R 201504Z OCT 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 633/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO PL//
SUBJ/INTERIM POLICY FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ENDURING FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) TRAINING CASES//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 5710.6A/20060324//
REF/B/DOC/SECNAVINST 4950.4B/20110103//
REF/C/MSG/MCSCG/DTG 041729Z/111001//
REF/D/MSG/MARADMIN 260/10/20100505//
NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS ORDER ON SECURITY COOPERATION. REF B IS THE JOINT SECURITY COOPERATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTRUCTION.  REF C IS THE MESSAGE ESTABLISHING THE MARINE CORPS SECURITY COOPERATION GROUP. REF D IS THE INTERIM POLICY FOR SOURCING SECURITY COOPERATION EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES//
POC/RICE, R./LTCOL/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO PLU-7/-/TEL:703 692 4341 DSN: 222 4341
/ROBERT.C.RICE@USMC.MIL//
POC/ALLEN, J./CTR/ CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO PLU-7/-/TEL: 703 693-9707/ JEFFREY.S.ALLEN.CTR@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS INTERIM POLICY PROMULGATES GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ENDURING SECURITY COOPERATION (SC) TRAINING CASES FUNDED BY EITHER FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) OR FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM (FMFP). THE POLICY AND PROCESSES OUTLINED IN THIS INTERIM GUIDANCE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN REFERENCE (A) AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC) SECTION OF REFERENCE (B). THE REVISIONS SUBMITTED TO REFERENCE (B) REQUIRE SECURITY COOPERATION OFFICES (SCO) TO SUBMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR USMC SC TRAINING TEAMS THROUGH THE REGIONAL MARFORS.
2. BACKGROUND. THE MARINE CORPS OCCASIONALLY EXECUTES ENDURING FMS SC TRAINING MISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.  EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE GEORGIA TRAIN AND EQUIP PROGRAM AND THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TRAINING MISSION, SAUDI ARABIA.
2.A. THIS POLICY SUPERCEDES THE CURRENT PRACTICE FOR THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF MARINES CONDUCTING FMS TRAINING CASES, WHICH HAS AT TIMES POSITIONED MARINES WITH NO CLEAR USMC CHAIN OF COMMAND TO ADDRESS ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL ISSUES. 
2.B. MARINE CORPS SECURITY COOPERATION GROUP (MCSCG) WAS ESTABLISHED 1 OCTOBER 2011. MCSCG, SUBORDINATE TO MARINE FORCES COMMAND (MARFORCOM), WILL COORDINATE, ORGANIZE, TRAIN, AND MANAGE SC TEAMS DEPLOYING AS PART OF AN ENDURING FMS TRAINING CASE.
3. POLICY. THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TO ENSURE REGIONAL MARFORS MAINTAIN COMMAND AND CONTROL OVER THE MARINES SUPPORTING FMS TRAINING MISSIONS WITHIN THEIR AREAS OF OPERATION (AOR).
3.A. FOR CASES LESS THAN 30 DAYS, MARINES WILL BE ISSUED TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (TAD) ORDERS FROM THEIR PARENT ORGANIZATION.  ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL REMAINS WITH THE PARENT ORGANIZATION.
3.B. FOR CASES 30 TO 179 DAYS, MARINES WILL BE ISSUED TAD ORDERS FROM THEIR PARENT ORGANIZATION AND WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVELY ATTACHED TO THE SUPPORTING REGIONAL MARFOR.
3.C. FOR CASES 180 DAYS OR GREATER, MARINES WILL BE ISSUED PCS ORDERS TO THE REGIONAL MARFOR.  UPON EXECUTION OF PCS ORDERS, THE REGIONAL MARFOR WILL EXERCISE ADCON OVER ASSIGNED MARINES.
4. TASKS
4.A. DEPUTY COMMANDANT, PLANS, POLICIES AND OPERATIONS (DC PP&O). INCORPORATE THIS POLICY IN REVISIONS OF REFERENCES (A) AND (B).
