The Marine Corps cut over Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) user access provisioning from the legacy Access Request Management Service (ARMS) to the DISA Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM) system on 16 September 2026. ARMS is now read-only. All new access requests, role modifications, and account recertifications go through DISA E-ICAM going forward.
Heads up: If you submitted a SAAR in ARMS between 29 August and 15 September 2026 and it was not fully provisioned, you must resubmit it through DISA E-ICAM.
Who it affects
This touches anyone in the Marine Corps Total Force who has or manages DAI access, specifically:
- Active DAI users (anyone with a DAI account)
- Information Owners (IOs) in G-1, G-4, or G-8 shops
- Supervisors who approve DAI access requests
- Security managers who review SAARs
- Comptrollers, supply, logistics, and finance personnel
If you have never touched DAI, this does not apply to you.
What you need to do
The action depends on your role.
All DAI users:
- Stop using ARMS for new requests. Go to DISA E-ICAM instead. The link is on the SDI SharePoint:
https://usmc.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/dcpr/sitepages/sdi.aspx - If your SAAR was submitted in ARMS between 29 August and 15 September 2026 and was not fully provisioned by 28 August, resubmit it through DISA E-ICAM. Watch for the formal task list from HQMC SDI.
- Upload a current cyber awareness certificate with each SAAR. This is required until DISA connects to learning management systems automatically.
- If you are a first-time DAI user, complete DAI self-registration before requesting access. Instructions are in the DAI smart pack at the link above.
- Monitor your own requests in DISA E-ICAM through final approval. Do not assume it went through.
SAAR submission rules (read before submitting):
- Do not mix Oracle Time and Labor (OTL) roles with full financials roles on the same SAAR.
- Do not mix Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Financial Management (FM) roles on the same SAAR.
- Only combine roles on one SAAR if they follow the same approval workflow. Roles that require a DD Form 577 and roles that do not must go on separate SAARs.
- If your role covers multiple UICs or DoDAACs, request the role once using your own organization's UIC. You do not need duplicate requests.
Supervisors:
- Log into DISA E-ICAM before your users submit, or they cannot select you as their supervisor.
- When reviewing a SAAR: validate the user's info, confirm the access fits their duties, check all required documentation, fill in every field marked with a red asterisk (cyber awareness date, contractor period of performance if applicable), and select a security manager for your organization.
Information Owners:
- Your current ARMS IO appointment letter is valid through 30 November 2026.
- Submit your DISA E-ICAM IO appointment letter and training certificate by 30 November 2026. This will come as an ETMS2 tasker.
- Review and act on provisioning requests within 21 days of submission.
- For users restoring a previously held (end-dated) role: they submit a DISA E-ICAM SAAR, then contact you to remove the end date in DAI.
- Coordinate with supervisors to revoke access immediately when someone PCS's, separates, or no longer needs a role.
Security managers:
- When reviewing a SAAR, check DISS and annotate the user's security clearance level and active status in the SAAR before routing.
Key dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 28 August 2026 | Cutoff for ARMS bulk migration to E-ICAM |
| 29 Aug – 15 Sep 2026 | SAARs submitted in ARMS during this window must be resubmitted in E-ICAM |
| 16 September 2026 | E-ICAM go-live. ARMS no longer used for new requests |
| November 2026 | DAI role auto-provisioning expected (manual provisioning by HQMC SDI UMX until then) |
| 30 November 2026 | IOs must submit DISA E-ICAM appointment letter and training certificate |
| 30 September 2027 | ARMS fully decommissioned |
All existing migrated SAARs show a system-generated effective date of 15 July 2026. That date controls when recertification is triggered in E-ICAM unless something else, like a supervisor change, happens first.
The official version
Full guidance is in MARADMIN 453/26. This message also references MARADMIN 091/25 (DAI Information Owner guidance) and MARADMIN 136/25 (DAI user access procedures).
Training materials, SOPs, and support channel links are on the HQMC SDI SharePoint: https://usmc.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/dcpr/sitepages/sdi.aspx
For questions, start with your local IO. HQMC SDI UMX is running an open support channel through November 2026 (link on the SharePoint above). HQMC POCs are listed in the MARADMIN.
This is written by a reservist, for reservists. It is not an official publication of HQMC or MARFORRES. Always verify guidance with your command or unit S-1 before acting on any article or summary.