NAVMC 1720.1C - Marine Corps Suicide Prevention System Procedures

Scope

NAVMC 1720.1C carries the Marine Corps Suicide Prevention System procedures. The original prevention guidance lived in the MCO 1720 series and migrated to the NAVMC publication chain. The "MCO 1720.1" alias resolves to this entry so commander pages referencing the legacy MCO continue to render a live chip.

What this directive is

NAVMC 1720.1C, MARINE CORPS SUICIDE PREVENTION SYSTEM PROCEDURES. Signed 2025-05-28 by M&RA (MF). Verified against the signed PDF on 2026-07-15.

Stated purpose

Suicide Prevention in the Marine Corps is executed in accordance with references (a) through (s) and this NAVMC. This NAVMC establishes procedures to support suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention efforts and to ensure consistency throughout the Marine Corps. This NAVMC details the activities involved in the DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: is unlimited.

Quoted from the document's opening section.

Audience

Commanders signing suicide prevention program policy. Suicide Prevention Program Coordinators (SPPCs) appointed in writing. Force Preservation Council participants executing intervention and postvention steps. S-1 sections filing appointment letters and policy signatures.

Operative content as used in the portal

• The commander oversight matrix carries a Suicide Prevention row under the legacy "MCO 1720.1" label. Summarized commander actions. Sign program policy incorporating SMITR functions. Appoint a uniformed SPPC in writing. The matrix marks its rows as IGMC FAC summaries pending a source-text walk.
• The commander battle rhythm page lists a suicide-related event as a trigger. Open the Suicide Response playbook with NAVMC 1720.1 follow-on actions, cited beside DoDI 6490.08.
• Commander FPC pages list "NAVMC 1720.1 Commander's Checklist for Response to Suicide-Related Events" among their references, pointing at the checklist enclosure role this NAVMC plays in postvention.

Connections

• MCO 1720 series. Legacy home of the prevention guidance before the NAVMC migration.
• DoDI 6490.08. Cited beside this NAVMC in the battle rhythm event trigger row.
• USMC Command Suicide Prevention and Risk Mitigation Strategies. A separate HQMC Behavioral Programs Branch guide the FPC pages quote for scenarios and CIRRAS updates. Do not conflate the two documents.

Status

Signed 2025-05-28. MCPEL lists NAVMC 1720.1C as Current and the signed PDF on file carries the C revision letter, M&RA (MF). The entry id, title, and external link now carry the C revision, verified 2026-07-15. Portal FPC pages label the document as a commander's checklist for suicide-related events. The official subject is Marine Corps Suicide Prevention System Procedures. This entry keeps the official subject.