MCO P3000.15B - Manpower Unit Deployment Program Standing Operating Procedures (Short...

Scope

MCO P3000.15B is the Manpower Unit Deployment Program Standing Operating Procedures manual. Signed 2001-10-11. The document's opening section states:

This Manual establishes manpower policies and procedures for deployment of units in connection with the Unit Deployment Program (UDP).

The portal cites the manual for Unit Diary reporting of per diem and entitlements on UDP movements, including advance party, main body, and rear party timing rules.

Audience

• IPAC and Personnel Administration Center (PAC) personnel reporting UDP entries in the Unit Diary.
• G-1 and S-1 staff of deploying and receiving UDP units.
• Unit commanders and reporting sections managing advance party, main body, and rear party movement.
• MCAAT inspectors working the deployments, exercises, and operations checklist.

Chapter map

Repo evidence names one chapter directly.

• Chapter 3, paragraph 3000. Per diem and entitlement reporting for deployments, exercises, and operations.

The portal does not index the remaining chapters.

Operative content

• Per diem for deployments, exercises, and operations is reported per MCO P3000.15B Chapter 3 paragraph 3000, with JTR Chapter 3 Part C paragraph 0329, FPM Volume 2 Chapter 6 paragraph 0601, MARADMIN 050/03, and MCTFSPRIUM 9-91003 with Table 9-9. MCAAT admin checklist.
• For UDP, DMR is reported correctly and advance and rear party DMR entitlements are reported based on the main body's arrival and departure, per MCO P3000.15B and PAA 02-21 with MCTFSPRIUM 9-91003.
• For UDP, deployed per diem for advance and rear party follows the main body's arrival and departure, per MCO P3000.15B, PAA 02-21, and PAAN 2-15.
• Advance party per diem paid via DTS stops the day prior to the main body's arrival. Rear party per diem via DTS starts the day after the main body's departure. JTR paragraphs 0327 and 0328, with MCO P3000.15B paragraph 3000, PAA 2-21, and MCTFSPRIUM 9-91003.5 Table 9-9.
• UDP units use reach-back administration to the fullest extent possible, per PAA 02-21.
• G-1, S-1, and PAC personnel review PAA 02-21 to confirm appropriate UDP entries are reported properly and in a timely manner.

Connection to higher policy

• Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Chapter 3 Part C paragraph 0329 plus paragraphs 0327 and 0328 pair with this manual for per diem rules.
• DoDFMR Volume 7A. Cited alongside PAA 02-21 on the same MCAAT checklist for related entitlement reporting.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• PAA 02-21, Unit Deployment Program (UDP) Update. Clarifies Unit Diary reporting requirements for UDP personnel and units under this manual.
• PAAN 2-15. Paired with PAA 02-21 for advance and rear party per diem reporting.
• MARADMIN 481/03. Prior UDP guidance the portal records as in effect.
• MARADMIN 050/03 and the MCTFSPRIUM reporting tables. Reporting mechanics for per diem entries.

Status

Signed 2001-10-11. MCPEL lists the order as Current. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-28 archive snapshot. The manual is the oldest order in this set, and PAA 02-21 supplies the current Unit Diary clarifications, so read the manual together with the PAA before reporting UDP entitlements.