R 280741Z JAN 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0054/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4//
SUBJ/INMARSAT MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICES USMC POLICY AND PROCEDURES//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/ASD(NII)/YMD:20010829//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/DISA/YMD:20051115//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/ASD(NII)/YMD:20080110//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/JOINT STAFF(J6)/YMD:20080711//
REF/E/MSGID:GENADMIN/CMC C4/YMD:20051007//
NARR/ REF A IS AN ASD(NII) MEMORANDUM POLICY ON PROCUREMENT OF MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICES (MSS). REF B IS A DISA PROVISIONING NOTICE FOR SUBMISSION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE REQUESTS. REF C IS AN ASD(NII) MEMORANDUM DESCRIBING A PLAN OF ACTION TO ADDRESS UNPAID INMARSAT BILLS AND OPSEC VULNERABILITIES. REF D IS A FOLLOW-ON JOINT STAFF/J6 MEMORANDUM DELINEATING ACTIONS FOR THE SERVICES AND COCOMS FOR RESOLVING INMARSAT BILLING ISSUES. REF E IS MARADMIN 469/05, USE OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SATELLITE (INMARSAT).//
POC/TSIRLIS, CHRIS/CAPT/CMC (C4CS)/-/TEL: DSN 223-3477
/EMAIL: CHRISTOPHER.TSIRLIS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS MARADMIN SUPERCEDES REF E, AND SERVES AS A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO REF D AS USMC POLICY THAT DELINEATES MARINE CORPS USER RESPONSIBILITIES TO EXECUTE PROPER PROCEDURES FOR THE ACTIVATION, USE, TRANSFER AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF INMARSAT AND BROADBAND GLOBAL AREA NETWROK (BGAN) EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.
2. POLICY.
A. REF A MANDATES THAT ALL DOD USERS WILL PROCURE MSS DEVICES THROUGH THE CONTRACTING VEHICLES PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY (DISA). IT FURTHER MANDATES THAT WHEN PROCURING INMARSAT EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, NSA-APPROVED CRYPROGRAPHICAL DEVICES MUST ALSO BE PROCURED AND USED. ANY WAIVERS TO THIS POLICY MUST BE APPROVED BY THE JOINT STAFF.
B. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF B, MARINE CORPS USERS INVOLVED IN THE PURCHASE OF INMARSAT SERVICES ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE DISA DIRECT ORDER ENTRY (DDOE) PROCESS BY SUBMITTING A TELECOM REQUEST (TR) THROUGH THE DISA DIRECT WEBSITE AT WWW.DISADIRECT.DISA.MIL. PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A TR, USING UNITS MUST ENSURE THE FOLLOWING: 1) COMPLETION OF THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS FOR INMARSAT TERMINALS; 2) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACTIVE PROGRAM DESIGNATOR CODE (PDC); 3) A VALID LINE OF ACCOUNTING (LOA); AND 4) THE DDOE REGISTRATION OF PERSONNEL WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL ROLES REQUIRED TO CREATE, SUBMIT, OR APPROVE INMARSAT SERVICE REQUESTS.
C. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF C, MARINE CORPS USERS SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) TO RESOLVE ALL EXISTING UNPAID BILLS FOR INMARSAT SERVICES. A COPY OF THE FCC REPORT FOR DOD EXISTING INMARSAT BILLS WILL BE POSTED ON THE HQMC C4 WEBSITE (HTTPS:SLASH SLASH HQDOD.HQMC.USMC.MIL SLASH JOINTSYSTEMS.ASP SLASH SLASH), SELECT INMARSAT. REF D STATES THAT DOD INMARSAT USERS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLVING UNPAID BILLS AND TRANSITIONING SERVICES TO DISA CONTRACTS WILL HAVE THEIR SERVICES TEMPORARILY BARRED (LOCKED OUT) UNTIL CONFIRMATION OF THESE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
