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MCOP1070.12KMarineLeaderCommanderAdministratorVerified Jul 14, 2026
MCO P1070.12K W/CH 1 - Marine Corps Individual Records Administration Manual (IRAM)
Headquarters Marine Corps Manpower Information Division (MIFD)
- Effective
- 2000-07-14
- Publisher
- Headquarters Marine Corps Manpower Information Division (MIFD)
- Pages citing
- 131
Scope
MCO P1070.12K with CH 1, the Individual Records Administration Manual, known as the IRAM, is the authoritative guide for Marine Corps individual records administration. The manual governs the Service Record Book for enlisted Marines and the Officer Qualification Record for officers, sets the rules for what documents file inside each, and directs how records open, move, and close across a Marine's service. The manual applies to the Marine Corps Reserve. Instructions in the manual do not amend Navy Regulations or Navy Department General Orders.
Audience
- Records clerks, unit admins, and IPAC personnel. 0102, 0111, and 0170 admin specialists work from it daily.
- Leaders drafting Page 11 counseling entries and verifying record accuracy for their Marines.
- Commanders directing NJP documentation and record entries with legal effect.
- Every Marine. The record documents your service, and the IRAM defines what belongs in it.
Chapter map
The manual carries seven chapters, verified against the signed K revision on 2026-07-15.
- Chapter 1. Contents of Headquarters Files. The OMPF folder structure. Table 1-1 Service Folder, Table 1-2 Commendatory/Derogatory Folder, Table 1-3 Performance Folder, Table 1-4 Field Folder OQR/SRB, Table 1-5 Health Folder.
- Chapter 2. Personnel Identification Information and General Instructions on the Care and Maintenance of the OQR and SRB. Paragraph 2007 covers closing and distribution of records. Table 2-1 carries the instructions for transfer of records.
- Chapter 3. Officer's Qualification Record (OQR). Paragraph 3005 carries the OQR Page 11 administrative remarks instructions.
- Chapter 4. Service Record Book (SRB). Paragraph 4005 carries the Record of Service, since superseded for marking by JEPES under MCO 1616.1. Paragraph 4006 carries the SRB Page 11 administrative remarks instructions. Paragraph 4007 carries the Unit Punishment Book (NAVMC 10132), reshaped by CH 1.
- Chapter 5. Audit of Records.
- Chapter 6. Abbreviations and Acronyms.
- Chapter 7. Identification Tags.
Operative content
- Page 11 discipline. The IRAM gives the Marine a rebuttal right within a set timeframe, requires signature or a refusal-to-sign annotation, and is explicit on exclusions. Hearsay, unverified allegations, off-duty conduct without a command nexus, undocumented counseling, and adverse opinion absent fact stay out.
- The record split. The OMPF is the permanent HQMC-held file, pulled through the Online Records Management Application. The SRB and OQR are the local working records. The IRAM controls what files where and when originals route to the OMPF through the IPAC.
- Change 1. Published 2002-05-31 through MARADMIN 301/02. Replaced NAVMC 118(12), the SRB Page 12, with NAVMC 10132, the Unit Punishment Book, and modified UPB procedures.
- Interim changes ride Pay and Personnel Administrative Advisories. PAA 05-23 clarifies K-revision provisions, PAA 07-10 changes paragraphs 4006.3d, 5000.3, and 5002, PAA 09-11 changes paragraph 4006.3E to align with the Promotion Manual.
Connection to higher policy
- MCO 5000.14D MCAP. Assigns the administrative structure the IRAM's record work runs inside.
- MCO 1070.1. The OMPF order the IRAM's filing rules feed.
- SECNAV M-5210.1 and MCO 5210.11. Records management and disposition authority over the documents the IRAM creates.
Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy
- MCO 5800.16 LSAM. NJP and UPB preparation rules cross-referenced from the discipline entries.
- MCTFS PRIUM. The reporting instructions for the same events the record documents.
- MCO 1616.1 JEPES. Superseded the paragraph 4005 marking system.
- MARADMIN 015/20. OMPF document submission requirements layered over the filing rules.
Status
Active as the K revision with CH 1. Signed 2000-07-14, CH 1 effective 2002-05-31 through MARADMIN 301/02. Supersedes MCO P1070.12J. Interim changes arrive as PAAs, not reprints, so confirm the paragraph against the advisories before relying on it.
