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2016 ALMANAC SPECIAL ISSUE I OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE
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MARINE FORCES OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE
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RESERVE LEADERSHIP
COMMANDER OF MARINE FORCES RESERVE AND MARINE FORCES NORTH
Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian
SERGEANT MAJOR OF MARINE FORCES RESERVE
Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro
COMMAND MASTER CHIEF OF MARINE FORCES RESERVE
Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher D. Kotz
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DIRECTOR
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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CONTINENTAL MARINES CREATIVE DIRECTORS
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04 | COMMAND COMMENTS
•GUIDANCEFROMTHECOMMANDERAND
SERGEANT MAJOR
06 | YEAR IN REVIEW
•SNAPSHOTOFMARINEFORCESRESERVE'S
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS
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10 | MARFORRES 101
•KNOWLEDEGEABOUTMARFORRES,HOWWE
GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY
By the
Your
Numbers
Benefits 12 | PAY AND BENEFITS
•FINDOUTABOUTBENEFITSAVAILABLETOYOU
FROM HEALTH CARE TO YOUR EDUCATION AND
PAY CHARTS FOR 2015
18 | FAMILY RESOURCES
•RESOURCESTOKEEPMARINESANDTHEIR
FAMILIES READY
20 | YOUR CAREER
20 24 •VALUBLEEDUCATION/EMPLOYMENTTOOLS,AND
NAVIGATING YOUR MOS ROADMAP
24 | CITIZEN WARRIOR
MOS Your
Roadmaps Options •LEARNABOUTYOURACTIVATION/MOBILIZATION
CHECKLIST

28 | DIRECTORY
•24-HOURDUTYPHONENUMBERSAND
ADDRESSES FOR RESERVE UNITS NATIONWIDE
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Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian
COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES RESERVE
I had the distinct privilege last year to We will continue to participate in similar a wealth of experience from the civilian world.
take command of this incredible force of bilateral and multilateral exercises like Ssang They are police officers, fire fighters, doctors,
Marines and Sailors. I look forward to the year Yong in Korea and Maple Flag in Canada. Our lawyers, educators, students and pilots.
ahead seeing the Reserve Force mark its first units will have yet another opportunity to These skills can add tremendous value to the
centennial anniversary on August 29. Over train as a Marine Air Ground Task Force during modern-day battlefield. We must continue
the last 100 years, we have been the shock the next iteration of the Integrated Training to find ways to leverage that experience and
absorber on which the Total Force could rely. Exercise in Twentynine Palms, California. On continue being a true force multiplier for the
Moving ahead we will continue that legacy, top of these large-scale exercises, we will also Active Component.
always ready to go at a moment’s notice. take advantage of the limited amount of time The men and women of Marine Forces
As we move into 2016, I want us focused on we have to train during drill weekends. In Reserve are truly our center of gravity. On
three key areas: supporting the current fight, January, we will be conducting cold-weather July 16 of last year, we took a hit when a lone
training for the next fight and ensuring our training with the Vermont National Guard at gunman took the lives of four of our Marines
ranks comprise the highest quality men and the Nordic Frost exercise. We will continue and one Sailor at the reserve training center in
women. executing cost-effective training opportunities Chattanooga, Tennessee. The way our Marines
The current fight consists of supporting and get as much bang for our buck as possible. responded after that attack, however, is how
high-priority combatant commander This is how we ensure our people are well any of our Marines would have responded.
requirements. In 2016, we will continue trained and ready for the next fight. We grieved for our fallen brothers. We did our
providing security cooperation teams in the Our people are our most precious asset best to honor our Marines and we continue
MARCENT, MARFORSOUTH and MARFORNORTH as a force. It is my priority to recruit and to do our best to support the families they
areas of responsibility. We will also provide retain high-quality personnel because leave behind. Our Marines in Chattanooga
some 300 Marines and Sailors to support the they are the foundation of our Corps and returned to the fight and expressed nothing
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force have a direct impact on our ability to meet but eagerness to get back to the mission at
in Central and South America. We will always requirements and accomplish our mission. As hand. They were not victims. The greatest
flex the operational readiness of Marine Forces reservists, we deal with added challenges and way we honor our fallen is by doing what they
Reserve to augment, reinforce and support the responsibilities. We must continue to meet would have wanted us to do. We must do
Total Force. and exceed the same standards as the Active what Marines have been doing for 240 years
Just as we support the current fight, Component in a fraction of the time. We must and what the men and women of our Reserve
we must constantly strive to enhance our do this while maintaining a careful balance Force have been doing for 100 years: standing
readiness by training for whatever comes next. between our duties to our families, to our shoulder-to-shoulder to fight and win our
The steady cycle between conducting current civilian careers and to our Corps. Having spent nation’s battles.
