Fiscal Year 2007 Reserve Promotion Affiliation Program (RPAP)

1. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2006 THIS MARADMIN CANCELS 
MARADMIN 495/05 AND IMPLEMENTS CHANGES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE FY07
RPAP. REQUESTS FOR THIS INCENTIVE BASED ON MARADMIN 495/05 WILL ONLY
BE AUTHORIZED UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2006. READ THIS BULLETIN IN ITS 
ENTIRETY AS SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 
2. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) 
AND COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMULGATING PROCEDURES 
TO ENSURE PROPER PROCESSING OF REQUESTS FOR THIS INCENTIVE. AT A 
MINIMUM, THESE PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
A. SUBMIT RPAP REQUESTS TO CMC (RAP) VIA ITS SECTIONAL MAILBOX 
SMB-RAP@USMC.MIL.
B. UPON APPROVAL OF THE INCENTIVE REQUEST, A PROMOTION CONTROL NUMBER
(PCN) WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE MARINE FOR WHOM THE INCENTIVE IS 
REQUESTED.
C. THE PCN MUST BE ASSIGNED PRIOR TO THE MARINE AFFILIATING WITH THE 
SMCR UNIT.
D. OBTAIN NEW STATEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) BY VISITING THE M&RA 
WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. ENTER KEYWORD "RESERVE INCENTIVES"
IN THE SEARCH BOX, SELECT "RESERVE INCENTIVES" FROM THE SEARCH 
RESULTS, SELECT "RPAP SOU" AND ENSURE DISSEMINATION OF THE SOU'S. THE
NEW SOU'S ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
E. COMPLETE THE SOU AT THE TIME OF AFFILIATION, ENSURE THE PCN IS 
TYPED ON THE SOU, AND THE SOU IS FILED ON THE DOCUMENT SIDE OF THE 
SERVICE RECORD BOOK.
3. ELIGIBILITY. MARINES MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA TO BE 
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE:
A. RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY (AD) UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS.
B. HAVE NOT SERVED IN THE SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR), ON 
ACTIVE DUTY SPECIAL WORK (ADSW), ON MOBILIZATION ORDERS FROM THE 
INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR), OR IN ANY RESERVE COMPONENT.
C. AFFILIATE WITH THE SMCR WITHIN 120 DAYS OF BEING RELEASED FROM AD.
D. AFFILIATE BETWEEN 1 OCTOBER 2006 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.
E. MEET REENLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE A.
F. FILL A VALID T/O AND LINE NUMBER, (UNIT IDENTIFICATION CODE (UIC) 
AND BILLET IDENTIFICATION CODE (BIC) WHEN IMPLEMENTED) COMMENSURATE
WITH THEIR PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS) AND THE 
RPAP PROMOTION GRADE. 
G. HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT DURING ANY PERIOD
OF SERVICE.
H. POSSESS TWO CONCURRENT 1ST CLASS PFT SCORES.
I. COMPLETED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP MCI.
J. HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REDUCTION IN GRADE DURING ANY PERIOD OF 
SERVICE.
K. HAVE NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE BODY COMPOSITION PROGRAM DURING 
THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT.
L. MEET TIME IN GRADE AND TIME IN SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH REFERENCE B.
M. POSSESS A PMOS IN AN OCCUPATIONAL FIELD THAT WAS OPEN FOR 
PROMOTION IN THE SMCR IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
4. PROMOTION AUTHORITY. 
A. RPAP PROMOTIONS ARE CONSIDERED REGULAR PROMOTIONS. COMMANDING 
OFFICERS, AS DEFINED IN REFERENCE B, ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMOTE LANCE 
CORPORALS AND CORPORALS TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE EFFECTIVE THE 1ST 
DAY OF THE MONTH ONCE ALL INCENTIVE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED AND A
"SELECT GRADE" HAS POSTED IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM.
B. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE PROMOTION WARRANTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH FIGURE 5-4 OF REFERENCE B. THE PROMOTION AUTHORITY 
WILL BE THE PCN.
5. OBLIGATION. RECIPIENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE WILL INCUR A 2-YEAR 
OBLIGATION FROM THE DATE OF PROMOTION WITH THE SMCR UNIT WITH WHOM 
THEY AFFILIATED.
6. REDUCTION. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO ADMINISTRATIVELY 
REDUCE THE RECIPIENT OF THIS INCENTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE 
B IF THE MARINE FAILS TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OR; 
A. FAILS TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY.
B. EXECUTES A LATERAL MOVE.
C. EXECUTES AN INTER-UNIT TRANSFER WITHOUT CMC (RAP) APPROVAL.
D. TRANSFERS TO THE IRR.
E. PERFORMS ADSW WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN THEIR OWN FOR A PERIOD 
GREATER THAN 90 DAYS.
F. SERVES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION
AUGMENTEE.
G. AUGMENTS TO AD OR THE ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM. 
H. A REDUCTION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED IF A MARINE IS REQUIRED TO 
INVOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO THE IRR DUE TO UNIT DEACTIVATION, 
REDESIGNATION, OR DISABILITY.
7. THIS INCENTIVE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION 
AUGMENTEES.
8. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.