MARADMIN 200/25 - Command Chronology Submission Requirements

Scope

MARADMIN 200/25 publishes command responsibilities for the completion of command chronologies and announces History Division (HD) support. Command chronologies are the single most important body of historical records created, collected, and maintained by the Marine Corps. The records support award submissions, legal investigations, official research, lineage and honors determinations, and force design decisions. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force.

Audience

• Active and reserve Marine Corps units. Submit command chronologies on the published schedule.
• Unit commanders. Designate a Staff Historian in writing. Sign each command chronology (no By-Direction or Acting, no digital signatures).
• Staff Historians at the unit. Prepare and submit command chronologies as OCR PDF documents to History Division.
• Marine Corps History Division (HD), Quantico VA. Archives the submissions. Maintains a monthly report on submission status.
• IG inspectors. Encouraged to evaluate the Marine Corps Historical Program (FAC 5750) during command inspection programs.

Submission schedule

• Fleet Marine Force units down to battalion or squadron level. Semi-annual. Period 01 October to 31 March due 30 June. Period 01 April to 30 September due 31 December.
• All other commands and Marine Corps Reserve units. Annual. Period 01 October to 30 September due 31 December.
• Operational deployments for combat. Monthly command chronologies per MCO 5750.1H.

Submission rules

• Format. OCR PDF documents emailed to History.Division@usmcu.edu.
• Signature. Commanding officer signature required. By-Direction and Acting signatures are not permitted. Digital signatures are not permitted.
• HD verifies each report and issues an email receipt once accepted into the archive.

Resources

• Staff historian and command chronology support webpage. https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Command-Chronology-Program/.
• Monthly status report. Updated on the command chronology support webpage.
• IGMC Marine Corps Historical Program FAC 5750 checklist. https://www.igmc.marines.mil/DIVISIONS/INSPECTIONS-DIVISION/FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CHECKLISTS-FACS/.

Action items

1. Designate a Staff Historian in writing per MCO 5750.1H.
2. Pull the unit submission schedule from MARADMIN 509/14 (which set the FY timeline effective 2014-10-01).
3. Submit OCR PDFs to History.Division@usmcu.edu.
4. Confirm signature is the CO original (no By-Direction, no Acting, no digital).
5. Pull the monthly HD status report to confirm receipt.
6. Incorporate FAC 5750 into the unit inspection program.

Connection to higher policy

• SECNAV M-5210.1. DON Records Management Manual.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MCO 5750.1H. Manual for the Marine Corps Historical Program. Parent policy.
• MCO 5210.11F. Marine Corps Records Management Program.
• MARADMIN 509/14. Modified Command Chronology Reporting Procedures and Timelines effective 2014-10-01.
• IGMC FAC 5750. Marine Corps Historical Program checklist.

Status

Released 2025-04-21, DTG R 211233Z APR 25. Originator CG EDCOM PRES MCU Quantico VA. Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President, Marine Corps University. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force. POCs Shawn P. Callahan (Director, Marine Corps History Division, 703-432-4878) and John J. Lyles (Archives Branch Head, 703-432-5050).