operations and preparing for future operations the majority of my career as a reservist, I have We live in an uncertain world. That is
is what Reserve Marines have done for 100 been there, and I know these challenges first why we need a force that is ready to go at
years. This will provide plenty of opportunities hand. These challenges shape us. Successful any time. The Marine Corps is that force, and
for our Marines and Sailors to train with members of the Reserve Component are those Marine Forces Reserve plays a critical role
their active duty counterparts and with sister who know how to prioritize tasks and manage in augmenting, reinforcing and supporting
services. time. They are always ready, willing and able the Active Component. We must remind our
We will serve as the command element to meet difficult challenges head-on. On top adversaries that there is no better friend and
during the African Lion exercise in Morocco. of these intangible characteristics, they bring no worse enemy than a United States Marine.
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Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro
SERGEANT MAJOR, MARINE FORCES RESERVE
Welcome to 2016 – a year where I ask successes in 2015 – however, do not rest on Tots events or just your daily interactions,
you all to remain focused on mission your laurels. you are the best ambassador we have to
objectives by always being fit, disciplined As our 37th Commandant is fond of demonstrate the purity and selfless nature
and focused on success. The year 2015 was saying – Let’s go do this. That attitude and of our Corps. Seek out those individuals that
filled with new highs for Marine Forces approach will be our beacon as we begin the you think could serve in our Corps. Get their
Reserve and some unfortunate lows. First year 2016. Our Commander wants you not name and their contact information and
and foremost, the last year brought us just deployable, but employable – meaning pass it on to the local recruiter. This is your
a profound loss and another mission to every one of you is fully prepared in mind, way of “paying it forward” and ensuring
contend with – enemies on our home soil. body, spirit and financially to mobilize and we recruit our future generations from your
We all suffered through the tragic events deploy in support of whatever mission you hometowns.
that occurred in Chattanooga when we lost are assigned to accomplish. You must be This year is truly special for Marine
four Marines by the actions of a committed ready to fight tonight. Forces Reserve. The Centennial of the Marine
enemy who caught us by surprise. The Our Commandant and Sergeant Major of Corps Reserve is upon us which gives us an
actions in Chattanooga demonstrated that the Marine Corps want every one of you to opportunity to look back on the last 100
now we have to be hyper vigilant in our “Protect What You Have Earned.” I want years of warfighting excellence and service
actions on the homeland. I need you all you to remember what it was like from the that our Reserve Forces have established.
to continually practice your force protection time you stood on those yellow footprints to The Centennial will be your chance to show
measures. However, your force protection the time you first earned that sacred eagle, America what Marine Forces Reserve is all
measures should carry on in all you do, from globe and anchor. You have earned this title about.
your actions at home training centers to your through blood, sweat and tears. The honor As we start 2016, Lt. Gen. McMillian and I
conduct online and on social media. of this title, however, carries incredible want you all to know that we are extremely
You should celebrate your responsibility. You must always do the right proud to stand alongside you. We are
accomplishments from last year, as thing, at the right time, for the right reasons. intimately aware of your indomitable spirit
Marine Forces Reserve accomplished many You are Marines 24 hours a day, seven days a and loyalty to Marine Forces Reserve. We
objectives. You did this by teamwork and week and 365 days a year. are going to ask you to cinch the straps of
dedication. From deployments in far-off Lastly, I want you to remember that you your haversack tighter, take a thirty inch
northern lands to sunny tropic scenes (and – the Marines and Sailors of Marine Forces step forward and climb to the next level of
even some desert locales), Marine Forces Reserve – are the Force’s greatest asset. It that mountain we call “objective success”
Reserve demonstrated the ability to rapidly is imperative that we continue to find the (and oh by the way, “we do windows too”).
plan, deploy and retrograde to home sites finest men and women our country has to The demands for your talents, energies,
successfully and safely. During 2015, we offer to line our ranks. So, go find you! You ingenuity and dedication will not cease. In
also bid farewell to Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Mills are our best recruiter. Your recent actions fact, we are going to ask you to do more in
and hailed the arrival of Lt. Gen. and Mrs. and deeds in the communities you serve order to ensure we remain ready. Continue
McMillian. For the first time, we had our in demonstrate to the American public that to remain “always faithful” to our Nation,
Reserve Career Planner of the Year recognized you are their hometown Marines. Whether our Corps, our communities, our families and
at the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ it is conducting funeral honors for our most importantly, to each other. Together,
Annual Awards program. Be proud of your fallen, participating in color guards, Toys for we can do this!
