MCO 5000.14D governs the function, organization, and standardized support of Marine Corps administration and personnel services.
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MCO 5000.14D identifies four administration types: general, operational, manpower, and personnel administration. It describes administrative functions involving records, pay, readiness, assignments, casualties, reporting, and support through IPACs.
Applies to: This Order is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force.
Personnel Administration functions involve reporting and maintaining information that affects a Marine’s pay, compensation, promotion, military readiness, personal readiness, and family readiness. (paragraph 5)
General administration encompasses those management functions that provide direct support to the commander. Typical general administrative tasks include preparation of correspondence and messages, oversight of the postal, career retention, and awards programs, the processing of personnel requests, the management of the Classified Material Control Center (CMCC) and Directives Control Point (DCP), and ensuring the accuracy and timely submission of all performance evaluations. (paragraph 5)
Operational Administration includes those administrative requirements that directly support the operational mission of the organization. Examples includes sourcing individual augmentations and combat replacements, reporting of personnel statistics to higher component and joint commands via the JPERSTAT, reporting and tracking of casualties, developing deployment manpower data, determining personnel estimates of supportability, and developing Annex E to Operations Plans and Operations Orders. (paragraph 5)
Manpower Administration includes the optimal allocation of human resources throughout the command or unit. These tasks include internal assignments, strength-reporting, managing and validating personnel security clearance requirements, and manpower process advisement. (paragraph 5)
Commanders are responsible for the accuracy of their Marines' military records, regardless of the format of the information (paper records, MCTFS records, etc.) and the location of the records (mainframe databases, IPAC, etc.). (paragraph 1)