R 051645Z AUG 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 447/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/MOD OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF IN AFGHANISTAN//
REF/A/MSGID:MSG/CMC MRA MM/080930ZMAY2009//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC MIFD/14JUL2000//
NARR/REF A IS  MARADMIN 304/09, CLARIFICATION OF NATO MEDAL ELIGIBILITY FOR MARINES DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.  REF B IS MCO P1070.12K, INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ADMINISTRATION MANUAL (IRAM).//
POC/B. J. HILL/GS-11/HQMC MMMA/-/TEL:703-784-9340 /EMAIL:BETTY.HILL@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO MODIFY THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF FOR SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER NATO COMMAND AND CONTROL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROMULGATED IN REF (A).
2.  REF (A) CLARIFIED THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINES WHO WERE APPROVED BY SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE) FOR ANY ONE OF THE THREE NATO MEDALS FOR OIF AND OEF.  REF (A) ESTABLISHED THE RESPECTIVE SIGNED NATO MEDAL CERTIFICATE AS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED SOURCE DOCUMENT FOR IPACS TO MAKE A MCTFS ENTRIES FOR THE AWARD.  HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT TO RELEASE OF REF (A), ISSUES ARISING FROM THE AVAILABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY OF COPIED BLANK CERTIFICATES FOR THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF NECESSITATE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE TO THE REQUIRED SOURCE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF.  (THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TWO NATO MEDALS FOR IRAQ (NATO NTIM-I AND NATO NTM-I) REMAIN AS STATED IN REF (A).) 3.  THE PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS FOR SUPPORTING IPACS TO RUN NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF AWARD ENTRIES IN MCTFS WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER THE MARINE DEPLOYED AS PART OF A MARINE COMMAND/UNIT, OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE (IA) TO ISAF.
A.  FOR MARINES DEPLOYED AS PART OF A MARINE COMMAND/UNIT, EXCEL ROSTERS WITH VERIFICATION OF SHAPE APPROVAL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT, WITH THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF CERTIFICATE AS A SECONDARY SOURCE.
(1)  THE OEF/ISAF MAGTF HEADQUARTERS WILL PROVIDE THE SHAPE APPROVED ROSTERS AND A VERIFYING ENDORSEMENT VIA EMAIL TO MMMA AND TO THE SUBORDINATE COMMAND FOR FORWARDING TO THE SUPPORTING IPAC.
(2) UPON RECEIPT OF THE EXCEL ROSTERS AND VERIFYING ENDORSEMENT FROM THE OEF/ISAF MAGTF HEADQUARTERS, MMMA WILL ENTER THE ROSTERS INTO A NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF DATABASE IN IAPS, SIMILAR TO THE PH/CAR/HSM DATABASES.  THIS DATABASE WILL BE USED FOR FUTURE VERIFICATION OF A MARINE'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF, BOTH BY MMMA WHEN CONDUCTING AWARDS LINEUPS, OR BY A GAINING IPAC WHEN A NEW MARINE DETACHES FROM THE DEPLOYED COMMAND PRIOR TO THE LOSING IPAC RUNNING THE MCTFS ENTRY.
(3) UPON RECEIPT OF THE EXCEL ROSTERS AND THE OEF/ISAF MAGTF HEADQUARTERS' VERIFYING ENDORSEMENT FROM THE SUBORDINATE COMMAND, THE SUPPORTING IPAC WILL RUN THE MCTFS ENTRIES FOR ALL ELIGIBLE MARINES.  THE UNIT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE COPIES OF THE ROSTERS CONTAINING NAMES OF SAILORS TO THE SUPPORTING NAVY PERSONNEL DETACHMENT FOR ENTRY IN THE NAVY SYSTEM.
(4) WHEN IPACS UTILIZE THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF CERTIFICATE AS THE SOURCE DOCUMENT FOR A MARINE WHO DEPLOYED AS PART OF A MARINE COMMAND/UNIT, VERIFICATION WILL BE MADE THAT THE MARINE'S OPERATIONS PAGE OF MCTFS ALSO REFLECTS A DEPLOYMENT TO OEF FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD.
B.  FOR A MARINE DEPLOYED AS AN IA TO ISAF, THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF CERTIFICATE WILL BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT FOR THE SUPPORTING IPAC OR PERSONNEL DETACHMENT TO MAKE THE MCTFS ENTRY.  AS STATED IN PARA 3.A.(4), IPACS WILL VERIFY THAT THERE IS A CORRESPONDING ENTRY FOR AN OEF DEPLOYMENT IN THE MARINE'S OPERATIONS PAGE OF MCTFS.
4.  IAW REF (B), MARINES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING A COPY OF THEIR NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF CERTIFICATE TO MMSB FOR INCLUSION IN THEIR OMPF, IF THEY SO DESIRE.  WHILE THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, IT IS ENCOURAGED.
5.  MMMA WILL COORDINATE WITH SHAPE AND THE COMMANDERS/STAFFS OF PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED MAGTFS THAT SERVED UNDER NATO COMMAND IN OEF TO ENSURE THAT THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF DATABASE IN IAPS IS AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE FOR MARINE COMMANDS/UNITS WHOSE PERSONNEL WERE ELIGIBLE AND APPROVED BY SHAPE FOR THE AWARD.  THIS DATABASE WILL NOT, HOWEVER, CONTAIN THE NAME OF ANY MARINE WHO WAS APPROVED FOR THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF AS AN IA TO ISAF.  IF COMMANDS THAT PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED TO OEF UNDER NATO COMMAND HAVE COPIES OF THE EXCEL FILES WITH ROSTERS FOR THEIR UNIT THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY SHAPE, MMMA WILL ACCEPT THE FILES FOR ENTRY INTO THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF DATABASE, PROVIDED A SCANNED ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COMMAND ACCOMPANIES THE FILES STATING THAT ALL THE ATTACHED ROSTERS WERE APPROVED BY SHAPE.  MARINES WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD THE NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF ENTERED INTO MCTFS BY THEIR IPAC UPON PRESENTATION OF A SIGNED NATO MEDAL FOR ISAF CERTIFICATE, BUT WHO ARE NOT LISTED IN THE IAPS DATABASE, MAY FORWARD A CERTIFIE D TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE TO MMMA-3 AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS FOR ENTRY INTO THE IAPS DATABASE:
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS
MILITARY AWARDS BRANCH (MMMA-3)
3280 RUSSELL ROAD
QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN A. SALINAS, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION.//