4.B. DEPUTY COMMANDANT, MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (DC M&RA).  UTILIZE THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR PCS ORDERS TO THE U.S. MILITARY TRAINING MISSION, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA AS A TEMPLATE FOR FUTURE ORDERS WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATION TO GAINING COMMAND INSTRUCTIONS: THE REGIONAL MARFOR SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE GAINING COMMAND WITH FOLLOW-ON DUTY TO THE SPECIFIC TRAINING MISSION.
4.C. COMMANDERS, REGIONAL MARINE FORCE COMPONENT COMMANDS (COMMARFOR). VET REQUIREMENTS ORIGINATING WITH THE SCO WITHIN YOUR AOR AND SUPPORT VALIDATED REQUIREMENTS.  FOR ENDURING FMS CASES, EXERCISE ADCON IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE.
5. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS
5.A. PARENT COMMANDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING MARINES DEPLOYING IN A TAD STATUS COMPLETE PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM (PTP) REQUIREMENTS.  TRAINING CAN BE CONDUCTED TEMINS ENROUTE TO THE SUPPORTED MARFOR. MCSCG IS THE AUTHORITY ON SPECIFIC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY COOPERATION EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.  MCSCG WILL NORMALLY PROVIDE PTP TRAINING TO MARINES WITH PCS ORDERS. 
5.B. MARINES CURRENTLY IN RECEIPT OF PCS ORDERS WILL EXECUTE THOSE ORDERS AS WRITTEN.  ALL APPLICABLE LETTERS OF INSTRUCTION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUPERSEDED.
5.C. ALL PERSONNEL TRAVELING TO FOREIGN NATIONS WILL COMPLY WITH COUNTRY AND THEATER CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN THE ELECTRONIC FOREIGN CLEARANCE GUIDE, HTTPS COLON BACKSLASH BACKSLASH WWW.FCG.PENTAGON.MIL BACKSLASH FCG.CFM.
5.D. EXCEPTIONS TO POLICY WILL BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BY DC PP&O, PL.  THIS POLICY IS APPLICABLE TO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
6. DEFINITIONS. THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE USED FOR THIS POLICY.
6.A. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL (ADCON): DIRECTION OR EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY OVER SUBORDINATE OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING ORGANIZATION OF SERVICE FORCES, CONTROL OF RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, UNIT LOGISTICS, INDIVIDUAL AND UNIT TRAINING, READINESS, MOBILIZATION, DEMOBILIZATION, DISCIPLINE, AND OTHER MATTERS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OPERATIONAL MISSIONS OF THE SUBORDINATE OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. (JP-1)
6.B. ASSIGN: TO PLACE UNITS OR PERSONNEL IN AN ORGANIZATION WHERE SUCH PLACEMENT IS RELATIVELY PERMANENT, AND WHERE SUCH ORGANIZATION CONTROLS AND ADMINISTERS THE UNITS OR PERSONNEL FOR THE PRIMARY FUNCTION, OR GREATER PORTION OF THE FUNCTIONS, OF THE UNIT OR PERSONNEL. (JP 3-0)
6.C. ATTACH: THE PLACEMENT OF UNITS OR PERSONNEL IN AN ORGANIZATION WHERE SUCH PLACEMENT IS RELATIVELY TEMPORARY. (JP 3-0)
6.D. ENDURING FMS CASE:  A FMS TRAINING CASE WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL TO BE ASSIGNED IN EXCESS OF 180 DAYS. (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY ONLY)
6.E. FMS: FOREIGN MILITARY SALES.  THAT PORTION OF UNITED STATES SECURITY ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED BY THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT AND THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.  UNDER THIS AUTHORITY, THE US GOVERNMENT SELLS AT FULL COST DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.  FUNDS CAN BE IN THE FORM OF FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM GRANT MONIES. (JP 1-02)
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN ROCCO, DIR PL, PP&O, HQMC.//