R 052230Z APR 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 011/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY ENERGY STRATEGY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  MARINES, AS A CORPS, WE HAVE BECOME MORE LETHAL; YET, WE HAVE ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUEL.  OUR GROWING DEMAND FOR LIQUID LOGISTICS COMES AT A PRICE - TETHERING OUR OPERATIONS TO VULNERABLE SUPPLY LINES DEGRADES OUR EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITIES AND PUTS LIVES AT RISK.  TO MAINTAIN OUR LETHAL EDGE, WE MUST TRANSFORM OUR ENERGY USAGE.
2.  CHANGING THE WAY WE USE ENERGY IS ESSENTIAL TO PREPARING OUR CORPS FOR THE FUTURE.  THAT IS WHY I HAVE RECENTLY SIGNED A "BASES TO BATTLEFIELD" EXPEDITIONARY ENERGY STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT SPECIFICALLY DIRECTS THE CORPS TO INCREASE OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON THE BATTLEFIELD BY 50 PERCENT AND CUT IN HALF THE FUEL USED PER MARINE, PER DAY BY THE YEAR 2025.  BY 2020, 50 PERCENT OF OUR BASES AND STATIONS WILL BE NET-ZERO ENERGY CONSUMERS.
3.  OUR VISION IS TO BE THE PREMIER SELF-SUFFICIENT EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, INSTILLED WITH A WARRIOR ETHOS THAT EQUATES THE EFFICIENT USE OF VITAL RESOURCES WITH INCREASED COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS.
4.  AS A CORPS WE WILL BEGIN NOW TO BUILD THE FORCE THAT THE FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT DEMANDS.  BY THE YEAR 2025, WE WILL DEPLOY MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES CAPABLE OF MANEUVERING FROM THE SEA AND SUSTAINING COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS, AND INTELLIGENCE AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE; THE ONLY LIQUID FUEL NEEDED WILL BE FOR MOBILITY SYSTEMS, WHICH WILL BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN SYSTEMS ARE TODAY.
5.  ACCORDINGLY, I CHARGE EACH MARINE AND CIVILIAN MARINE TO BEGIN NOW TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT ENERGY AS YOU LEAD, TRAIN, AND EQUIP OUR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.  I CHALLENGE YOU TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE OF OUR EQUIPMENT BY UPGRADING OUR LEGACY SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPING AND ACQUIRING MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS FOR THE FUTURE.  WE WILL DEVELOP AND USE RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MAKE OUR OPERATIONS MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND TRAIN OUR MARINES TO VALUE VITAL RESOURCES AS CRITICAL COMBAT ENABLERS THAT INCREASE COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS.
6.  WE ARE ALREADY MOVING OUT TOWARD THIS VISION:  IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE WILL ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS WHICH 3D BATTALION, 5TH MARINES EVALUATED IN COMBAT IN SANGIN AFGHANISTAN AS PART OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FORWARD OPERATING BASE PROCESS.  MY INTENT IS FOR YOU TO TAKE THESE NEW CAPABILITIES, USE THEM, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGH YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND.  MARINES ARE THE CRITICAL PART OF THE SOLUTION; WE WILL NEED TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY AND BE ENGAGED.  
7.  WE ARE A NATION AT WAR, AND OUR MARINES AND SAILORS IN COMBAT ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.  ENERGY EFFICIENCY WILL INCREASE OUR COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS AND SAVE LIVES.  BY IMPLEMENTING THIS "BASES TO BATTLEFIELD" STRATEGY WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LIVE, TRAIN, AND FIGHT AS AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. 
8.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//