DEPARTMENTOF THE NAVY

HEADQUARTEHS
UilIITEDSTATESMARINECORPS
2 NAVY ANNEX
WASH|NGTON.DC 20380-1775 IN F F PLYRE FE RTO :

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ARSF/I0U100429
August18,2010

SCOTT A HODES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PO BOX 42002
WASHINGTON DC 20015

Dear Mr. Hodes:

SUBJECT: FOIA FILE HQMC-201000090

This is in responseto your initial November2,2009, FOIA requestby which you seekto
obtain, on behalf of your client, Citizensfor Responsibilityand Ethics in Washington(CREW),
informationregardingthe U.S. Marine Corps'handlingof domesticviolence issues.

By letter of March 13,2010,I notified you that I had initiated a searchof U.S. Marine
Corps(USMC) files for documentsconsidered responsiveto items(1), (10), (18), and (19) of
CREW's FOIA request. I alsonotified you that I had taskedthe Manpower and ReserveAffairs
(M&RA) Departmentof this Headquartersto ascertainwhetherthey could accuratelycalculate
numbersfrom the Marine Corps Total Force System(MCTFS) databaseto respondto item (4)
and to Family Advocacy Program(FAP) record files to respondto item (8).

Attachedat enclosure(1) is an Index of the documentsidentified,to date,as responsive

to CREW's FOIA request. This Index also addresses the FOIA releasabilityof eachidentified
responsivedocument. Becauseall of thesedocumentsdeterminedto be responsiveto item (l)
havebeenpostedto variousInternetwebsites,I haveprovided you the URLs from which the
responsivedocumentscanbe downloadedand printed.

As to item (4) of CREW'srequest,knowledgeableM&RA personnelin the Manpower

Information Division (MIT) ran queriesof the Marine Corps Total Force System(MCATS) database
to identifu the number of Marines,by calendaryear,dishonorablydischarged,given bad conduct
discharges,or, in the caseof officers,the total number of dismissals.The resultsof thosequeries
are identified as documentsUSMC (15) and USMC (16) and copiesare provided at enclosure(2).

As for item (8) of CREW's request,be advisedthat knowledgeableM&RA personnelin the

M&RA FAP Branchhave apprisedthat there is no centralizeddatabasethat collectsthe numberof
Marines ordered to attend angermanagementclassesandlor counseling,let alone one that collects
the nurnber of those orderedto attendpursuantto a deferred prosecutionagreementor diversion
program. Calculation of this number would require an extensive manual searchand review of
hundredsof paper file charts/ recordsmaintained in FAP and legal offices acrossthe USMC.
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This type of search/reviewis not consideredreasonable.Accordingly, item (8) of CREW'srequestis

consideredto be "unperfected"and no further action is being takento provide CREW a responseto
this item.

Regardingitem (10) of CREW'srequest,be advisedthat knowledgeablepersonnelin the

M&RA FAP Branch have also apprisedthat the only documentationof a Marine'sattendanceat
mandatedangermanagementclasseswould be "sign-in" sheetsmaintainedat eachinstallation.
However, simply providing copiesof the sign-in sheetswould not provide an exactnumberof
Marineswho attendedsuchclassessincesomeattendeesare not mandatedto take the classas part
of a domesticviolencetreatmentprogrambut simply want to attendfor their own personalinterest.
Therefore,eachand every sign-in sheetwould have to be reviewedand only the numberof Marines
mandatedto take the classcounted. Further,we havebeenapprisedthat there are inconsistencies
acrossUSMC installationFAP offices with regardto attendancerecord keeping. Someinstallations
maintainsign-in sheets,somejust updatethe attendanceinformationon the individual Marine's
chart. Additionally, we were apprisedthat FAP offices do not maintainrecordsthat would reflect
any action taken againsta Marine for failure to attendordered angermanagementclassesand/or
counseling. Instead,suchrecordswould be maintainedat local commandlevelswhere local
installationFAP offices would ascertaina "no show" from an individual Marine'schart and notify
the Marine's commanding officer, letting the commandtake action, as appropriate. Any effort to
collect,review, and count the numeroussign-in sheetsand/orindividual chart recordsgenerated
since I Jan2001 would be an enormouseffort, exhaustinghundredsif not thousandsof manhours.
Becausesuch an effort is not consideredreasonable,item (10) of CREW's requestis consideredto
be "unperfected"and no further action is being takento provide CREW a responseto this item.

