Personal Effects Handling Policy Changes for Deployed Forces
This MARADMIN establishes revised policy for handling personal effects (PE) of deployed Marines who are killed, wounded, injured, ill, or otherwise separated from their belongings during combat operations in the Global War on Terrorism. It supersedes combat-related sections of the previous PE manual and provides detailed procedures for inventorying, packaging, and shipping PE based on casualty category, with specific timelines and responsibilities for unit commanders, medical facilities, MEF rear elements, and Personal Effects and Baggage Centers.
Issued: January 9, 2006
1. SITUATION. LESSONS LEARNED DURING COMBAT
OPERATIONS IN GWOT HAVE LED TO NECESSARY CHANGES IN POLICY WITH
REGARD TO HANDLING PERSONAL EFFECTS (PE) DURING DEPLOYMENT AND JOINT
OPERATIONS.
2. MISSION. COMMANDERS WILL INITIATE CHANGES DIRECTED HEREIN FOR
HANDLING PE WHILE DEPLOYED.
3. EXECUTION.
A. COMMANDERS INTENT. TO SAFELY, SECURELY, AND EXPEDITIOUSLY
INVENTORY AND MOVE PE FOR ILL, INJURED, WOUNDED, AND/OR DECEASED
PERSONNEL OR PERSONNEL OTHERWISE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PE.
B. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS.
(1) DISREGARD ALL SECTIONS OF REF A RELATING TO COMBAT. SPECIFIC
POLICY FOR COMBAT PE HANDLING IS PROVIDED IN THIS MSG.
(2) REMAINDER OF REF A (INCLUDING INVENTORY TIME FRAME REQUIREMENTS,
ADMIN PROCESSING, ETC.) STILL APPLIES, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED
OTHERWISE HEREIN.
(3) PE TYPES AND DEFINITIONS ARE PROVIDED BELOW IN PARA 4.A.
C. SUBORDINATE ELEMENT MISSIONS.
(1) UNIT COMMANDERS.
(A) INITIATE PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORTS (PCR'S) PER REF B.
(B) CONDUCT THEATER PE INVENTORIES PER REFS A, C, AND THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED HEREIN WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE INCIDENT. UNIT PE INVENTORY WILL SERVE AS THE SOLE ACCOUNTABLE THEATER PE INVENTORY. ADDITIONAL INVENTORIES SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY, UNLESS SHIPPING CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED/OPENED, SERIALIZED TAGS HAVE BEEN BROKEN, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF TAMPERING EXISTS. IN SUCH CASES, PE MUST BE REINVENTORIED AND ALL PE STAKEHOLDERS (INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT UNIT AND MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND (MSC), SUPPORTING MEF PERSONAL EFFECTS AND BAGGAGE CENTER (PEBC), AND, IF APPLICABLE, JOINT PERSONAL EFFECTS DEPOT (JPED) AND CASUALTY ASSISTANCE CALLS OFFICER (CACO)) MUST BE NOTIFIED IF ANY INVENTORY DISCREPANCIES ARE DISCOVERED. NOTIFICATION MUST INCLUDE TYPE AND NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (I.E. PACKAGE 1 OF 3, ETC.), ESTIMATED DELIVERY SCHEDULE OR TIME OF ARRIVAL, POC'S, ETC. AND MUST BE COMMUNI-
CATED EITHER VIA THE JOINT PE TRACKING SYSTEM (JPETS) (IF AVAILABLE), DEFENSE MESSAGING SYSTEM (DMS) MSG, OR OTHER RELIABLE MEANS.
(C) PROCEDURES FOR DECEASED (KILLED IN ACTION (KIA),
OTHER HOSTILE DEATH, NON-HOSTILE DEATH), MISSING IN ACTION (MIA), OR
DESIGNATED AS A PRISONER OR WAR (POW), ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. REFER ANY QUESTIONABLE SITUATIONS INVOLVING DECEASED
PERSONNEL TO CMC (MRPC).
2. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) (OUTER TACTICAL VESTS, SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERTS, ETC. AS DEFINED IN PARA 4.A(5) BELOW) SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM BODY, UNLESS SAFETY OR SECURITY REASONS DEEM OTHERWISE. PPE IS REQUIRED FOR FOLLOW-ON FORENSIC AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. PPE THAT IS MISTAKENLY SEPARATED FROM BODY DURING EVACUATION OR TRANSFER FROM MEDICAL FACILITIES OR MORTUARY AFFAIRS COLLECTION POINTS (MACP'S), MUST BE SENT, UNTAMPERED WITH, TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION, WITH DETAILED INFO INCLUDING DECEASED MEMBER'S NAME, SSN, UNIT, AS MANY DETAILS AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH, TYPE OF COMBAT OPERATIONS, AND UNIT POC.
ARMED FORCES MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
1413 RESEARCH BLVD
ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
3. REMOVE ANY UNDAMAGED GOVERNMENT OWNED EQUIPMENT FROM
THEATER PE INVENTORY AND RETURN TO STOCK; EQUIPMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY MARKED PER REFS D AND E.
4. LABEL PERSONALLY OWNED EQUIPMENT AND DOCUMENT EQUIPMENT AS "PERSONALLY OWNED" ON PE INVENTORY FORM.
5. REMOVE ANY CONTRABAND (TO INCLUDE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE, EXPLOSIVES, ETC.). UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD CONTRABAND BE SHIPPED WITH PE.
6. ALL THEATER PE MUST BECOME PART OF INVENTORY, INCLUDING ARTICLES OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ITEMS BE FORWARDED SEPARATELY (I.E. VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, ETC.) FROM THE PE INVENTORY. ANY ITEMS FOUND AT A LATER DATE, AFTER PE INVENTORY IS COMPLETE AND FORWARDED, MUST BE INVENTORIED PER REF A AND SHIPPED AS REMAIN BEHIND PE (RBPE) TO JPED OR SUPPORTING PEBC. A NOTIFICATION OF FOLLOW-ON RBPE WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL PE STAKEHOLDERS PER PARA 3.C(1)(B) PRECEDING.
7. NOTE WHETHER THERE IS ANY BLOOD OR OTHER BODILY FLUIDS ON PE, AS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL (HAZMAT) DECLARATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION.
8. A COMPLETED MILITARY OPERATIONS RECORD OF PE OF DECEASED PERSONNEL (INVENTORY) DD FORM 1076 MUST BE PLACED IN INDIVIDUAL'S OQR/SRB. THIS FORM WILL SOON BE REPLACED BY A REVISED VERSION OF DD FORM 1076 AND
DD FORM 1076C (FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). ADDITIONAL COPIES MUST BE PLACED OR FILED AS FOLLOWS: ONE COPY MUST BE PLACED INSIDE EACH PE CONTAINER, ONE COPY MUST BE RETAINED BY UNIT COMMANDER OR OTHER OFFICIAL, ONE COPY MUST GO TO PE CUSTODIAN, AND ONE COPY, WITH ALL BUT LAST FOUR NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OBLITERATED, MUST BE PLACED OUTSIDE OF EACH PE CONTAINER, BEHIND PACKING SLIP.
9. INVENTORY OFFICERS WILL COLLECT ALL HARD CURRENCY AND ANNOTATE DENOMINATION, DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND SERIAL NUMBER IN REMARKS SECTION OF INVENTORY FORM. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO PREPARE A TREASURY CHECK FOR ANY HARD CURRENCY, AS THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY JPED.
