R 121457Z AUG 15
MARADMIN 396/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA//
SUBJ/CHANGE 1 TO MCO 1900.16 SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL (MARCORSEPMAN)//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 5215.1K/10MAY2007//
REF/B/DOC/5 U.S.C. 552A//
REF/C/DOC/SECNAVINST 5211.5E/28DEC2005//
REF/D/DOC/SECNAV M-5210.1/1MAY2012//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 5215.1K (THE MARINE CORPS DIRECTIVES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM).  REF B IS U.S. CODE, TITLE 5, PART I, CHAPTER 5, SUBCHAPTER II, SECTION 552A.  REF C IS SECNAVINST 5211.5E (THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) PRIVACY PROGRAM). REF D IS SECNAV M-5210.1 (DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY RECORDS MANAGEMENT MANUAL). POC/W.R. COMBS/CIV/CMC MMSR/QUAN/TEL: COMM 703-784-9324/25/EMAIL: WESLEY.COMBS(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS MARADMIN IS TO NOTIFY THE DISTRIBUTION LIST OF CHANGE 1 TO MCO 1900.16.
2. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCES, CHANGES ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW. THE COMPLETE CHANGE SHOULD BE REVIEWED IN THE MCO PUBLISHED AT THE ADDRESS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 3.
    A. PARAGRAPH 1004.2.B(2). GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SERVICE UPON INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION UNDER CHAPTER 6 OR SEPARATION IN LIEU OF TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL IS CLARIFIED. A GENERAL (UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS) CHARACTERIZATION IS AUTHORIZED FOR INVOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS UNDER CHAPTER 6 OR IF A MARINE IS REQUESTING SEPARATION IN LIEU OF COURT-MARTIAL. HOWEVER, IF A MARINE IS REQUESTING SEPARATION IN LIEU OF COURT-MARTIAL, A GENERAL (UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS) CHARACTERIZATION IS APPROPRIATE ONLY IF THE MARINE'S SERVICE IS OTHERWISE SO MERITORIOUS THAT ANY OTHER CHARACTERIZATION WOULD CLEARLY BE INAPPROPRIATE.
    B. PARAGRAPH 1103. THE PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFYING THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES OF NATURALIZED CITIZEN AND NON-CITIZEN MARINES DISCHARGED FROM THE MARINE CORPS WITH OTHER THAN HONORABLE (OTH), BAD CONDUCT (BCD) AND DISHONORABLE (DD) CHARACTERIZATION OF SERVICE ARE UPDATED.
    C. PARAGRAPH 1307.A.(1). OFFICER ENTITLEMENT TO SEPARATION PAY IS CLARIFIED.   
    D. PARAGRAPH 1307.D. ONLY THE SECNAV MAY DENY SEPARATION PAY TO MARINES MEETING THE CRITERIA IN PARAGRAPHS 1307 AND 1308.
    E. PARAGRAPH 1309.O.  IN EXTRAORDINARY CASES, THE SECNAV DETERMINES THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE MARINE IS SEPARATED DO NOT WARRANT SEPARATION PAY.
    F. PARAGRAPH 6110.3. THE PARAGRAPH IS REWRITTEN AND DIRECTS THAT POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) EVALUATIONS ARE ONLY REQUIRED AS PART OF A SEPARATION HEALTH PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION IF THE MARINE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED WITH THESE CONDITIONS OR IF THE MARINE REASONABLY ALLEGES THE INFLUENCE OF PTSD OR TBI. THE COMMANDING OFFICER, AFTER CONSIDERING THE ADVICE OF A MEDICAL PROVIDER, SHALL DETERMINE IF PTSD OR TBI IS REASONABLY ALLEGED AND SHOULD BE FURTHER EVALUATED BY A MORE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL PROVIDER.
    G. PARAGRAPH 6203.2.C.  ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED FOR SOME CONDITIONS NOT A DISABILITY THAT MAY WARRANT THE MARINE BE PROVIDED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT ANY PERFORMANCE DEFICIENCIES PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION.
3. THIS ORDER IS PUBLISHED ELECTRONICALLY AND CAN BE ACCESSED ON-LINE VIA THE MARINE CORPS WEBSITE AT THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY:  HTTP: (SLASH)(SLASH)WWW.MARINES.MIL (SLASH)NEWS(SLASH) PUBLICATIONS(SLASH)ELECTRONICLIBRARY(SLASH) ELECTRONICLIBRARYDISPLAY(SLASH) TABID(SLASH)13082(SLASH)ARTICLE (SLASH)173565(SLASH)MCO-190016-CHANGE-1.ASPX.
4. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN M. A. BRILAKIS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT, MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//