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DEPARTMENTOF THE NAVYHEADQUARTEHS ilIITED TATESMARINECORPS2 NAVY ANNEXWASH|NGTON.DC 20380-1 75 IN FFPLYREFER O:

5720ARSF/I0U100429August 8,2010SCOTTA HODESATTORNEY AT LAWPO BOX 42002WASHINGTONDC 20015

Dear Mr. Hodes:SUBJECT: FOIA FILE HQMC-201000090

This is in responseo your initial November2,2009, FOIA requestby which you seek oobtain,on behalf of your client, Citizens or Responsibilityand Ethics n Washington CREW),information egarding he U.S. MarineCorps'handlingof domesticviolence ssues.By letterof March 13,2010,I notifiedyou that I had nitiateda search f U.S. MarineCorps USMC) files for documents onsideredesponsiveo items 1), (10), 18),and 19 )ofCREW'sFOIA request. I alsonotified you that I had asked he Manpowerand ReserveAffairs(M&RA) Departmentof this Headquarterso ascertainwhether hey could accurately alculatenumbers rom the Marine CorpsTotal ForceSystem MCTFS) databaseo respondo item (4)and o Family Advocacy Program FAP) record iles to respond o item (8).Attachedat enclosure 1) is an Index of the documents dentified, o date,as responsiveto CREW'sFOIA request. This Index also addresseshe FOIA releasabilityof each dentifiedresponsive ocument. Because ll of thesedocuments etermined o be responsiveo item (l)havebeenposted o various nternetwebsites, haveprovided you the URLs from which theresponsive ocuments anbe downloadedandprinted.As to item (4) of CREW's equest, nowledgeableM&RA personneln the ManpowerInformationDivision (MIT) ran queriesof the Marine CorpsTotal ForceSystem MCATS) database

to identifu he numberof Marines,by calendar ear,dishonorably ischarged, ivenbadconductdischarges, r, in the caseof officers, he total numberof dismissals.The resultsof thosequeriesare dentifiedas documentsUSMC (15) andUSMC (16) andcopiesareprovidedat enclosure2).

As for item (8) of CREW's equest, e advised hatknowledgeableM&RA personneln theM&RA FAP Branchhave apprised hat there s no centralized atabasehat collects he numberofMarines ordered o attend angermanagement lassesandlor counseling, et aloneone that collectsthe nurnber of those ordered o attendpursuant o a deferredprosecutionagreementor diversionprogram. Calculation of this number would require an extensivemanualsearchand review ofhundredsof paper file charts/recordsmaintained n FAP and legal offices across he USMC.


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f#r,t outoo42sAugust18,2010,2010This type of search/reviews not consideredeasonable.Accordingly, tem (8) of CREW's equestsconsideredo be "unperfected" nd no further action s being aken o provideCREW a responseothis item.

Regardingtem (10) of CREW's equest, e advised hat knowledgeable ersonneln theM&RA FAP Branchhavealsoapprised hat theonly documentation f a Marine'sattendance tmandated ngermanagement lasses ould be "sign-in"sheetsmaintainedat each nstallation.However,simply providingcopiesof the sign-insheetswould not providean exactnumberofMarineswho attended uchclasses incesomeattendees renot mandatedo take he classaspartof a domesticviolence reatmentprogrambut simplywant to attend or their own personal nterest.Therefore,eachand every sign-insheetwould have o be reviewedandonly the numberof Marinesmandatedo take he classcounted. Further,we havebeenapprised hat thereare nconsistenciesacrossUSMC installationFAP officeswith regard o attendanceecordkeeping. Some nstallationsmaintainsign-insheets, omeust update he attendancenformationon the individualMarine'schart. Additionally,we were apprised hat FAP officesdo not maintain ecords hatwould reflectany action taken againsta Marine for failure to attendordered angermanagement lasses nd/orcounseling. nstead, uch ecordswould be maintained t localcommand evelswhere ocalinstallationFAP offices would ascertain "no show" from an individualMarine'schartandnotifythe Marine'scommanding officer, letting the command ake action, as appropriate. Any effort tocollect, eview,and count henumerous ign-insheets nd/or ndividual chartrecordsgeneratedsince Jan2001would be an enormous ffort, exhausting undreds f not thousands f manhours.Because uchan effort is not consideredeasonable,tem (10) of CREW's equests consideredobe "unperfected" ndno further action s being aken o provideCREW a responseo this item.As for item (18),be advised hat knowledgeable ersonnelwith the JudgeAdvocateDivisionof this Headquarters aveapprised hat neither he Department f theNavy (DON) nor theUSMCmaintain any centralized databaseshat would allow for the ready dentification of documents hatwould reflect USMC decisions ot to prosecute Marine for a domesticviolencecrime because ucha prosecutionwould havepreventedhe Marine Corps rom being able o deploy hat Marine o Iraq,or any otherforeign country. A manualsearch f an ncalculable umberof paper iles maintainedby eachand everyMarine commanderwith suchdecisionmaking authority. Because uchan effortis not consideredeasonable,tem (18) of CREW'srequest s consideredo be "unperfected" ndnofurtheraction s being aken o provideCREW a responseo this item.Finally, regarding tem (19),be advised hat we have earned hat responsivenformation s

