MCO 7220.24P - Selective Retention Bonus (Srb) And Broken Service Selective Retention...

Scope

MCO 7220.24P governs the Marine Corps Selective Retention Bonus (SRB) and Broken Service Selective Retention Bonus (BSSRB) Programs. The SRB is a flat-rate cash bonus paid to Marines reenlisting in eligible primary MOSs and reenlistment zones. The order supplies the standing policy and procedural framework. Dollar amounts, zone tables, kicker programs, and eligibility windows publish each fiscal year in an SRB MARADMIN riding on this order.

To provide policy and procedural guidelines for the administration of the Marine Corps Selective Retention Bonus (SRB)/Broken Service Selective Retention Bonus (BSSRB) Program as authorized by references (a) through (l).

Quoted from the document's opening section.

Audience

• Marines weighing reenlistment against zone, PMOS bonus, and kicker options.
• Career Counselors matching Marines to zones, bonus tables, and Statements of Understanding.
• Commanders endorsing SRB-eligible reenlistments and approving lateral move recommendations.
• S-1, Disbursing, and Finance staff supporting payment computation and recoupment actions.

Content scope

Repo evidence names program areas rather than chapters. Eligibility by reenlistment zone, PMOS bonus tables, kicker programs, payment methodology, and recoupment. Zones run A through F by years of active military service.

Operative content

• The SRB pays only on new reenlistment contracts. Extensions add obligated service without bonus entitlement, per the portal's extensions page sourced to this order.
• Bonus amounts key to zone, PMOS, and rank, with kickers on top, per this order and the annual SRB MARADMIN.
• Marines who fail to serve in the PMOS or skill for which the bonus paid face recoupment of the unearned portion, absent an authorized waiver or out-of-skill assignment.
• Marines who apply for a PMOS-changing or commissioning program and then reenlist in their PMOS are not normally SRB eligible and are subject to recoupment of unearned payments.

Connection to higher policy

• 37 U.S.C. Section 373. Statutory authority for the SRB Program.
• DoD Instruction 1304.31. Enlisted Bonus Program.
• DoD 7000.14-R Volume 7A Chapter 9. Bonus computation and recoupment.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MARADMIN 023/26. FY27 SRB Program. Names this order as parent policy.
• MARADMIN 191/25. FY26 SRB Program.
• MARADMIN 076/25. ECDP pilot. Lists this order as reference (j).
• MCO 1040.31. Enlisted Retention and Career Development Program. Companion retention policy.
• Total Force Retention System (TFRS). Workflow and Statement of Understanding host.
• DoD 7000.14-R Volume 7A. The portal's FMR entry names MCO 7220.24P as the Marine Corps SRB implementation order.

Status

Signed 2016-10-21. MCPEL lists MCO 7220.24P as Current. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-28 archive snapshot. Revision P closes a long revision chain, the ACTS Manual entry references an earlier MCO 7220.24N. Bare-number citations to MCO 7220.24 resolve through the locator entry at MCO 7220.24. Two cautions. The child custody page cites MCO 7220.24 for BAH-Diff, an allowance governed by DoD 7000.14-R Volume 7A Chapter 26, verify BAH-Diff claims there. Bonus amounts change annually, verify against the latest SRB MARADMIN before advising a Marine.