As for item (18), be advisedthat knowledgeablepersonnelwith the JudgeAdvocateDivision

of this Headquartershave apprisedthat neitherthe Departmentof the Navy (DON) nor the USMC
maintain any centralized databasesthat would allow for the ready identification of documentsthat
would reflect USMC decisionsnot to prosecutea Marine for a domesticviolencecrime becausesuch
a prosecutionwould have preventedthe Marine Corps from being able to deploy that Marine to Iraq,
or any other foreign country. A manualsearchof an incalculablenumberof paperfiles maintained
by eachand every Marine commanderwith suchdecisionmaking authority. Becausesuchan effort
is not consideredreasonable,item (18) of CREW's requestis consideredto be "unperfected"and no
further action is being taken to provide CREW a responseto this item.

Finally, regardingitem (19), be advisedthat we have learnedthat responsiveinformationis

maintainedin the USMC CentralRegistryfor DomesticAbuse Incidents. An MSExcel spreadsheet
report listing eachresponsivedomesticviolenceincidentwas generatedfrom that Registryand
is listed on the provided Index as
providedto this office for releaseto you. That spreadsheet
documentUSMC (16) and a mpy is providedon the CD-ROM attachedat enclosure(2). We have
also beenapprisedthat the Registrydatabasehasthe ability to producea two-pagereport,commonly
calleda maltreatmentreport, for eachincident. The recordscustodianfor the Registryis located
within the Personneland Family ReadinessDivision (MR) of the Manpower and ReserveAffairs
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Departmentof this Headquartersand is currently downloading and preparing the 2-page

maltreatmentreportsfor provisionto this office. Be advised,however,that the maltreatment
reportscontainpersonalsensitiveinformationabout sponsors,offenders,and victims that will
haveto be redactedfrom thesereportsprior to their releaseto you. Becauseof the numberof
responsivedomesticviolence incidents(15,926),I will be releasingthem to you in batchreleases
of approximately1,000reportsat a time. I'm hoping to makethe first batchreleaseby or before
the middleof September 2010.

Further,be advisedthat, while M&RA (MR) maintainsthe USMC CentralRegistry

database,they do not maintainindividual casefile recordspertainingto individualsinvolved
in domesticviolence incidents. Instead,theserecordsare maintainedat the variousUSMC
installationlevel Family Advocacy Centers. Shouldyou wish to pursuea requestfor copiesof
individual casefile records,you will needto direct a separateFOIA requestto everyUSMC
installation.

Becausewe are unableto provide you a substantiveresponseto items (8), (10), and (18) due
to their unperfectedstatusand haveonly providedyou a partial responseto item (19), you may
considerthis an adversedeterminationthat may be appealedto the JudgeAdvocateGeneral,General
Litigation Division (Code 14\,1322 PattersonAvenue SE, Suite 3000,WashingtonNavy Yard, DC
20374-5066.Your appeal,if any, must be postmarkedto the aboveaddresswithin 60 calendardays
from the dateof this letterto be consideredand should include a copy of your initial requestplus a
copy of this coffespondence.Additionally, your appealcorrespondence should include a written
statementindicatingwhy you believe your appealshould be granted. I recnmmend that your appeal
and its envelopeboth bearthe notation,"Freedomof Information Act Appeal'"

me or Ms. GenevieveBest of my staff at

euestionsconcerningthis action may be directedto
(703)614-4008.

Sincerely,

TERESAD. ROSS
Head.FOIA/PA Section
Security Programsand Information Mgmt Branch
Administrationand ResourceMgmt Division
By direction of the
Commandantof the Marine CorPs

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Enclosures
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 TNDEXOF RESPONSTVE DOCUMENTS
FrLEHQMC-201000090
(asofAugust18,2010)

USMC (0r) - MARINE CORPS ORDER P1700.248;Subj: MARINE CORPSPERSONNEL

SERVICES MANUAL (149 pages)

DocumentUSMC (01) respondsto item (1) of CREW'sFOIA request.Document

USMC (01) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat hltlr:r'lrvww.marines.nril/ueu,sr'
prubIi cat ions/PagesiM ('( )o/o20P
I 70().29.aspx

USMC (02) - MARINE CORPSORDER P1610.7F;Subi:PERORMANCEEVALUATION SYSTEM

(85 pages)

DocumentUSMC (02) respondsto item (l) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (02) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat http://rvww.mariues.nril/
tuervs/publicationsi
Pasesi
MC'O9/o20P I 6 I 0.7F.aspr

USMC (03) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE(MARADMIN) 120103;Subj:

TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED FAMILY MEMBERS (XX pages)

