UNCLAS 020229Z MAY 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN
MARADMIN 284/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRPC//
SUBJ/(CORRECTED COPY)CHANGES TO THE HOURS OF NOTIFICATION
/TO THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED AND DUTY STATUS WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
/(DUSTWUN) OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) AND IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)
/CASUALTIES//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRC/YMD:20030227//
POC/MARK MENDEZ/CAPT/MRPC/-/TEL:703-784-9512
/EMAIL:CASUALTY.SECTION@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE HOURS OF
NOTIFICATION TO THE NEXT OF KIN (NOK) FOR DECEASED AND DUSTWUN
OEF/OIF CASUALTIES.
2.  CMC RECENTLY APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CMC WOUNDED
MARINE AND FAMILY SUPPORT FORUM THAT 24-HOURS A DAY NOTIFICATION TO
NOK MARINE OEF/OIF CASUALTIES SHOULD CEASE.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY,
NOTIFICATION HOURS ARE 0500-2400 AS STATED IN THE REF, UNLESS
OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY CMC (MRPC).
3.  CONDUCTING A NOTIFICATION FOR DECEASED OR DUSTWUN CASUALTIES IS
DIFFICULT ON A FAMILY.  NOTIFICATIONS CONDUCTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT, ALTHOUGH TIMELY, LIMIT IMMEDIATE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FROM
FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND OTHER SUPPORT TYPE ORGANIZATIONS.  THIS CHANGE
WILL ENSURE THAT MARINE CORPS REPRESENTATIVES CONDUCTING THE
NOTIFICATION HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO IMMEDIATELY ASSIST
AND SUPPORT OUR NOK.//