R 181351Z JUL 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 359/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/REVISED HAZING POLICY//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MPO/20MAY2013//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1700.28B, HAZING//
POC/M.L. HALLIGAN/MAJ/MPO/-/TEL: COMM: 703-784-9358, DSN: 278-9358/EMAIL:MICHAEL.L.HALLIGAN(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON 20 MAY 2013, THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS REVISED AND REPUBLISHED REF (A), OUR MARINE CORPS ORDER ON HAZING, THEREBY REEMPHASIZING OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT ALL MARINES ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
2.  REF (A) REITERATES THAT HAZING HAS NO PLACE IN A DISCIPLINED AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY FORCE AND REMAINS UNLAWFUL, PROHIBITED, AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.  ALL LEADERS SHALL, AND ALL OTHER MARINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO, REVIEW REF (A) IN ITS ENTIRETY, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING WEBPAGE: WWW.MARINES.MIL/NEWS/PUBLICATIONS/ELECTRONICLIBRARY.
3.  SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS INCLUDE:
A.  MANDATORY REPORTING OF ALL HAZING ALLEGATIONS.
B.  ENTRY OF ALL HAZING ALLEGATIONS INTO THE DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT (DASH) DATABASE IN ORDER TO ENABLE CRADLE-TO-GRAVE TRACKING OF ALL REPORTED HAZING ALLEGATIONS.
C.  REFINEMENTS TO THE DEFINITION OF HAZING; SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ACTIONS MAY CONSTITUTE HAZING.
4.  HAZING IS A WARFIGHTING AND LEADERSHIP ISSUE THAT DESTROYS TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN UNIT LEADERSHIP AND FELLOW MARINES, THUS UNDERMINING UNIT COHESION AND COMBAT READINESS.  ALL PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT FOR SIGNS OF HAZING AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY WHEN REQUIRED.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT E. MILSTEAD, JR., DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//