3. ACTIONS.
A. INMARSAT COMMISSIONING: MARINE CORPS USERS MUST CONTACT NAVNETWARCOM AND PROVIDE SERVICE ACTIVATION REQUEST FORM (SARF) INFORMATION TO ENSURE EACH INMARSAT TERMINAL IS SET-UP PROPERLY AND IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE INMARSAT DATABASE FOR ACCESSING THE APPROPRIATE LAND EARTH STATION (LES). MARINE CORPS USERS MUST REQUEST A COPY OF THE SARF AND FORWARD ADDITIONAL COPIES TO THE COMMAND FISCAL OFFICER FOR BILL TRACKING AND THE G-6/S-6 FOR INVENTORY PURPOSES. ONCE AN INMARSAT TERMINAL IS PROPERLY COMMISSIONED, A STATUS OF ACQUISITION MESSAGE (SAM) IS RELEASED TO THE USER IDENTIFYING THE VENDOR LES AND DIALING INFORMATION ASSIGNED TO THE INMARSAT TERMINAL FOR ACCESS TO THAT SPECIFIC LES.
B. ORDERING INMARSAT SERVICES: ONCE THE TERMINAL IS PROPERLY COMMISSIONED, MARINE CORPS USERS MUST ESTABLISH A PDC WITH A VALID LOA AND ORDER INMARSAT SERVICES USING DDOE SO THAT VENDOR BILLING CAN BE CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMAND PDC. AT A MINIMUM, THE COMMAND G-6/S-6 SHOULD BE ENROLLED IN DDOE AS THE AUTHORIZED APPROVING OFFICIAL (AAO) AND THE COMPTROLLER/FISCAL OFFICER BE ENROLLED AS THE AUTHORIZED FUNDING OFFICER (AFO) TO SUBMIT A TELECOM REQUEST (TR) FOR INMARSAT SERVICE ACTIVATION. MARINE CORPS USERS WHO REQUIRE INTERIM INMARSAT AIRTIME SOONER THAN THE SERVICE ACTIVATION LEAD TIME THROUGH DISA MUST COORDINATE REQUESTS WITH THE NAVNETWARCOM POC UPON RECEIVING G-6/S-6 AND FISCAL OFFICER APPROVAL. ONCE INMARSAT SERVICE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED THROUGH DISA, THE COMMAND G-6/S-6 MUST NOTIFY THE FISCAL OFFICER IMMEDIATELY, AND THE FISCAL OFFICER IS THEN REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PAYMENT FOR INCURRED COSTS TO THE INMARSAT SERVICE PROVIDER AND FUTURE COSTS ARE TO BE BILLED TO AN ACTIVE COMMAND PDC.
C. OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES: MARINE CORPS USERS MUST FOLLOW THE DIALING INSTRUCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUS OF ACQUISITION MESSAGE (SAM). ENTERING A DIFFERENT DIALING STRING WILL FORCE THE TERMINAL TO ACCESS A DIFFERENT LES, RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL CHARGES INCURRED THAT ARE NOT BILLED THROUGH THE UNIT PDC. THESE ADDITIONAL CHARGES INCURRED ARE RECEIVED BY FCC AS INVOICES FOR TERMINALS ACCESSING THE FOREIGN LES. ADDITIONALLY, INMARSAT NOW HAS ITS OWN COUNTRY CODE, +870, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY ROUTES THE CALLER TO THE INMARSAT CUSTOMER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD REGARDLESS OF WHICH INMARSAT OCEAN REGION THE TERMINAL IS LOCATED. THE FOUR ORIGINAL INMARSAT OCEAN REGION CODES OF +871, +872, +873 AND +874 HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2008. AS OF 1 JANUARY 2009, MARINE CORPS USERS MAKING CALLS TO AN INMARSAT TERMINAL FROM PSTN SERVICES ARE NOW REQUESTED TO BEGIN USING THE +870 COUNTRY CODE AS THE INMARSAT CALLS WILL ONLY CONNECT BY DIALING: 00 + 870 + INMARSAT MOBILE NUMBER.
D. SERVICE UPDATES: THE THIRD AND FINAL INMARSAT-4 (I-4) WAS LAUNCHED 19 AUGUST 2008 INTO ORBIT. THIS WILL BRING GLOBAL COVERAGE FOR BGAN SERVICES IN CY2009. THE BGAN SATELLITES WILL BE REFERRED TO AS: I-4 AMERICAS AT 98W; I-4 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA (EMEA) AT 25E; AND I-4 ASIA PACIFIC AT 143.5E. TO OPTIMIZE THE SATELLITE NETWORK, INMARSAT WILL REPOSITION ITS SATELLITES FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 2009. PLEASE REFER TO THE HQMC C4 WEBSITE FOR MORE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING I-4 REPOSITIONING AND PROJECTED OUTAGES.