10. PACKAGE PE IN INDIVIDUAL CRUSH-RESISTANT CONTAINERS OR CONSOLIDATE AND SAFEGUARD PE CONTAINERS IN LARGER CRUSH-RESISTANT CONTAINERS (OVERPACK). ANY EXPOSED CONTAINER MUST PROTECT PE FROM EXTERNAL WEATHER ELEMENTS (RAIN AND HUMIDITY). CONTAINERS MAY BE PRE-FABRICATED OR CUSTOM FABRICATED TO ACCOMMODATE SIZE OF PE ITEMS BEING RECOVERED, AS LONG AS INTERIOR IS LINED WITH PLASTIC OR OTHER WEATHER TIGHT MATERIAL, CONTAINER/BOX IS STURDY, AND ALL INDIVIDUAL PE CONTAINERS CAN BE SECURED WITH AN ANTI-PILFERAGE SERIALIZED SEAL. ADDITIONALLY, UNITS SHOULD CONSIDER DOUBLE-BOXING AND/OR REINFORCING PE CONTAINERS WITH PACKING TAPE, DEPENDING UPON ORIGINATING UNIT PACKAGING, TO SAFEGUARD CONTENTS FROM DAMAGE. GUIDANCE ON FABRICATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SUPPORTING UNIT PACKAGING, PRESERVATION, AND PACKING SECTION. CONSIDER WHITE OVERPACK SHIPPING CONTAINER (40"W X 48"L X 30"D), NSN 8115-01-444-0197, DESIGNED FOR USE WITH UNI-PAK TOP, NSN 8115-01-444-0211, AND PALLET BOTTOM, NSN 8115-01-444-0206. TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF THE ENSEMBLE IS $129.16.
11. METAL SERIALIZED SEALS, OR EQUIVALENT SERIALIZED ANTI-PILFERAGE MATERIALS, MUST BE USED TO SEAL ALL INDIVIDUAL PE CONTAINERS AND CROSS-REFERENCED TO PE INVENTORY DOCUMENTS. NSN FOR METAL ANTI-PILFERAGE SELF-LOCKING SERIALIZED SEAL IS 5340-00-081-3381.
12. MARK ALL PE CONTAINERS AND SHIPPING DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, WITH APPROPRIATE CATEGORY ("HOSTILE DEATH," "NON-HOSTILE DEATH," "MISSING IN ACTION," ETC.) TO ENSURE TIMELY DISPOSITION DURING
TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING. MARKING SHOULD BE CLEAR, DISTINCTIVE, AND PERMANENT. ALL CORRESPONDENCE WILL CONTAIN NEXT OF KIN'S (NOK) ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AS OBTAINED FROM INDIVIDUAL'S OQR/SRB.
13. SHIP PE FOR INDIVIDUAL'S IN THIS CATEGORY TO JPED WITHIN 7 DAYS OF INCIDENT. UNITS MAY SHIP PE TO A THEATER PE DEPOT (TPED), IF ONE IS AVAILABLE, ONLY FOR PERSONNEL IN THIS CATEGORY. TRANSPORTATION FROM THE TPED TO THE JPED IS NOW PROVIDED BY COMMERCIAL MEANS AND FUNDED BY THE TPED. COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION (FEDEX, DHL OR OTHER TRACEABLE, PRIORITY SHIPPER) IS ALSO AUTHORIZED DIRECTLY TO THE JPED, BUT IF TPED IS NOT USED TO SHIP PE IN THIS CATEGORY TO JPED, SHIPPING ORGANIZATION MUST APPLY FOR CASUALTY TRACKING SYSTEM ACCESS VIA JPED. FUNDING IS PER PARA 4.B BELOW.
14. UPON SHIPMENT, ENSURE ALL PE STAKEHOLDERS (INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT UNIT AND MSC, SUPPORTING PEBC, JPED, AND CACO) ARE NOTIFIED VIA JPETS, DMS MSG, OR OTHER RELIABLE MEANS.
15. COORDINATE ALL PE ACTIVITIES WITH MEF REAR AND SUPPORTING PEBC TO ENSURE PROPER TRACKING AND FOLLOW UP OF PE IS PERFORMED.
(D) PROCEDURES FOR ALL OTHER PE CATEGORIES (WOUNDED IN ACTION (WIA), UNAUTHROIZED ABSENCE (UA), EMERGENCY LEAVE, BRIG, NON-HOSTILE MEDICAL, DESERTER, ETC.), ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. PPE FOR CASUALTIES SUSTAINED DURING COMBAT MUST ACCOMPANY THE INDIVIDUAL DURING MEDEVAC, FOR FOLLOW-ON FORENSIC AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. PPE THAT IS MISTAKENLY SEPARATED FROM INDIVIDUAL DURING EVACUATION OR TRANSFER FROM MEDICAL FACILITIES, MUST BE SENT, UNTAMPERED WITH, TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION, WITH DETAILED INFO
INCLUDING MEMBER'S NAME, SSN, UNIT, AS MANY DETAILS AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING CIRCUMSTANCES OF CASUALTY, TYPE OF COMBAT OPERATIONS, AND UNIT POC.
