PAA 03-23 - Amplifying Guidance For MARADMIN 326/23

Scope

PAA 03-23 provides amplifying guidance for MARADMIN 326/23, Enlisted Active Duty Service Limits. The advisory covers submission of Appendix J retirement requests for enlisted personnel between 15 and 18 months of the requested retirement date, a window the normal IPAC/EPAR submission path does not support. Issued by Headquarters Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Manpower Information Branch (MIF) and distributed through the MISSA portal for execution by S-1, IPAC, and commanders across the force.

Audience

• S-1 desks and IPAC pay clerks executing the actions in this advisory.
• 0102, 0111, and 0170 admin specialists.
• Commanders signing affected actions, including O-5 commanders endorsing out-of-window requests.
• Enlisted Marines requesting retirement 15 to 18 months out.

Action language

• Paragraph 1 requests addressees disseminate this PAA to subordinate org/units as applicable.
• Paragraph 2 names the topic. Submission of appendix J for enlisted personnel between 15-18 months of requested retirement date.
• Paragraph 3 restates the parent message. MARADMIN 326/23 notified the force of enlisted Marines' eligibility to request retirement 6-18 months from the requested retirement date, a change from the previous guidance in MCO 1900.16 W/CH 2 (MARCORSEPMAN), which allowed for retirement submission 4-14 months from the requested retirement date (paraphrased).
• Paragraph 4 flags the system limitation. At this time, system limitations prevent the submission of retirement requests outside of 14 months via the normal administrative submission using the IPAC/EPAR. An entry by a reporting unit outside of 4-14 months will fail. An enlisted Marine requesting retirement between 15-18 months must do so directly through HQMC, MMSR at SMB.MANPOWER.MMSR2E@USMC.MIL.
• Paragraph 5 covers requests outside normal parameters. Submit retirement requests under 6 months or over 18 months to HQMC, MMSR-2E by AA Form endorsed by the O-5 Commander or above.

References the advisory cites

• MARADMIN 326/23 (Enlisted Active Duty Service Limits), the parent message.
• MCO 1900.16 W/CH 2 (MARCORSEPMAN), the source of the superseded 4-14 month window.

Connection to Marine Corps policy

MARADMIN 326/23 resolves in the portal citation registry. Signed 2023-06-28 and effective 2023-07-01, it sets enlisted service limits by grade, the 58-year maximum age limit, and the retention waiver framework, superseding MARADMIN 408/19. MCO 1900.16 also resolves in the registry. The portal's reenlistment and retention page for Marines lists this PAA among its references alongside the parent MARADMIN.

Status

Source MISSA portal (CAC restricted). No point of contact appears in the repo extract for this advisory. Repo evidence shows no cancellation. Verify the current retirement submission window and the MMSR-2E routing against the MISSA portal before submitting an out-of-window request.