Health Service Support
Introduction
Program 9 is a part of the United States Naval Reserve. It provides health service support, religious programs and NGLO to the USMCR. This page is unofficial and is general information only.
The following introduction to Program 9 was supplied by the "Guide to Program 9 Medical Support of the Marine Corps Reserve", CDR D Scott
Program 9 personnel have two responsibilities, training and preparing for mobilization; plus real time operational support of the Marine Reserve units.
Missions include:
(1) Medical Administration: medical readiness of Marines (physicals, immunizations)
(2) Operational: medical support of field excercises
(3) Teaching: first aid training of Marines
(4) Navy Training: GMT, advancement, NEC training
(5) Wartime training: trauma, tactical skills
Successfully completing all of these missions can often be a great challenge.
Command Relationships:
-The Commanding Officer of your Naval Reserve Activity or Reserve Center is responsible for your administrative support. The CO has administrative control over your unit. (ADCON)
-ADCON includes maintaining your service records, your medical and dental records (though this function may be assigned to the I+I corpsman assigned to the Marine Reserve center,unit), training orders (AT,ADT,ADSW,IDTT), pay and uniform supply.
-Your responsibilities to the ADCON CO includes providing mobilization information (recall bill updates) muster lists for pay, training documentation, documentation of physical readiness testing (PRT) results and other administrative reports
-Because your unit may drill on weekends the reserve center is closed, it is your responsibility to communicate regularly and ashure the required documents are submitted in a timely manner.
-The Marine Reserve Unit Commanding Officer has operational control over the medical assets assigned to his command (OPCON). Operational issues will take precedance over administration ones.
-The Marine Corps Reserve equivalent to the Navy Reserve TAR officers is the Inspector Instructor Staff (I+I)
-Every Readiness Command (REDCOM) has a Marine Corps Liasion Officer (MCLO) assigned. This Marine officer (generally an O-6) is tasked with fascilitating Navy support of the USMCR. He can be an excellent resource. Get to know yours.
COMNAVRESFORINST 1540.10B
Naval Reserve Support for the Selected Marine Corps Reserve
(also issued as Force Order 1540.4)
This is an extremely valuable instruction and a copy of this should be obtained ASAP and committed to memory.
( Introduction to the USMC and Health Service Support for the USMC, USMC organization, mission, planning process and tips to serving with Marines)