Aliases the resolver matches
- MCO P1070.12
- MCO P1070.12K
- MCO P1070.12K W/CH 1
- MCO 1070.12K
- IRAM
- Marine Corps Individual Records Administration Manual
Cited by 131 pages
Inspections (4)
Admin (105)
- Absentee, Deserter, and Confinement Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Account Closure at Detach - S-1 Procedural Page
- Account Provisioning and SAAR-N Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Admin Systems Management - S-1 Procedural Page
- Administrative Absence - S-1 Procedural Page
- Administrative Actions for Reserve Misconduct
- Adverse Report Procedures - S-1 Procedural Page
- Annual Leave Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Audit and Internal Controls - S-1 Procedural Page
- Audit Personnel Records (PAC)
- Award Nomination Preparation and Standards - S-1 Procedural Page
- Casualty Affairs - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Command Investigation (Type One) - S-1 Procedural Page
- Command Investigations - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Congressional and Special Interest Inquiries - S-1 Procedural Page
- Convalescent Leave (Sick Leave) - S-1 Procedural Page
- Corporal and Sergeant Promotion - S-1 Procedural Page
- Correspondence Register and Filing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Courts-Martial Administration - S-1 Procedural Page
- DD Form 214 Preparation - S-1 Procedural Page
- eAOC and Welcome Aboard Letters - S-1 Procedural Page
- EDFR Processing and Failure Resolution
- Electronic Service Record (ESR) Management
- Emergency Leave Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Enlisted Administrative Separations - S-1 Procedural Page
- Enlisted Promotion Eligibility - S-1 Procedural Page
- Enlisted Retirement and FMCR Transfer - S-1 Procedural Page
- Expanded Permanent Limited Duty (EPLD) - S-1 Procedural Page
- Fitness Report Preparation - S-1 Procedural Page
- Foreign Awards Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Handling and Submission of Completed Reports - S-1 Procedural Page
- Inbound Management - IPAC Join Transaction
- Inbound Management - S-1 Procedural Overview
- IRAM (MCO P1070.12) Overview
- Leave Check-Out and Check-In Procedures - S-1 Procedural Page
- Leave, Liberty, and Administrative Absence - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Legal Administration - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Liberty Limits and Passes - S-1 Procedural Page
- Light Duty - S-1 Procedural Page
- LIMDU Board and Policy - S-1 Procedural Page
- Limited Duty - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Marine Corps Sponsorship Program - S-1 Procedural Overview
- MCTFS Detach and Routing - S-1 Procedural Page
- MCTFS Join and KSD Upload - S-1 Procedural Page
- Medical Extension - S-1 Procedural Page
- Member-to-Member Audit Process
- Memorandum and Endorsements - S-1 Procedural Page
- Military Awards - S-1 Procedural Overview
- MOL Administrator Permissions Management - S-1 Procedural Page
- Naval Correspondence and Messages - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Naval Letter - S-1 Procedural Page
- New System Release Onboarding - S-1 Procedural Page
- Nonjudicial Punishment and Unit Punishment Book - S-1 Procedural Page
- Officer Administrative Separation - S-1 Procedural Page
- Officer Promotions - S-1 Procedural Page
- Officer Retirement - S-1 Procedural Page
- OMPF and SRB Handover - S-1 Procedural Page
- OMPF and SRB Receipt - S-1 Procedural Page
- OMPF Document Categories and Sub-Categories
- OMPF Overview - Official Military Personnel File
- OMPF Submission Procedures (MARADMIN 015/20)
- Operational Restrictions - PFT, Deployability, and PCS - S-1 Procedural Page
- Outbound Management - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Page 11 (Administrative Remarks) Entries
- Performance Evaluation System (PES) - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Permanent Limited Duty (PLD) - S-1 Procedural Page
- PFC and LCpl Promotion - S-1 Procedural Page
- Physical Disability Evaluation System (DES) - S-1 Procedural Page
- PNOK Notification - S-1 Procedural Page
- Prepare Unit Punishment Book (S-1)
- Privacy Act and HIPAA in System Use - S-1 Procedural Page
- Privileged Certifier Account Authorization - S-1 Procedural Page
- Process NAVMC 10922 Dependency Application (PAC)
- Promotion Restrictions and Withholds - S-1 Procedural Page
- Promotions - S-1 Procedural Overview
- RAPIDS and CAC Administration - S-1 Procedural Page
- Records Disposition and Retention Schedules
- Records Management - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Remedial Promotion - S-1 Procedural Page
- Reporting Chain and Responsibilities - S-1 Procedural Page
- Reserve Separation and Retirement - S-1 Procedural Page
- SDAP and Assignment Incentive Pay - S-1 Procedural Page
- Selection Boards for SNCO Promotions - S-1 Procedural Page
- SELRES Career Counseling
- Separation and Retirement - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Separation and Retirement Handoff - S-1 Procedural Page
- Separation Pay and Benefits - S-1 Procedural Page
- Signing Authority and By Direction - S-1 Procedural Page
- Special and Hazardous Duty Pay - S-1 Procedural Overview
- Special Instructions for Unique Reporting Situations - S-1 Procedural Page
- Special Leave Accrual (SLA) - S-1 Procedural Page
- Special Promotion Programs - S-1 Procedural Page
- Sponsor Responsibilities and Completion - S-1 Procedural Page
- Submission Requirements and Occasion Codes - S-1 Procedural Page
- Substantive Corrections Process - S-1 Procedural Page
- System Outage and Backup Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- Terminal Leave Processing - S-1 Procedural Page
- UD/MIPS Key Supporting Document Storage (MARADMIN 601/24)
- UD/MIPS Transactions Overview
- Unauthorized Absence (UA) Tracking and Reporting
- Unit Check-In Procedures - S-1 Procedural Page
- Unit Check-Out Procedures - S-1 Procedural Page
- Unit Responsibilities and LIMDU Re-Evaluation - S-1 Procedural Page
- Verification of Awards - S-1 Procedural Page
- Waivers and Remissions of Indebtedness - S-1 Procedural Page