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Marines


Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity (MCIRSA)

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Marine Forces Reserve
2000 Opelousas Ave., New Orleans, LA. 70114

 

2000 Opelousas Ave.
New Orleans, La. 70114
 

Unit Phone:
1-800-255-5082
 

On a continuous and enduring basis, conduct proactive management of and engagement with Marines in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) in order to ensure their availability for activation in support of service requirements.

The secondary mission is to provide:  

  • General administrative support to IRR Marines

  • Training opportunities for IRR Marines

  • General administrative support to the Standby Reserve

  • Program management and operational oversight for the Readiness Support Programs (RSP)

  • Program management of the Mobilization Training Unit (MTU) Program Organization

 



news  /  PHOTOS  /  VIDEOS
The undersecretary of the Navy, the Honorable Hung Cao, far left, speaks with Lt. Gen. Leonard Anderson IV, 2nd from left, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, and other leaders during the Individual Ready Reserve muster at Arlington, Virginia, March 7, 2026. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts administrative screenings of IRR Marines to ensure readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)
Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, left, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, briefs The Honorable Hung Cao, center, undersecretary of the Navy, center, during the Individual Ready Reserve muster at Arlington, Virginia, March 7, 2026. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts administrative screenings of IRR Marines to ensure readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Orion Stpierre)
The Honorable Hung Cao, undersecretary of the Navy, speaks to a group of Individual Ready Reserve Marines during the IRR muster at Arlington, Virginia, March 7, 2026. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts administrative screenings of IRR Marines to ensure readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre)
U.S. Marines with the Individual Ready Reserve listen to Honorable Hung Cao, the undersecretary of the Navy, during the Individual Ready Reserve muster at Arlington, Virginia, March 7, 2026. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts administrative screenings of IRR Marines to ensure readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, center, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, and Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South senior enlisted advisor, greet the Honorable Hung Cao, undersecretary of the Navy during the Individual Ready Reserve muster at Arlington, Virginia, March 7, 2026. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts administrative screenings of IRR Marines to ensure readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Myrick Holloman, right, an administrative clerk with Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps an Individual Ready Reserve Marine with administrative work during the Individual Ready Reserve muster at Arlington, Virginia, March 7, 2026. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts administrative screenings of IRR Marines to ensure readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)
Lance Cpl. Lani Jaimes, left, and Sgt. Kristaphor Rakestraw pose with coins given to them by Brig. Gen. David Winnacker, the commanding general of Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve during an Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Muster at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 14, 2025. Jaimes is an administrative specialist and Rakestraw is a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer with Deployment Processing Command/Reserve Support Unit- West. During these muster events, Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity (MCIRSA) conducts an administrative screening of IRR Marines to ensure their readiness to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emily De La Torre)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, and Sgt. Maj. Edward A. Mota, command senior enlisted leader, speaks on the importance of joining the Individual Ready Reserve at the Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2025. Anderson and Mota emphasized benefits and opportunities available to Reserve Marines and the impacts of their service at Marine Forces Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Sgt. Aaron TorresLemus, Lance Cpl. Breysson Villacortacampos, Lance Cpl. Priscilla Flores and Lance Cpl. Carlina Holland)

 



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