FY06 Reserve Promotion Affiliation Program (RPAP)

1. THIS MARADMIN ESTABLISHES POLICY AND PROVIDES
INSTRUCTION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE RESERVE PROMOTION AFFILIATION
PROGRAM.
2. THE RPAP IS A RETENTION INCENTIVE DESIGNED FOR MEMBERS OF THE
MARINE CORPS RESERVE AND FORMER ACTIVE DUTY (REGULAR COMPONENT OR
ACTIVE RESERVE) MARINES IN THE GRADES OF LANCE CORPORAL AND
CORPORAL WHO REMAIN AFFILIATED WITH, OR JOIN, AN SMCR UNIT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE.
3. MARINES MAY BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE PROVIDED
THEY MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. READ THIS MESSAGE IN ITS
ENTIRETY AS THE CRITERIA HAS CHANGED.
 A. SMCR MARINES MUST HAVE COMPLETED THEIR DRILLING OBLIGATION
AND HAVE PASSED THEIR MANDATORY PARTICIPATION STOP DATE AND AGREE
TO SERVE TWO YEARS IN THE NEWLY PROMOTED GRADE.
 B. ACTIVE DUTY/ACTIVE RESERVE MARINES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN
RPAP ONCE THEY JOIN A SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNIT.
 C. INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) MARINES:
 (1) MARINES CAN NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY
RESERVE FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS FROM THEIR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE
DUTY/ACTIVE RESERVE OR FROM THE SMCR.
 (2) MUST HAVE COMPLETED A MINIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE
SATISFACTORY YEARS OF SMCR PARTICIPATION OR MUST HAVE COMPLETED
A MINIMUM OF 4 YEARS OF ACTIVE COMPONENT-ACTIVE RESERVE SERVICE.
4. THE QUALIFIED APPLICANT MUST:
 A. DRILL FOR 6 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO BE PROMOTED TO THE
NEXT HIGHER GRADE.
 B. EFFECT A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) FOR A MINIMUM OF
TWO YEARS AND, IF NECESSARY, EXECUTE A REENLISTMENT OR EXTENSION
OF ENLISTMENT FOR A PERIOD NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE REQUIRED
MINIMUM TWO YEAR SERVICE OBLIGATION UPON PROMOTION.
 C. FILL OR BE SCHEDULED TO FILL A VALID, VACANT T/O BILLET
COMMENSURATE WITH THE RPAP PROMOTION GRADE.
 D. POSSESS THE PRIMARY MOS FOR THE BILLET ASSIGNMENT.
PMOS/BMOS MUST MATCH.
 E. MEET REENLISTMENT PREREQUISITES LISTED IN REFERENCE (A).
 F. NOT HAVE RECEIVED A REDUCTION IN SERVICE.
 G. HAVE NO UNEXCUSED DRILLS OR NJP IN SERVICE.
 H. NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN RPAP PROMOTION.
 I. MUST POSSESS TWO CONCURRENT FIRST CLASS PFT SCORES.
 J. MUST NOT BE ON THE WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM OR THE MILITARY
APPEARANCE PROGRAM DURING CURRENT CONTRACT.
 K. MUST BE PME COMPLETE FOR CURRENT GRADE.
5. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
 A. PROMOTION IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A PROMOTION CONTROL
NUMBER (PCN). A PCN MUST BE OBTAINED FROM CMC(RAP), AFTER WHICH
ANY NECESSARY REENL/EXT REQUESTS MAY BE SUBMITTED VIA THE TOTAL
FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM (TFRS). THE PCN MUST BE ANNOTATED WITHIN
THE TFRS REQUEST. THE RPAP'S ALLOCATIONS WILL BE BROKEN DOWN IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE
BASIS: 1ST QTR - 20; 2ND QTR - 20; 3RD QTR - 20; 4TH QTR - 20.
 B. UNIT COMMANDERS, AS DEFINED IN REF (B), ARE AUTHORIZED TO
PROMOTE CORPORALS AND LANCE CORPORALS TO SERGEANTS AND CORPORALS
RESPECTIVELY ONCE ALL RPAP REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND A "SELECT
GRADE" INDICATING THE RPAP DATE OF RANK IS POSTED IN THE MARINE
CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS).
