R 011743Z OCT 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 550/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4(UC) F002//
SUBJ /UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT WAY AHEAD OCT 2010 EXPECTATIONS MSG 001-10//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CONTINUITY OF SERVICES CONTRACT (COSC)/YMD:20100708/- /NOTAL//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/COSC ATTACHMENT 1A/YMD:20100915/-/NOTAL//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/MCEN SIPRNET COE/YMD:20100405/-/NOTAL//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/MROC DC 19-2010/YMD:20100226/-/NOTAL//
REF/E/MSGID:DOC/DRAFT USMC NGEN CORE TRANSITION PLAN/YMD:20100922/- /NOTAL//
NARR/REF A IS THE COMPLETED CONTINUITY OF SERVICES CONTRACT (COSC) OF JULY 2010.  REF B IS A MODIFICATION TO THE COSC TO DESCRIBE USMC SPECIFIC TRANSITION ACTIVITIES.  REF C IS THE MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE NETWORK (MCEN) SIPRNET CONCEPT OF EMPLOYMENT V4.3 OF APRIL 2010. REF D IS THE MROC DECISION MEMORANDUM OF FEB 2010.  REF E IS THE DRAFT USMC NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE NETWORK (NGEN) CORE TRANSITION PLAN (CTP).//
POC/IRA CHEATHAM/COL/UNIT:HQMC C4 NGEN/-/TEL:703-614-6254//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS IS A HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (HQMC) C4, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MCSC), AND MARINE CORPS NETWORK OPERATIONS AND SECURITY CENTER (MCNOSC) COORDINATED MSG. 
2. PURPOSE.  THIS MESSAGE IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF MESSAGES REGARDING UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION.  IT PROVIDES A STATUS OF SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT BEGINNING ON 01 OCTOBER 2010. THIS MESSAGE ALSO DESCRIBES EXPECTED ACTIONS TO COMPLETE A FULL TRANSITION TO A GOVERNMENT OWNED AND GOVERNMENT OPERATED (GO/GO) NETWORK ENVIRONMENT.  ADDITIONAL MESSAGES WILL FOLLOW THAT WILL DETAIL SPECIFIC DIRECTED ACTIONS FOR EACH ASPECT OF THE UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION.
3. INTENT.  PER REFS A AND B, THE NAVY MARINE CORPS INTRANET (NMCI) CONTRACT EXPIRES 30 SEPTEMBER 2010.  ALL UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK SERVICES PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BY HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE SERVICES (HPES) VIA NMCI WILL BE PROVIDED BY HPES VIA THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES CONTRACT (COSC) STARTING 01 OCTOBER 2010.  DURING THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF THE COSC, HPES IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AS PROVIDED UNDER NMCI.  THE MARINE CORPS INTENDS TO TRANSITION TO A GO/GO UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT BEGINNING 01 OCTOBER 2011.  THE COSC ALLOWS LIMITED TRANSITION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING INCREASED NETWORK OPERATIONS (NETOPS) COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2), AN IMPROVED SECURITY POSTURE, NMCI INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSETS TITLE TRANSFER, AND A FRAMEWORK FOR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICES IN A PHASED MANNER.  REPRESENTATIVES FROM HQMC C4, MCSC, AND MCNOSC WILL ALSO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TRANSITION PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO FACILITATE MIGRATION FROM THE COSC TO A GO/GO ENVIRONMENT ENABLED BY THE NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE NEWORK (NGEN) PROGRAM.
4. IMPROVED NETOPS C2 AND SECURITY POSTURE.  THE COSC EXPLICITLY PERMITS THE GOVERNMENT TO EXERCISE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER NETWORK SERVICES, INCLUDING RESPONSE PRIORITIZATION, AND DIRECT REACTIONS TO CYBERSPACE THREATS OR ATTACKS.  NETOPS C2 WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON A GRADUAL BASIS IAW THE END-STATE DESCRIBED IN REF C. THE CONCEPT OF EMPLOYMENT (COE) END-STATE DESCRIBED IN REF C PERTAINS TO BOTH THE UNCLASSIFIED AND CLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DIRECTED ACTIONS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THE TRANSITION WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPCOR.
5. TITLE TRANSFER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.  UNDER THE COSC, HPES WILL EXECUTE A TRANSFER OF TITLE TO THE MARINE CORPS OF THE MARINE CORPS MANAGEMENT DOMAIN PORTION OF THE NMCI INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSETS, AS WELL AS A GOVERNMENT PURPOSE RIGHTS (GPR) LICENSE TO TECHNICAL DATA PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES (TDPP).
