MARADMIN 379/22 - Awards Update

Scope

MARADMIN 379/22 publishes an awards update for the Marine Corps. The message authorizes unit award entries in NAVMC 2922, restates Joint Meritorious Unit Award (JMUA) participation rules, and tightens campaign medal eligibility for the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal (IRCM) and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOT-SM). Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force.

Audience

• Commanders endorsing unit awards. Apply the NAVMC 2922 entries authorized in this message.
• Adjutants and S-1 staff. Process awards in the MCTFS unit diary and iAPS.
• HQMC Military Awards Branch (MMMA). Adjudicates eligibility.

Operative provisions

• Paragraph 2.a note. Restates the JMUA rules. Members must be assigned to the cited joint unit by official orders and directly participate for at least 30 days, or the full period when the cited period runs under 30 days. The rule originated in MARADMIN 692/20 paragraph 2.a note.
• Paragraph 2.a note. The cited unit's commander holds discretionary authority to waive the 30-day minimum on an individual basis for reserve personnel on active duty and for TDY or TAD personnel assigned by orders who contributed directly.
• Paragraph 5. Confirms IRCM recognition for Operation Inherent Resolve service from 2014-06-15 forward, with service stars for subsequent qualifying periods.
• Paragraph 5.a. Effective 2022-07-01, limits IRCM eligibility to Syria, its associated airspace, and contiguous waters out to 12 nautical miles. MARADMIN 637/22 later extended the Iraq portion through 2022-12-31, then it closed.
• Paragraph 4.a. Effective 2022-09-11, limits GWOT-SM eligibility to service members directly serving in a designated military counter-terrorism operation for a minimum of 30 days, consecutive or non-consecutive.

Connection to higher policy

• DoDI 1348.33 and DoD Manual 1348.33 Volume 3. DoD Military Decorations and Awards Program.
• SECNAV M-1650.1. Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• NAVMC 2922. Marine Corps Unit Awards Manual. Maintained quarterly on www.marines.mil.
• MARADMIN 692/20. Prior awards update and originating source for the JMUA 30-day rule.
• MARADMIN 398/10. Earlier awards update. Cross-reference for JMUA guidance.
• MARADMIN 637/22. IRCM Iraq extension.

Status

Signed 2022-07-28 per the HQMC message index. Originator CMC Washington DC MRA MM. Active. Date settled from the message header DTG R 271427Z JUL 22, released 2022-07-27, confirmed against the archived message on 2026-07-16. The index row carries the next-day posting date.