MCO 5354.1 - Prohibited Activities and Conduct Prevention and Response Program (PAC)

Scope

MCO 5354.1 is the Marine Corps prevention and response order series behind the Military Equal Opportunity program. MARADMIN 357/26 realigned the program designation from Prohibited Activities and Conduct, PAC, to MEO, reissuing cancelled MARADMIN 349/26 of 2026-07-30 with identical policy effect on 2026-08-07, the order keeps its PAC title until the next revision. The order sets command responsibilities for prevention and response, equal opportunity and anti-harassment policy statements, command climate assessment, and annual program training. MARADMIN 357/26 reference A dates the current revision, MCO 5354.1G, at 2025-04-11, and the MCPEL lists Admin Ch 1 published 2024-05-31. The source PDF on file from the 2026-04 archive snapshot carries a Marine Corps Directives Compliance with Executive Order 14168 cover.

Audience

• Commanders. Own the PAC program, the policy statements, the appointments, and the climate assessment.
• Equal Opportunity Advisors (EOA) and Equal Opportunity Coordinators (EOC) appointed in writing.
• Equal Opportunity Representatives (EOR) and Command Resilience Team members.
• S-1 staff processing Page 11 entries tied to EO and PAC matters.

Chapter map

Repo evidence names one chapter directly.

• Chapter 2 (5354.1F revision). Command Climate Assessment framework. MARADMIN 468/23 moved the annual CCA into a fixed window under this chapter.

The portal does not index the remaining chapters.

Operative content

• The commander appoints the EOA and EOC in writing and ensures 85 percent completion of annual PAC training in MCTIMS, per the commander oversight matrix for the PAC functional area.
• An incoming commander re-issues the Equal Opportunity and PAC Prevention and Response Policy Statement and the Anti-Harassment and Human Relations Policy Statement under personal signature within 30 days of assuming command, per the commander turnover checklist citing MCO 5354.1F.
• The commander appoints EORs and Command Resilience Team members, per the turnover checklist citing MCO 5354.1F and MARADMIN 468/23.
• A new commander conducts a CCA with DEOCS within 90 days of assuming command, documents the corrective action POA&M, and annotates completion in the annual FITREP, per MARADMIN 468/23 paragraph 4 and MCO 5354.1F.
• The annual CCA runs under MCO 5354.1F Chapter 2 within the window of 01 August to 30 November and begins no later than 31 October, per MARADMIN 468/23.

Connection to higher policy

• DODI 1350.02 of 2026-03-11. The DoD Military Equal Opportunity Program policy the realigned program answers to.
• DODI 1020.03 of 2025-12-10. The DoD harassment prevention and response policy.
• Executive Order 14168. Drove the directives compliance change recorded on the archived document cover.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MARADMIN 357/26. Realigns the program terminology to Military Equal Opportunity, effective 2026-08-07, administrative only, in effect until the next revision of this order. Reissues MARADMIN 349/26, cancelled for an administrative error.
• MARADMIN 380/26. Implementation guidance for MEO reform, effective 2026-08-20. Establishes confidential reporting, stops MEO processing of anonymous discrimination allegations, directs conflict resolution on informal complaints, sets eight dismissal grounds with five deadlines, opens an appeal to the next GCMCA, and supersedes conflicting harassment, bullying, and hazing definitions. In effect until incorporated into MCO 5354.1H.
• ALNAV 048/26. The Department of the Navy implementation guidance behind MARADMIN 380/26, released 2026-08-07.
• NAVMC 11512. The complaint form for informal and formal MEO complaints. A confidential report uses no form.
• MARADMIN 468/23. Sets the annual CCA window and the 90-day new-commander CCA requirement.
• MCO 1752.5C, the SAPR order. Lists MCO 5354.1E with Admin CH as a companion reference for discrimination and harassment prevention.
• IGMC Functional Area 5354.1, Prohibited Activities and Conduct Prevention and Response Program (PAC). CoRE category, sponsored by M&RA (MPE), effective 2025-05-15.
• Revision line in the portal record. MCO 5354.1E dated 2018-03-26 with a later Change 1, MCO 5354.1F dated 2021-04-20 announced with a 90-day training inspection moratorium, and MCO 5354.1G with Admin Ch 1 published 2024-05-31.

Status

The current revision is MCO 5354.1G, dated 2025-04-11 per MARADMIN 357/26 reference A, with Admin Ch 1 on the MCPEL published 2024-05-31. Two interim MARADMINs now sit on top of it. MARADMIN 357/26 moved the program designation to Military Equal Opportunity on 2026-08-07. MARADMIN 380/26 added confidential reporting, the commander dismissal authority, the complaint deadlines, and the appeal route on 2026-08-20.

The terminal state is named. MARADMIN 380/26 paragraph 11 holds until its content is incorporated into MCO 5354.1H. Re-verify this entry and every page keyed to it when the H revision publishes.

Verify chapter numbering against the G revision before citing chapter-level detail, the CCA chapter map above reflects the F revision. The order keeps its Prohibited Activities and Conduct title until revision, and NAVMC 11512 keeps the same legacy title on its 2024-06-01 face.