MCO 1326.6 - Selecting, Screening, And Preparing Enlisted Marines For Screenable Billets...

Scope

MCO 1326.6, short title SCREENMAN, governs selecting, screening, and preparing enlisted Marines for screenable billets and independent duty assignments. MARADMIN 131/19, signed 2019-03-04, announced the release under the full title Selecting, Screening, and Preparing Enlisted Marines for Screenable Billets and Independent Duty Assignments (SCREENMAN). Change 1 followed on 2021-05-11. The CH-1 transmittal states the changes correct two deficiencies in the order as written, the first one letting Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments limit duty station incentives to Marines who volunteer for Special Duty Assignments (SDAs) in support of Marine Corps mission requirements.

Audience

• Enlisted Marines volunteering for SDA or Type-1 screenable billets through the annual campaign.
• Career counselors and career planners who build volunteer packages in TFRS.
• Commanders and S-1 chiefs who screen Marines for special duty and independent duty, including MOS 5831 chaser candidates.
• MMEA monitors who run the SDA campaign and administer assignment incentives.

Content scope

Repo evidence names no chapter numbers. Portal surfaces sourced to the order describe screening for the SDA billets, Recruiter, Drill Instructor, and MSG Detachment Commander, screening for Type-1 screenable billets such as Combat Instructor and MSG Watch Stander, and independent duty screening used for chaser duty certification.

Operative content

• The S-1 chief screens MOS 5831 chaser duty candidates under MCO 1326.6 independent duty screening with the selection criteria in MCO 1620.3A paragraph 5b.
• Marines assigned to MCACC duty without independent duty screening under this order fail certification per MCO 1620.3A paragraph 5c.
• Screening under this order feeds the special duty billets whose pays, SDAP, AIP, and VSI, run under MCO 7220.12R.
• MARADMIN 438/19 implemented SCREENMAN monetary incentive options for FY21 SDA and Type-1 billets, applying to Marines volunteering or involuntarily selected on or after 2019-03-01. The source page for the message reads CANCELLED.
• The FY28 SDA campaign in MARADMIN 181/26 lists MCO 1326.6 Change-1 as its doctrinal base.

Connection to higher policy

• ASN (M&RA) memorandum dated 2019-08-01. Named with SCREENMAN as the basis for the FY21 SDA incentive options in MARADMIN 438/19.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MCO P1326.6D SDAMAN. Predecessor, Selecting, Screening, and Preparing Enlisted Marines for Special Duty Assignments. MARADMIN 676/17, signed 2017-12-13, gave advance notification of change.
• MCO 7220.12R. SDAP, AIP, and VSI administration for the billets this order screens.
• MCO 1620.3A. MOS 5831 selection criteria paired with independent duty screening.
• MARADMINs 131/19, 438/19, and 181/26. Release message, FY21 incentives, FY28 campaign.
• Total Force Retention System (TFRS). SDA RELM submission path.

Status

Released under MARADMIN 131/19 on 2019-03-04. Change 1 signed 2021-05-11, and the MCPEL lists MCO 1326.6 CH-1 as Current. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-28 archive snapshot, and the external link opens the CH-1 PDF on marines.mil. Portal pages cite the order without the change marker, confirm the CH-1 text before quoting incentive limits.