The Company Office provides administrative support and guidance to the Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&S Bn), Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), HQMC staff agencies, and the Marines of H&S Bn by:
· Providing notary services. The adjutant is a notary and can be emailed at michael.t.martin@usmc.mil.
· Managing the command’s directives control point (DCP). Battalion orders were summarized in the Battalion SOP in June 2019.
· Responding to congressional and special interest correspondence (Congressional Inquiries and Inspector General Complaints).
· Processing Electronic Personnel Administration Requests (EPARs).
· Responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
· Advising personnel on performance evaluations system (PES) issues.
· Processing personnel casualty reports and personnel related Serious Incident Reports (SIRs).
· Processing personal awards for the headquarters staff and providing advice when the chain of command is unclear.
· Managing official mail.
· Processing Flag Requests.
· Managing the Command Duty Roster.
· Managing MOL Permissions and Billet Identification Code assignments.
· Creating enlisted promotion warrants and distributing officer promotion warrants after receiving them from the promotions branch in Quantico.
· Managing battalion legal administration. This includes non-judicial punishment, command investigations, and administrative separations.
For courts Martial, the S-1 requests legal services support from the Staff Judge Advocate, Marine Corps Installations Command.
· Serving as the Battalion Agency Program Coordinator (APC) for Government Travel Charge Cards (GTCC).
· Serving as the Defense Travel System (DTS) Organizational Defense Travel Administrator (ODTA) for the Battalion. Also houses approving officials for DTS authorizations and vouchers for Headquarters Company.
· Approving convalescent leave and overseas leave on behalf of the Commanding Officer.
· Serving as the Voting Assistance Office.
· Managing security clearance in-briefing, out-briefing and initiating investigations for the Headquarters personnel.