R 261830Z OCT 15
MARADMIN 535/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2016 INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE PROGRAM MANNING LEVELS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/041742ZOCT2013//
REF/B/DOC/CMC/051604ZDEC2014//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC/20120117//
NARR/Reference (a) is MARADMIN 517/13 FY14 Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Manning Levels. Reference (b) is MARADMIN 635/14 FY15 IMA Program Structure and Manning Review.  Reference (c) is MCO 1001.62A, IMA Program.//
POC/E. A. SAGER/MAJ/CMC (RAM-4)/NAME: HQMC/TEL: (703) 784-0511//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. To promulgate IMA authorized manning (AM) levels, effective 1 October 2015.
2. Cancellation. Reference (a).
3. Background. The combined FY15 Active Reserve (AR) and IMA Structure and Manning Review Board held 23-27 February 2015 approved FY16 AM allocation.
4. Action
    a. Reserve Affairs Division (RA) will:
       (1) Provide FY16 AM allocations by unit under separate correspondence.
       (2) Load AM allocations in the Inventory Development and Management System (IDMS) application in Requirements, Transition and Manpower Management System (RTAMMS) and on the IMA Billet Identification Code (BIC) report.
       (3) Reduce percentage of allowed AM during the last quarter of the FY, if required, to ensure the program is within allowable end strength.
    b. Commands authorized IMA structure will:
       (1) Advertise all billet vacancies and projected losses (within the next six months) in IDMS, to at least 110 percent of AM. Failure to advertise BICs to this level will result in AM redistribution beginning 1 January 2016.
       (2) Identify requirements beyond the AM provided, in writing, to CMC (RA). CMC (RA) will review program requirements and reallocate unused AM as the needs of the Marine Corps dictate, based on IMA program priorities in accordance with reference (b). Failure to maintain at least 100 percent of AM will result in AM redistribution beginning 1 February 2016.
       (3) Not exceed AM by more than 10 percent (rounded up) by the end of FY16 without CMC (RA) approval.
       (4) Follow all additional guidance contained in the enclosure provided with the FY16 AM letter.
5. This MARADMIN is applicable to the total force.
6. Release authorized by Colonel R. T. Tobin, Director, Reserve Affairs Division, Acting.//