Post Deactivation Training Policy for Members of Involuntarily Activated SMCR Units and IMA Detachments
This MARADMIN establishes post-deactivation training exemption policies for Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) and Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) personnel who were involuntarily activated for contingency operations under Executive Order 13223 (Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom). Members activated for three or more cumulative months are exempt from involuntary Annual Training (AT) for the remainder of the training year or a minimum of six months (whichever is greater) and exempt from Inactive Duty Training (IDT) for 60 days after deactivation, while those activated for less than three months receive a six-month AT exemption and 60-day IDT exemption.
Issued: September 23, 2003
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS MARADMIN PROMULGATES POST DEACTIVATION TRAINING POLICY FOR MEMBERS OF INVOLUNTARILY ACTIVATED SMCR UNITS AND IMA DETACHMENTS. 2. BACKGROUND. A. ANNUAL TRAINING REQUIREMENT DEFINED. PER 10 UNITED STATES CODE (USC), SECTION 10147, MEMBERS OF SMCR UNITS AND IMA DETACHMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM ANNUALLY A TOTAL OF 48 DRILLS (ALSO KNOWN AS INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING OR (IDT'S)) AND A 14-DAY ANNUAL TRAINING (AT) PERIOD. B. TRAINING SUBSTITUTES DEFINED. REF (A) AUTHORIZES SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS TO SUBSTITUTE ACTIVE DUTY PERFORMED UNDER 10 USC 12302 FOR THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 USC 10147 IF THE DUTY PERFORMED UNDER 10 USC 12302 IS EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIRED TRAINING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED OR IF THE ACTIVE DUTY COMBINED WITH THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT CONSTITUTES UNDUE PERSONAL HARDSHIP. IN PLAIN LANGUAGE THIS MEANS THAT THE MARINE CORPS CAN FULFILL THE ANNUAL TRAINING REQUIREMENT BY SUBSTITUTING PERIODS OF INVOLUNTARY ACTIVE DUTY (AKA MOBILIZATION) PERFORMED IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION IN PLACE OF THE REQUIRED IDT'S AND AT. C. TRAINING YEAR DEFINED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MARADMIN, THE TRAINING YEAR IS CONCURRENT WITH THE FISCAL YEAR (OCT THRU SEP). D. APPLICABILITY. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE SMCR AND IMA WHO ARE INVOLUNTARILY ACTIVATED IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 13223. NAMED CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS UNDER EO 13223 INCLUDE OPERATIONS NOBLE EAGLE, ENDURING FREEDOM, AND IRAQI FREEDOM. 3. POLICY. THE FOLLOWING POLICY IS HEREBY IMPLEMENTED IAW REF B: A. MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY ACTIVATED, PER PARAGRAPH 2D ABOVE, FOR THREE CUMULATIVE MONTHS OR MORE SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING AT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRAINING YEAR, OR A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS (WHICHEVER IS GREATER) AND SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING IDT FOR 60 DAYS AFTER DEACTIVATION. (1) EXAMPLE #1. 1/23 DEACTIVATES ON 1 SEP 2003. MEMBERS OF 1/23 ARE EXEMPT FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING AT UNTIL 1 MAR 2004 AND FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING IDT'S UNTIL 1 NOV 2003. (2) EXAMPLE #2. 2/23 DEACTIVATES ON 1 JAN 2004. MEMBERS OF 2/23 ARE EXEMPT FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING AT UNTIL 1 OCT 2004 AND INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING IDT'S UNTIL 1 MAR 2004. B. MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY ACTIVATED, PER PARAGRAPH 2D ABOVE, FOR LESS THAN THREE CUMULATIVE MONTHS SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING AT FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER DEACTIVATION AND SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM INVOLUNTARILY PERFORMING IDT FOR 60 DAYS AFTER DEACTIVATION. C. MEMBERS MAY VOLUNTARILY PERFORM AT OR IDT'S DURING THE EXEMPTION PERIOD IF THE COMMAND AUTHORIZES IT.