL 1400. CY 2003 Staff Sergeant Selection Board

This MARADMIN announces the Calendar Year 2003 Staff Sergeant Selection Board, which will convene on July 14, 2003, for approximately 10 weeks. The message provides eligibility requirements, promotion zones, tentative allocations by MOS, and feeder MOS information for Sergeants being considered for promotion to Staff Sergeant. All Professional Military Education (PME) requirements must be completed by the board convening date, and commanders are directed to ensure eligible Marines are notified and their records are accurate.

Issued: May 15, 2003
1. THE SUBJECT BOARD WILL CONVENE ON 14 JULY 2003 
FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 10 WEEKS. 
2. ALL PME REQUIREMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY 2359 ON 14 JULY 
2003. THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL 
PME PRIOR TO THE CONVENING DATE OF THE SELECTION BOARD WILL BE 
CONSIDERED LESS THAN FULLY QUALIFIED FOR PROMOTION. *** COMPLETION 
OF RESIDENT PME COURSES DOES NOT FULFILL NONRESIDENT PME 
REQUIREMENTS ***. PER REF A, ALL SERGEANTS ELIGIBLE FOR 
CONSIDERATION TO STAFF SERGEANT MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE SERGEANTS 
NONRESIDENT COURSE (NOW TITLED SERGEANTS DISTANCE EDUCATION 
PROGRAM) (MCI PROGRAM 8000) OR THE NCO BASIC NONRESIDENT PROGRAM 
(MCI PROGRAM 7000) OR THE MARINE NCO (MCI COURSE 03.3K OR 
EARLIER) TO BE CONSIDERED FULLY QUALIFIED. NOTE: MCI COURSES IN 
THE 03.3 SERIES ISSUED AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF THE MARINE 
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER COURSE DO NOT SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT. 
3. SERGEANTS WHO MEET THE DATE OF RANK (DOR) AND, IF 
APPLICABLE, THE ARMED FORCES ACTIVE DUTY BASE DATE (AFADBD) CUTOFF 
CONTAINED IN THIS MARADMIN FOR THEIR MOS, WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR 
SELECTION TO STAFF SERGEANT. 
4. COMMANDERS WILL: 
A. ENSURE ALL ELIGIBLE MARINES WITHIN THEIR COMMAND ARE 
NOTIFIED OF THEIR PROMOTION ELIGIBILITY. 
B. ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF DATA ELEMENTS IN THE MARINE CORPS 
TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM ON THOSE MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION 
CONSIDERATION REGARDLESS OF ZONE. SPECIFIC DATA ELEMENTS INCLUDE, 
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, DATE OF RANK, ARMED FORCES ACTIVE DUTY BASE 
DATE, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION, SERVICE SCHOOLS, PRIMARY 
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS), INTENDED MILITARY 
OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (IMOS), PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST SCORE, 
MARKSMANSHIP SCORE, PERSONAL AWARDS, WEIGHT CONTROL/MILITARY 
APPEARANCE PROGRAM, ETC. ANY CORRECTIONS SHOULD BE REPORTED IN 
THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS) AND SUBMITTED AS UPDATE 
MATERIAL BY THE MEMBER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CY 2003 STAFF 
SERGEANT SELECTION BOARD. 
C. ENSURE THOSE ELIGIBLE MARINES WHO ARE VOLUNTARILY REQUESTING 
NOT TO BE SELECTED ARE COUNSELED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF B 
AND SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST IN THE PROPER FORMAT. 
D. ENSURE EACH ELIGIBLE MARINE SUBMITS A PHOTOGRAPH IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH REF C. 
5. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE MOS'S WHICH "FEED TO" THE 
IMOS AT THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE INDICATED. MARINES SERVING 
IN A BASIC MOS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THEIR IMOS. 
MARINES WHO HAVE A PMOS LISTED IN COLUMN (A) AS A FEEDER 
MOS WILL COMPETE FOR PROMOTION TO THE IMOS LISTED IN COLUMN (B), 
PROVIDED THEY MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 
6. **NOTE** AS ZONES AND ALLOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PRIOR 
TO OR DURING THE BOARDS, ALL MARINES ARE REMINDED OF THEIR 
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF THEIR RECORDS. 
