MCO 1100.79 - No Standalone Order, See Marine Corps Bulletin 5314 and the Marine Corps Retention Manual

Citation clarification

There is no standalone Marine Corps Order officially numbered MCO 1100.79 governing Career Force Controls. Authors and inspection items have referenced this number in error. Enlisted Career Force Controls (ECFC) and the Officer career-control framework execute through three live policy streams.

Where the actual policy lives

• MCBul 5314. Annual Marine Corps Bulletin updating Enlisted Career Force Controls (ECFC), retention control points, and time-in-grade and time-in-service limits. Reissued each fiscal year by HQMC MM.
• MCO 1040.31. Marine Corps Retention Manual. Master policy for enlisted retention and career development.
• MCO 1900.16. Marine Corps Separation and Retirement Manual. Companion for separation, retirement, and service-limit application.
• MCO P1400.32D w/Ch 2. Marine Corps Promotion Manual, Volume 2, Enlisted Promotions. Sets time-in-grade and time-in-service for promotion.
• MARADMIN 326/23. Enlisted Active Duty Service Limits. Quoted in MARADMIN 076/25 as reference (g).
• MARADMIN 076/25. Establishment of the Enlisted Career Designation Program (ECDP) Pilot.
• MARADMIN 190/26. Update and Extension of the ECDP Pilot.

How to fix authoring references

Replace any inline citation to MCO 1100.79 with the actual driving policy for the topic. For active duty service limits, cite MARADMIN 326/23 and the current MCBul 5314. For career designation pilot eligibility, cite MARADMIN 076/25 and MARADMIN 190/26. For retention and career development, cite MCO 1040.31. For promotion-tied service limits, cite MCO P1400.32D.

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