Counting the Cost: How Regionalizing Marine Corps Disbursing is a Bad Investment

Abstract

Though some of the senior Marines in the Corps' financial management community are claiming success following the initial pilot program that studied the impact of disbursing consolidation at Camp Lejeune, issues remain to be addressed. The lack of technological infrastructure, degradation of local support to unit commanders, and the negative impact on Marines in the finance community makes Corps-wide regionalization of disbursing a bad investment in both time and money. The regionalization and consolidation of Marine Corps disbursing and finance offices began its transition upon approval of a one-year pilot program by the Marine Requirements Oversight Council (MROC) in December 2003. There have been many opinions about this transition and much discussion on the positive and negative implications these changes will cause. Inherent in these discussions is whether the mission will suffer and if taking care of Marines and their families remains a top priority? This paper will attempt to expose some of the questions that deserve an answer before consolidation continues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2006
Accession Number
ADA504094

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  • Bruce J. Melville

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  • Marine Corps University

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  • Human Systems

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  • California
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  • Finance
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