WEBVTT 00:01.910 --> 00:03.743 the following brief will provide 00:03.743 --> 00:05.632 information on the Marine Corps , 00:05.632 --> 00:07.799 enlisted career counselors program and 00:07.799 --> 00:10.900 capabilities . Good morning . My name 00:10.900 --> 00:13.011 is Major Jason James , bogden and I'm 00:13.011 --> 00:14.956 the assistant head of the enlisted 00:14.956 --> 00:17.122 retention section here at headquarters 00:17.122 --> 00:19.289 Marine Corps . I'd like to talk to you 00:19.289 --> 00:21.400 today a little bit about the services 00:21.400 --> 00:23.344 that the career counseling section 00:23.344 --> 00:27.070 provides . Career counseling is a 00:27.070 --> 00:30.210 valuable tool , uh , helping marines 00:30.210 --> 00:32.590 move forward in our careers . Uh , We 00:32.590 --> 00:36.250 find that uh , very often what happens 00:36.250 --> 00:38.306 is a marine won't contact our career 00:38.306 --> 00:40.361 counselor until such time as they've 00:40.361 --> 00:42.580 been passed for promotion . Um , We 00:42.580 --> 00:44.747 want people to be aware that that's an 00:44.747 --> 00:46.990 asset that they can call upon any time 00:46.990 --> 00:49.157 and we encourage them to contact their 00:49.157 --> 00:52.660 career counselors early and often . Um , 00:53.240 --> 00:56.290 so as to give them guidance as to how 00:56.290 --> 00:59.660 best to proceed and prepare for 01:00.440 --> 01:02.610 promotion boards , things of that 01:02.610 --> 01:05.150 nature . My name is Master gunnery 01:05.150 --> 01:07.094 sergeant Bus . I'm the head career 01:07.094 --> 01:09.261 counselor of the Marine Corps . I have 01:09.261 --> 01:11.039 four gunnery sergeant that work 01:11.039 --> 01:12.928 underneath me . Our mission is to 01:12.928 --> 01:14.872 provide an assessment of all s tap 01:14.872 --> 01:17.300 marines As far as promotion 01:17.300 --> 01:18.856 capabilities of promotional 01:18.856 --> 01:21.090 requirements on top of that . We teach 01:21.090 --> 01:24.130 at every academy , the 101 or the 21 01:24.130 --> 01:26.640 briefs to show marines how to prepare 01:26.640 --> 01:28.810 themselves and be more competitive for 01:28.810 --> 01:32.510 promotion . We also go out on 01:32.510 --> 01:36.180 command visits to the RSS is so the 01:36.180 --> 01:38.520 regions for the Msg and so forth to 01:38.520 --> 01:40.810 provide the same briefs in order to 01:40.810 --> 01:43.032 give those marines that aren't afforded 01:43.032 --> 01:45.680 the opportunity academy to learn the 01:45.680 --> 01:48.050 same knowledge on top of that . We do 01:48.050 --> 01:50.217 what are called the road shows . We go 01:50.217 --> 01:53.640 to the East coast , west coast Quantico 01:53.640 --> 01:56.530 area and overseas on road shows and 01:56.530 --> 01:58.752 provide this information to the marines 01:58.752 --> 02:00.919 out there along with the retention and 02:00.919 --> 02:03.086 monitors when they're on the road with 02:03.086 --> 02:05.280 us . I don't know during this next 02:05.280 --> 02:07.447 segment , You're gonna learn what each 02:07.447 --> 02:09.830 one of my gunnery sergeant's does on a 02:09.830 --> 02:12.430 day to day basis on top of what I've 02:12.430 --> 02:15.710 just covered with you . Thank you . My 02:15.710 --> 02:17.710 name is gonna scramble journalistic 02:17.710 --> 02:19.766 career counselor with headquarters . 