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND
ATTN: PM CESS PDG-16
INDIVIDUAL ARMOR AND LOAD BEARING TEAM LEADER
2201A WILLIS ROAD
QUANTICO, VA 22134
UPON COORDINATION WITH OWNING UNIT, MARCORSYSCOM WILL MAKE EVERY
ATTEMPT TO RETURN UNSERVICEABLE PPE TO WOUNDED INDIVIDUAL UPON COMPLE-
TION OF ANALYSIS.
2. REMOVE ANY UNDAMAGED GOVERNMENT OWNED EQUIPMENT FROM
THEATER PE INVENTORY AND RETURN TO STOCK; EQUIPMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY MARKED PER REFS D AND E.
3. LABEL PERSONALLY OWNED EQUIPMENT AND DOCUMENT EQUIPMENT AS "PERSONALLY OWNED" ON PE INVENTORY FORM.
4. REMOVE ANY CONTRABAND (TO INCLUDE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE, EXPLOSIVES, ETC.). UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD CONTRABAND BE SHIPPED WITH PE.
5. ALL THEATER PE MUST BECOME PART OF INVENTORY, INCLUDING
ARTICLES OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ITEMS
BE FORWARDED SEPARATELY (I.E. VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, ETC.) FROM THE PE INVENTORY.
ANY ITEMS FOUND AT A LATER DATE, AFTER PE INVENTORY IS COMPLETE AND FOR-
WARDED, MUST BE INVENTORIED PER REF A AND SHIPPED AS REMAIN BEHIND PE
(RBPE) TO SUPPORTING PEBC. A NOTIFICATION OF FOLLOW-ON RBPE WILL BE
PROVIDED TO ALL PE STAKEHOLDERS PER PARA 3.C(1)(B) PRECEDING.
6. NOTE WHETHER THERE IS ANY BLOOD OR OTHER BODILY FLUIDS ON PE,
AS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL (HAZMAT) DECLARATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMER-
CIAL TRANSPORTATION.
7. A COMPLETED PE INVENTORY NAVMC 10154 MUST BE PLACED IN
INDIVIDUAL'S OQR/SRB. NAVMC 10154 WILL SOON BE REPLACED BY A REVISED
VERSION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS RECORD OF PERSONAL PROPERTY/PE OF
DECEASED PERSONNEL DD FORM 1076 AND DD FORM 1076C (FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION), THAT WILL BE USED FOR ALL PE INVENTORIES, ONCE FORM IS
AVAILABLE. ADDITIONAL COPIES MUST BE PLACED OR FILED AS FOLLOWS: ONE
COPY MUST BE PLACED INSIDE EACH PE CONTAINER, ONE COPY MUST BE
RETAINED BY UNIT COMMANDER OR OTHER OFFICIAL, ONE COPY MUST GO TO PE
CUSTODIAN, AND ONE COPY, WITH ALL BUT LAST FOUR NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL'S
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OBLITERATED, MUST BE PLACED OUTSIDE OF EACH PE
CONTAINER, BEHIND PACKING SLIP.
8. INVENTORY OFFICERS WILL IDENTIFY ALL HARD CURRENCY AND
ANNOTATE DENOMINATION, DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND SERIAL NUMBER IN REMARKS
SECTION OF INVENTORY FORM. CURRENCY WILL REMAIN PART OF THE PE INVENTORY.
