MCO 5800.16 Vol 15 - Officer Misconduct and Substandard Performance of Duty

What this volume is

MCO 5800.16 Volume 15, OFFICER MISCONDUCT AND SUBSTANDARD PERFORMANCE OF DUTY. One of 17 volumes of the Legal Support and Administration Manual, short title LSAM, the Marine Corps legal services authority issued by CMC (JA). Signed 08 AUG 2018. No substantive changes logged since original publication. Source PDF on file from the 2026-07 archive addition.

Sections

• 0101 Purpose
• 0102 General
• 0103 Special Considerations
• 0104 Reporting Officer Misconduct In The Officer Disciplinary Notebook (ODN)
• 0105 Disposition Of Allegations Of Misconduct
• 0106 Reporting Dispositions Of Misconduct
• 0107 Action By Show Cause Authorities
• 0108 Reporting And Processing Allegations Of Substandard Performance Of Duty
• 0109 Administrative Separation Of Officers With Board Action
• 0110 Administrative Separation Of Officers Without Board Action
• 0111 Related Personnel Actions
• 0112 Promotions

Lead excerpt

This Volume promulgates policies, standards, and procedures for the reporting and disposition of instances of alleged officer misconduct or substandard performance of duty, and administrative processing of officers for possible separation as a consequence of such alleged misconduct or substandard performance. This Volume also provides policies, standards, and procedures for related personnel actions, including personnel/administrative hold, and promotion delay, withhold, and removal.

Quoted from section 0101, Purpose.

Audience

Commanders and SJAs processing officer misconduct and substandard performance cases.

Connections

• Officer NJP proceedings require a verbatim transcript per this volume, cited through Volume 16 paragraph 120304.
• SECNAVINST 1920.6. Officer separation processing downstream of misconduct findings.

Access

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