02:19.766 --> 02:21.599 Marine Corps journalistic career 02:21.599 --> 02:23.766 counseling section conducts individual 02:23.766 --> 02:25.654 career counseling with individual 02:25.654 --> 02:27.877 marines face to face and over the phone 02:27.877 --> 02:29.700 by conducting individual career 02:29.700 --> 02:31.922 counseling counseling with marines over 02:31.922 --> 02:34.033 the phone , we are able to reach more 02:34.033 --> 02:36.033 marines that otherwise would not be 02:36.033 --> 02:38.144 afforded the opportunity to receive a 02:38.144 --> 02:40.260 career counseling session . There are 02:40.260 --> 02:43.050 five marines total within our section 02:43.060 --> 02:45.130 that cover all active duty enlisted 02:45.130 --> 02:47.360 marines sergeants , through science 02:47.360 --> 02:50.300 majors . We recommend the individual 02:50.310 --> 02:52.190 marines contact our section 02:52.200 --> 02:54.830 approximately two years from coming 02:54.840 --> 02:56.940 into the promotion zone . This gives 02:56.940 --> 02:58.884 the individual marine ample enough 02:58.884 --> 03:00.940 opportunity to fix any discrepancies 03:00.940 --> 03:02.960 within his record and make any 03:02.960 --> 03:05.182 adjustments of the recommendations that 03:05.182 --> 03:08.150 were given . Our highest call volume is 03:08.150 --> 03:10.890 just before a board convenes and just 03:10.900 --> 03:13.390 after aboard adjourns where marines are 03:13.390 --> 03:15.530 calling either at the last minute or 03:15.540 --> 03:17.707 after the fact when it may be too late 03:17.707 --> 03:19.651 for them to adjust anything within 03:19.651 --> 03:21.651 their official records to make them 03:21.940 --> 03:25.080 competitive for promotion . In the past 03:25.090 --> 03:27.090 it has been required the individual 03:27.090 --> 03:29.257 marines , contact our section over the 03:29.257 --> 03:32.090 phone or by email in order to order 03:32.110 --> 03:34.950 their own PF and at a later date would 03:34.950 --> 03:37.117 have to call back in order to actually 03:37.117 --> 03:39.172 receive that counseling session with 03:39.172 --> 03:41.394 modern day technology . It is no longer 03:41.394 --> 03:44.000 required that that be the case . And we 03:44.000 --> 03:46.370 were actually able to order your own PF 03:46.460 --> 03:48.770 electronically within 2 to 3 minutes . 03:49.090 --> 03:51.201 We typically at that time we'll cover 03:51.201 --> 03:53.257 your master brief sheet with you and 03:53.257 --> 03:55.257 then be able to go into your own PF 03:55.257 --> 03:57.368 covering all of your official records 03:57.368 --> 03:59.034 in regards to a board members 03:59.034 --> 04:01.290 perspective Of your entire record in 04:01.290 --> 04:04.510 order to show that you deserve or don't 04:04.510 --> 04:06.454 deserve to be selected to the next 04:06.454 --> 04:08.510 higher grade . If you are on hold on 04:08.510 --> 04:10.621 our rotating line for more than 10-15 04:10.621 --> 04:12.621 minutes , you hang up and call back 04:12.621 --> 04:14.510 again at a later date . This also 04:14.510 --> 04:16.621 allows other marines to get through . 04:16.621 --> 04:18.621 As all calls are taken in the order 04:18.621 --> 04:20.954 that they were received . Hello marines , 04:20.954 --> 04:23.121 my name is gonna start more and I want 04:23.121 --> 04:25.232 a list of career counselors here with 04:25.232 --> 04:27.343 Headquarters Marine Corps . One of my 04:27.343 --> 04:26.590 responsibilities as a list of career 04:26.590 --> 04:28.479 counselor is to keep our enlisted 04:28.479 --> 04:30.534 correct counselor website up to date 04:30.534 --> 04:32.590 and accurate with the most pertinent 04:32.590 --> 04:34.534 and updated information concerning 04:34.534 --> 04:36.757 staffing ceo selection boards and staff 04:36.757 --> 04:38.979 