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Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Sgt. John Duwe (center), a data Marines with Marine Forces Reserve Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Pfc. Adam Kennedy, an infantryman
Vermont, pries nails loose in the wooden network specialist with Combat “build a house” during a corporal’s Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 25th
flooring of an old military housing Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine course physical training session at Marine Division, position themselves Marine Regiment, practices a prone
facility, Jan. 9, during exercise Lava Viper Logistics Group, reviews basic Marine Corps Support Facility New to clear a building of suspected firing stance with an AK-47 assault rifle
15-1.2 at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. The hand and arm signals before Orleans, March 12. The Marines trained enemy insurgents at exercise Arctic while his Moroccan shooting partner
housing facility is used by various military he takes his platoon on a patrol together to build their leadership Eagle at Camp Grayling, Michigan, practices with the M16 A2 rifle during
branches as a safe house while waiting for during an exercise with 1st Marine abilities, increase their team-building April 25. the first day of African Lion, May 15.
ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. Expeditionary Force in Kansas City, skills and improve physical fitness.
Missouri, Feb. 22. The Marines, along with an African Lion 15 is an annual joint-
Logistics Marines from 4th Combat force exercise in Morocco that aims
attachment of soldiers from the
Engineer Battalion; 2nd Battalion, 24th Duwe was the acting platoon leader Danish Home Guard, simulated to reinforce joint coalition crisis-
Marine Regiment; Marine Aircraft Group in a guard force during the exercise retaking a city from enemy insurgents response capabilities, creating a
49, and 14th Marine Regiment, worked with I MEF. The exercise enabled at Camp Grayling's Combined Arms foundation for future military-to-
together during an exercise to examine Marines to improve interoperability Collective Training Facility. military cooperation.
the logistical requirements for various between the Active and Reserve
mobilizations, exercises and operations component, while preparing them
throughout MARFORRES in New Orleans, with a realistic training environment
Louisiana, Jan. 28. at the force level.
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JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPT. - OCT. NOV. - DEC.
Marines with Company A, 1st Four Marines and a Sailor were Marines with Company C, 4th Assault Marines with 4th Light Armored Reserve Marines join Brazilian
Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, honored after being killed in an Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Marines to conduct a breaching
4th Marine Division, provide security attack by a gunman at the Naval Division, participated in a vehicle Division, conceal their Light Armored exercise during UNITAS 2015 taking
during a mechanized operations Operatonal Support Center and recovery exercise at the Galveston Vehicle during their final exercise in place at Ilha do Govenador, Brazil,
course during Integrated Training Marine Corps Reserve Center in Marine Corps Reserve Home Training Trident Juncture 15 in Almería, Spain, Nov. 16.
Exercise 4-15 aboard Marine Chattanooga, Tennesse, on July 16. Center in Galveston, Texas, Aug. 8. Oct. 30.
Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Families, friends and community UNITAS is a multi-nation exercise
Twentynine Palms, California, June 15. members poured out to support the In Chantilly, Virgina, the Boeing The simulated exercise taught the designed to increase interoperability
Marines and their families. Ch-46 Sea Knight conducted its final Marines each other’s strengths in areas such as military operations
Additionally, Marines participated flight to the Smithsonian Institution and weaknesses, allowing them in urban terrain among participating
in Heavy Metal 15, an annual two- During the month of July, Marines National National Air and Space to seek improvement as well as countries.
week infantry training exercise led also participated in exercise Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy build interoperability among the
by 4th Marine Division. The exercise Peninsula Express in Pohang, Center. The ceremony was conducted warfighters.
focuses on MAGTF combat capabilities Republic of Korea on July 11. The by Marines with Marine Medium
sometimes integrating units from exercise was part of the Korean- Helicopter Squadron 774.
other branches of service. Marine Exchange program which
helps to enhance interoberability
and strengthen U.S.-Korea relations.
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COMBATANT COMMAND KEY
YEAR IN
REVIEW
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2015
OPERATIONS
and
EXERCISES
RESERVE FORCES
AROUND THE WORLD:
•RESERVEMARINESPARTICIPATEDINTHEEIGHTH
THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE REMAINS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TOTAL FORCE MARINE CORPS AND
ITERATIONOFTHEKOREAN-MARINEEXCHANGE
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN OPERATIONALLY-FOCUSED FORCE, WHETHER IT IS AUGMENTING A SPECIAL-
PURPOSE MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE AFRICA, OR FILLING TRAINING AND ADVISING ROLES WITH PROGRAM,WHICHISDESIGNEDTOENHANCE
SECURITYCOOPERATIONTEAMSINDIRECTSUPPORTOFCOMBATANTCOMMANDERS'REQUIREMENTS. INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND
CONSEQUENTLY,THERESERVEFORCECONTINUESTOMAINTAINAHIGHLEVELOFOPERATIONALEXPERIENCE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.
