Leave Conduct Pledge

1. PURPOSE. TO ESTABLISH POLICY REGARDING
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEAVE CONDUCT PLEDGE.
2. BACKGROUND. FIFTY-FIVE MARINES DIED IN OFF-DUTY MISHAPS IN THE
PAST 12 MONTHS. THE TOLL THESE MISHAPS HAVE TAKEN IN LIVES AND ON
OPERATIONAL READINESS WAS A MAJOR TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT THE LAST
EXECUTIVE SAFETY BOARD (ESB) MEETING. A PROPOSAL WAS DISCUSSED TO
IMPLEMENT A LEAVE CONDUCT PLEDGE TO RAISE SAFETY AWARENESS;
REINFORCE THE VITALLY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
MARINE TO COUNTRY, CORPS AND UNIT; AND ENGAGE UNIT LEADERSHIP IN
LEAVE PLANNING. THE ESB REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND DIRECTED THAT A
LEAVE CONDUCT PLEDGE BE INCORPORATED INTO REF A. 
3. POLICY. THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TO RAISE SAFETY AWARENESS
AND ENSURE THE SAFE RETURN OF ALL MARINES FROM LEAVE. EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY, UNITS WILL USE THE NAVMC-3 (REV. 2-05) FOR ALL LEAVE
AUTHORIZATIONS. THE NAVMC-3 (REV. 2-05) CONTAINS THE LEAVE CONDUCT
PLEDGE WHICH THE MARINE AND FIRST SUPERVISOR IN THE LEAVE APPROVAL
CHAIN WILL EXECUTE BEFORE THE MARINE BEGINS LEAVE. THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY WILL FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE
OF SAFE AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT BY ALL MARINES, BOTH ON AND OFF
DUTY, AND IS A VITALLY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR IMPROVING SAFETY AWARENESS
AND PRESERVING OVERALL COMBAT READINESS.
A. THE NAVMC-3 (REV. 2-05) IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
MARINE CORPS ELECTRONIC FORMS SYSTEM (MCEFS).
B. THE NAVMC-3 (REV. 2-05) WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE APRIL 2005
UPDATES OF MARINE ONLINE (MOL) AND UD/MIPS.
(1) FOR MOL, THE PLEDGE WILL APPEAR ON THE CONFIRMATION PAGE FOR
EACH REQUEST. WHEN A MARINE REQUESTING LEAVE CLICKS "CONFIRM," IT
WILL SIGNIFY SIGNATURE OF THE PLEDGE. THE SUPERVISOR'S PLEDGE WILL
APPEAR ON THE CONFIRMATION PAGE OF THE ACTIVE REVIEWER AND APPROVER;
THE SAME PROCESS FOR PLEDGE CONFIRMATION APPLIES. 
(2) FOR UD/MIPS, UNITS MUST PRINT THE PLEDGE BY SELECTING "ORIGINAL
COPY FRONT" AND "ORIGINAL COPY BACK" OF THE NAVMC-3 FORM.
4. THIS POLICY WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT REVISION OF REF B.
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, W. L. NYLAND, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.