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SUBJ/ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (CODE I) AT HQMC//
POC/CUNNINGS/COL/C4I/CI/TEL:DSN 224-2522//
RMKS/1. IN THE FUTURE, INTELLIGENCE WILL REMAIN THE INDISPENSABLE
PRECURSOR TO OPERATIONS. RECOGNIZING THIS, WE HAVE BEEN ENHANCING
MAGTF INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS THROUGH
IMPROVEMENTS IN PERSONNEL, DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING,
EQUIPMENT, AND THE SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT. TO CONTINUE AND SUSTAIN
THIS PROGRESS, I HAVE DIRECTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTELLIGENCE
DEPARTMENT (CODE I) AT HQMC AND WILL ASSIGN A GENERAL OFFICER TO
SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR, INTELLIGENCE (DIR, I).
2. THE DIR, C4I WILL INITIALLY REMAIN DUAL-HATTED AS DIR, I AND
DIR, C4 DURING A TRANSITION PERIOD, BUT I EXPECT TO ASSIGN A GENERAL
OFFICER TO SERVE EXCLUSIVELY AS DIR, I DURING THE SUMMER OF 2000.
3. THE BASIC ORGANIZATION OF THE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT AT HQMC
WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
DIR, INTEL (HQMC CODE I): BGEN R. M. SHEA WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
IN THIS CAPACITY UNTIL ANOTHER GENERAL
OFFICER IS ASSIGNED.
ASST DIR, INTEL (HQMC CODE ID): MR. M. H. DECKER
(703) 614-4964
DSN 224-4964
CHIEF, INTEL PLANS/POLICY DIV (HQMC CODE IP): COL T. H. GRIFFIS
(703) 696-1761
DSN 223-1761
CHIEF, INTEL OPERATIONS DIV (HQMC CODE IO): COL J. T. CUNNINGS
(703) 695-4317
DSN 225-4317
CHIEF, JOINT MATTERS/ADMIN (HQMC CODE IJ): MR. M. A. SILVER
(703) 614-2522
DSN 224-2522
4. I HOPE ALL MARINES WILL RECOGNIZE BOTH THE EMBLEMATIC AND
PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COMMANDANT HAVING A "G2" WHO CAN SERVE
AS BOTH A PROPONENT FOR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND
RECONNAISSANCE INSIDE THE COMBAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND AS THE
FOCAL POINT FOR LEVERAGING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR OUR
WARFIGHTING CAPABILITY.
5. J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE
CORPS.//
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