RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES UPDATE
Date Signed: 1/26/2015 | MARADMINS Number: 037/15
MARADMINS : 037/15
R 261647Z JAN 15
MARADMIN 037/15
SUBJ/RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES UPDATE//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/20121101//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/SECDEF/YMD:20120703//
REF/C/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MF/062018ZNOV2014//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MF/20130927//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1754.10, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL (I&R) PROGRAM. REF B IS DODI 1342.22, MILITARY FAMILY READINESS. REF C IS MARADMIN 581/14, IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONAL READINESS SEMINAR (PRS). REF D IS MCO 1754.12, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.//
POC/L. LOREI/CIV/UNIT:MFR/TEL:703-784-9550//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN PROVIDES UPDATES TO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES AT ALL MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS. THE CONTENTS OF THIS MARADMIN WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A FORTHCOMING REVISION OF REF A, CANCELING REF D.
2.  BACKGROUND. CHANGES IN THE NATURE AND DELIVERY OF RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES IS NECESSARY. THESE CHANGES WILL RESULT IN SHIFTING PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE FOUR MANDATED RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES PRESCRIBED BY REF B, TO THE I&R PROGRAM STAFF.
3.  ACTION
A.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES AT EACH INSTALLATION WILL BE THE I&R PROGRAM STAFF. THE FOLLOWING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES, REQUIRED BY REF B AND INCLUDED IN REF D, WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED AT THE INSTALLATION LEVEL: (1) PROVIDING SETTLING-IN (FORMERLY WELCOME ABOARD) SERVICES, (2) PROVIDING PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES RELOCATION INFORMATION, (3) MAINTAINING INFORMATION ON THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WEBSITE LOCATED AT HTTP:(SLASH)(SLASH)WWW.MILITARYINSTALLATIONS.DOD.MIL, AND (4) PROVIDING SPONSORSHIP TRAINING FOR UNIT SPONSORSHIP COORDINATORS AND SERVICE MEMBERS ASSIGNED AS SPONSORS. MARINE CORPS INSTALLATION AND UNIT CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES SHALL CONTINUE TO ENSURE MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES UNDER PCS ORDERS ARE INFORMED OF THESE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES AND CURRENT INSTALLATION INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE MILITARY RELOCATION PROCESS.
B.  SETTLING-IN SERVICES SHALL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INCOMING MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH CURRENT INFORMATION ON MILITARY AND CIVILIAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THEIR NEW DUTY STATION. THIS PROCESS WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRS, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER MARINES ARRIVING AT THEIR FIRST PERMANENT DUTY STATION AS DIRECTED IN REF C.
C.  INSTALLATION COMMANDERS MAY AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: LENDING LOCKERS, COMMAND/UNIT RELOCATION BRIEFS, WELCOME ABOARD PACKETS, INDIVIDUAL RELOCATION COUNSELING, NEWLY ARRIVED SPOUSE ORIENTATION, HOME BUYING AND SELLING, AND MOVING WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER.
D.  PER REF A, I&R PROGRAM STAFF SHALL CONTINUE TO REPORT ACCURATE AND TIMELY RELOCATION SERVICES METRICS VIA THE CMC (MF) DESIGNATED METHOD.
E.  FUNCTIONAL AREA CHECKLISTS WILL BE UPDATED FOLLOWING THE REVISION OF REF A.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN R. A. C. SANBORN, DIRECTOR, MARINE AND FAMILY PROGRAMS DIVISION.//