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UNCLAS //N04400//
MARADMIN 003/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC LPP//
SUBJ/CANCELLATION OF CAREER LENGTH ISSUE (CLI) AND ESTABLISHMENT OF
/CONSOLIDATED ISSUE FACILITIES (CIF)//
REF/A/GENADMIN/COMMARFORPAC/-/210401Z/JUL99//
REF/B/GENADMIN/COMMARFORPAC/-/310804Z/AUG99//
NARR/REF A IDENTIFIED CIF START-UP COST FOR MCB CAMP PENDLETON, CA
AND MCB CAMP BUTLER, JAPAN. REF B IDENTIFIED SATELLITE CIF START-UP
COST FOR MCB CAMP PENDLETON, CA AND MCB CAMP BUTLER, JAPAN.//
POC/NICKLE/MAJ/LPP-2/DSN 225-8946/TEL:703-695-8947//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE
THAT CLI WILL BE DISCONTINUED FOR ALL MARINES, ACTIVE AND
RESERVE. INPUT FROM THE FIELD AND IN PROCESS REVIEWS INITIATED BY
THIS HEADQUARTERS REVEALED THAT SUSTAINING THE CLI PROGRAM FOR
BOTH OUR OPERATIONAL FORCES, RESERVES, AND OUR BASE, POST, AND
STATION (BPS) MARINES WAS NOT THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF
PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL COMBAT CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT (ICCE).
THEREFORE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, CLI WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND THE MARINE CORPS WILL TRANSITION TO THE CIF CONCEPT OF ICCE MANAGEMENT.
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF CIF'S WITHIN MARFORLANT HAS VALIDATED THE
CIF CONCEPT. IN ORDER TO BETTER MANAGE OUR ICCE RESOURCES,
REGIONAL AND SATELLITE CIF'S WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT OTHER LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CORPS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS TRANSITION FROM CLI TO
CIF'S SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL MARINE. EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY, MARINES WILL TURN-IN THEIR ICCE TO A CIF OR ORGANIC
SUPPLY ACCOUNT PRIOR TO EXECUTING PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION
(PCS) OR END OF ACTIVE SERVICE (EAS) ORDERS. AT THAT POINT, THE
MARINE'S CLI RECORD WILL BE DELETED FROM THE COMBAT INDIVIDUAL
CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TOTAL ASSET VISIBILITY (CIETAV) SYSTEM.
AFTER EXECUTING PCS ORDERS, MARINES WHO HAVE A REQUIREMENT
WILL BE ISSUED ICCE AT THEIR NEXT DUTY STATION FROM EITHER THE
SUPPORTING CIF OR AN ORGANIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. MARINES EXECUTING
PERMANENT CHANGE OF ASSIGNMENT (PCA) ORDERS WITHIN THE SAME
REGIONAL AREA WILL IN MOST CASES BE ABLE TO RETAIN THEIR ICCE.
BPS MARINES NOT SUPPORTED BY A CIF OR ORGANIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT WILL
BE PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR TURN-IN OF CLI IN A SEPARATE
MARADMIN.
3. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS: DISCONTINUATION OF CLI AND TRANSITION
TO CIF'S WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE IS
THE CANCELLATION OF THE CLI PROGRAM AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERIM
RECOVERY AND ISSUE PROCEDURES. DURING THIS PHASE MARFORS WILL
ESTABLISH LOCAL PROCEDURES FOR ISSUE AND RECOVERY OF ICCE.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS HQTRS, WITH FULL PARTICIPATION OF THE MARFORS AND
MATCOM, WILL DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION AND MILESTONES (POA&M) FOR
TRANSITION FROM CLI TO CIF'S. THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE THE
TRANSFER OF INDIVIDUAL ICCE RECORDS RESIDENT IN THE CIETAV
SYSTEM AND ANY ICCE REMAINING IN ORGANIC SUPPLY ACCOUNTS TO
CIF'S. MATCOM, AS THE LIFE CYCLE MANAGER FOR ICCE, WILL BE THE
PROCESS OWNER FOR CIF'S AND WILL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THIS
PHASE. THE THIRD PHASE WILL BE THE OPERATION OF CIF'S CORPS WIDE.
ONCE CIF'S ARE ESTABLISHED IN A PARTICULAR REGION, ICCE WILL NO
LONGER BE MAINTAINED IN ORGANIC SUPPLY ACCOUNTS. HOWEVER,
SELECTED ORGANIC SUPPLY ACCOUNTS WILL REMAIN IN OPERATION WHERE
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION PREVENTS BEING SUPPORTED BY A CIF.
4. POLICY AND TASKS:
A. I&L WILL PROVIDE OVERALL POLICY FOR MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATION OF CIF'S. DURING JANUARY 00, I&L WILL PROVIDE A
MARADMIN FOR ICCE POLICY DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN THE
DISCONTINUATION OF CLI TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIF'S.
B. COMMARCORMATCOM WILL FORM AN INTEGRATED PROCESS TEAM (IPT) TO
ESTABLISH THE PROCEDURES FOR TRANSITION FROM CLI AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF CIF'S. THE IPT SHOULD INCLUDE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM I&L, MATCOM, THE MARFORS, AND THE
BPS WHERE REGIONAL AND SATELLITE CIF'S WILL BE ESTABLISHED. REFS
A AND B IDENTIFIED INITIAL RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS AND LOCATIONS
FOR CIF'S IN THE MARFORPAC AOR. ADDITIONALLY, MATCOM SHOULD
IMMEDIATELY BEGIN EXPLORING OUTSOURCING OF THIS FUNCTION TO
COMMERCIAL ENTITIES FOR THE MARFORLANT CIF'S AS WELL AS THE
MARFORPAC CIF'S ONCE THEY ARE ESTABLISHED.
C. COMMARFORLANT AND COMMARFORPAC WILL BE FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCONTINUATION OF CLI AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF CIF'S. ONCE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO
IMPLEMENT CIF'S, PROVIDE THIS HQTRS ESTIMATED DATE FOR ESTABLISHMENT.
D. COMMARFORRES WILL DISCONTINUE CLI, INSTITUTE RECOVERY
PROCEDURES, CLEAR ALL CIETAV RECORDS, AND LOAD ALL ICCE BACK TO
ORGANIC SUPPLY RECORDS.
5. POC'S AT CMC, LPP, ARE MGYSGT M. JONES/MR. K. RINEAMAN/MAJOR B.
NICKLE AT COMM 703-695-8926/34/39/46/47 OR DSN EXT 225. E-MAIL
ADDRESS/JONESMR@HQMC.USMC. MIL/RINEAMANKC@HQMC.USMC.MIL/
NICKLEBE@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
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