maintained n the USMC CentralRegistry or DomesticAbuse ncidents. An MSExcel spreadsheetreport isting each esponsive omesticviolence ncidentwasgeneratedrom that Registryandprovided o this office for releaseo you.That spreadsheets listedon the provided ndex asdocumentUSMC (16) and a mpy is providedon the CD-ROM attached t enclosure2). We havealsobeenapprised hat the Registrydatabase as he ability to producea two-page eport,commonlycalleda maltreatment eport, or each ncident. The recordscustodian or the Registry s locatedwithin the Personnel nd Family Readiness ivision (MR) of the Manpowerand ReserveAffairs


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f*'8.,touroo42sAugust18,2010,2010Departmentof this Headquarters nd is currently downloadingand preparing the 2-pagemaltreatment eports or provision o this office. Be advised, owever, hat themaltreatmentreportscontainpersonal ensitive nformationaboutsponsors, ffenders,and victims thatwillhave o be redacted rom these eportsprior to their releaseo you. Because f the numberofresponsive omestic iolence ncidents 15,926),I will be releasinghem o you in batch eleasesof approximately1,000 eportsat a time. I'm hoping o make he first batch elease y or beforethe middleof September 010.

Further,be advised hat,while M&RA (MR) maintains he USMC CentralRegistrydatabase,hey do not maintain ndividualcase ile recordspertaining o individuals nvolvedin domesticviolence ncidents. Instead, hese ecordsare maintained t the variousUSMCinstallation evel Family AdvocacyCenters. Shouldyou wish to pursuea request or copiesofindividualcase ile records, ou will need o direct a separate OIA request o everyUSMCinstallation.

Becausewe areunable o provideyou a substantiveesponseo items(8), (10), and(18) dueto their unperfected tatusandhaveonly providedyou a partial esponseo item (19), you mayconsider his an adverse eterminationhat may be appealedo the JudgeAdvocateGeneral,GeneralLitigation Division (Code 14\,1322Patterson venue SE, Suite3000,WashingtonNavy Yard, DC20374-5066.Your appeal, f any,must be postmarkedo the aboveaddresswithin 60 calendar aysfrom the dateof this letter o be considered ndshould nclude a copyof your initial requestplus acopyof this coffespondence. dditionally,your appeal orrespondencehould ncludea writtenstatementndicatingwhy you believeyour appealshouldbe granted. I recnmmendhat your appealand ts envelope othbear he notation, Freedomof InformationAct Appeal'"

euestionsconcerninghis actionmay be directed o me or Ms. GenevieveBestof my staff at(703)614-4008.Sincerely,

SecurityProgramsand Information Mgmt BranchAdministrationandResourceMgmt DivisionBy directionof theCommandantof the Marine CorPs

TERESAD. ROSSHead.FOIA/PA Section

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TNDEXOF RESPONSTVEOCUMENTSFrLEHQMC-201000090(asofAugust 8,2010)

USMC (0r) - MARINE CORPS ORDER P1700.248;Subj:MARINE CORPSPERSONNELSERVICESMANUAL (149 pages)DocumentUSMC (01)respondso item 1) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (01)canbe downloadedro m he Internet t hltlr:r'lrvww.marines.nril/ueu,sr'pru ca ons/Pa esiM(' ( )o/o20P70 ( . 9.aspx

USMC (02)- MARINE CORPSORDERP1610.7F; ubi:PERORMANCEEVALUATION SYSTEM(85 pages)DocumentUSMC (02) respondso item (l) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (02)canbe downloadedrom the Internet t http://rvww.mariues.nril/tuervs/publ icat ionsiasesi C'O9/o206 0.7F.aspr

USMC (03)- MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE MARADMIN) 120103; ubj:TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED FAMILY MEMBERS (XX pages)DocumentUSMC (03) respondso item l) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (03)canbe downloadedrom he nternet t h(tn:i/www.m:rrines.uril/tueu'site sage/[)ages/nraaclrrnseach . sp r