9. PACKAGE PE IN INDIVIDUAL CRUSH-RESISTANT CONTAINERS OR CONSOLI-
DATE AND SAFEGUARD PE CONTAINERS IN LARGER CRUSH-RESISTANT CONTAINERS
(OVERPACK). ANY EXPOSED CONTAINER MUST PROTECT PE FROM EXTERNAL WEATHER
ELEMENTS (RAIN AND HUMIDITY). CONTAINERS MAY BE PREFABRICATED OR CUSTOM
FABRICATED TO ACCOMMODATE SIZE OF PE ITEMS BEING RECOVERED, AS LONG AS
INTERIOR IS LINED WITH PLASTIC OR OTHER WEATHER TIGHT MATERIAL, CONTAINER/BOX
IS STURDY, AND ALL INDIVIDUAL PE CONTAINERS CAN BE SECURED WITH AN ANTI-
PILFERAGE SERIALIZED SEAL. ADDITIONALLY, UNITS SHOULD CONSIDER DOUBLE-BOXING
AND/OR REINFORCING PE CONTAINERS WITH PACKING TAPE, DEPENDING UPON
ORIGINATING UNIT PACKAGING, TO SAFEGUARD CONTENTS FROM DAMAGE. GUIDANCE
ON FABRICATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SUPPORTING UNIT PACKAGING, PRESER-
VATION, AND PACKING SECTION. CONSIDER WHITE OVERPACK SHIPPING CONTAINER
(40"W X 48"L X 30"D), NSN 8115-01-444-0197, DESIGNED FOR USE WITH UNI-PAK TOP, NSN
8115-01-444-0211, AND PALLET BOTTOM, NSN 8115-01-444-0206. TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF
THE ENSEMBLE IS $129.16.
10. METAL SERIALIZED SEALS, OR EQUIVALENT SERIALIZED ANTI-PILFERAGE
MATERIALS, MUST BE USED TO SEAL ALL INDIVIDUAL PE CONTAINERS AND CROSS-
REFERENCED TO PE INVENTORY DOCUMENTS. NSN FOR METAL ANTI-PILFERAGE SELF-
LOCKING SERIALIZED SEAL IS 5340-00-081-3381.
11. SHIP PE FOR INDIVIDUAL'S IN THIS CATEGORY DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING
PEBC (CAMP LEJEUNE OR CAMP PENDLETON), DEPENDING ON ULTIMATE DESTINATION
OF INDIVIDUAL ONCE IT IS DETERMINED INDIVIDUAL WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO UNIT
(BUT NO LONGER THAN 30 DAYS OF INCIDENT). SHIPMENT TO SUPPORTING PEBC MUST
TAKE PLACE WITHIN 7 DAYS OF DATE IT IS KNOWN THE INDIVIDUAL WILL NOT RETURN TO
UNIT. FOR PERSONNEL IN THIS CATEGORY, MARK ALL PE CONTAINERS AND SHIPPING
DOCUMENTS CLEARLY, DISTINCTIVELY, AND PERMANENTLY WITH FOLLOWING INFORMA-
TION:
PERSONAL EFFECTS
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, RANK
LAST FOUR SSN, SERVICE
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND/UNIT
CASE CLASSIFICATION: (WIA, UA, EMERGENCY LEAVE, BRIG, NON-HOSTILE
MEDICAL, DESERTER, ETC.)
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION (FEDEX, DHL OR OTHER TRACEABLE, PRIORITY SHIPPER)
IS AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED. FUNDING IS PER PARA 4.B BELOW.
12. UPON SHIPMENT, ENSURE APPROPRIATE PE STAKEHOLDERS
(INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT UNIT AND MSC, AND SUPPORTING PEBC) ARE NOTIFIED VIA DMS
MSG OR OTHER RELIABLE MEANS.
13. COORDINATE ALL PE ACTIVITIES WITH MEF REAR AND SUPPORTING PEBC
TO ENSURE PROPER TRACKING AND FOLLOW UP OF PE IS PERFORMED.
(2) MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.
(A) IF TRANSFER PE, INCLUDING ANY PPE THAT SHOULD ACCOMPANY SERVICE
MEMBER FOR FUTURE FORENSIC AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, IS REMOVED FOR
MEDICAL TREATMENT, HOLD TRANSFER PE FOR MOVEMENT WITH PATIENT.
