MCO P3000.15B governs manpower policies and procedures for deploying units under the Unit Deployment Program.
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It addresses operational deployment types, assignment and distribution, EAS criteria, personnel accounting, pay and allowances, logistics, and deployment reporting. It requires unit deployment to follow the Manual and separately issued letters of instruction, and includes staffing report and personnel administration guidance.
Applies to: This Manual is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
The Marine Corps’ objective is to adhere as closely as possible to a six-month period of deployment away from a unit’s Continental United States (CONUS) home base. (paragraph 3)
First-term Marines having an EAS that will occur during the next deployment of that unit will be considered nondeployable (for personnel assignment purposes but not unit reporting) and normally reassigned.
If a Marine’s EAS occurs 30 days or less after the scheduled deployment return date for a WESTPAC UDP deployment, the Marine will be considered non-deployable.
The Marine must be a volunteer (see PARAGRAPH 1007 for involuntary assignment). (paragraph 3)
TAD orders must be issued covering only the period before the member becomes entitled to deployed per diem (i.e.,until the member physically joins the deployed unit). (paragraph 4)