R 230012Z DEC 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 621/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DCCDI//
SUBJ/DC, CDI REORGANIZATION//
REF/A/DOC/MROC DM 54-2005/20SEP2005/NOTAL//
REF/B/DOC/DODI 5000.2/12MAY2003//
REF/C/DOC/CJCSI 3170.01E/11MAY2005//
REF/D/DOC/MCO 3900.15A/26NOV2002//
AMPN/REF (A) IS THE MARINE REQUIREMENT OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (MROC)
DECISION MEMORANDUM APPROVING DC, CD&I TO REORGANIZE IOT SUPPORT
MAGTF INTEGRATION OF USMC WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT.
REF (B) IS THE OPERATION OF THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEM. REF
(C) IS THE JOINT CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
(JCIDS) PROCESS. REF (D) IS THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEM (EFDS) ORDER.//
POC/J.B. SCHAFER/LTCOL USMC/MCCDC CDD MID DIV/LOC:QUANTICO VA
/TEL:703-432-8070/EMAIL:JAMES.SCHAFER@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. SITUATION.
A. PURPOSE. PER CMC INTENT AND REF (A), DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR
COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION (DC, CD&I) ASSUMES THE
RESPONSIBILITY AS THE MAGTF INTEGRATOR.
B. BACKGROUND.
(1) REFERENCES (B) AND (C) REQUIRE ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMED
FORCES TO TRANSITION FROM REQUIREMENTS BASED PLANNING TO
CAPABILITIES BASED PLANNING (CBP); A PROCESS THAT UTILIZES A TOP
DOWN APPROACH STARTING WITH NATIONAL AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)
GUIDANCE. TO SUPPORT THE DOD TOP DOWN CBP PROCESS, DC, CD&I HAS
REORGANIZED MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (MCCDC) AS
FOLLOWS:
(A) CG MCCDC, HQ STAFF, AND QUANTICO BASE STRUCTURE
REMAINS THE SAME.
(B) CG TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM)/HQ STAFF
SUPPORTED BY NINE COMMANDS. TECOM RETAINS ALL PREVIOUS COMMANDS AND
GAINS THE MARINE CORPS CENTER FOR LESSON LEARNED (MCCLL). IN
ADDITION, TECOM ESTABLISHED THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED OPERATIONAL
CULTURE LEARNING (CAOCL).
1 EDUCATION COMMAND
2 TRAINING COMMAND
3 MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT (MCRD) SAN DIEGO
4 MCRD PARRIS ISLAND
5 MAGTF TRAINING COMMAND
6 MARINE AVIATION WEAPONS AND TACTICS SQUADRON ONE
(MAWTS-1)
7 MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER (MWTC)
8 MAGTF STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM (MSTP)
9 WEAPONS TRAINING BATTALION (WTBN)
(C) CG MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING LAB (MCWL)/HQ STAFF
SUPPORTED BY EIGHT DIVISIONS. MCWL RETAINED ALL PREVIOUS
RESPONSIBILITIES AND GAINED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP USMC
CONCEPTS/CONOPS AND IDENTIFY USMC CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT THE CBP
PROCESS FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. NOTE: THE FIRST THREE
DIVISIONS BELOW WERE FORMER EFDC DIVISIONS.
1 CONCEPTS AND PLANS
2 JOINT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION (JCDE)
3 CENTER FOR EMERGING THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES (CETO)
4 OPERATIONS & CIED
5 EXPERIMENTATION
6 TECHNOLOGY
7 SEA VIKING
8 WARGAMING.
(D) DIRECTOR, CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (CDD)
SUPPORTED BY EIGHT DIVISIONS. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DEVELOPMENT
CENTER (EFDC) HAS BEEN DISESTABLISHED. NOTE: PERSONNEL FROM THE
FORMER EFDC DOCTRINE AND MATERIEL CAPABILITIES DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED BY WARFIGHTING FUNCTION INTO EACH INTEGRATION DIVISION.
THE CDD IS ESTABLISHED, COMPRISED OF:
1 MAGTF INTEGRATION DIVISION (MID)
2 FORCE PROTECTION INTEGRATION DIVISION (FPID)
3 COMMAND AND CONTROL INTEGRATION DIVISION (C2ID)
4 LOGISTICS INTEGRATION DIVISION (LID)
5 FIRES AND MANEUVER INTEGRATION DIVISION (FMID)
6 INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION DIVISION (IID)
7 SEABASING INTEGRATION DIVISION (SBID)
8 TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE DIVISION (TFSD)
(E) DIRECTOR, JOINT AND EXTERNAL MATTERS DIRECTORATE
SUPPORTED BY TWO DIVISIONS.
1 JOINT CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION DIVISION (JCID)
2 NAVAL CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
(F) DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS ANALYSIS DIVISION (OAD)
SUPPORTED BY FOUR BRANCHES.
1 ANALYSIS BRANCH
2 JOINT AND EXTERNAL ANALYSIS BRANCH
3 MISSION AREA ANALYSIS BRANCH
4 SUPPORT BRANCH
(2) REVISION OF CURRENT PLANNING PROCESSES PROVIDES A COMMON
FOCUS OF EFFORT ACROSS THE PLANNING STAFFS OF DEPUTY COMMANDANTS,
MARFORS, AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT (SE) SUPPORTING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL/DOD PLANNING GUIDANCE AND THE CMC
STRATEGIC VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE CORPS CAPABILITIES
RELATIVE TO JOINT CONCEPTS AND DEFENSE PLANNING SCENARIOS.
2. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS. WITHIN CDD, THE MID WILL DRIVE THE
SYNCHRONIZATION OF COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SIX
INTEGRATION DIVISIONS, AND TFSD. EACH DIVISION WILL SERVE AS A
FUSION CENTER FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INTEGRATION ACROSS THE
PLANNING STAFFS OF THE DEPUTY COMMANDANTS, MARFORS, AND SE. THE MID
WILL CONVENE A CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CDB) ON A ROUTINE
BASIS CONSISTING OF 0-6 LEVEL DECISION AUTHORITY FROM THE PLANNING
STAFFS MENTIONED ABOVE (IN PERSON OR THROUGH VTC) TO ENSURE THAT
MAGTF INTEGRATION IS ACHIEVED. THE REVISED COMBAT DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS ENCOMPASSES THREE CRITICAL DECISION POINTS IN THE FORM OF
MROCS. MROCS WILL BE THE FORUM FOR OBTAINING SENIOR LEVEL LEADERSHIP
GUIDANCE AND APPROVAL AS IT APPLIES TO PRIORITIZATION OF DESIRED
WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES AND IDENTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT
SOLUTIONS.
3. TASKS.
A. REQUEST DEPUTY COMMANDANTS (M&RA; AVN; PP&O; I&L).
(1) PUBLISH CAMPAIGN PLANS.
(2) PUBLISH CAPABILITY LISTS USED TO DETERMINE CAPABILITY
GAPS, SHORTFALLS, AND EXCESSES.
(3) PUBLISH REQUIREMENTS LISTS USED TO
IDENTIFY DOTMLPF RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS MATERIEL/NON-MATERIEL
SOLUTIONS, SUSTAINABILITY, SUPPORTABILITY, SCHEDULED DELIVERY,
AND AFFORDABILITY OPTIONS.
(4) IDENTIFY AND PUBLISH POINTS OF CONTACT AT THE DEPARTMENT
LEVEL AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT POINTS OF CONTACT ACROSS WARFIGHTING
FUNCTIONS TO CONDUCT MAGTF INTEGRATED COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
WITHIN THE INTEGRATION DIVISIONS OF CDD.
(5) DEVELOP UNIVERSAL NEED STATEMENTS (UNS) FOR ALL
CAPABILITY GAPS PERTAINING TO DEPUTY COMMANDANT/PROPONENT FUNCTIONAL
AREA.
(6) PROVIDE 0-6 REPRESENTATION AT THE CDB TO ENSURE MAGTF
INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIORITIZED MAGTF
CAPABILITIES LIST (MCL) AND MAGTF REQUIREMENTS LIST (MRL).
B. REQUEST MARFOR AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISMENT (SE)COMMANDERS.
(1) PROVIDE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT
MAGTF INTEGRATED COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE
INTEGRATION DIVISIONS OF CDD.
(2) DEVELOP UNS FOR ALL IDENTIFIED CAPABILITY GAPS IN
SUPPORT OF COMBATANT COMMANDER INTEGRATED PRIORITY LIST (IPL).
(3) (MARFORS) SUBMIT UNS IN SUPPORT OF FORCES ASSIGNED FOR
OPERATIONS AND CONTINGENCIES.
(4) PROVIDE 0-6 LEVEL REPRESENTATION AT THE CDB TO ENSURE
MAGTF INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIORITIZED MAGTF
CAPABILITIES LIST (MCL) AND MAGTF REQUIREMENTS LIST (MRL).
C. REQUEST DC, P&R PROVIDE ANALYTICAL SUPPORT TO THE DC, CD&I
TO ENSURE A FISCALLY INFORMED MCL AND MRL.
D. REQUEST CG, MCSC PROVIDE PROGRAM MANAGER AND ACQUISITION
EXPERTISE TO DC, CD&I TO FACILITATE THE ANALYSIS OF DESIRED
CAPABILITIES WITH EXISTING/FUTURE SYSTEMS CAPABILITIES.
4. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS
A. DC, CD&I, WILL PUBLISH REVISION TO REF (D) TO DELINEATE THE
REVISED EFDS.
B. DC, CD&I STAFF WILL COORDINATE WITH DEPUTY COMMANDANTS,
MARFORS, AND SE TO SCHEDULE BRIEFINGS ON THE NEW CAPABILITIES BASED
COMBAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (BRIEFS TO OCCUR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006).
C. MCCDC REORGANIZATION BRIEF (4 AUGUST 2005 MROC BRIEF),
EFDS/PPBE PROCESS FLOW CHART, SYNCHRONIZATION MATRIX, AND A CDD
PHONE DIRECTORY MAY BE DOWNLOADED AT <>
UNDER FEATURE TOPICS.
D. DC, CD&I LOCATION REMAINS THE SAME IN THE RECENTLY
DESIGNATED GENERAL RAYMOND G. DAVIS CENTER, BUILDING 3300, RUSSELL
ROAD, QUANTICO, VA, 22134.
E. DEPUTY COMMANDANTS, MARFORS, SE MAINTAIN CURRENT COMBAT
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AUTHORITIES, AND LOCATIONS.
5. DC, CDI POC IS LTCOL J. SCHAFER, DSN 378-8070 COM (703)432-8070,
JAMES.SCHAFER@USMC.MIL.//