COMDTINST 1500.6C governs policies and standards for administering the Enlisted Marine Inspector Training Program (EMITP).
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The publication covers EMITP eligibility, applications, selection criteria, command endorsements, and selection panel membership. It sets requirements for ratings, pay grades, time in service, prior participation, and withdrawal or disenrollment waiting periods.
Applies to: All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chief of headquarter directorates must comply with the policies contained.
Presently in a rating of either Marine Science Technician (MST), Boatswain’s Mate (BM), Aviation Survival Technician (AST), Machinery Technician (MK), Damage Controlman (DC), or Electrician’s Mate (EM).
Must be an E-6 or E-7 at time of application. E-5’s above the cut for E-6 are not eligible. E-7s above the cut for E-8 are eligible if they meet the time in service (TIS) requirements in the next paragraph.
At the time of application, E-6 applicants must not have more than 17.0 years of TIS, and E-7 applicants must not have more than 21.0 years of TIS.
Selectees who have previously been selected to EMITP and subsequently turned it down (including due to PCS assignment) must wait 5 years from the date the member turned down the assignment.
Participants who voluntarily withdrew or were disenrolled from the program must wait 5 years from the date of withdrawal or date disenrollment was approved.