E. BILLING: MARINE CORPS INMARSAT USERS, THE G-6/S-6 AND FISCAL OFFICERS MUST REVIEW THE MONTHLY FCC REPORT TO IDENTIFY UNPAID BILLS TIED TO THEIR UNIT COMMAND. THE FISCAL OFFICER CAN ALSO CONTACT THE FCC AT COMML 202-418-2666 TO REQUEST COPIES OF THE INVOICES AND THE CURRENT DOD REPORT. THE G-6/S-6 SHALL IDENTIFY AND VALIDATE THE UNIT INMARSAT MOBILE NUMBER(S) TIED TO DELINQUENT BILLS AND PROVIDE THE FISCAL OFFICER ANY UPDATES TO USER BILLING INFORMATION. FISCAL OFFICERS MUST CONTACT THE FCC AND COORDINATE A DEADLINE FOR FINAL PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING BILLS. FAILURE TO RESOLVE UNPAID BILLS, ENSURE PROPER COMMISSIONING OF TERMINALS AND ENROLLEMENT OF SERVICES UNDER DDOE WILL RESULT IN A TEMPORARY BAR OF SERVICES UNTIL ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACTIVE (FUNDED) PDC AND BILLS ARE PAID IN FULL.
F. EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF C AND D, THE G-6/S-6 SHALL COMPLETE 100% INVENTORY OF INMARSAT AND BGAN TERMINALS UNDER MARINE CORPS UNIT PHYSICAL CONTROL. TO ASSIST IN THE INMARSAT INVENTORY CHECK, UNITS CAN DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE DATA CALL WORKSHEET FOR INMARSAT INVENTORY ON THE C4 WEBSITE. IT IS REQUESTED THAT ALL COMMAND G-6/S-6 COMPLETE THE INVENTORY FORM AND SUBMIT A COPY TO THEIR FISCAL OFFICER AND HQMC POC. SUBMISSION DUE DATES FOR THE INVENTORY WILL BE ISSUED VIA SEPCOR.
G. TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT: IF THE TRANSFER OF INMARSAT TERMINALS IS REQUIRED (E.G. MEU TO MEU), THEN UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO DECOMMISSION EACH TERMINAL FROM THE SENDING COMMAND PDC AND RECOMMISSION EACH TERMINAL WITH THE RECEIVING COMMAND PDC. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CONTACTING THE NAVNETWARCOM POC AND PROVIDING UPDATES TO USER POC AND BILLING INFORMATION.
H. REVIEW AND REVALIDATION: REVIEW AND REVALIDATION (R&R) OF PDC AND ASSOCIATED LOA IS A MANDATED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL USING UNITS TO CONDUCT ANNUALLY FOR VALIDATING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS WITH DISA AND TO DETERMINE THE DISCONTINUATION OR DEACTIVATION OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE G-6 PERSONNEL OR THE FISCAL OFFICER ENROLLED IN DISA DIRECT ALSO REGISTER FOR THE R&R APPROVAL ROLE TO VALIDATE ALL INMARSAT SERVICES WITH FUNDED BILLING TIES TO THEIR COMMAND PDC.
I. TERMINATION OF SERVICES: DEACTIVATION OF INMARSAT EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED MUST BE HANDLED THROUGH DDOE BY TR SUBMISSION FOR DISCONTINUANCE AND BY CONTACTING THE NAVNETWARCOM POC FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE TERMINAL.
4. THE POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THIS MESSAGE AND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ARE CAPT CHRISTOPHER TSIRLIS, DSN 223-3476, COMM 703-693-3476, CHRISTOPHER.TSIRLIS@USMC.MIL. THE NAVNETWARCOM POC IS MR. BRYANT K. LAW, COMM 757-417-7947 EXT 2. ADDITIONAL INMARSAT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE HQMC C4 WEBSITE.
5. THIS MARADMIN SELF CANCELS ON 1 OCTOBER 2009.
6. MARADMIN RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN G. J. ALLEN, DIRECTOR, C4.//