Marine Corps Individual Augmentee (IA) Stabilization Policy

1. BACKGROUND. THIS POLICY IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 
STABILITY IN MEETING CURRENT MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, 
THIS 
POLICY WILL ALSO ALLOW TIME FOR ALCON TO VALIDATE CURRENT MANPOWER 
REQUIREMENTS AND IDENTIFY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO REPLACE INCUMBENTS 
AND FILL BILLETS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE OPERATIONS. THIS POLICY 
IMPACTS BOTH ACTIVE AND RESERVE PERSONNEL SERVING IN AN IA STATUS. 
THE MARINE CORPS WILL ADAPT THIS POLICY TO CHANGES IN MISSION 
REQUIREMENTS AND CHANGES TO CURRENT OPERATION INVOLVEMENT. 
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THE CONTENTS OF THIS MARADMIN, AND THOSE 
PRESENTED IN REFERENCES (A) THROUGH (E), WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. 
2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MARADMIN, IA'S ARE DEFINED AS: 
ANY TEMPORARILY ATTACHED MEMBER DEPLOYED AS AN INDIVIDUAL 
(VICE AS PART OF A UNIT OR DETACHMENT) IN A UNIT OR ORGANIZATION 
THAT IS NOT A PART OF THEIR PARENT COMMAND (I.E., A UNIT OR 
ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A SUBORDINATE ELEMENT TO THE COMMAND 
THEY WERE ASSIGNED VIA PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION/ASSIGNMENT 
ORDERS). EXAMPLES INCLUDE: ACTIVE COMPONENT MARINES, OR 
ACTIVATED RESERVISTS, ATTACHED TAD TO A REGIONAL COMBATANT 
COMMAND OR OTHER UNIT IN SUPPORT OF AN OPERATION, JOINT 
TASK FORCE, OR OTHER FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; OR A READY RESERVE 
MEMBER SERVING WITH A UNIT OTHER THAN HIS SMCR UNIT, WHO WAS NOT 
DEPLOYED AS A MEMBER OF AN ESTABLISHED SMCR DETACHMENT. THIS 
POLICY DOES NOT INCLUDE SMCR PERSONNEL WHO ARE ACTIVATED AS PART 
OF THEIR ASSIGNED SMCR UNIT, OR AS AN ESTABLISHED DETACHMENT 
ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER UNIT. 
3. ACTION 
A. ALL PERSONNEL (ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPONENT) CURRENTLY SERVING 
AS IA'S WILL NOT BE ROTATED OR RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
120-DAYS FROM THE PUBLICATION DATE OF THIS MARADMIN. IA'S MAY BE 
REASSIGNED DUTIES WITHIN UNITS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMANDS THAT 
THEY CURRENTLY SERVE; IA'S MAY ALSO BE REASSIGNED TO OTHER 
VALIDATED IA LINE NUMBERS WITH CONCURRENCE FROM PROVIDING COMMANDS 
TO ALLOW FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND APPROPRIATE MODIFICATIONS TO ORDERS. 
(1) RESERVE PERSONNEL: STABILIZATION AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDS 
MOBILIZATION ORDERS FOR ACTIVATED RESERVISTS FILLING IA BILLETS, 
NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL CUMULATIVE 24-MONTHS ACTIVE DUTY UNDER 
MOBILIZATION AUTHORITY. FURTHER, STABILIZATION DOES NOT APPLY TO 
RESERVE PERSONNEL REACHING SERVICE LIMITATIONS, MANDATORY 
RETIREMENT DATE, OR THOSE PERSONNEL REACHING THE END OF 
THEIR 12-MONTH PERIOD OF STOP LOSS, OR THOSE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN EXTENDED ON ACTIVE DUTY BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS 
MARADMIN. COMMANDS DESIRING TO EXTEND AN ACTIVATED RESERVIST BEYOND 
THE 120-DAY STABILIZATION PERIOD MANDATED BY THIS MARADMIN WILL 
CONTINUE TO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO CMC (MPP-60) VIA MESSAGE TRAFFIC ONCE 
APPROVED BY THE AFFECTED CHAIN OF COMMAND. CMC (MPP-60) WILL 
INITIATE THE 120-DAY EXTENSION FOR ALL IMA, IRR, AND SMCR (FILLING 
IA AND ADSW-CO BILLETS) PERSONNEL. FURTHER, THOSE PERSONNEL SLATED 
TO TAKE COMMAND DURING IA STABILIZATION PERIODS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY 
THIS POLICY. 
(2) ACTIVE PERSONNEL: STABILIZATION DOES NOT APPLY TO PERSONNEL 
REACHING SERVICE LIMITATIONS, MANDATORY RETIREMENT DATE, OR THOSE 
PERSONNEL REACHING THE END OF THEIR 12-MONTH PERIOD OF STOP LOSS. 
FURTHER, THOSE PERSONNEL SLATED TO TAKE COMMAND DURING IA 
STABILIZATION PERIODS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS POLICY. PER 
PAR 4402.4A OF REF (C), THE TAD ORDERS OF INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEES 
WHO WILL PERFORM MORE THAN 179-DAYS OF TAD, AS A RESULT OF THIS 
POLICY, MUST BE MODIFIED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE THIS 
STATEMENT: "APPROVAL FOR TDY/TAD FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF 6-MONTHS 
IS AUTHORIZED BY CMC MESSAGE 201020ZMAR03." THIS ACTION ENSURES 
THAT PROVISIONS OF PAR 4402.4A OF REF (C) ARE SUSPENDED FOR THE 
DURATION OF THE STABILIZATION PERIOD. 
B. IA'S WHO DESIRE AN EXEMPTION FROM THIS POLICY WILL ROUTE A 
REQUEST VIA THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAIN OF COMMAND. THE FIRST GENERAL 
OFFICER IN 
AN IA'S CHAIN OF COMMAND WILL DETERMINE IF IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST 
OF THE COMMAND TO ALLOW THE IA MARINE TO ROTATE. THE DECISION TO 
APPROVE ROTATION MUST BE CONSIDERED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS 
UNLIKELY CMC (MM/RAM) WILL PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT GIVEN CURRENT 
PERSONNEL CONSTRAINTS AND POLICIES. 
4. POC FOR POLICY QUESTIONS IS MAJ L. BAUER DSN: 278-9386.