MCO 5750.1H - Manual For The Marine Corps Historical Program

Scope

MCO 5750.1H is the Manual for the Marine Corps Historical Program. Signed 2009-02-13. The document's opening section states:

This Manual sets forth revised policies, procedures, and standards governing the administration of the Marine Corps historical program

The purpose statement also delineates the responsibilities of the History Division, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, field commands, and the Archives and Special Collections Branch of the Library of the Marine Corps in the planning, conduct, and execution of the program.

Audience

• Unit commanders. Sign every command chronology personally and designate a Staff Historian in writing.
• Staff Historians at the unit. Prepare and submit command chronologies.
• Marine Corps History Division and the Archives and Special Collections Branch. Receive, verify, and archive submissions.
• Records managers and IG inspectors working the records management checklist and FAC 5750.

Enclosure map

• Enclosure 1. The historical program manual.
• Enclosure 1 Chapter 5. Command chronology. Paragraph 4a states the chronology objective and the commander signing requirement.
• Appendix A. Submission requirements, with Annex 5 cited by the IGMC records management checklist. MARADMIN 200/25 modifies the Appendix A submission schedule.

The portal does not index the remaining chapters.

Operative content

• The command chronology is a documented report to the Commandant of the Marine Corps covering significant events of designated organizations, retained on the Commandant's behalf in the Archives and Special Collections Branch as a permanent record destined for the National Archives and Records Administration. Enclosure 1 Chapter 5 paragraph 4a.
• Command chronologies not signed by the commanding officer are considered incomplete until the commander or acting commander signs. Enclosure 1 Chapter 5 paragraph 4a.
• Fleet Marine Force units down to battalion or squadron level submit semi-annually, all other commands including Marine Corps Reserve units annually. Appendix A, restated by MARADMIN 200/25 paragraph 3a.
• Chronologies are due no later than 90 days after the reporting period ends, 30 June and 31 December for semiannual and 31 December for annual submissions. IGMC records management checklist item 0501.
• Units on operational deployment for combat submit monthly command chronologies, per MARADMIN 200/25.
• Commanders designate a Staff Historian in writing, per MARADMIN 200/25.
• Command historical summary files hold lineage and honors certificates, streamer entitlement, five years of chronologies, the unit insignia master copy with documentation, and a list of property, facilities, and commemorative sites. Checklist item 0501.

Connection to higher policy

• SECNAV M-5210.1, the DON Records Management Manual. Governs the records management side of chronology handling.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MARADMIN 200/25 (2025-04-21). Publishes current chronology responsibilities and History Division support, modifying the Chapter 5 and Appendix A mechanics.
• MARADMIN 509/14. Set the submission timeline effective 2014-10-01.
• MCBul 5210. Assigns the Command Historical Program under this order's Chapter 5 and Appendix A.
• MCO 5210.11F, Marine Corps Records Management Program. Functional Area 5210 checks chronology submission status.
• IGMC FAC 5750, Historical Program. Non-CoRE category, sponsored by HQMC (HD), effective 2024-04-04.

Status

Signed 2009-02-13. MCPEL lists the order as Current. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-28 archive snapshot. MARADMIN 200/25 modified submission procedures in 2025, so read Chapter 5 and Appendix A together with the MARADMIN before acting.