Status of Resources and Training System (SORTS)
This MARADMIN provides amplified guidance for Status of Resources and Training System (SORTS) reporting requirements for Marine Corps units deployed in support of contingency and combat operations. It cancels ALMAR 126/95 and emphasizes that units must continue SORTS reporting during deployments, with specific requirements for reporting changes in location, command relationships, task organization, and equipment transfers within 24 hours.
Issued: February 14, 2003
1. PURPOSE. THIS MESSAGE IS PROMULGATED TO AMPLIFY SORTS REPORTING GUIDANCE FOR UNITS DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY AND COMBAT OPERATIONS. 2. BACKGROUND. SORTS IS A JOINT STAFF DIRECTED REQUIREMENT. SORTS IS THE ONLY COMMON DOD REPORTING SYSTEM WHICH ADDRESSES CURRENT READINESS. UNIT SORTS REPORTS PROVIDE CRITICAL READINESS DATA TO DOD, COMBATANT COMMANDS, SERVICES, AND COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCIES. 3. REPORTING GUIDANCE. A. REF A IS CANCELLED. B. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (1) REPORTING UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBMIT SORTS DURING CONTINGENCY AND COMBAT OPERATIONS. (2) CHANGES IN GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE UNIT AND CHANGES IN ADCON/OPCON WILL BE REPORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS PER SORTS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE LISTED IN APPENDIX D OF REF (B). C. COMMANDERS REMARKS. THE COMMANDERS REMARKS WILL AMPLIFY SORTS RATINGS. REMARKS SHOULD ADDRESS ANY CHANGES TO THE UNITS MISSION AND ANY RENAMING/TASK ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIT DUE TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. D. TASK ORGANIZATION REPORTING (1) UNITS REORGANIZED FOR A SPECIFIC OPERATION WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT SORTS UNDER THEIR ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED UIC WITH AMPLIFYING REMARKS. (2) CORRECT CURRENT STATUS AND ACTIVITY CODES (APPENDIX E, TABLE 3, REF B) MUST BE USED. AN ACTIVITY (ACTIV) REMARK WILL INCLUDE/EXPLAIN THE NAME OF THE TASK ORGANIZED UNITS (EX XTH MARINES IS NOW RLT-X). E. MPS. UNITS WHICH FALL IN ON MARITIME PREPOSITIONED SHIPS (MPS) EQUIPMENT WILL ADD THE APPLICABLE MISSION ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT (MEE) AND PRINCIPAL END ITEMS (PEI) TO THEIR SORTS REPORT. SORTS SUBMISSIONS MUST REACH THE MASTER DATABASE WITHIN 24 HRS OF CHANGE IN EQUIPMENT REPORTING. F. RBE. ALL REMAIN BEHIND EQUIPMENT (RBE) MUST BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE LOSING UNITS SORTS REPORT. UNITS THAT PICK UP EQUIPMENT DESIGNATED AS RBE WILL ADD THE APPLICABLE MISSION ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT (MEE) AND PRINCIPAL END ITEMS (PEI) TO THEIR SORTS REPORT. SORTS SUBMISSIONS MUST REACH THE MASTER DATABASE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE CHANGE IN EQUIPMENT REPORTING. G. REMARKS FOR GAIN OR LOSS OF MPS AND RBE ARE MANDATORY. 4. TIMELY AND ACCURATE REPORTING OF UNIT SORTS WILL ASSIST IN MAINTAINING THE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY READINESS.