Activation and Mobilization of Newly Joined Prior Service and Non-Prior Service SMCR Marines

1. PURPOSE. TO PUBLISH REVISED POLICY AND PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE 
FOR THE ACTIVATION OF NEWLY JOINED PRIOR SERVICE AND NON-PRIOR 
SERVICE SMCR MARINES IAW THE PROVISIONS OF REFS A AND B. THE 
GUIDANCE CONTAINED HEREIN SUPERCEDES REF C. REF C IS CANCELLED.
2. BACKGROUND. REF C PROVIDED INITIAL GUIDANCE ON ACTIVATION POLICIES 
AND PROCEDURES AFFECTING TWO CATEGORIES OF SELECTED MARINE CORPS 
RESERVE (SMCR) PERSONNEL: THOSE UNDERGOING INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
TRAINING (IADT) AND INCREMENTAL IADT (I/IADT) AND NON-PRIOR SERVICE 
AND PRIOR SERVICE NEW JOINS. ACTIVATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE 
BEEN MODIFIED TO MEET CURRENT AND PROJECTED MOBILIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
AND THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF SMCR UNITS. 
3. DISCUSSION. THE EXPECTED LONG-TERM NATURE OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT 
REQUIRES THAT WE MAINTAIN NON-PRIOR SERVICE (NPS) AND PRIOR SERVICE 
(PS) RECRUITING PIPELINES DURING THE PARTIAL MOBILIZATION. BALANCING 
SUPPORT OF MOBILIZATION WITH CURRENT ACCESSION PLANS WILL ENHANCE 
SMCR UNIT OPERATIONAL READINESS WHILE MINIMIZING THE POTENTIAL 
NEGATIVE, LONG-TERM IMPACT ON RECRUITING, RETENTION AND POST-
MOBILIZATION MANNING. 
A. DURING PERIODS WHEN PS RECRUITERS ARE DETACHED FROM 
MCRC TO SUPPORT INITIAL MOBILIZATION PROCESSING, RECRUITING TO THE PS 
MANPOWER PLAN WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. HOWEVER, UNITS MAY 
CONTINUE TO JOIN PS MARINES UTILIZING THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE:
 (1) SMCR UNIT COMMANDERS WILL USE THEIR CAREER RETENTION 
SPECIALISTS TO EFFECT UNIT-CONTACT PS JOINS.
 (2) IMA OPSPONSORS WILL COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH MCRSC TO EFFECT 
COMMAND-CONTACT IMA JOINS.
B. THE PS RECRUITING MISSION WILL BE ADJUSTED BASED ON 
THE LENGTH OF PS RECRUITING SUSPENSION, THE EXTENT, NATURE AND 
DURATION OF SMCR ACTIVATION, AND THE OVERALL IMPACT OF STOP LOSS 
POLICIES AND INVOLUNTARY ACTIVATION OF INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) 
MARINES ON MARINE CORPS RESERVE END STRENGTH. 
4. GUIDANCE. THIS MARADMIN PROVIDES NEW POLICY AND PROCEDURAL 
GUIDANCE AFFECTING THE ACTIVATION OF NEWLY JOINED NPS AND PS MARINES 
TO SMCR UNITS. THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE APPLIES: 
 A. NPS MARINES WHO HAVE COMPLETED ALL PHASES OF IADT, TO 
INCLUDE PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SKILL (MOS) TRAINING, ARE 
AVAILABLE FOR ACTIVATION/MOBILIZATION AND DEPLOYMENT WITH THEIR 
RESPECTIVE UNITS.
 B. NPS MARINES SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE STANDARD IADT (BASIC 
TRAINING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY MCT AND MOS TRAINING) WILL EXECUTE 
THEIR ASSIGNED TRAINING TRACK SCHEDULE. UPON COMPLETION OF IADT, 
NPS MARINES WILL RETURN TO THEIR SMCR UNIT, BE JOINED UNDER THE 
REPORTING UNIT CODE (RUC) FOR WHICH THEY WERE RECRUITED, AND BE 
ACTIVATED AS REQUIRED. 
