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R 052020Z SEP 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 417/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA EFDC//
SUBJ/TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INITIAL
/EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE CAPABILITY LIST (ECL)//
POC/EFDC/MCCDC/-/LOC:QUANTICO VA/TEL:DSN 278-9583/-//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE
INITIAL EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE CAPABILITY LIST (ECL).
2. BACKGROUND. THE FOCUS OF WARFIGHTING CONCEPTS AND THE VISION OF
FUTURE MARINE FORCES EMBRACED BY EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE
(EMW) IS FACILITATED BY THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
(EFDS). AN INTEGRAL PART OF EFDS IS THE ECL, A KEY FACILITATING
COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN SUPPORT OF EMW GOALS.
3. THE ECL IS PUBLISHED BY THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT, COMBAT
DEVELOPMENT VIA A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH EACH OF THE MARINE
CORPS ADVOCATES, MEMBERS OF THE MARINE REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT
COUNCIL (MROC), OPERATING FORCES, AND THE SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT.
THE ECL'S ARRANGEMENT BY NEAR, MID AND FAR TERM EMW GOALS
ENABLES USERS TO EVALUATE CURRENT AND FUTURE WARFIGHTING
CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF EMW ACROSS THE EFDS SPECTRUM
OF DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, MATERIEL, LEADERSHIP,
PERSONNEL,
AND FACILITIES (DOTMLPF). THE ECL INCORPORATES TRANSFORMATION
PLANNING GUIDANCE , THE NAVAL OPERATING CONCEPT, AND THE MARINE
CORPS EXPERIMENTATION PLAN. FURTHERMORE, THE ECL IS
THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLANS,
ADVOCATE CAMPAIGN PLANS AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS LISTS.
4. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT SIGNED THE
INITIAL ECL ON 16 JUNE 2003. HARD COPY DISTRIBUTION OF THE ECL WAS
MAILED TO MARINE COMMAND ELEMENTS ON 2 SEP 03. ADDRESSEES WILL
RECEIVE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION (FIVE TO FIVE HUNDRED COPIES, DEPENDENT
UPON THE ORGANIZATION) WITHIN 14 DAYS. FUTURE HARD COPY
DISTRIBUTION
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO YEARS OR AS UPDATES
WARRANT.
5. THE ECL WILL BE UPDATED ELECTRONICALLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND
MAY BE REFERENCED AT WWW.MCCDC.USMC.MIL. OR
CDTS.MARCORSYSCOM.USMC.MIL. THE LATTER WEBSITE PROVIDES A
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH TOOL USING AN INTERACTIVE SET OF
ECL DATA WITH LINKS TO ASSOCIATED EFFORTS OF CAPABILITIES IDENTIFIED
IN THE ECL. USER RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS CAN BE DEFINED BY
USER-SPECIFIED SEARCH DEFINITIONS.
6. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE OR QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE ECL MAY BE
DIRECTED TO EFDC, MCCDC AT DSN 278-9583, COMMERCIAL 703 -784-9583.// "