DocumentUSMC (03) respondsto item (l) of CREW'sFOIA request.Document

USMC (03) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat h(tn:i/www.m:rrines.uril/
tueu'si
ntessage
s/[)ages/nra
raclrrinsearch.aspr

USMC (04) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE(MARADMIN) 186/03;Subj:POLICY FOR

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT (6 pages)

DocumentUSMC (04) respondsto item (l) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (04) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat hl1;r://u,wrv.marines.uril/
'nressa
ne\\rs gesil)agesinraraclnrinsearch.aspr

USMC (0s) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE (MARADMIN) 522104;Subj: MILITARY

PROTECTTVEORDERS (XX pages)

DocumentUSMC (05) respondsto item (1) of CREW'sFOIA request.Document

USMC (05) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat hltlr:/irvrvrv.nrariues.nrilr
ureSSa
ne\\'Si ges/Pages/'nrararlnrinsca
|ch.aspr

USMC (06) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE(MARADMIN) 162105;Subj:CASE

REVIEW COMMITTEE INCIDENT STATUTS DETERMINATION PROCESS
(XX pages)

DocumentUSMC (06) respondsto item (1) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (06) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat hltp:,'irvrvrv.marines.nril/
gesiPages,'ttra
neu,s'messa raclnti
nsearch.asnr
USMC (07) - MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE (MARADMIN) 202106;Subj:
RESTRICTED REPORTING POLICY FOR INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
(XX pages)

DocumentUSMC (07) respondsto item (1) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (07) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat http://www.marines.mil/
ges/maradmi
news/messages/Pa nsearch.aspx

USMC (08) - Deputy Secretaryof DefenseMemorandum(DTM-06-005) of Subj: Restricted

ReportingPolicy for Incidentsof DomesticAbuse (9 pages)

DocumentUSMC (08) respondsto item (l) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (08) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat http://www.dtic.mil/wlis/
directives/corres/dir3.
htnrl

USMC (09) - NAVMC 2930 DRAFT Family Advocacy Preventionand Intervention

DocumentUSMC (09) respondsto item (1) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (09) can be downloadedfrom the Internetat http://www.usmc-nrccs.org/
aboutmccs/downloacls/N
AVM C293020Aug03.pdf

USMC (10) - SECNAVINST 1752.38 Family Advocacy Program

DocumentUSMC (10) respondsto item (l) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (10) canbe downloadedfrom the Internetat http://doni.daps.clla.mil/
aIliustructiolls.aspx

USMC (11) - Departmentof DefenseManual (DOD 6400.1-M);Subj:FAMILY ADVOCACy

PROGRAM, STANDARDS AND SELF-ASSESSMENTTOOL (147 PAGES)

DocumentUSMC (11) respondsto item (1) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (11) canbe downloadedfrom the Internetat http://www.dtic.rnil/whs/
d irectives/corres/pub
I .htrnl

USMC (12) - Departmentof DefenseInstruction(DODI) 6400.3;Subi: FAMILY ADVOCACY

COMMAND ASSISTANCE TEAM (7 pages)

DocumentUSMC (12) respondsto item (l) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (12) canbe downloadedfrom the Internetat http://www.dtic.mil/whs/
directives/corres/ins
I .html

USMC (13) - Department of DefenseInstruction (DODD 1342.24; Subj: TRANSITIONAL

COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED DEPENDENTS (8 pages)

DocumentUSMC (13) respondsto item (l) of CREW's FOIA request. Document

USMC (13) canbe downloadedfrom the Internetat http://www.dtic.mi1/wlm/
d irectives/correslins
I .htnil
usMc (14)- Spreadsheetreport generatedfrom the Marine Corps Total Force System(MCTSF)
databasethat provides the dischargetype, number of dischargeswithin a listed discharge
type, and calendaryear for all USMC bad conduct and dishonorabledischargessince
January1, 2001

DocumentUSMC (1a) is releasablein its entirety.

usMc(1s)- Spreadsheetreport generatedfrom the Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTSF)
Databasethat provides the dismissal type, number of dismissals,and calendaryear for
all USMC officers dismissed/discharged sinceJanuary1,2001

DocumentUSMC (15) is releasablein its entirety.

usMc (16)- Spreadsheetreport generatedfrom the USMC Central Registry for Domestic Abuse
incidentslisting fiscal year, incidentnumber,CaseReview Committee(CRC) date,
installation code, installation name, CRC findings, tJpe, victim personneltype, physical
(abuse),and sexual (abuse)for each caseof domestic violence casewithin the USMC
dating from January1,2001

DocumentUSMC (16) is releasablein its entirety.