 C. NPS MARINES ENLISTED UNDER THE I/IADT PROGRAM WILL NOT BE 
ACTIVATED UNDER MOBILIZATION AUTHORITY UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE BASIC 
TRAINING PHASE (RECRUIT TRAINING) OF I/IADT. UPON COMPLETION OF THE 
BASIC TRAINING PHASE, NPS MARINES WILL RETURN TO THEIR SMCR UNIT, BE 
JOINED UNDER THE REPORTING UNIT CODE (RUC) FOR WHICH THEY WERE 
RECRUITED, AND WILL BE ACTIVATED IOT CONDUCT MCT AND MOS TRAINING. 
PER REF A, THESE MARINES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT OCONUS 
UNTIL THEY COMPLETE MOS TRAINING AND MCT. AT UNIT COMMANDER 
DISCRETION, THESE MARINES MAY, PARTICIPATE IN PREDEPLOYMENT TRAINING 
WITH THEIR UNITS PRIOR TO ATTENDING ACCELERATED FOLLOW-ON MOS 
TRAINING. SITE SUPPORT STAFFS WILL IDENTIFY I/IADT REQUIREMENTS TO 
MARFORRES G3 TRAINING VIA THE APPRORIATE MSC. MARFORRES G3 TRAINING 
WILL COORDINATE WITH TECOM AND CMC(RAP) FOR SCHOOL SEAT SCHEDULING/
SLATING ASSIGNMENTS. MARFORRES G3 TRAINING WILL REQUEST ACCELERATED 
ASSIGNMENT VIA COMMARFORLANT AND TECOM G-7 FOR ALLOCATION OF 
APPROPRIATION DATA. ONCE INITIAL MOS TRAINING AND MCT HAVE BEEN 
COMPLETED, THE MARINE WILL RETURN TO HIS/HER UNIT FOR POTENTIAL 
DEPLOYMENT.
 D. ALL PS MARINES POSSESS A PRIMARY MOS AND ARE QUALIFIED 
FOR OCONUS DEPLOYMENT. THERFORE, PS MARINES JOINED TO AN SMCR UNIT 
ARE SUBJECT TO UNIT ACTIVATION TO INCLUDE PS NEW JOINS NOT 
CONSIDERED AN MOS MATCH AND THOSE SCHEDULED FOR, BUT NOT YET 
ATTENDING, FORMAL SCHOOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PS TRAINING ASSIGNMENT 
(PSTA) PROGRAM. UNIT COMMANDERS MAY EXERCISE THEIR DISCRETION TO 
RETRAIN PS MARINES VIA PSTA IOT FILL UNIT T/O REQUIREMENTS WITH MOS 
QUALIFIED MARINES PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT. 
 E. MARINES ATTENDING FORMAL SCHOOLS AT TIME 
OF UNIT ACTIVATION NOTIFICATION WILL BE EXEMPT FROM UNIT ACTIVATION 
WHILE IN TRAINING BUT SUBJECT TO MOBILIZATION UPON COMPLETION OF 
TRAINING AND RETURN TO THEIR SMCR UNIT. 
 F. ACTIVATED SMCR UNITS WILL COORDINATE FUNDING FOR 
ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH REQUIRED I/IADT WITH MARFORRES G3 
SCHOOLS COORDINATOR. MARFORRES WILL COORDINATE TRACKING OF THE 
NUMBER/COST OF I/IADT MARINES SENT FOR MCT/MOS TRAINING WHILE 
MOBILIZED. 
5. POINTS OF CONTACT.
 A. CMC (RAP): CAPT CRAFT AT COMM (703) 784-9136/DSN 278-9136.
 B. MCRC: LTCOL FAUGEAUX AT COMM (703) 784-9403/DSN 278-9403.
 C. MARFORRES G-1: LTCOL HULET AT COMM (504) 678-5764/DSN 678-
5764.
 D. MARFORRES G-3: LTCOL GLOVER AT COMM (504) 678-8417/DSN 678-
8417.
 E. MCRSC IMA MANAGER: MR LONGSHORE AT COMM (816) 843-3270/DSN 
894-3270.