R 151255Z JUL 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0420/09
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2006/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (EWCOE)//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/YMD:20090605//
AMPN/REF A IS EWCOE DEVISION PAPER DTD 5 JUN 09.//
POC/YC-3 D. M. KING/(703) 432-8494/UNIT:DC CDI G3 AND G5/-/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED TO QUOTE RECONNECT TO OUR NAVAL CHARACTER AND PROFICIENCY, END QUOTE AND DIRECTED PLANNING EFFORTS TO ENSURE OUR MARINES AND SAILORS ARE PREPARED TO FULFILL OUR ROLE AS AN AMPHIBIOUS FORCE IN READINESS, FULLY ABLE TO FIGHT FROM THE SEA. REINVIGORATING OUR AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE CAPABILITY MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH (1) POLICY, DOCTRINE AND RESOURCES; (2) EDUCATION AND (3) OPERATIONS & TRAINING. THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS HAS STATED QUOTE SOME CAPABILITIES REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, IN PARTICULAR OUR LITTORAL CAPABILITIES.
2. IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS DIRECTION, SERVICE LEVEL CONFERENCES HAVE BEEN HELD AND PLANNING TEAMS HAVE BEEN FORMED TO DEVELOP AN EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (WCOE), A COMBINED NAVY AND MARINE CORPS CENTER THAT WOULD CONDUCT SERVICE LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF NAVY EXPEDITIONARY AND NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS ISSUES ACROSS DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, MATERIEL, LEADERSHIP, PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES (DOTMLPF) AND IDENTIFY GAPS AND PROPOSE SOLUTIONS.
3. RECENT NAVY 3-4 STAR TALKS DIRECTED FURTHER EXPLORATION OF WCOES AND THE STANDUP OF NEW WCOES, INCLUDING THE EXPEDITIONARY WCOE.  THE NAVY HAS PROPOSED A TWO YEAR GROWTH MODEL IN THREE PHASES.  THE CMC HAS ALSO APPROVED THE CREATION OF AND SUPPORT TO THE EXPEDITIONARY WCOE FOR PHASE I, OCTOBER 09 THROUGH SEPT 10.  A USMC DECISION BOARD WILL BE HELD DURING PHASE I, APPROXIMATELY IN JAN 10, TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF FUTURE USMC INVOLVEMENT.
4. THE EXPEDITIONARY WCOE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS AND NAVY EXPEDITIONARY WARFIGHTING ACTIVITIES ACROSS DOTMLPF IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE MARITIME STRATEGY AND COMBATANT COMMANDERS OPERATIONAL PLANS.  THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THE EXPEDITIONARY WCOE WILL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:  TRAINING ASSESSMENT, READINESS ASSESSMENT, DOCTRINE, CAPABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIMENTATION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND LESSONS LEARNED.  THE CREATION OF THIS COMMAND IS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO REVITALIZE AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITY IN THE NAVY AND THE MARINE CORPS.
5. ADMINISTRATIVE:  THE FORMATION OF THE EWCOE IS A THREE PHASE SETUP. PHASE 1 GOES FROM SEPT 09-SEPT 10, PHASE 2 OCT 10- OCT 11 AND PHASE 3 OCT 11-12.  PRIOR TO EACH NEW PHASE, THE MARINE CORPS WILL REEVALUATE ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE EWCOE.  PHASE 1 MANNING REQUIRES 5 ACTIVE DUTY MARINES AND 5 CONTRACTORS.  THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WILL COME FROM MARFORCOM AND EWTGLANT. (NOTE:  THE ATTACHED LETTER INDENTIFYING REASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF THE EWCOE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE WHEN THIS MARADMIN IS VIEWED WITHIN THE UNIT'S OFFICIAL MESSAGE HANDLING SYSTEM; IT WILL NOT BE VIEWABLE ON THE USMC MARADMIN WEBSITE.) FACILITIES ARE ALREADY COORDINATED WITH EWTGLANT TO USE THEIR BUILDING. DURING PHASE 1, ADMINISTRATION, REPORTING, LEAVE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH EWTGLANT FOR MARINE PERSONNEL.
6. POC IS YC-3 D. M. KING, MCCDC G3/5 (703) 432-8494, DOUGLAS.KING@USMC,MIL; COL S.L. DICKEY, PERSPECTIVE EXPEDITIONARY WCOE CHIEF OF STAFF AT (757) 462-3096, STUART.DICKEY@NAVY.MIL; OR LTCOL E.L. ZELLERS, PERSPECTIVE EXPEDITIONARY WCOE OPERATIONS OFFICER AT (757) 462-4938, ERIN.ZELLERS@NAVY.MIL
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//