MCO 1001.59 - Active Duty For Operational Suppport (Ados) In Support Of The Total Force...

Scope

MCO 1001.59 governs the Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS) program. The full subject line reads Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS) in Support of the Total Force. The order delineates the governing policies and procedures required to employ Marines on ADOS.

The Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS) program provides Marine Corps Reserve personnel augmentation for both Active and Reserve components, in support of existing and emerging requirements of the Marine Corps Total Force to meet short-term administrative, operational, and exercise support requirements. a. The purpose of this order is to delineate governing policies and procedures required to employ Marines [...]

Quoted from the document's opening section.

Audience

• Reserve Marines volunteering for ADOS missions, including recruiter and instructor positions, staff augmentation, and Joint Service positions.
• I&I admin officers and admin chiefs (0102, 0111, 0170) who process ADOS applications, orders, and status changes.
• Commanders who endorse applications and support processing at the I&I level.
• HQMC program managers who announce ADOS opportunities and approve applications.

Content scope

Repo evidence names no chapter structure. Portal pages sourced to the order describe the application package with command endorsement and HQMC approval, orders generation, active duty status changes in UD/MIPS, pay and benefits during the tour, and end-of-tour reversion to drilling status.

Operative content

• ADOS authorizes Reserve members on active duty for specific operational missions, distinct from Annual Training, Active Duty for Training, and mobilization. Cited with MCRAMM Chapter 10.
• ADOS runs on voluntary active duty authority under 10 USC 12301(d). The member volunteers, the command endorses, and HQMC approves against a documented operational need.
• ADOS orders generate through MROWS, the same pipeline as AT and ADT. I&I staffs process ADOS like AT but track it separately for accountability.
• During ADOS the member draws active duty base pay, BAH at the duty location, and BAS at the active duty rate, with TRICARE Prime for the member and family, and TAMP eligibility at tour end.
• ADOS days count toward active service and earn one retirement point per day.

Connection to higher policy

• 10 USC 12301(d). The voluntary active duty authority underneath every ADOS order.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MCO 1001R.1L MCRAMM. Chapter 10 carries active duty for operational support and is cited alongside this order on portal I&I pages.
• MROWS. Orders generation system for ADOS, AT, and ADT.
• MCO 1000.6 ACTSMAN. Lists MCO 1001.59A on its reference shelf.

Status

Signed 2011-01-19. The MCPEL lists MCO 1001.59A as Current with the same 2011-01-19 publication date, and the external link opens the 1001.59A PDF on marines.mil. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-29 archive snapshot. Confirm the revision letter before quoting paragraph numbers, the base order and the A revision share the number on portal pages.