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MARADMIN 091/04

Submission of Individual Augmentation Request

This MARADMIN establishes the requirement for USMC organizations to submit Individual Augmentation (IA) requests through the Manpower Requirements Tracking Module (MRTM) of the Marine Corps Mobilization Processing System (MCMPS) effective 15 March 2004. The new automated system replaces the previous message-based submission process to improve tracking and reduce errors. Organizations without web access may continue to submit requests via message traffic.

Issued: February 27, 2004
1. REF A PROVIDES BROAD GUIDANCE ON JOINT POLICIES 
AND PROCEDURES FOR INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTATION. LACK OF A FULLY 
AUTOMATED REQUIREMENTS TRACKING SYSTEM HAS MADE THE SUBMISSION AND 
TRACKING OF REQUIREMENTS DIFFICULT AND PRONE TO ERROR. THE MARINE 
CORPS INITIATED A "QUICK WIN" EFFORT TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM 
TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. 
2. EFFECTIVE 15 MAR 04, USMC ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING 
INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTATION WILL SUBMIT THEIR REQUESTS TO CMC 
(MPP-60) VIA THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS TRACKING MODULE (MRTM) OF 
THE MARINE CORPS MOBILIZATION PROCESSING SYSTEM (MCMPS). THE 
MRTM MCMPS WILL BE USED TO REQUEST, VALIDATE, APPROVE, AND MANAGE 
ALL IA REQUIREMENTS. USMC ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE EXPECTED TO HAVE 
ALL CURRENT INDIVIDUAL AUGMENT REQUIREMENTS ENTERED INTO THE 
SYSTEM BY THIS DATE. THIS WILL ALLOW TIME TO EFFECT TRANSITION 
FROM MESSAGE TRAFFIC TO PERMANENT USE OF THE MRTM. 
3. THE MRTM MCMPS IS LOCATED AT URL HTTPS:WWW.US-MARINE- 
CORPS.NET/MCMPS/. TRAINING TEAMS VISITED MARFORPAC, MARCENT, 
MARFORSOUTH, MARFORLANT, MARFORRES, I, II AND III MEF AND SELECTED 
ORGANIZATIONS DURING JAN/FEB. A TRAINING MODULE IS PROVIDED AT 
URL HTTPS:WWW.US-MARINE-CORPS.NET/BETA/MCMPS/. 
4. MARFORS WILL IDENTIFY ALL LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 (MARFOR) 
ADMINISTRATORS, USERS AND ASSOCIATED ROLES WITHIN MRTM TO CMC 
(MPP-60) IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: SSN, RANK, FULL NAME, E-MAIL 
ADDRESS, MCC, MRTM ROLE. E-MAIL SUBMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE. 
5. OUTSIDE AGENCIES OR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT WEB ACCESS 
MAY CONTINUE TO USE MESSAGES TO SUBMIT REQUIREMENTS PER 
GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN REFS B AND C. AS THE REQUIREMENT IS 
VALIDATED AND TASKED, THE FIRST COMMAND WITH ACCESS TO THE MRTM 
WILL INPUT THE REQUIREMENT AND NOTE DATE TIME GROUP OF THE 
ORIGINATOR. 
6. REPLACEMENTS. MRTM DOES NOT RELIEVE COMMANDS OF THE 
NECESSITY TO DEVELOP CASUALTY ESTIMATES WITH THE APPROVED 
CASUALTY ESTIMATION (CASEST) MODEL IN ORDER TO PREDICT CASUALTY 
REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS. CASUALTY REPLACEMENTS WILL NOT BE 
LOADED IN THE MRTM BELOW HQMC LEVEL 3. REQUEST FOR CASUALTY 
REPLACEMENTS WILL BE MADE VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. 
7. MRTM DOES NOT REPLACE CURRENT GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN 
REFS D AND E PERTAINING TO SUBMISSION OF T/O CHANGE REQUESTS, 
WHICH IS ENCOURAGED. 
8. MCMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED TO PROCESS AND TRACK IA'S 
AT THE DEPLOYMENT PROCESSING COMMANDS (DPC) AND INITIAL 
DEPLOYMENT PROCESSING CENTERS (I-DPC). 
9. THIS MARADMIN CANCELS REF D. 
10. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH MRTM WILL BE 
INCORPORATED INTO AN UPCOMING REVISION OF REF B. 
11. THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED WHEN INCORPORATED IN REF B, 
AND FOR RECORD PURPOSES 19 FEB 2005.