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a. Authorization. The Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal
(SMCRM) was established by a SECNAV directive of 19 February 1939
b. Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal Eligibility Requirements. Awarded to members of the
Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) who, effective 1 January
1996, fulfilled designated service requirements within any
three-year period of service in the Organized Marine Corps
Reserve. For the period 1 July 1925 through 31 December 1995,
inclusive, a four-year period of service is required. The
following are specific eligibility requirements for this medal:
(1) Attendance with an SMCR unit, including duty in an
Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) billet in Training
Category A, at three consecutive annual field training periods.
A period of active duty for training which was authorized to be
performed in lieu of a regular annual field training period will
fulfill this requirement.
(2) Effective 24 April 1961, attendance with an SMCR
unit, including duty in an IMA billet in Training Category A, of
90 percent of all scheduled drills each year for four
consecutive years. Eligibility for the medal prior to that date
is based on 80 percent attendance of all scheduled drills.
(Appropriate duty or equivalent instruction-or-duty may be
credited in lieu of drills.)
(3) In the case of officers and noncommissioned officers
(sergeant or above), the commanding officer (or the Commander,
Marine Corps Mobilization Command (MOBCOM) in the case of IMA
Category A) is responsible for determining whether the
individual's service and performance of duty warrant the award.
Enlisted personnel in the grade of corporal and below must have
obtained a combined average of conduct and proficiency markings
of 4.0 or above for the first three-year period. For subsequent
three-year periods, enlisted personnel must have obtained a
combined average of conduct and proficiency markings of 4.5 or
above. When it is evident an individual who otherwise fulfills
the eligibility criteria is not deserving of this award because
of a repeated record of valid indebtedness or other acts which
are not in keeping with the high moral standards required of all
Marines, the commanding officer (or Commander, MOBCOM in the
case of IMA Category A) will make an appropriate recommendation
to CMC (MMMA) stating the reasons.
(4) When called to active duty in time of war or
national emergency, SMCR members (including IMA Category A) may
be credited, while on active duty, with the annual field training and required drill attendance, provided they have
served not less than one month on active duty during each
qualification year. Such active service may be credited only
for the purpose of qualification for the medal or bronze star
toward which the reservist is working at the time of
mobilization. When the reservist's three-year period is
completed, active duty subsequently performed may not be
credited toward the issuance of a medal or star. If the period
of active duty is of such duration that the reservist is ordered
to 'inactive status prior to completion of the reservist's three-
year period, the time spent on active duty may be credited
toward the award of the medal, but credit for active duty will
not be allowed for any three-year period which began with the
reservist on active duty. Once the award is earned after
mobilization, the reservist must return to drill and training
status in the SMCR (including IMA category 'A") before a new
qualification period begins.
(5) When a member of the SMCR is unable to attend drills
due to absence from the place of drill, or for causes beyond
his/her control, exclusive of sickness, the reservist should
request a leave of absence for such period, in order that the
absence from the regular drill period will not count against the
record of attendance for eligibility for the Selected Marine
Corps Reserve Medal.
(6) Retroactive to 12 January 1961, the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal will be
awarded to officers prohibited by the rotation system, due to
the lack of billets, from serving in the SMCR (including service
as an IMA category A) for a three-year period, provided they
have completed any continuous five anniversary years of
satisfactory Federal service in the Marine Corps Reserve
(including IMA Training Categories A, B, C, and D) as defined by
regulations. This must include a minimum of two consecutive
years of satisfactory participation as a member of an SMCR unit,
or as an IMA Category A, during which attendance at drills and
periods of annual field training meets the requirements cited
above.
(7) Any period of qualifying service beginning with SMCR
membership, interrupted by duty with the Active Reserve (AR)
Program, shall not be considered a break in said period of three
consecutive years for eligibility. Furthermore, any such period
of active duty may be credited with the annual field training
and required drill attendance for the purpose of completing qualification only for the medal or bronze star toward which the
reservist was working at the time of active duty in the AR
Program.
(8) When enlisted Marine Corps reservists are assigned to
active duty in the AR Program, they must elect whether to
continue their eligibility for the SMCRM for which they have
accumulated qualifying service, or commence qualifying service
for the MCGCM. Officers may continue to earn qualifying service
toward Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (SMCRM). Under no circumstances may a Reservist commence
an eligibility period for the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (SMCRM) while on the AR Program.
MCO P1070.12K (IRAM) contains administrative instructions.
(9) Individual Ready Reservists mobilized for
three continuous years may elect the MCGCM in lieu of continuing
their eligibility for the SMCRM. Administrative units should
make an appropriate entry in the Marine's official military
record (OMPF), which indicates the Marine was mobilized under
Title 10, specifies the dates of the mobilization period, and
that the Marine elected to receive the MCGCM for the period of
active duty. A copy of the Marine's orders and the award
certificate should be filed in his/her OMPF for historical
purposes.
c. Certificates. At the time eligibility is confirmed, a
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Certificate (NAVMC 10592) will be
completed by the commanding officer for presentation to the
member.
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