MARADMIN 595/24 - Amendment 3 to the Performance Evaluation System

Scope

MARADMIN 595/24 announces changes to the Fitness Report format for sergeant major and master gunnery sergeant under MCO 1610.7B Chapter 4 paragraph 2(b). Effective 01 January 2025, sergeant major and master gunnery sergeant fitness reports no longer use the page one, five, and appropriate addendum pages format. Reports submit in the five page format currently in use for sergeant through lieutenant colonel. The adjustment gives senior enlisted high visibility and general officer slates the most relevant performance information. Omission and extension criteria in MCO 1610.7B and MARADMIN 634/23 remain in effect. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force.

Audience

• Reporting Seniors (RS) and Reviewing Officers (RO) for sergeants major and master gunnery sergeants. Author the five page format effective 01 January 2025.
• Sergeants major and master gunnery sergeants. Receive the full five page format report.
• Senior enlisted high visibility slate members. Receive the richer performance picture.
• General officer slate members. Receive the richer performance picture for E9 talent management decisions.
• S-1 staff and admin (0102, 0111). Process the new five page format E9 FITREPs in MCTFS.

Format change

• Old format. Pages one, five, and the appropriate addendum pages only.
• New format. The five page format currently used for sergeant through lieutenant colonel FITREPs.
• Effective 01 January 2025.
• Section by section content matches the five page sergeant through lieutenant colonel template.

Interim guidance

The MARADMIN serves as interim guidance pending the next release of MCO 1610.7B. The next release will fold the change into the order. Fitness reports write and process under the current MCO 1610.7B and this MARADMIN.

Action items

1. Brief every reporting senior and reviewing officer carrying a sergeant major or master gunnery sergeant on the new five page format.
2. Pull the current sergeant through lieutenant colonel FITREP template. Apply to E9 reports starting 01 January 2025.
3. Audit the MCTFS configuration. Confirm the five page format submits cleanly for E9 reports.
4. Apply MARADMIN 634/23 omission and extension criteria. 180 days for AN and AR. 89 days for SA.

Connection to higher policy

• MCO 1610.7B. Performance Evaluation System (PES), signed 2023-06-05.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MCO 1610.7B. The order receiving the format change. Next release folds in the change.
• MARADMIN 634/23. Change to Annual Fitness Report Schedule. Companion schedule reset.
• MARADMIN 308/23. Revision of MCO 1610.7. Companion PES rewrite announcement.
• MARADMIN 575/24. Amendment 2 to the PES. Active Reserve E5 through E8 schedule reset.
• Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS). System of record for processed FITREPs.

Status

Released 11 December 2024, DTG R 111851Z DEC 24. Originator CMC Washington DC MRA. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Michael J. Borgschulte, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force. POCs include Maj Deborah L. Queen at MMPB-23, MSgt Vanessa R. Vallejo at CMC MM, and the Performance Evaluation Section at smb.manpower.mmrp-31@usmc.mil. Effective 01 January 2025. Active until the next MCO 1610.7B release folds in the change.