USMC (04)- MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE MARADMIN) 186/03;Subj:POLICY FO RIMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT (6 pages)DocumentUSMC (04) respondso item (l) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (04)canbe downloadedrom the nternet t hl1;r://u,wrv.marines.uril/ne\\rsnressaesi)a esi ra acl ri seach.asp r

USMC (0s) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE (MARADMIN) 522104;Subj: MILITARYPROTECTTVEORDERS (XX pages)DocumentUSMC (05) respondso item(1 ) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (05)canbe downloadedrom he Internet t hltlr:/irvrvrv.nrariues.nrilrne\\'SireSSaes/Pages/'nrararlnrinscach.aspr

USMC (06)- MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE MARADMIN) 162105; ubj:CASEREVIEW COMMITTEE INCIDENT STATUTS DETERMINATION PROCESS(XX pages)DocumentUSMC (06) respondso item (1) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (06)ca nbe downloadedrom the nternet t hltp:,'irvrvrv.marines.nril/neu,s'messaes i a es,'ttraaclntiseach . snr


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USMC (07) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE (MARADMIN) 202106;Subj:RESTRICTED REPORTINGPOLICY FOR INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE(XX pages)DocumentUSMC (07) respondso item (1) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (07) canbe downloaded rom the Internetat http://www.marines.mil/news/messages/Paes/maradmisearch.spx

USMC (08) - DeputySecretary f DefenseMemorandum DTM-06-005) of Subj: RestrictedReportingPolicy for Incidentsof DomesticAbuse(9 pages)DocumentUSMC (08) respondso item (l) of CREW's FOIA request.DocumentUSMC (08) canbe downloaded rom the Internetat http://www.dtic.mil/wlis/directives/corres/dir3.tnrl

USMC (09) - NAVMC 2930DRAFT Family AdvocacyPreventionand InterventionDocumentUSMC (09) respondso item (1) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (09) canbe downloaded rom the Internetat http://www.usmc-nrccs.org/aboutmccs/downloacls/NVM C293020Au 03.pdf

USMC (10) - SECNAVINST 1752.38 Family AdvocacyProgramDocumentUSMC (10) respondso item (l) of CREW's FOIA request.DocumentUSMC (10)canbe downloadedrom the nternet t http://doni.daps.clla.mil/a iustruct iol ls.aspx

USMC (11) - Department f DefenseManual DOD 6400.1-M);Subj:FAMILY ADVOCACyPROGRAM, STANDARDS AND SELF-ASSESSMENTTOOL (147PAGES)DocumentUSMC (11) respondso item (1) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (11)canbe downloadedro m he nternet t http://www.dtic.rnil/whs/d recti es/corres/pub.htrnl

USMC (12) - Department f Defensenstruction DODI) 6400.3;Subi: FAMILY ADVOCACYCOMMAND ASSISTANCETEAM (7 pages)DocumentUSMC (12) respondso item (l) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (12) canbe downloaded rom the Internetat http://www.dtic.mil/whs/d rectives/corres/ins.ht m

USMC (13) - Departmentof Defense nstruction (DODD 1342.24;Subj: TRANSITIONALCOMPENSATION FOR ABUSED DEPENDENTS (8 pages)DocumentUSMC (13) respondso item (l) of CREW'sFOIA request.DocumentUSMC (13)ca nbe downloadedrom he nternet t http://www.dtic.mi1/wlm/d rectives/correslins.htnil


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usMc (16)

Spreadsheeteport generated rom the Marine CorpsTotal Force System MCTSF)databasehat providesthe discharge ype, numberof dischargeswithin a listed dischargetype, and calendaryear for all USMC bad conduct and dishonorabledischargessinceJanuary1, 2001DocumentUSMC (1a) is releasablen its entirety.Spreadsheeteport generated rom the Marine Corps Total Force System(MCTSF)Database hat providesthe dismissal ype, number of dismissals,and calendaryear foral l USMC officers dismissed/dischargedinceJanuary1,2001DocumentUSMC (15) is releasablen its entirety.Spreadsheeteport generated rom the USMC CentralRegistry for Domestic Abuseincidents isting fiscalyear, ncidentnumber,CaseReviewCommittee CRC) date,installation code, nstallation name,CRC findings, tJpe, victim personnel ype, physical(abuse),and sexual(abuse) or each caseof domestic violencecasewithin the USMCdating rom January1,2001DocumentUSMC (16) is releasablen its entirety.

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