FY 2005 Staff Noncommissioned Officer Meritorious Promotion Allocations
This MARADMIN announces FY 2005 meritorious promotion allocations for Staff Noncommissioned Officers (SNCOs) to the grades of Staff Sergeant and Gunnery Sergeant. It provides specific allocation numbers for special duty assignment commands (effective January 2005) and non-special duty assignment commands (effective April 2005), with corresponding submission deadlines for nominations.
Issued: October 22, 2004
1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE SEMIANNUAL AND ANNUAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS TO COMMANDING GENERALS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE SET FORTH IN REFERENCES A THROUGH C. 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 LETTER OR MESSAGE TO CMC (MMPR-2). THE LETTER OR MESSAGE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 2 DEC 04. UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE NOMINATIONS BY CMC (MMPR-2), "SELECT GRADE" UNIT DIARY ENTRIES WILL BE ENTERED BY HQMC. COMMANDERS WILL PREPARE CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A. SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT COMMANDS WILL RECEIVE MERITORIOUS ALLOCATIONS FOR JULY PROMOTIONS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. 4. ACTION. THE JAN 05 MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE: CMD SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND 31/12 TECOM (DRILL/COMBAT INSTRUCTORS) 19/5 MSG BATTALION 13/3 5. MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON 2 JAN 05. 6. THE 2005 ANNUAL MERITORIOUS PROMOTION ALLOCATIONS AMONG NON SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE: CMD SSGT/GYSGT ALLOCATIONS MARFORLANT 6/3 MARFORPAC 9/5 MARFORRES (ACTIVE) 1/1 (SMCR) 4/1 MCCDC 3/2 MCRC 0/0 LOGCOM 0/0 7. MERITORIOUS PROMOTIONS AMONG NON SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WILL HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2 APR 05. THIS EFFECTIVE DATE PROVIDES MARINES AN EARLIER OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTION THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, THE 2 APR 05 EFFECTIVE DATE ALLOWS PROMOTION PLANNERS TO MORE ACCURATELY ACCOUNT FOR THE SERGEANT THROUGH GUNNERY SERGEANT POPULATIONS. 8. COMMANDS WITH ALLOCATIONS LISTED IN PAR 6 OF THIS MARADMIN NEED TO SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATIONS TO CMC (MMPR-2) NO LATER THAN 2 MAR 05. THOSE COMMANDS WITH POPULATIONS LESS THAN 1000 (THEREBY NOT RECEIVING ANY ALLOCATIONS) WILL SUBMIT A MERITORIOUS PROMOTION PACKAGE ON A NOMINEE TO COMPETE FOR A SINGLE ALLOCATION ON THE MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER MERITORIOUS SELECTION BOARD. MERITORIOUS PROMOTION PACKAGES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS NO LATER THAN 2 FEB 05. FOR QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS SERGEANT MAJOR AT COMM: (703) 784-9011 OR DSN: 278-9011.