(B) IF SERVICE MEMBER DIES WHILE AT MEDICAL FACILITY AND FOR SOME
EXCEPTIONAL REASON TRANSFER PE CANNOT ACCOMPANY INDIVIDUAL OR PE IS DIS-
COVERED AT A LATER DATE, INVENTORY, PACKAGE AND SHIP PE, UPON COORDINATION
WITH THE SERVICE MEMBER'S PARENT COMMAND, TO JPED AT:
JOINT PERSONAL EFFECTS DEPOT
BUILDING 3556
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD 21005
PPE SHOULD BE PACKAGED SEPARATELY AND SHIPPED TO ADDRESS PROVIDED IN
PARA 3.C(1)(C)(2) PRECEDING, WITH INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, SSN, UNIT, AS MANY DETAILS
AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH OR INJURY, COMBAT
OPERATIONS, ETC., AND UNIT POC. FUNDING IS PER PARA 4.B BELOW.
(C) ANY ADDITIONAL RECOVERED GOVERNMENT OWNED EQUIPMENT THAT
IS SEPARATED FROM INDIVIDUAL AT MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY SHOULD BE
RETURNED TO INDIVIDUAL'S UNIT OR SHIPPED TO:
CONSOLIDATED ISSUE FACILITY
ATTN: LION VALLEN INDUSTRIES
FIR AND CENTER STREETS
BUILDING 1501
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC 28542-5000
PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, SSN, AND UNIT, IF KNOWN, SO THAT HIS/HER
RECORDS MAY BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE RECOVERY AND TURN-IN. CAMP
LEJEUNE CIF WILL DISTRIBUTE EQUIPMENT TO APPROPRIATE UNIT CIF.
FUNDING IS PER PARA 4.B BELOW.
(D) COMMUNICATE ALL DISCREPANCIES AND SHIPMENT NOTIFICATION
TO ALL PE STAKEHOLDERS (INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT UNIT, MSC, SUPPORTING
PEBC, AND, IF APPLICABLE, JPED AND CACO) VIA JPETS, DMS MSG, OR OTHER
RELIABLE MEANS.
(3) MEF REAR COMMANDERS.
(A) REAR ELEMENT OF DEPLOYED MEF WILL SERVE AS OPERATIONAL
LEAD FOR MANAGING AND TRACKING RECEIPT AND RETURN OF THEATER AND
REMAIN BEHIND PE (RBPE) TO INDIVIDUAL OR CACO AND TROUBLESHOOTING ANY
PE ISSUES AND DISCREPANCIES WITH SUPPORTING PEBC AND JPED (IF
APPLICABLE).
(B) COMPILE AND DISTRIBUTE PCR'S PER REF B AND NOTIFY VIA
SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE ALL PE STAKEHOLDERS (INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT
UNIT, MSC, SUPPORTING PEBC, AND IF APPLICABLE JPED AND CACO).
(C) CONTACT CMC (MRPC) PER REF A, TO REFER ANY QUESTIONABLE
SITUATIONS INVOLVING DECEASED PERSONNEL.
(D) UPON NOTIFICATION THAT A PE CASE HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR A
DECEASED INDIVIDUAL, EXPEDITIOUSLY TRACK DOWN AND SHIP RBPE TO
CACO, UPON NOTIFICATION TO JPED.
(E) MAKE LIAISON WITH OTHER BASES, SUCH AS OKINAWA FOR
III MEF UNITS OR INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTS FROM OVERSEAS LOCATIONS, TO
ACCOUNT FOR AND FORWARD ANY RBPE TO APPROPRIATE DESTINATION.
(F) KEEP CACO (IF APPLICABLE) ABREAST OF ALL INVENTORY
DISCREPANCIES AND ANY SHIPMENT DELAYS/CONCERNS. ENSURE SENSITIVE
INFORMATION CAN BE APPROPRIATELY COMMUNICATED TO NOK OR PERSON
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PERSONAL EFFECTS (PERE).
(G) COORDINATE WITH OTHER PE STAKEHOLDERS TO PERFORM
CAUSATIVE RESEARCH ON TRANSFER PE DISCREPANCIES.
