R 271909Z SEP 24 MARADMIN 444/24 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 ACTIVE RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSION AND CAREER  DESIGNATION PLAN// REF/A/DOC/MCO 1001.52K/YMD:  20190215// REF/B/ MSGID:  MSG/MARADMIN 169/24// NARR/REFERENCE (A) IS THE MARINE CORPS ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM ORDER.  REFERENCE (B) IS MARADMIN 169/24 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ACTIVE RESERVE  DIRECT HIRE PROCESS FOR MARINE CORPS OFFICERS.  REFERENCE (C) IS  MARADMIN 229/24 CALENDAR YEAR 2025 CONTINUATION PAY PROGRAM FOR  BLENDED RETIREMENT SYSTEM. POC/STEPHEN D. GRODEK/MAJ/RAM-2 OIC/TEL:  703-784-0531/DSN:   278-0531/EMAIL:  [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This MARADMIN announces the Reserve Affairs  Active Reserve (AR) Officer Accession and Career Designation Plan for  Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.  Reserve Affairs Personnel Management (RAM)  will access officers into the AR Program through a single Officer  Accession Board (OAB) and the Direct Hire Process (DHP) in FY25.  The FY25 Career Designation (CD) Board for eligible AR officers on their  accession tour will coincide with the FY25 OAB.   2.  AR Program and Accession Tours  2.a.  The AR Program provides well-trained and experienced Reserve  Component (RC) officers serving on active duty as full-time support  to integrate the Marine Corps Reserve into the Total Force Marine  Corps.  The AR Program is structured to facilitate the mobilization  of Reserve Forces by administering policy, conducting training,  instruction, recruitment, and performing other functions as required  by reference (a). 2.b.  Accession tours are between 36 and 48 months in length to  support an EAS date within the typical PCS window (June – August) for the appropriate calendar year.  Accession timelines and assignments  will be coordinated between RAM-2 and each selected officer.   Officers who access into the AR program will be screened for career designation prior to the end of their accession tour. 3.  AR Officer Accession Opportunities and Eligibility Criteria 3.a.  Accession Opportunities 3.a.1.  Accession Board:  The FY25 OAB will convene 20-24 January  2025.  Board results listing primary selectees will be published via MARADMIN.  Alternate selectees will be notified via SEPCOR. 3.a.2.  Direct Hire Process:  The FY25 DHP is open from 1 October  2024 through 30 September 2025.  DHP applications have three possible  determinations which will be communicated directly with the member as  follows: 3.a.2.a.  Approved:  Applicant meets demands of the AR Program and is  offered accession into a specific Billet Identification Code (BIC).  3.a.2.b.  Deferred:  Applicant meets demands of the AR Program and  may be offered accession when a Rank and MOS match BIC becomes  available. 3.a.2.c.  Declined:  Applicant does not currently meet the needs of  the AR Program.  The declined determination does not preclude  officers from applying to AR accession boards or DHP in follow-on  years. 3.b.  Eligibility Criteria 3.b.1.  Applicants must meet all qualifications listed on pages 2-2  through 2-3 of reference (a). 3.b.2.  Officers in the Active Component (AC), Selected Marine Corps  Reserve (SMCR), Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA), Individual  Ready Reserve (IRR), and serving on Limited Tour orders with the AR  program are eligible to apply.  AC applicants must not be in receipt  of future PCS Orders and will be screened for a Reserve Commission  which can take up to 120 days. 3.b.3.  Grade and Time-in-Grade (TIG) Eligibility 3.b.3.a.  Ground Officers:  Grades O-2 and O-3 are eligible with no  TIG limitations.  O4 must have less than two years TIG as of 30  September 2025. 3.b.3.b.  Aviators (75XX):  Grades O-3 through O-5 are eligible with  no TIG limitations. 3.b.4.  The AR Program is projecting demand for the following primary  MOS:  0102, 3002, 3404, 6602, and 75XX. Applicants with an MOS not  listed are eligible to apply but may require MOS reclassification. 3.b.5.  Officers must complete service obligations (e.g. original  service agreement, minimum time on station, bonus or incentive pay  including continuation pay, utilization tours, flight contracts) by  30 September 2025.  Officers who have received or are receiving  involuntary or voluntary separations pay, incentive pay, or  continuation pay under the Blended Retirement System, per reference  (c) may be subject to recoupment by the U.S. Government upon  accession.   3.b.6.  Reserve Officer Commissioning Program (ROCP) officers may  apply if their Mandatory Drill Participation Stop Date (MDPSD) is 30  September 25 or earlier.  ROCP officers must request a waiver with  endorsement from the first O-6 in their Reserve chain of command to  access earlier than 180 days from their MDPSD. 3.b.7.  Eligibility Waiver Process.  An officer who does not meet the  eligibility criteria in this MARADMIN may request a waiver in their  application for the specific exception to policy that is required.   Grade and TIG are examples of waivers RAM-2 will consider. 4.  Application and Submission Process 4.a.  Application Package:  The application package for OAB and DHP  are the same.  The application template with endorsement requirements  and required enclosures is labeled “Active Reserve Officer Accession  Package Templates,” and can be found at:  www.manpower.usmc.mil/ wordpress/?reserve_marine=test-reserve-marine-page/test-reserve- marine-child-page/personnel-managment-ram/active-reserve-assignments- ram-2/active-reserve-officer-accessions. 4.b.  Submission Methods  4.b.1.  OAB Submission:  OAB applicants will submit their  applications via the Manpower & Reserve Affairs application website  at:  www2.manpower.usmc.mil/application_cac/.  The submission window  will open 2 December 24 with a deadline of 2359 on 5 January 25.  4.b.2.  DHP Submission:  All applicants will apply via NAVMC 10274  Administrative Action (AA) Form addressed to CMC (RAM-2) and sent  directly to the POC listed above. 4.b.2.a.  Upon receipt of the DHP application, RAM-2 will staff the  package with appropriate stakeholders within RA, Manpower Management,  Officer Assignments (MMOA), and Manpower Plans and policy  (MPP-30).  Final determinations will be made by the Director,  Reserve Affairs Division. 4.b.2.b.  DHP decisions, requests for information, or coordination  will be communicated to the applicant via SEPCOR. 5.  AR Officer Career Designation 5.a.  Competitive CD offers an opportunity for unrestricted AR  officers to continue service in the AR Program beyond their accession  tour.  Officers will be screened for CD on the first CD board held  after having served 24-months of their accession tour.  Officers  selected for CD will be assigned an indefinite EAS. 5.b.  CD eligibility details, application processes, and coordinating  instructions will be provided in SEPCOR from the RAM-2 OIC to the  eligible population. 6.  Release authorized by Major General Karl D. Pierson, Director,  Reserve Affairs Division.//