and steal promotions , enlisted correct 04:38.979 --> 04:38.650 counselor website . They won't stop 04:38.650 --> 04:40.594 shop for all matters pertaining to 04:40.594 --> 04:42.761 staffing steel , promotions and career 04:42.761 --> 04:44.761 progression at this site , you will 04:44.761 --> 04:46.983 find links to the latest staffing still 04:46.983 --> 04:46.640 selection boards , selection board 04:46.640 --> 04:48.751 messages , mark , admins , orders and 04:48.751 --> 04:50.918 directives concerning the staffing SEO 04:50.918 --> 04:53.084 promotion requirements . You will also 04:53.084 --> 04:55.560 find links related to websites such as 04:55.560 --> 04:57.720 promotions branch , the awards branch 04:57.730 --> 05:00.350 and support branch . We have designed 05:00.440 --> 05:02.662 the enlisted crew council website to be 05:02.662 --> 05:04.773 user friendly and help marines better 05:04.773 --> 05:06.884 understand the staffing SEO promotion 05:06.884 --> 05:09.107 process and what he or she can be doing 05:09.107 --> 05:11.162 to be more competitive for staff and 05:11.162 --> 05:13.162 sealed promotion boards . This site 05:13.162 --> 05:15.384 also provides the marine with the tools 05:15.384 --> 05:17.496 needed to keep their official records 05:17.496 --> 05:19.718 up to date . Then let's occur . Council 05:19.718 --> 05:21.829 website can be located on U S M C dot 05:21.829 --> 05:23.996 mil . What's your at the U S and C dot 05:23.996 --> 05:26.107 meal homepage . You'll go down to the 05:26.107 --> 05:28.218 bottom right of the page . Under core 05:28.218 --> 05:30.162 highlights and click on career and 05:30.162 --> 05:32.480 Empire Man . This will take you to the 05:32.480 --> 05:35.100 Vampire and reserve affairs website . 05:36.010 --> 05:38.177 Once you're here , you'll go under top 05:38.177 --> 05:41.200 request . Right and go down to enlisted 05:41.200 --> 05:44.740 career counselors link . Mhm . And this 05:44.740 --> 05:46.796 will take you to the enlisted career 05:46.796 --> 05:48.962 counselors web page . My name is gonna 05:48.962 --> 05:50.907 start Murphy . I'm with the career 05:50.907 --> 05:53.810 counselors over here at MME . A 64 . Um 05:53.820 --> 05:55.987 what we do . Another one of the things 05:55.987 --> 05:57.931 that we do over here in the career 05:57.931 --> 06:00.153 counselor section at MME . A 64 is also 06:00.153 --> 06:02.300 evaluation of of careerist marines 06:02.700 --> 06:04.740 specifically dealing with realms as 06:04.740 --> 06:06.970 well . What we call tippers a total 06:06.970 --> 06:10.580 force retention system . It's a it's a 06:10.590 --> 06:12.990 program that comes down to us that if 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 for some reason and marina , career 06:15.000 --> 06:17.260 marine has any kind of adversity at all 06:17.740 --> 06:20.160 in his career or his grade , it's going 06:20.160 --> 06:21.938 to come through us and we do an 06:21.938 --> 06:24.860 evaluation of what this marine actually 06:24.870 --> 06:28.060 does and evaluating his performance 06:28.060 --> 06:31.950 overall as a marine . So even though 06:31.950 --> 06:35.310 okay , basically does his adversity 06:35.320 --> 06:38.400 come down to effect where it's gonna 06:38.410 --> 06:40.750 impede his promotion . Okay 06:41.540 --> 06:43.730 competitiveness but also our retention 06:43.730 --> 06:45.920 issue as well . So when we come down 06:45.920 --> 06:48.031 and we get this tougher , we're going 06:48.031 --> 06:50.198 to we're going to evaluate this marine 06:50.198 --> 06:51.950 overall on his entire career .