5A. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DIRECTED ACTIONS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THE TRANSITION WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPCOR IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
6. TRANSITION PLANNING.  HQMC C4, MCNOSC, AND MCSC ARE ESTABLISHING A TRANSITION MANAGEMENT OFFICE (TMO) TO COORDINATE PLANNING, EXECUTION, AND OVERSIGHT OF ALL TRANSITION ACTIVITIES WITH HPES.  THE TMO IS THE STORE FRONT FOR THE SYNC/MARINE CORPS GARRISON NETWORK TRANSITION AND REALIGNMENT SESSIONS, OF WHICH 13 HAVE BEEN HELD TO DATE.  THE TMO WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING TRANSITION POLICIES AND PLANS IAW REF D. THESE INCLUDE REF E, THE NGEN CORE TRANSITION PLAN (CTP) AND A SERIES OF FUNCTIONAL TRANSITION APPENDICES (FTA'S) AND REGIONAL TRANSITION APPENDICES (RTA'S).  THE WORKING BODY FOR THE TMO INCLUDES REGIONAL NETWORK OPERATIONS AND SECURITY CENTER (RNOSC), MAGTF IT SUPPORT CENTER (MITSC), AND G-6 REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL USMC REGIONS, TECOM, AND MCRC.   THE CTP AND FTA'S WILL CONSTITUTE ENTERPRISE TRANSITION GUIDANCE FOR REGIONAL COMMANDERS. THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE DESIGNATED FOR TMO ORGANIZATIONS:
6A. HQMC C4: TRANSITION STRATEGY AND POLICY
6B. MCNOSC: TRANSITION TECHNICAL PLANNING AND NETOPS C2
6C. MCSC: MANAGEMENT OF ACQUISITION ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE NETWORK OPERATORS TO EXECUTE TRANSITION ACTIVITIES
7. EARLY TRANSITION ACTIVITIES (ETA'S).  PM MCNIS AND MCNOSC WILL CONTINUE COMPLETION OF NGEN ETA-1 AND ETA-2.  ETA-1 WILL INCLUDE COMPLETION OF UPGRADES TO WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) TRANSPORT AND BOUNDARY (B1) HARDWARE AT SEVEN SITES, AS WELL AS ENTERPRISE SERVER UPGRADES AT EACH MITSC.  ETA-2 WILL TRANSITION APPROXIMATELY 1200 NMCI USERS AT CAMP LEJEUNE TO A GO/GO ENVIRONMENT AS A PILOT EFFORT IN ADVANCE OF AND ISO THE MARINE CORPS UNCLASSIFIED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION FROM COSC TO THE NGEN PROGRAM.
8. DISCONTINUANCE OF COSC SERVICES.  C4 AND MCNOSC HAVE DESIGNATED FISCAL YEAR 2011 (FY11), I.E., 1 OCTOBER 2010 THROUGH 30 SEPTEMBER 2011, AS A TRANSITION PLANNING PERIOD.  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ETA-2, NO TRANSITION OF SERVICES WILL OCCUR DURING THIS PERIOD WHILE THE CTP, ASSET TRANSFER, AND CRITICAL FTA'S ARE BEING COMPLETED.  MCSC IS DEVELOPING A SCHEDULE FOR DISCONTINUANCE OF ALL COSC SERVICES IN A PHASED MANNER BEGINNING JANUARY 2012, I.E., SECOND QUARTER FY12. 
8A. THE COSC ALLOWS FOR A PHASED REDUCTION OF COSTS AS SERVICE BLOCKS ARE TRANSITIONED.  RATHER THAN END-TO-END SEAT SERVICES, COSTS ARE COMPOSED OF FIXED AND VARIABLE COSTS TO ALLOW FOR PARTIAL REDUCTIONS.
8B. SERVICES WILL BE TRANSITIONED ALONG THE FOLLOWING BLOCK SEQUENCE: FACILITIES, TRANSPORT (NOC/SOC/WAN/BAN/LAN), END-USER SERVICES, CORE SERVICES, AND SERVICE DESK. EACH REGION (SUPPORTED BY A MITSC) WILL TRANSITION SEPARATELY.  THE NOTIONAL ORDER FOR REGIONS WILL BE: MITSC EAST, MITSC HQMC, MITSC NCR, MITSC RES, MITSC WEST, MITSC MID-PAC, AND MITSC WEST PAC.
8C. THE COMPLETED CTP AND SERIES OF FTA'S WILL OUTLINE THE COSC DISCONTINUANCE SEQUENCE.
8D. END USERS, LEASE HOLD IMPROVEMENT (LHI) AND MOVEABLE EQUIPMENT ARE STILL HPES RESPONSIBILITY UNTIL TITLE TRANSFER HAS BEEN EXECUTED WITH AN APPROVED TASK ORDER.  ORGANIZATIONS ARE REMINDED THAT HPES IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE NOC, B1S, SERVICE DESK, PRIMARY SERVER FARMS, MICRO SERVER FARMS, BAN AND LAN EQUIPMENT, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE COSC UNTIL DISCONTINUANCE IS EXECUTED IN PHASES BEGINNING JANUARY 2012. 
8E. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DIRECTED ACTIONS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THE TRANSITION WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPCOR.
9. ADDITIONAL TRANSITION GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH NAVAL MESSAGES, BI-WEEKLY TELECONFERENCES, PERIODIC PLANNING SUMMITS, AND THE C4 NGEN WEB PORTAL (HTTPS:(DOUBLE-SLASH)WWW.US.ARMY.MIL/SUITE/PAGE/436429).  CONTACT POC FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.   ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD ALSO LEVERAGE THE RNOSCS, MITSCS, TECOM, AND MCRC FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AS REQUIRED:
RNOSC ATLANTIC - 757.836.1738 (COMM)
MITSC EAST - 910.451.1019 (DSN 751)
MITSC MARFOREUR - 314-431-2330 (DSN)  49.703.115.2330 (COMM) RNOSC/MITSC NCR - 703.784.2111 (DSN 278) MITSC HQMC - 703.614.1721/1723 or  703.695.1725 (COMM) RNOSC RESERVES - 504.678.7234 (COMM) 312.678.7234 (DSN) MITSC RESERVES - 504.678.4836 (COMM) 312.678.4836 (DSN) RNOSC PACIFIC - 808.477.8654 (COMM) MITSC WEST - 760.763.0173 (COMM) MITSC MID-PAC - 808.257.0766 (COMM) 315.457.0766 (DSN) MITSC WEST PAC -  315.645.MTSC (6872) or 315.645.6165 (DSN) TECOM - 703.432.4671 (COMM) MCRC - 877.242.2834 or 703.784.9420 (COMM)
10. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN G. J. ALLEN, DIRECTOR, COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS.//