MCO 1326.5E governs issuing Permanent Change of Station orders through the Marine Corps Web Orders System.
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MCO 1326.5E covers PCS order creation, transmission, receipt, acknowledgment, endorsement, command processing, and system audits. It requires order writing activities to acknowledge and endorse orders in Web Orders within specified business-day periods, while naval-message methods are permitted only by exception.
Orders are posted from WebMASS to Web Orders every hour. (paragraph 4)
The order writing activity acknowledges the orders in Web Orders. This notifies HQMC that the orders were received. (paragraph 2)
Order writing activities will acknowledge all orders in their "Receive" box in Web Orders, within 3 business days of receipt. (paragraph 4)
Order writing activities will endorse all orders in their "Acknowledged" box in Web Orders, within 3 business days of acknowledgement. (paragraph 4)
Orders generated via Web Orders constitute original orders and are valid without signature. of the CMC. (paragraph 3)