(4) PEBC'S.
(A) PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, PE FORWARDING, AND CAUSATIVE
RESEARCH UPON REQUEST FROM OTHER PE STAKEHOLDERS.
(B) UPON RECEIPT OF PE FROM THEATER, NOTIFY INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT
UNIT, WITH COPY TO MSC AND MEF, VIA DMS MSG REQUESTING DISPOSITION
INSTRUCTIONS.
(C) ENSURE ALL SHIPMENTS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SECURE, LIMITED-
ACCESS LOCATION UNTIL THEY CAN BE RETURNED TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR CACO.
NO ADDITIONAL PE INVENTORY WILL BE CONDUCTED BY PEBC UNLESS SHIPPING
CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED/OPENED, SERIALIZED TAGS
HAVE BEEN BROKEN, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF TAMPERING EXISTS. IN SUCH
CASES, PE MUST BE REINVENTORIED AND INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT UNIT AND MAJOR
SUBORDINATE COMMAND (MSC) MUST BE NOTIFIED OF ANY INVENTORY
DISCREPANCIES.
(D) INVENTORY, CLEAN, COORDINATE WITH JPED, AND SHIP TO CACO, PE
FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT SUBSEQUENTLY DIES OF WOUNDS/OTHER CAUSES.
(5) CASUALTY ASSISTANCE CALLS OFFICERS (CACO).
(A) REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH JPED TO TRACK SHIPMENT OF PE.
(B) OBTAIN A COPY OF TRANSFER, THEATER, AND REMAIN BEHIND PE
INVENTORIES AND BE PRESENT FOR DELIVERY OF PE TO PERE.
(C) DELIVER ANY TREASURY OR OTHER CERTIFIED CHECKS (IF
EXCHANGED FOR CASH RECOVERED DURING PE INVENTORY) TO APPROPRIATE
PERSON. FORWARD RECEIPT FOR ANY CHECKS TO INDIVIDUAL'S ORIGINATING
UNIT AND/OR PEBC FOR RECORD PURPOSES.
(D) RECONCILE ALL PE INVENTORIES WITH PERE.
(E) ASSIST PERE AND/OR FAMILY OF DECEASED WITH PREPARING AND
SUBMITTING MISSING PE CLAIM FORMS.
(F) ENSURE THE PERE AND/OR FAMILY OF DECEASED ARE AWARE OF
REF H AND ASSIST THEM WITH PREPARING AND SUBMITTING A REIMBURSEMENT
CLAIM, IF APPLICABLE.
D. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING ANY PE
MOVEMENT, INVENTORY DISCREPANCIES, DELAYS, OR RECEIPTS TO ALL PE
STAKEHOLDERS (INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT UNIT AND MSC, SUPPORTING PEBC, AND,
IF APPLICABLE, JPED AND CACO) CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. IF JPETS IS
UNAVAILABLE, A DMS MSG OR OTHER RELIABLE COMMUNIQUE ADDRESSED TO
ALL APPICABLE PE STAKEHOLDERS IS REQUIRED.
4. ADMIN AND LOGISTICS.
A. FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE PROVIDED:
(1) PERSONAL EFFECTS (PE). ALL ARTICLES OF INDIVIDUAL UNIFORM
CLOTHING, CIVILIAN CLOTHING, INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER PERSONAL
ITEMS NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED HEREIN, WHICH ARE NORMALLY SEPARATE
FROM BULK OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL BAGGAGE.
(2) TRANSFER PE. ALL ITEMS OF PROPERTY KNOWN TO BE OWNED BY
SERVICE MEMBER THAT ARE FOUND ON HIS/HER PERSON OR NEAR HIS/HER
PERSON AT TIME OF INCIDENT.
(3) THEATER PE. ALL ITEMS OF PROPERTY KNOWN TO BE OWNED BY
SERVICE MEMBER THAT ARE FOUND IN WORK SPACE OR ASSIGNED CAMP OR
QUARTERS.
