- Reaction score
- 26
- Points
- 430
Don't feel bad, that your unit insists on doing due diligence in maintaining its administration, documentation and record keeping; where other units are to often letting administrative record keeping fall by the wayside.
trencher said:Hey Guys
I am trying to draft up a retention memo for the CoC. Does anyone have or know of anyone that has submitted one before?
Thanks
trencher said:DAA
Yes as in a 3b med release.
DAA said:There is NO requirement for you to submit any such memo. Retention is part of the "Disclosure Package" and it is incumbent upon your CO to put forth the appropriate recommendation based on your assigned MEL's. When you are interviewed and provided with a copy of the Disclosure Package, you are required to sign an "Acknowledgement of Receipt" form. On that form there will be 3 options available:
a. I do wish to submit written representation to be consider prior to the approving authorities final decision;
b. I do not wish to submit written representation to be consider prior to the approving authorities final decision; or
c. I do not wish to submit written representation to be consider prior to the approving authorities final decision and I do not wish to be considered for any period of retention.
If you select A or B above, then the CO must make a recommendation regarding a possible period of retention. There is NO requirement for you to ask for this, it is an automatic function of the process.
captloadie said:In his representation he does need to request a period of retention. The CO isn't going to recommend a period of retention if there is no mention of it in the representation from the member. And depending on how the unit operates, the CO might just have a cover letter attached that says "Please find attached member's representations . . . .. "
trencher said:In the members findings section 5 of the AR disclosure .
Therefore as a POR may not be possible, a release under provisions of QR&O article 15.01 item 3b could be considered by DMCA as a possible course of action in this AR.
So this member would be advised to submit a memo up the CoC to be considered for retention so the CO could contact DMCA with this request?
DAA said:PS - I experienced the entire process first hand and from both sides of the fence. Just waiting for my 3.b. release date to arrive. I never had to submit any memo, the CO merely asked if I wished to be considered and I said "sure" but I didn't need to provide any representation and chose not to. At the end of the day, the unit made no recommendation and DMCA came back looking for one. :nod:
captloadie said:It sounds like your unit is either small enough that you get daily contact with CO, or you fill in a position that the CO interacts with you on a regular basis. In my unit, the CO wouldn't know if a member wants to beaccommodatedretained unless he is notified of such, which in our unit, plus many others, is in the form of a memo. Also, the representation is not strictly to offer remarks regarding the medical issue. It is to provide input to anything regarding the process (proposed release date, perception of bias in the process, etc. etc.).
I find it odd that the CO had to make a specific reference in his letter to DMCA, as the 2088 should/could have included his recommendation for retention.
trencher said:Thanks guys we submitted a memo up the CoC but im afraid they are not to familar with the retention process.
The one remark up the CoC by the Wo was he was only going to offer a few months.
I believe this is up to the Co ?