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FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//M-RA//
TO ALMAR
UNCLAS //N00000//
ALMAR 056/98
MSGID/GENADMIN/M-RA//
SUBJ/REORGANIZATION WITHIN MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
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POC/D. A. JENKINS/GS13/PRIPHN:DSN 426-2025/-/-/SECPHN:703-696-2025//
RMKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PERSONNEL AND
FAMILY READINESS DIVISION (MR), MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT.
2.  INFORMATION
A.  EFFECTIVE 20 JANUARY 1998, THE PERSONNEL AND FAMILY READINESS
DIVISION (MR) HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE M-RA DEPARTMENT.  THE
PURPOSE OF THE DIVISION IS TO IMPROVE UNIT, INDIVIDUAL, AND FAMILY
READINESS BY ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR MARINES AND SAILORS,
AND THEIR FAMILIES.  THE NEW ORGANIZATION INCORPORATES MOST
FUNCTIONS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION (MH)
AND THE MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION SUPPORT ACTIVITY (MW-
MWRSPTACT) AND ENHANCES HQMC'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMMANDERS WITH
CONSISTENT POLICIES AND APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.  THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF MR DIVISION INSTITUTES AN INCREASED EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING THE
CAPABILITY OF COMMANDERS AND THEIR MARINES TO PREVENT PROBLEMS WHICH
DETRACT FROM COMBAT READINESS.
B.  IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE PHASED WITH COMPLETION EXPECTED WHEN M-RA
DEPARTMENT RELOCATES TO QUANTICO IN THE SUMMER OF 1998.  AS PHASES
ARE COMPLETED, NEW PHONE NUMBERS, TITLES, MAILING ADDRESS, LOCATIONS,
AND INFORMATION PERTAINING TO MODIFIED PROCEDURES WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
IN THE INTERIM, CUSTOMERS WILL FOLLOW CURRENT PROCEDURES AND USE
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
3.  THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELED 31 JANUARY 1999.//
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