USMC DC I&L, Internal Controls & Audit Readiness

04/28/2016

Trivia Thursday: Do you know the answer to the trivia question in today's Internal Controls and Audit Readiness Scoop? In case you missed it in the email newsletter, today's question is below. Post your response!

This month in 1959, a Marine was chosen to be one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts selected for space training. Three years later, he went on to become the first American to orbit the Earth. What was his name?

04/14/2016

Trivia Thursday: Do you know the answer to the trivia question in today's Internal Controls and Audit Readiness Scoop? In case you missed it in the email newsletter, today's question is below. Post your response!

Why are Marines sometimes nicknamed Leathernecks?

03/31/2016

Trivia Thursday: Do you know the answer to the trivia question in today's Internal Controls and Audit Readiness Scoop? In case you missed it in the email newsletter, today's question is below. Post your response!

On this date in 1801, the second Commandant of the Marine Corps, LtCol William W. Burrows, set off on horseback with a friend to determine a place for the Marine Corps Barracks. He and his companion chose a square in Southeast Washington, at 8th and I, where it remains today. Can you name the man who assisted in making the selection?

03/17/2016

Trivia Thursday: Do you know the answer to the trivia question in today's Internal Controls and Audit Readiness Scoop? In case you missed it in the email newsletter, today's question is below. Post your response!

What was the name of the Marine who, on this day in 1967, was the first female Marine to report to Vietnam for duty, assigned to the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV)?

09/28/2015

“I don't know what the hell this 'logistics' is that Marshall is always talking about, but I want some of it." - Admiral E. J. King

09/25/2015

...in 2012, the program began to reconfigure and modernize the facility to support a modern Marine Air Ground Task Force. "We're now at the tail-end of that effort," Finch said. "It'll be completed in 2016."

Deep within a Norwegian hillside, thousands of US Marine Corps combat veterans await their next assignment.

09/25/2015

Post-Afghanistan missions will likely be dispersed and unpredictable, creating unique challenges for leaders who develop the gear Marines need to defeat the enemy. Framing those efforts is Expeditionary Force 21, the Corps' 10-year road map that predicts Marines will be conducting crisis response missions that could leave small teams of Marines deployed independently for weeks at a time, said Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh.

Small squads of Marines operating independently over great distances will need better command and control and a whole host of new gear.

09/24/2015

Answer to Today’s Trivia: Major Richard S. Collum has the distinction of being the shortest serving Quartermaster of the Marine Corps. He took office on June 21, 1897, and retired 5 days later. He’s pictured here standing on the far right of this photo while a 1st Lieutenant.

09/24/2015

Trivia Thursday: Who is the shortest serving Quartermaster of the Marine Corps?

09/23/2015

The DD Form 577 and NAVMC 11869 are key supporting documents for logistics audit readiness per MCO 4400.150 "Consumer Level Supply Policy" and CMC message DTG 152105Z SEP 15 "Clarification of DD Form 577 and NAVMC 11869 Requirements." A DD Form 577 must accompany appointment letters for: Supply Officers (SupOs), Accountable Property Officers, Supply Resource Managers, Personal Property Managers, GCPC Approving Officials, GCPC Cardholders, and Fund Holders.

Likewise, a NAVMC 11869 must be used to delegate authority to specific individuals who: sign and receipt for government property and services; turn in excess or damaged government property; or submit purchase requests for supplies or services. For additional details, please refer to the NAVMC 4000.5A, MCO 4400.150, and the CMC message.

09/23/2015

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09/23/2015

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