6. PROMOTIONS.
 A. DATE OF RANK.
 (1) THE RPAP DATE OF RANK (DOR) WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF
THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF ALL RPAP REQUIREMENTS.
 (2) FOR MARINES REQUIRING REENL/EXT: RPAP DOR WILL BE THE
1ST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING REENLISTMENT/SIGNING OF THE
EXTENSION.
 (3) FOR AFFILIATING MARINES: RPAP DOR WILL BE THE 1ST DAY
OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF HIS/HER
SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF SCHEDULED IDT.
 B. PAY AND ALLOWANCES WILL ACCRUE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE
MONTH IN WHICH THE PROMOTION IS EFFECTED.
 C. ALL PROMOTION WARRANTS EFFECTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL
BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FIGURE 4-6 OF REF (B). THE
PROMOTION AUTHORITY IS THE PROMOTION CONTROL NUMBER.
 D. RPAP PROMOTIONS ARE CONSIDERED REGULAR PROMOTIONS AND
PROMOTIONS WILL BE EFFECTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. TIME
IN GRADE REQUIREMENTS (8 MONTHS FOR PROMOTION TO CORPORAL AND 12
MONTHS FOR PROMOTION TO SERGEANT) REMAIN THE SAME FOR REGULAR
PROMOTIONS HOWEVER TIME IN SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ARE WAIVED AS IT
APPLIES TO THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
7. THE RPAP BENEFITS THE RESERVE FORCE BY RETAINING QUALITY
MARINES IN SMCR UNITS. MARINES PROMOTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL
HAVE THEIR PROMOTIONS REVOKED IF, AFTER PROMOTION, THEY CHOOSE TO
TRANSFER TO THE IRR, ACTIVE COMPONENT OR ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM,
OR PERFORM ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK (OTHER THAN AT THE UNIT OR
BILLET IN WHICH THEY NORMALLY DRILL) FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN 139
DAYS (CUMULATIVE) WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THEIR RPAP PROMOTIONS.
THE REVOCATION RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO MARINES WHO ARE MOBILIZED OR
PERFORM ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK - CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
(ADSW-CO).
8. FAILURE TO FULFILL THE RPAP AFFILIATION REQUIREMENTS, FAILURE
TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPIATE IN THE SMCR AS A DRILLING RESERVIST
FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD AFTER PROMOTION, AND/OR A MARINE'S WITHDRAWAL
FROM THIS PROGRAM WILL RESULT IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTION TO THE
GRADE HELD PRIOR TO THE RPAP PROMOTION.
 A. IF REDUCED, THE DATE OF RANK ORIGINALLY POSSESSED IN THE
PREVIOUS GRADE WILL BE REASSIGNED. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
REDUCTION WILL BE THE DATE THE MARINE IS:
 (1) DECLARED AN UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPANT;
 (2) TRANSFERRED TO THE IRR/AR/ADSW/AD, PRIOR TO THE MARINES
12 MONTHS, OR DISCHARGED; OR
 (3) THE MARINE INDICATES IN A PAGE 11 STATEMENT, HIS/HER
DESIRE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PROGRAM.
 B. THIS MSG CONSTITUTES THE AUTHORITY FOR A REDUCTION
EFFECTED AS A RESULT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH RPAP CRITERIA.
 C. ADMINSTRATIVE REDUCTIONS ARE CONDUCTED PER REFERENCE C.
9. THE STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING CAN BE VIEWED AND DOWNLOADED
AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL, CLICK ON RESERVE MARINES, RESERVE
AFFAIRS (RA); RESERVE AFFAIRS POLICY (RAP); PERSONNEL PLANS
SECTION; RESERVE INCENTIVES; RESERVE PROMOTION AFFILIATION PROGRAM.
10. QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO CAPT H. PARRISH AT
RAP3@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL
11. THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED 30 SEP 06.