A. SERGEANT TO STAFF SERGEANT FEEDER MOS(S): (FOR PROPER 
ORDER READ LEFT TO RIGHT, I.E., COLUMN A TO COLUMN B). 
NOTE: COLUMN A DENOTES SERGEANT FEEDER MOS. COLUMN B DENOTES 
STAFF SERGEANT IMOS. 
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN A COLUMN B 
0121 0193 0151 0193 0161 0161 
0211 0211 0231 0231 0241 0241 
0261 0261 0311 0369 0313 0369 
0321 0321 0331 0369 0341 0369 
0351 0369 0352 0369 0411 0411 
0431 0431 0451 0451 0481 0481 
0511 0511 0612 0619 0613 0619 
0614 0619 0619 0619 0621 0629 
0622 0629 0624 0627 0626 0629 
0627 0629 0651 0659 0656 0659 
0689 0689 0811 0811 0842 0848 
0844 0848 0847 0848 0861 0861 
1141 1141 1142 1142 1161 1161 
1171 1171 1181 1181 1316 1316 
1341 1341 1345 1345 1361 1361 
1371 1371 1391 1391 1812 1812 
1833 1833 2111 2111 2131 2131 
2141 2141 2146 2146 2147 2147 
2161 2161 2171 2171 2311 2311 
2336 2336 2621 2621 2631 2631 
2651 2651 2671 2671 2673 2673 
2674 2674 2676 2676 2822 2822 
2823 2823 2831 2832 2832 2832 
2834 2834 2844 2862 2846 2862 
2847 2862 2862 2862 2871 2874 
2874 2874 2881 2881 2887 2887 
3043 3043 3044 3044 3051 3051 
3052 3052 3112 3112 3381 3381 
3432 3432 3441 3441 3451 3451 
3521 3529 3531 3537 3533 3537 
4067 4067 4133 4133 4341 4341 
4421 4421 4429 4429 4611 4611 
4612 4612 4641 4641 4671 4671 
5524 5524 5526 5524 5528 5524 
5534 5524 5536 5524 5537 5524 
5541 5524 5543 5524 5544 5524 
5546 5524 5547 5524 5548 5524 
5563 5524 5565 5524 5566 5524 
5711 5711 5811 5811 5821 5821 
5831 5831 5939 5939 5948 5948 
5952 5952 5953 5953 5954 5954 
5974 5974 5979 5979 6042 6042 
6046 6046 6048 6048 6062 6062 
6072 6072 6073 6073 6074 6074 
6092 6092 6112 6112 6113 6113 
6114 6114 6116 6112 6122 6122 
6123 6123 6124 6124 6132 6132 
6152 6152 6153 6153 6154 6154 
6156 6152 6172 6172 6173 6173 
6174 6174 6176 6172 6212 6212 
6213 6213 6214 6214 6216 6216 
6217 6217 6222 6222 6223 6223 
6226 6226 6227 6227 6242 6276 
6252 6252 6253 6253 6256 6256 
6257 6257 6282 6282 6283 6283 
6286 6286 6287 6287 6312 6312 
6313 6313 6314 6314 6316 6316 
6317 6317 6322 6322 6323 6323 
6324 6324 6326 6322 6332 6332 
6333 6333 6336 6336 6337 6337 
6386 6386 6412 6414 6413 6414 
6423 6434 6432 6434 6433 6434 
6461 6469 6462 6469 6463 6469 
6464 6469 6466 6469 6467 6469 
6468 6469 6482 6482 6483 6483 
6484 6484 6492 6492 6493 6493 
6521 6541 6531 6531 6541 6541 
6672 6672 6694 6694 6842 6842 
7011 7011 7041 7041 7051 7051 
7212 7212 7236 7236 7242 7242 
7257 7257 7314 7314 7371 7372 
7372 7372 7381 7382 7382 7382 
8412 8412 8421 8421 9812 9812 
6. THE TENTATIVE ALLOCATIONS, ZONES, AND AFADBD CUTOFFS ARE 
IDENTIFIED BELOW. MARINES WHO HAVE A DOR THAT IS EARLIER THAN THE 
DOR IDENTIFIED FOR A ZONE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THAT 
