A MARADMIN — Marine Administrative Message — is how Headquarters Marine Corps publishes official guidance quickly, without rewriting an entire order. It's the source of record for a policy change, an opportunity, a deadline, or a board.
Bottom line: Read the Action paragraph first — that's what you're actually expected to do. The rest is context.
The four parts of every MARADMIN
- Purpose — why it was published.
- Background — the context and rationale.
- Action — what Marines are expected to do. Start here.
- POC — who to contact with questions.
If you're short on time, the Action paragraph is the whole game. Purpose and Background tell you why; POC tells you who to ask.
How to read the number
Every MARADMIN has a number in the form sequence/year — so MARADMIN 024/26 is the 24th message of 2026. The number is just an address; it tells you nothing about the content.
Which ones actually affect reservists
The Corps publishes hundreds a year, most aimed at the active component or at functions you'll never touch. The handful that matter to a reservist usually involve pay and bonuses, promotions and boards, retirement points, standards (fitness, body composition), drill and annual training, or education and benefits.
That's the gap Reservable works on: we read the new MARADMINs every morning, score each for whether it affects a reservist, and translate the ones that do into plain English. Browse the glossary for the terms, or subscribe and we'll send you the ones that affect your reserve career.