NEW ORLEANS --
Marine administrative
message 396/15 announces changes to Marine Corps Order 1900.16 Separation and Retirement
manual.
Changes to the MCO provide new guidance on involuntary
separation in lieu of trial by court martial, procedures for notifying the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services of naturalized citizen and non-citizen Marines
discharged from the Marine Corps and officer entitlement to separation pay.
In addition, the paragraph on post-traumatic stress
disorder or traumatic brain injury evaluations for separation health physical
examinations has been rewritten.
For more information, see the MARADMIN.