The objective of this Navy and Marine Corps (NA VMC) handbook is to provide
the Supply & Logistics Community with an understanding of the end to end
Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP)
requisition process. This document has been significantly been revised and is
intended to assist the reader visualize and understand each step in the process
and link its relationship with corresponding financial transactions.

Logistics supply activities initiating MILSTRIP requisitions must also manage
the resulting financial transactions. Requisition management ensures that
orders are not only correctly placed and tracked but that funds are obligated and
expensed for the correct amount, and within a reasonable timeframe. This
manual can help you manage those requisitions by identifying and focusing on
the key elements of the MILS TRIP requisition life cycle that trigger financial
events. Further, it highlights the implications of each event and whether or not
these events trigger a corresponding financial transaction on the Marine Corps'
accounting records.

Properly managing how we obligate and expense our appropriations
demonstrates our commitment to public fund stewardship. Armed with this
Manual, MILSTRIP users will have a valuable tool to assist them with
accomplishing that goal and help promote an audit ready environment.