MCO 1610.7B - Performance Evaluation System (PES)

Scope

MCO 1610.7B sets the policies, procedures, and standards for operating and maintaining the Marine Corps Performance Evaluation System (PES). The order governs fitness report submission for Marines from the rank of sergeant through major general. Article 1129 of Navy Regulations and paragraph 2500.3 of the SECNAV PES authority frame the requirement.

Audience

Reporting Seniors, Reviewing Officers, and Reported-on Marines. Every sergeant through major general carries a record under this order. S-1 and IPAC personnel process the FITREPs. Career planners, monitors, and selection boards rely on the records the system produces.

Key changes from 1610.7A

• Chapter 1. Added a Diversity and Equal Opportunity paragraph.
• Chapter 2. Clarified Seniority Issues.
• Chapter 3. Moved adverse items (drug, alcohol, violence reporting) to Chapter 5. Removed the directed-comment requirement on AN and AR-report omissions. Clarified AR reporting requirements. Clarified the Exception-to-Policy paragraph for observed reports under 90 days. Authorized Extended (EN) reports.
• Chapter 4. Added a Marines Executing Unique Billets paragraph. Amended Commendatory Material.
• Chapter 6. Cancelled waivers in perpetuity and required updated waiver requests on each order revision. Clarified Remedial Promotion. Amended Combat report criteria.
• Chapter 8. Clarified responsibility to conduct annual PES training. Added effective training topics in paragraph 4.
• Chapter 9. Clarified the commanding officer responsibility to educate Marines annually on the PES.
• Appendix A. Updated active and reserve reporting-period end dates for sergeant through brigadier general.
• Appendix F. Revised the Reporting Senior Checklist.
• Appendix G. Updated format.

Enclosures

• Encl 1. References.
• Encl 2. Performance Evaluation System Order. Chapters 1 through 9 plus Appendices A through G.

Authority

Commandant of the Marine Corps publishes the order. MMRP-30 owns the system at HQMC. Submit recommendations to CMC (MMRP-30) via the chain of command.

Status

Active. Cancels MCO 1610.7A. The order ships electronically through the Marine Corps Electronic Library.