MCBUL 1040. FY05 Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP) /Meritorious Commissioning Program (MCP) and Selected Marine Corps /Reserve Enlisted Commissioning Program (RECP) Selection Boards
This MARADMIN announces the convening of FY05 selection boards for three enlisted commissioning programs: the Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP), Meritorious Commissioning Program (MCP), and Reserve Enlisted Commissioning Program (RECP). The message provides application deadlines, board convening dates, and Officer Candidate School (OCS) dates for three classes (188th, 189th, and 190th) scheduled throughout FY05.
Issued: July 26, 2004
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE CONVENING OF THE FY05 ECP/MCP/RECP SELECTION BOARDS. 2. PER THE REFS, THE FOLLOWING ECP/MCP/RECP SELECTION BOARDS WILL CONVENE DURING FY05: CLASS APPLICATION DUE DATE BOARD CONVENES OCS DATES 188TH 1 OCT 04 29 NOV 04 16 JAN - 25 MAR 05 189TH 1 FEB 05 28 MAR 05 5 JUN - 12 AUG 05 190TH 1 JUN 05 1 AUG 05 2 OCT - 9 DEC 05 3. REFER TO REFS (A), (B) AND (C) FOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND APPLICATION GUIDELINES. MCP APPLICANTS MUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO CHANGES CONTAINED IN REF (B). 4. WHEN COMPUTING AGE AT DATE OF COMMISSIONING, USE THE OCS COMPLETION DATE LISTED ABOVE. DUE TO AVAILABLE TRAINING FOR WOMEN, APPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN FOR THE WINTER (188TH) OCS CLASS WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL 5 JUN 05 AND WILL TRAIN WITH THE PLATOON LEADERS CLASS (PLC) WOMEN AT THE 10-WEEK COMMISSIONING COURSE. 5. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE ENDORSED BY THE MARINE'S CHAIN OF COMMAND. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WITHOUT ALL ENDORSEMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 6. APPLICANTS AND COMMANDS MUST COMPLY WITH APPLICATION DUE DATES. A MINIMAL EXTENSION OF DUE DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ONLY EXTINUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. 7. AN ANNUAL MARADMIN WILL BE RELEASED BY CMC (RESERVE AFFAIRS) LISTING THE BILLET VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR RECP APPLICANTS. IF SELECTED, RECP CANDIDATES WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND MOS SCHOOL UPON COMPLETION OF OCC AND TBS AND PRIOR TO REPORTING TO THE OFFICER BILLET. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, THEN RECP CANDIDATES MUST BEGIN AN MOS SCHOOL WITHIN ONE YEAR OF COMPLETION OF TBS. OFFICERS WHO FAIL TO DO SO WILL EITHER BE REVERTED TO THEIR HIGHEST ENLISTED RANK OR DISCHARGED, DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S CIRCUMSTANCES. REFER TO REF (C). 8. THIS BULLETIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. 9. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 JUN 05.