R 142115Z NOV 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 668/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS CENTRALIZED COMMERCIAL BANDWIDTH INITIATIVE (MC3B) DESCRIPTION AND PROCEDURES//
REF/A/MSGID:CJSCI/CJSC/YMD:20100217/6250.01D//
REF/B/MSGID:GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4/YMD:20070131/1038//
NARR/REF A IS A CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF INSTRUCTION, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. REF B IS  HQMC C4 MESSAGE BANDWIDTH REQUEST PROCEDURES FOR SUPPORT WIDE AREA NETWORK.//
POC/ROBERT HINES/GS-14/UNIT:HQMC C4 CS/NAME:WASHINGTON DC /TEL:DSN 2243477//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS IS A HQMC C4, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MCSC) COORDINATED MESSAGE.
2. THE MARINE CORPS CENTRALIZED COMMERCIAL BANDWIDTH (MC3B) INITIATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ALL MARINE CORPS UNITS WITH COMMERCIAL KU-BAND SATELLITE BANDWIDTH WHEN MILITARY SATELLITE BANDWIDTH IS NOT AVAILABLE.  THE MC3B INITIATIVE IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATION (MILSATCOM) RESOURCES BUT TO AUGMENT MILSATCOM WITH COMMERCIAL SATELLITE RESOURCES WHEN REQUIRED. MC3B INITIATIVE ENABLES THE EFFECTIVE TRAINING OF MARINE SATELLITE COMMUNICATORS AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING AND EMPLOYMENT OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS.
3.  THE COMMERCIAL BANDWIDTH PROVIDED BY THE MC3B INITIATIVE, ALLOCATED INTO THREE GEOGRAPHIC POOLS (PACIFIC, CONUS, AND SOUTHWEST ASIA), HAS THE ABILITY TO BE PORTED FROM ONE POOL TO ANOTHER TO PROVIDE GLOBAL COVERAGE IN SUPPORT OF USMC UNITS.  THE POOLS CONSIST OF BOTH TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (TDMA) AND FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (FDMA) CARRIERS.  HQMC, IN RESPONSE TO MARINE CORPS FORCES (MARFOR) REQUIREMENTS, WILL INITIATE THE PORTING OF BANDWIDTH WITH THE VENDOR.  THE MOVING OR PORTING OF BANDWIDTH REQUIRES ADVANCE NOTICE, GENERALLY 14 DAYS, TO ALLOW THE VENDOR, IN COORDINATION WITH SATELLITE PROVIDERS, TO FACILITATE THE REQUIRED BANDWIDTH TRANSFER. EMERGENCY OR CONTINGENCY PORTING REQUIREMENTS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF FORMAL NOTIFICATION TO THE VENDOR.  BANDWIDTH PROVIDED BY THE MC3B INITIATIVE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL USMC OPERATED COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY KU-BAND SATCOM CAPABLE TERMINALS.  THESE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: LIGHTWEIGHT MULTI-BAND SATELLITE TERMINAL (LMST), PHOENIX, EXPEDITIONARY COMMAND AND CONTROL SUITE (ECCS) PROTOTYPE, SWE-DISH, SUPPORT WIDE AREA NETWORK FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (SWAN-D), USMC DEPLOYABLE JOINT COMMAND AND CONTROL TERMINAL (DJC2) FAMILY OF SYSTEMS, COBRA III/SNAKEHEAD INITIATIVE, USMC INTEL KU-BAND CAPABLE TERMINALS, AND RADIO BATTALION FIELD USER EVALUATIONS.
4.  MANAGEMENT OF THE MC3B INITIATIVE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HQMC C4, WHILE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION HAS BEEN DELEGATED TO THE MARINE CORPS SATELLITE BANDWIDTH MANAGERS CURRENTLY RESIDING AT MARINE CORPS TACTICAL SYSTEM SUPPORT ACTIVITY (MCTSSA).  THE SATELLITE BANDWIDTH MANAGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROCESSING OF ALL USMC COMMERCIAL SATELLITE ACCESS REQUESTS (SAR'S), ISSUANCE OF AND/OR COORDINATION OF SATELLITE ACCESS AUTHORIZATIONS, TRANSMISSION PLANS, AND DIRECT LIAISON BETWEEN SATELLITE USER AND SATELLITE PROVIDER DURING LOSS OF MISSION CAPABILITY (SATELLITE INTERFERENCE, OVERPOWERING OF TRANSPONDER, ETC.).  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE A, PRIORITY OF BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IS BASED ON ESTABLISHED JCS, COCOM, AND SERVICE PRIORITIES.
5.  USMC UNIT SATELLITE ACCESS REQUEST (SAR) SUBMISSION PROCEDURES FOR COMMERCIAL KU BANDWIDTH ACCESS:
5.A. ALL SAR'S WILL BE SUBMITTED IAW CURRENT PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN REFERENCE B WITH A NEW ADDITION OF PROVIDING A COURTESY COPY PROVIDED TO HQMC C4-CS, UTILIZING THE SATELLITE ACCESS REQUEST FORM WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BANDWIDTH MANAGERS AT MCTSSA (POC:  MARTIN MANGLONA, MARTIN.MANGLONA(AT)USMC.MIL OR MARTIN.MANGLONA.CTR(AT)USMC.SMIL.MIL).  THIS REQUIREMENT IS IN ADDITION TO THE SAR MESSAGE SUBMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE COCOM FOR MISSION VALIDATION.  SATELLITE BANDWIDTH MANAGERS WILL PROCESS EACH SAR AND ISSUE A SATELLITE ACCESS AUTHORIZATION (SAA) BASED ON BANDWIDTH AVAILABILITY, PRIORITY OF REQUEST, LINK BUDGET WITHIN ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS, AND IF APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL OCONUS AUTHORIZATIONS.
5.B. USMC UNITS UTILIZING COMMERCIAL KU-BAND BANDWIDTH WILL BE PROVIDED A DETAILED TRANSMISSION PLAN, BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION, CARRIER, AND TRANSPONDER INFORMATION, AS WELL AS ACCESS AND DE-ACCESS PROCEDURES BY THE SATCOM BANDWIDTH MANAGER.  THE UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COMMERCIAL VENDOR DIRECTLY BY PHONE PRIOR TO ACCESSING THE SATELLITE.  THE UNIT IS REQUIRED TO TRANSMIT THE PROPER SATELLITE ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION REPORTS AND MUST BE REACHABLE BY THE VENDOR AND/OR THE SATELLITE BANDWIDTH MANAGERS FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR SATCOM MISSION.
6.  AS OF 1 OCTOBER 2011, ALL HOST NATION AGREEMENT (HNA) COSTS WILL BE PAID BY THE USING UNITS. EXPIRING FY11 HNAS HAVE BEEN PAID FOR AND NO FURTHER FUNDING FOR FY11 HNAS IS AVAILABLE.
7.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN KEVIN J. NALLY, DIRECTOR, COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS (C4).//