Organizational Utility Uniform and Boot Guidance for Future Operations
This MARADMIN provides guidance on issuing the new Marine Corps Combat Boots (MCCB) and Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) as organizational clothing for future operations during the transition period before complete fielding by October 2006. It establishes strict policies for organizational issue, marking, recovery, and funding to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, while noting that personnel who entered service after summer 2002 already possess these items and do not require organizational issue.
Issued: March 31, 2004
1. REF A AND B PROVIDED THE FIELDING PLAN FOR THE NEW MARINE CORPS COMBAT BOOTS (MCCB'S), HOT WEATHER (HW) AND TEMPERATE WEATHER (TW), BY 1 OCT 04 AND THE NEW MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM (MCCUU) BY 1 0CT 06. THESE NEW ITEMS REPLACE SOME CURRENT GENERATION TAM TYPE 3 ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING ITEMS. TAM TYPE 3 ALLOWANCES ARE ESTABLISHED BY MARFOR COMMANDERS AND LOADED TO IDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT ALLOWANCE FILES (EAF'S) BY MCCDC. 2. BECAUSE COMPLETE FIELDING WILL NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED UNTIL 1 OCT 06 AND IT IS CONCEIVEABLE THAT (1) PAIR OF EACH STYLE OF MCCB AND (2) SETS OF EACH MARINE PATTERN (MARPAT) MCCUU (WOODLAND AND DESERT) MAY BE INSUFFICIENT FOR PROTRACTED CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, MCCB'S AND MCCUU'S MAY BE ISSUED AS ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING. 3. SINCE MCCB'S AND MCCUU'S ARE ALSO ISSUED IN-KIND AS PART OF THE CLOTHING MONETARY ALLOWANCE (CMA) SYSTEM (AKA SEABAG) TO ALL NEW RECRUITS, OFFICER CANDIDATES, SAILORS SERVING WITH THE MARINE CORPS, AND OTHER AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL AS SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES, STRICT ADHERENCE TO ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUE POLICY IS REQUIRED TO AVOID WASTE, FRAUD, AND/OR ABUSE. A. ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING SHOULD BE ISSUED ONLY ON A LOAN BASIS AND REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF THE ISSUING UNIT. B. ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING MUST BE MARKED, PER REF C, SO AS TO IDENTIFY IT AS GOVERNMENT OWNED PROPERTY AND TO SEGREGATE IT FROM INDIVIDUALLY ISSUED IN-KIND OR PERSONALLY OWNED CLOTHING. C. ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING, EXCEPT HEAD GEAR, UNDERWEAR, AND FOOTWEAR, WILL BE RECOVERED PRIOR TO THE REASSIGNMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO OTHER DUTIES, PER REF D. RECOVERED ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING WILL BE PROCESSED FOR REISSUE OR DISPOSED OF IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT, IF THE CONDITION SO WARRANTS. D. ONLY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS (O&MMC) APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE USED TO PURCHASE ORGANIZATIOAL CLOTHING. "AS REQUIRED ONLY" REQUISITIONS/ISSUES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BY THE SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY TRAINING EQUIPMENT POOL (CTEP), PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT, AND BY THE SUPPORTING COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT ELEMENT (CSSE) FOR SUSTAINMENT DURING DEPLOYMENT. AT LOCATIONS WHERE NO CTEP IS AVAILABLE FOR THE REQUISITION AND ISSUE OF TAM TYPE 3 ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING, INDIVIDUAL REQUISITIONS FOR AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL MAY BE PROCESSED THROUGH A SUPPORTING SUPPLY ORGANIZATION, A RETAIL CLOTHING OUTLET (RCO), OR A MILITARY CLOTHING SALES STORE (MCSS). ANY AUTHORIZED METHOD THAT PROVIDES LOCAL O&MMC APPROPRIATION DATA FOR THE PURCHASE MAY BE USED, INCLUDING FORMS NAVMC 604/604B. HOWEVER, PROCEDURES MUST BE PUT IN PLACE TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE ISSUES PER PARAGRAPH 3 PRECEEDING. 4. SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2002, ALL NEW RECRUITS, OFFICERS, AND APPLICABLE SAILORS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THE NEW MCCB'S AND MCCUU'S, SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE ORGANIZATIONALLY TO ALL DEPLOYING PERSONNEL. 5. THIS MARADMIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE WHICH ALREADY PROVIDES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL IN-KIND ISSUE OF MCCUU'S, MCCB'S, AND OTHER SEABAG ITEMS.