(4) REMAIN BEHIND PE (RBPE). ALL ITEMS OF PROPERTY KNOWN TO BE
OWNED BY SERVICE MEMBER LEFT IN GOVERNMENT STORAGE (PEBC, TMO,
OR UNIT STORAGE AREA) OR IN CUSTODY OF GOVERNMENT. RBPE INCLUDES
SEABAGS, FURNITURE, MOTOR VEHICLES AND ANY OTHER ITEMS OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY.
(5) PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE). INDIVIDUAL COMBAT
CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT WITH PRIMARY PURPOSE TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL
FROM INJURY IN COMBAT. PPE INCLUDES HELMET, OUTER TACTICAL VEST,
SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERTS, EYE PROTECTION, ETC.
(6) PERSON ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE EFFECTS (PERE). PERSON
AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO RECEIVE PE OF A MILITARY MEMBER, PER REF B.
PERE IS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS "PROPER RECIPIENT," IN REF A.
(7) HOUSEHOLD GOODS (HHG). FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS OR
EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, BAGGAGE, AND PERSONAL EFFECTS LOCATED AT
DESIGNATED GOVERNMENT LOCATIONS AT INDIVIDUAL'S PERMANENT DUTY
STATION.
B. HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
(1) HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROCESSING OF ALL THEATER
PE AND DEPLOYMENT ASSOCIATED RBPE WILL BE LOCALLY FUNDED BY
INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT COMMAND, USING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE,
MARINE CORPS (O&MMC) FUNDS (TO INCLUDE LOCAL TAC CODES FOR
TRANSPORTATION, PER REF F). THIS INCLUDES HANDLING AND
TRANSPORTATION OF ALL RBPE LOCATED AT SELECTED POINTS/INTERIM
LOCATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL'S PERMANENT DUTY STATION AND UNIT'S
DEPLOYED LOCATION. APPROPRIATE SPECIAL INTEREST CODE (SIC) SHOULD
BE USED TO ASSOCIATE COSTS WITH RESPECTIVE OPERATIONS, PER REF I.
SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OF
PE IN THIS CATEGORY RELATED TO GWOT MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH
SUPPORTING COMPTROLLER.
(2) HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROCESSING OF DECEASED OR
DEPENDENTS' HHG'S, INCLUDING RBPE LOCATED AT PERMANENT DUTY STATION,
WILL BE FUNDED USING MILPERS APPROPRIATIONS AND ASSOCIATED PERSONAL
PROPERTY TAC'S PER REF G.
(3) HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROCESSING OF GOVERNMENT
OWNED EQUIP (INCLUDING PPE) WILL BE FUNDED USING TAC "MGDR," PER REF
F. THIS INCLUDES ANY DISPLACED GOVERNMENT OWNED EQUIPMENT
RECOVERED BY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
IN PE PIPELINE.
C. PEBC'S AND OTHER KEY PE STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD REQUEST JPETS
ACCESS VIA HQMC (LPC-2).
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL.
A. POLICY APPLIES TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
B. A COMPREHENSIVE REVISION TO REF A IS UNDERWAY TO ADDRESS
CHANGES DETAILED IN THIS MSG. COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO REF A ARE APPRECIATED AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED
TO HQMC (LPC-2).
C. POC AT DC, I&L (LPC-2) CONCERNING PERSONAL EFFECTS POLICY IS
MR. TIM FLORIAN AT (703) 695-8926, DSN 225-8926, 312-225-8926 (OCONUS), OR
EMAIL FLORIANTA@HQMC.USMC.MIL.
D. POC AT DC, I&L (LPD) CONCERNING TAC ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER
TRANSPORTATION RELATED POLICY IS MR. TORRE PETERSON AT (703)
695-8934, DSN 225-8934, 312-225-8934 (OCONUS), OR EMAIL
PETERSONTA@HQMC.USMC.MIL.
E. POC AT DC, M&RA (MRPC) CONCERNING CASUALTY REPORTING AND
CACO ASSIGNMENTS IS MR. GERRY CASTLE AT (703) 784-9512, DSN
278-9512, 312-278-9512 (OCONUS), OR EMAIL GERALD.CASTLE@USMC.MIL.