MCBUL 1040. FY06 Limited Duty Officer (LDO) Program

1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN MESSAGE IS TO
ANNOUNCE THE FY06 LIMITED DUTY OFFICER (LDO) PROGRAM AND TO REQUEST
APPLICATIONS FROM QUALIFIED REGULAR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS (CWO'S).
2. A SELECTION BOARD WILL CONVENE AT HQMC ON 25 OCT 04 FOR
APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK TO SELECT QUALIFIED REGULAR CWO'S FOR
APPOINTMENT TO LDO. REFERENCES A THOUGH D PROVIDE INFORMATION
CONCERNING POLICIES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT TO LDO.
3. ALTHOUGH REF A STIPULATES THAT APPLICANTS MUST HAVE 8 YEARS OF
WO SERVICE TO APPLY FOR THE LDO PROGRAM, THE 8 YEARS OF WO SERVICE
REQUIRED FOR LDO HAS BEEN WAIVED BY REF B. A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS OF
WO SERVICE BY 1 MAR 05 IS NOW REQUIRED. ALSO, THE REQUIREMENT FOR
NO MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE MAY BE WAIVED TO 22
YEARS. APPLICANTS SHOULD COMPUTE ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE FROM THE
ARMED FORCES ACTIVE DUTY BASE DATE (AFADBD) TO 1 JUN 04. APPLICANTS
MUST REQUEST THESE WAIVERS IN THEIR APPLICATIONS. WAIVERS FOR OTHER
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA CONTAINED IN REF A WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
4. APPLICANTS FOR LDO MUST APPLY WITHIN THEIR CURRENT PRIMARY 
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS). PRIOR TO THE CONVENING DATE
OF THE SUBJECT BOARD, THE CMC (MPP-35) WILL NOTIFY THE CMC (MMOA-3)
AS TO WHICH MOS'S ARE "CLOSED" DUE TO PERSONNEL AND/OR INVENTORY
FLUCTUATIONS. THE ONLY CLOSED MOS CURRENTLY IS THE 0210 MOS. POC
FOR MOS ELIGIBILITY IS CAPT WILLIAMS (MPP-35 RESTRICTED OFFICER
INVENTORY PLANNER) AT DSN 278-9366/65/64 OR EMAIL:
WILLIAMSMB@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL.
5. OFFICERS WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED SELECTION FOR PROMOTION TO THE
NEXT HIGHER CWO GRADE WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LDO PROGRAM. 
THIS IS NOT WAIVERABLE.
6. OFFICERS SELECTED TO THE LIMITED DUTY OFFICER PROGRAM WILL
INCUR A 3-YEAR SERVICE OBLIGATION UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR
APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE OF CAPTAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCES A
AND C.
7. APPLICATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED IN THE FORMAT SHOWN IN REF C.
APPLICATIONS MUST REACH THE CMC (MMOA-3) NLT 8 OCT 04. THE MAILING
ADDRESS IS:
 COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (MMOA-3)
 ATTN: MS. CARLA JERNIGAN
 FY06 LDO SELECTION BOARD
 HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS
 3280 RUSSELL RD.
 QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103
INDIVIDUALS/UNITS CAN CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION AFTER 1 OCT
04 VIA THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE:
HTTPS://LNWEB1.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/MANPOWER/MI/MRA_OFCT.NSF/MMOA-3/FY06+CWO+TO+LDO+SELECTION+BOARD 
 A. CORRESPONDENCE FORWARDED AFTER SUBMISSION OF THE ORIGINAL
APPLICATION WILL INCLUDE NAME AND SSN, AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FY06 LDO SELECTION BOARD. NO CORRESPONDENCE
WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE BOARD CONVENES UNLESS IT IS SOLICITED BY
THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
 B. OFFICERS NOW HAVE TWO METHODS OF SUBMITTING REQUIRED
PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE LDO SELECTION BOARD. FIRST, THE PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT BRANCH (MMSB-20) HAS THE CAPABILITY TO FILE
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE APPLICANT'S OMPF. OFFICERS MAY TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS CAPABILITY BY HAVING THEIR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
PRODUCED BY THEIR NEAREST COMBAT VISUAL INFORMATION CENTER (CVIC). 
THE CMC (MMSB-20) WILL INCORPORATE THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH INTO THE
OFFICER'S OMPF IF THE PICTURE WAS SUBMITTED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE
SELECTION BOARD. OFFICERS MAY CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPH BY CONTACTING THE CMC (MMSB-20) VIA THEIR WEBSITE,
HTTPS://WWW.MMSB.USMC.MIL OR DSN 278-3952/50. OFFICERS
WHO SUBMIT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A
HARD-COPY PHOTOGRAPH AS PER ENCL (1) OF REF C AND SHOULD ANNOTATE
THIS IN THEIR APPLICATION. THE SECOND METHOD TO SUBMIT A PICTURE IF
A DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH CANNOT BE TAKEN IS TO SUBMIT A HARD-COPY 
PHOTOGRAPH PER THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN ENCL (1) OF REF C.
8. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE DIRECTED TO DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION
TO ELIGIBLE MARINES IN THEIR COMMAND. APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCREENED
TO ENSURE THAT ONLY FULLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR
CONSIDERATION. APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
OR APPLICATIONS NOT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCES A
THROUGH D WILL NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
9. COMMANDS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT A ROSTER OF THE ELIGIBLE
CWO'S INTENDING TO APPLY FOR THE LDO PROGRAM TO THE CMC (MMOA-3) BY
24 SEP 04 VIA NAVAL MESSAGE OR BY USING THE WEB BASED APPLICATION ON
THE ABOVE WEBSITE. SUBJECT TITLE SHOULD READ:
 "FY06 LDO SELECTION BOARD APPLICANTS." THIS ROSTER WILL 
FACILITATE PREPARATION OF THE OMPF AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BOARD.
10. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SELECTION BOARD AND CORRESPONDENCE TO 
THE CMC (MMOA-3) WILL BE ADDRESSED TO CAPTAIN L. BRYANT BUTLER,
EMAIL: BUTLERLB@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL, TEL COM: (703) 784-9284/85/86,
DSN: 278-XXXX.
11. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
12. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELLED 31 MAY 2005.