AS IT SERVES SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH ITS ACTIVE COMPONENT COUNTERPARTS.
•MARINESINTHERESERVECOMPONENTSERVEDAS
THEGROUNDCOMBATELEMENTDURINGEXERCISE
AFRICAN LION 2015.
NORTHERN COMMAND AFRICA COMMAND •ITX4-15WASTHELARGESTANNUALINTEGRATED
EXERCISEFORTHERESERVEANDACTIVE
COMMEX 15.1 EASTERN ACCORD
COMPONENTS. THE EXERCISE FOCUSED ON THE
ITX 4-15 AFRICAN LION MARINEAIRGROUNDTASKFORCECAPABILITIES.
HEAVY METAL WESTERN ACCORD
•MARINESJOINEDPARTNERNATIONSDURING
IRT CAMP HINDS TRIDENTJUNCTURE2015TOPARTICIPATEINTHE
IRT OLD HARBOR SOUTHERN COMMAND LARGESTNATOEXERCISETOTAKEPLACEINTHE
PAST 10 YEARS.
BEYOND THE HORIZONS 2015
TRADEWINDS 2015 •MARINESTRAINEDINHONDURASTOIMPROVE
THEIRRESPONSECAPABLITIESWHENASSISTING
FA HUMANITARIAS
ALLIEDNATIONSDURINGNATURALDISASTERS.
UNITAS AMPHIBIOUS 15
PACIFIC COMMAND
•MARFORRESDEPLOYEDMARINESAROUNDTHE
EXERCISE KEY RESOLVE GLOBETOMANTHEATERSECURITYCOOPERATION
EUROPEAN COMMAND OPERATIONS,WHERECOALITIONSANDREGIONAL
NORTHERN EDGE
PARTNERSHIPS COMPOSED OF CAPABLE AND
RED DAGGER
ULCHI FREEDOM GUARD WILLINGNATIONSBUILDMUTUALSECURITY,
AGILE SPIRIT 15 DETERAGGRESSIONANDEXTREMISMAND
LAVA VIPER
PROVIDETHEUNDERLYINGCONDITIONSFOR
SABER SPIRIT 15
PENINSULA EXPRESS 15 SUCCESS IF MILITARY ACTION IS REQUIRED.
PTAP NORWAY
RED DAGGER
TRIDENT JUNCTURE 15
PLATINUM LION
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BY THE NUMBERS
MARFORRES
101
MARINE FORCES RESERVE
MARINE FORCES RESERVE
4th MARINE FORCE MARINE FORCES RESERVE MARINE FORCES RESERVE
4th MARINE
4th MARINE
HEADQUARTERS
AIRCRAFT WING
LOGISTICS
DIVISION
GROUP
GROUP
MISSION: The immediate and MISSION: To command and control MISSION: To serve as the intermediate MISSION: To prepare and provide
sustained augmentation capable ground combat element units
force-level SMCR units and the Marine logistics provider to Marine
and reinforcement of the as a sustainable and ready operational
Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity Forces Reserve; t o fi eld and
Active Component with an Reserve in order to augment and
in order to augment and reinforce provide ready augmentation
operational Reserve wing reinforce the Active Component with
active forces for employment across and reinforcement capabilities
under a Total Force construct. forces for employment across the full
the full spectrum of crises and global to gaining forces; and to serve
range of military operations.
engagement. in support of other missions as directed.
TOTAL MARINES TOTAL MARINES TOTAL MARINES TOTAL MARINES
7,210 4,360 7,869 16,736
LANCE CORPORALS AND BELOW LANCE CORPORALS AND BELOW LANCE CORPORALS AND BELOW LANCE CORPORALS AND BELOW
2,543 1,704 3,672 8,779
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS
2,685 1,333 2,805 5,304
STAFF NCOS STAFF NCOS STAFF NCOS STAFF NCOS
1,067 666 708 1,893
OFFICERS OFFICERS OFFICERS OFFICERS
915 657 466 967

UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS
57 13 146 104
ACTIVE DUTY AND ACTIVE RESERVE ACTIVE DUTY AND ACTIVE RESERVE ACTIVE DUTY AND ACTIVE RESERVE ACTIVE DUTY AND ACTIVE RESERVE
2,492 455 1,077 1,576
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