Amplifying Personnel Assignment Guidance for Every Marine Into the Fight: Commandant's Intent

1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE ON 
PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICIES CONTAINED IN REF A. 
2. IMPLEMENTATION. CMC (MM) PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING STAFFING PLAN 
OF ACTION: 
A. ASSIGNMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE 
CORPS, WITH DUE CONSIDERATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL MARINE, WHILE 
MINIMIZING THE IMPACT ON UNIT COHESION. 
B. REASSIGNMENTS WILL BE MADE BASED ON VALID OPFOR REQUIREMENTS BY 
GRADE AND PRIMARY MOS. 
C. WHENEVER POSSIBLE CMC (MM) WILL REASSIGN MARINES TO DEPLOYING 
UNITS USING LOW COST MOVES AND PCA ORDERS WITHIN THE SAME 
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION; HOWEVER, SOME CIRCUMSTANCES MAY REQUIRE PCS 
ORDERS TO GET MARINES TO DEPLOYING UNITS. THIS ALLOWS CMC (MM) THE 
ABILITY TO ASSIGN ELIGIBLE MARINES TO UNITS PER NORMAL STAFFING 
TIMELINES, AND ENABLE THE COMMANDS AND THEIR MARINES TO COMPLETE 
PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING AS A COHESIVE COMBAT UNIT BEFORE DEPLOYING. 
3. ACTION. CMC (MM) WILL AUTHORIZE TIME-ON-STATION WAIVERS TO 
FACILITATE THE REDISTRIBUTION OF MARINES WHO HAVE NOT YET DEPLOYED. 
A. ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, CMC (MM) WILL REASSIGN MARINES WHO HAVE 
YET TO DEPLOY AND WHO ARE SERVING WITHIN SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENTS 
AFTER COMPLETING 12-MONTHS TIME ON STATION (TOS) VICE THE STANDARD 
36-MONTH TOUR. REDUCING THE TOS REQUIREMENT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF 
MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR REASSIGNMENT TO DEPLOYING UNITS. 
B. EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY INCLUDE JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT LIST 
(JDAL) BILLETS, SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS (SDA) AS CONTAINED IN REF 
B, MARINES SERVING IN A PAYBACK TOUR (E.G., SPECIAL EDUCATION 
PROGRAM PAYBACK), AND MARINES SLATED FOR HQMC-VALIDATED IA/TT 
BILLETS. CMC (MM) WILL NOT BACKFILL IA/TT BILLETS. 
C. CMC (MM) WILL NOT CONSIDER REASSIGNMENT REQUESTS FOR MARINES ON 
SDA, AS DEFINED IN REF B. 
D. ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, CMC (MM) MAY MODIFY PHASES I AND II OF 
THE III MEF/MCBJ ASSIGNMENT POLICY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 24-MONTH 
ASSIGNMENTS TO III MEF. CMC (MM) MAY ISSUE 12-MONTH VICE 24-MONTH 
UNACCOMPANIED OVERSEAS ORDERS TO III MEF/MCBJ TO INCREASE THE 
PERCENTAGE OF AVAILABLE MARINES ACROSS THE CORPS ELIGIBLE FOR 
ASSIGNMENT TO DEPLOYING COMMANDS. CMC (MM) WILL NOT EFFECT 
REASSIGNMENT FOR DEPLOYMENT UNDER THIS INITIATIVE UNLESS ABLE TO 
BACKFILL THE BILLET, TO INCLUDE III MEF/MCBJ, KEEPING WITHIN CMC'S 
INTENT OF LIMITING DISRUPTION TO UNIT COHESION. 
4. ENLISTED MARINES WHO ARE EAS NON-DEPLOYABLE AND DESIRE TO DEPLOY 
ARE ENCOURAGED TO EITHER SUBMIT FOR REENLISTMENT OR REQUEST AN 
EXTENSION TO MAKE THE DEPLOYMENT. ECFC EXTENSIONS PER REF C AND 
MARINES APPROVED FOR RETIREMENT PER REF D WILL NOT BE FAVORABLY 
ENDORSED BY CMC (MM). 
5. ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE PER MCO 1001.52H. AR 
MARINES MAY SUBMIT AA FORMS, PER REF E, TO CMC (RAM) AT THE POC 
ABOVE FOR CONSIDERATION. MARINES IN RECEIPT OF PCS/PCA ORDERS SHALL 
OBTAIN A GAINING COMMAND ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO ROUTING THE AA FORM. 
6. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO ACTIVE COMPONENT AND ACTIVE 
RESERVE MARINES.