Manpower officials at Quantico are looking for huHundreds of junior enlisted Marines who are nearing the end of their enlistment term are needed now in fiscal 2016 to fill active-reserve billets in the Active Reserve.
During this fiscal yearThis year, the Corps is seeking the AR will seek 237 Marines in 31 specialties — , in the ranks of corporals through sergeants — in 31 specialties to go Reserve while still working as a full-time Marines.
Opportunities exist in fields that include administration, infantry and aviation maintenance.
“Career benefits include active-duty pay and entitlements, including potential to attain active-duty retirement benefits,” according to Marine administrative message 489/15. If they are in a competitive MOS for re-enlistment, the Active Reserve Program offers one more way to remain in uniform full time.
For individuals, tThe Active Reserve Program also that AR can offer individual Marines much more flexibility on where they are stationed; with many Reserve units are located far away from the major Marine installations where most stateside Marines are assigned. So a Marine may be able to continue to serve full-time while living near family or friends, for example.That means a Marine may be able to stay in uniform full-time while living near friends and family, for example.
For Marine Corps Forces Reserve units, For Reserve units, it the Active Reserve Program provides a permanent staff of “experienced, well-trained, full-time Reserve Component Marines,” according to the MARADMIN. They keep ose Marines keep the unit running when the rest of its personnel return to their civilian s lives for most of each month. That is useful to any unit, but especially those in the aviation community, for example, where aircraft need to be maintained, and ready to roll when pilots report for drilling.
Marines joining the Active Reserve may be eligible for affiliation bonuses under the fiscal 2016 Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program if they match rank and specialty requirements. For example, an sergeant intelligence specialist at the rank of sergeant can earn $10,250 for re-enlisting for four years. Others like a sergeant cCyber network operators at the same rank can take home nearly $31,000. For full bonus details, refer to MARADMIN 296/15196/15, available online.
To be eligible for the AR Program, active-component Marines must be within six months of their end of active service date, be eligible for re-enlistment and serve in one of the specified MOSs.
Marines can apply for a lateral move to clinch an AR billet or a bonus, but those moves are subject to approval on a case-by-case basis, depending based on service needs.
Interested aActive-duty Marines should who are interested are encourages to contact a prior-service recruiter up to nine months before their prior to their end of active service date. They can and can formally submit their application beginning 180 days before prior to leaving active duty.
This year eligible MOSs include:
- 0111 Administrative specialist
- 0231 Intelligence specialist
- 0321 Reconnaissance man
- 0411 Maintenance management specialist
- 0431 Logistics/embarkation specialist
- 0621 Field radio operator
- 0651 Cyber network operator
- 2111 Small arms repairer/technician
- 3043 Supply administration and operations clerk
- 3451 Fiscal/budget technician
- 3521 Automotive organizational technician
- 3531 Motor vehicle operator
- 5711 Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist
- 6046 Aircraft maintenance administration specialist
- 6072 Aircraft maintenance support equipment
- 6073 Aircraft maintenance support equipment electrician/refrigeration mechanic
- 6114 Helicopter mechanic UH/AH-1
- 6154 Helicopter airframe mechanic
- 6176 Tiltrotor crew chief
- 6217 Fixed-wing aircraft mechanic, F/A-18
- 6256 Fixed-wing aircraft airframe mechanic, KC-130
- 6257 Fixed-wing aircraft airframe mechanic, F/A-18
- 6276 Fixed-wing aircraft crew chief, KC-130
- 6316 Aircraft communications/navigation systems technician, KC-130
- 6317 Aircraft communications/navigation systems technician, F/A-18
- 6324 Aircraft communications/navigation/electrical/weapon systems technician, U/AH-1
- 6337 Aircraft electrical systems technician, F/A-18
- 6531 Aviation ordnance technician
- 6541 Aviation ordnance systems technician
- 6672 Aviation supply specialist
- 7041 Aviation operations specialist