ZONE FOR THAT IMOS. WHEN AN AFADBD IS SPECIFIED, IT PERTAINS ONLY 
TO THOSE MARINES WITH THE LISTED DATE OF RANK. THE AFADBD IS NOT 
APPLICABLE FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY OF THOSE MARINES WHOSE DATE 
OF RANK IS EARLIER THAN THE DATE OF RANK LISTED. REFER TO 
PAR 3103.4 OF REF B. THE TENTATIVE ALLOCATIONS, ZONES, AND 
AFADBD CUTOFFS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 
ABOVE ZONE PROMOTION ZONE BELOW ZONE 
IMOS ALLC JR DOR AFADBD JR DOR AFADBD JR DOR AFADBD 
0161 8 20010101 19941213 20010801 19951023 20011001 NA 
0193 232 20000201 19940404 20010301 19951031 20020101 19970908 
0211 61 20000901 19970616 20020101 NA NA NA 
0231 52 20010101 19971027 20020101 NA NA NA 
0241 42 19980701 19931129 20000701 NA 20011201 NA 
0261 6 20000301 19960618 20010301 NA 20020101 NA 
0321 20 19980901 19920814 19990701 19960701 20000101 19960520 
0369 409 19990101 19940921 20000401 19950705 20010101 19950630 
0411 24 19990501 19950627 20000501 NA 20010201 19970428 
0431 40 20001201 19960904 20010701 19970825 20020101 NA 
0451 4 19991201 19950905 20010101 19931121 20010202 NA 
0481 25 20001201 19941202 20010401 19971021 20020101 NA 
0511 8 19991001 NA 20010101 19940714 20010301 19980622 
0619 43 19991201 19960122 20001001 19950919 20010201 NA 
0629 176 19990901 19940302 20001201 19960819 20011001 19970728 
0659 66 19991201 19940829 20000901 19960812 20010401 19970609 
0681 1 NA NA 20020101 NA NA NA 
0689 13 20000601 NA 20010526 NA NA NA 
0811 35 20000401 19980601 20010201 NA 20010901 19921202 
0848 29 20000101 19960615 20010101 19970903 20011101 19970324 
0861 14 20010101 19980420 20011201 NA NA NA 
1141 2 19990401 19950828 19990501 19960429 19990901 19941004 
1142 12 20000101 19950404 20001001 NA 20011101 19960325 
1161 6 19990101 NA 20000301 NA 20001201 NA 
1171 8 19991001 19960130 20000501 NA 20010101 NA 
1316 6 20001101 NA 20010801 19960910 20020101 19970123 
1341 20 19991201 19960701 20001201 19970305 20010701 19970907 
1345 38 19991101 19950828 20010201 19960612 20011201 NA 
1361 2 20000101 19970709 20010801 NA 20011001 NA 
1371 96 19991001 19960702 20010601 19970709 20020101 NA 
1391 12 20000501 19960513 20001101 19960722 20010425 NA 
1812 32 20000501 19960716 20020101 19970715 20020101 NA 
1833 38 20000201 19960819 20001201 19961216 20010901 NA 
2111 19 19991101 19960226 20000601 NA 20010401 19960626 
2131 3 19960901 19900619 19980801 NA 19981101 19940913 
2141 8 20010101 19961211 20010501 NA 20010901 19970923 
2146 3 19990401 NA 19991001 NA 20000501 NA 
2147 14 20001201 19961021 20010801 19960305 20020101 NA 
2161 3 19991101 NA 20010101 NA 20011001 19951206 
2171 9 19990801 NA 20000301 NA 20010201 NA 
2311 15 20000201 19960326 20000701 19961203 20001201 19971022 
2336 31 20001001 19970730 20010801 19970915 20020101 NA