BRIEF HISTORY

THE RESERVE SUPPORT UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 1984 TO ASSIST THE COMMANDER, MARINE CORPS AIR BASES WESTERN AREA, IN PROVIDING SUPPORT TO RESERVE UNITS FROM ACROSS THE NATION WISHING TO TRAIN AT THE FOUR AIR STATIONS…EL TORO, TUSTIN, CAMP PENDLETON, AND YUMA. THE CONCEPT OF CREATING RSU’S AT BOTH COMCABWEST AND COMCABEAST HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS IN JUNE 1982. ONCE THE MANPOWER FROM THE FULL-TIME SUPPORT PROGRAM BECAME AVAILABLE, THE RSU’S WERE STOOD UP SIMULTANEOUSLY ON EACH COAST IN DECEMBER 1984. DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF MCAS EL TORO AND TUSTIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BRAC, THE RSU WAS RELOCATED TO MCAS MIRAMAR IN OCTOBER OF 1998 AND NOW SERVES UNDER MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS WEST, ESTABLISHED IN SUPPORT OF WESTERN INSTALLATIONS AND THE REGION IN OCTOBER 2005.

IMA PROGRAM

THE INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE (IMA) PROGRAM PROVIDES A SOURCE OF TRAINED AND QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF THE SMCR TO FILL INDIVIDUAL MILITARY BILLETS THAT AUGMENT THE ACTIVE COMPONENT STRUCTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES OF THE US GOVERNMENT. IMA BILLETS ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT MOBILIZATION (INCLUDING PRE- AND/OR POST- MOBILIZATION) CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, OPERATIONS OTHER THAN WAR OR OTHER SPECIALIZED OR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.

RESERVE SUPPORT UNIT SERVICES

•        ADMINISTRATIVE

•        ACTIVE DUTY OPERATIONAL  SUPPORT (ADOS) ORDERS

•        MEETING FACILITIES

•        MOBILIZATION

•        TRAINING AND LOGISTICAL LIASON TO TEMPORARY/TENANT UNITS

•        AIR SHOW SUPPORT

•        REGIONAL RESERVE COORDINATION