R 021935Z APR 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 177/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI (UC)//
SUBJ/COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION (CD AND I) REORGANIZATION//
POC/E. N. DOYLE/DEPUTY DIRECTOR/CD AND I, G-3/5/COMM: 703-784-6730/EMAIL: ERIK.DOYLE(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. SUMMARY. IN ORDER TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION (DC CD AND I) WILL BEGIN TO REORGANIZE, EFFECTIVE 1 APRIL 2013. REORGANIZATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE 31 DECEMBER 2013.
2. ISSUE. THE CURRENT PROCESS OF ASSESSING THE FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT AND GENERATING FORCE DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, DEVELOPING CONCEPTS AND CONOPS AND EVALUATING THEM TOIDENTIFY GAPS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ACROSS DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, MATERIEL, LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION, PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES WITH COST AWARENESS (DOTMLPF-C) IS ILL DEFINED. CD AND I IS NOT OPTIMALLY ORGANIZED TO EXECUTE THIS TASK.
3. SOLUTION. CD AND I WILL REORGANIZE TO INCLUDE A FUTURES DIRECTORATE, CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE, ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE, AND JOINT CAPABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE. THE ELLIS GROUP, STRATEGIC VISION GROUP, G-3/5 CONCEPTS AND PLANS WILL BECOME PART OF THE FUTURES DIRECTORATE. THE CD AND I, G-3/5 WILL BE DISSOLVED WITH FUNCTIONS MOVING TO THE FUTURES DIRECTORATE AND THE CD AND I OPERATIONS DIVISION.
4. ORGANIZATION.
A. FUTURES DIRECTORATE.
(1) MISSION: ENHANCE THE CURRENT AND DETERMINE THE FUTURE MARINE CORPS STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE BY ASSESSING FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS, DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING MARINE CORPS SERVICE CONCEPTS, AND INTEGRATING THESE CONCEPTS INTO NAVAL, JOINT, AND OTHER SERVICE CONCEPTS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO INFORM FUTURE FORCE DEVELOPMENT.
(2) SUBORDINATE ELEMENTS.
(A) FUTURES ASSESSMENT
STRATEGIC VISION GROUP
CENTER FOR EMERGING THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES
(B) EMERGENT FORCE DEVELOPMENT
ELLIS GROUP
CONCEPTS
PLANS
JOINT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION - EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE COLLABORATIVE TEAM - SUFFOLK
(C) MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING LAB
WARGAMING
EXPERIMENTATION
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COUNTER IED
B. CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE.
(1) MISSION. DEVELOP MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL SOLUTIONS WHICH SUPPORT THE MARINE CORPS AT THE ENTERPRISE LEVEL THROUGH THE USE OF THE MARINE CORPS FORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. THE DIRECTORATE USES DOTMLPF-C INTEGRATION REVIEWS TO ENSURE THAT THE NEAR, MID, AND LONG TERM IMPACTS OF ANY GIVEN SOLUTION ARE BEST UNDERSTOOD PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY REQUIREMENT SOLUTION. THE DIRECTORATE SERVES AS THE MARINE CORPS LEAD FOR THE PROCESSING OF ALL URGENT UNIVERSAL NEEDS STATEMENTS.
(2) SUBORDINATE CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION ELEMENTS.
(A) SEABASING INTEGRATION DIVISION (NOTE: REALIGNED FROM CD AND I)
(B) COMMAND AND CONTROL INTEGRATION DIVISION
(C) CYBER AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE INTEGRATION DIVISION
(D) FIRES AND MANEUVER INTEGRATION DIVISION
(E) FORCE PROTECTION INTEGRATION DIVISION
(F) INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION DIVISION
(G) LOGISTICS INTEGRATION DIVISION
(H) MAGTF INTEGRATION DIVISION
(I) SMALL WARS CENTER FOR IRREGULAR WARFARE AND INTEGRATION DIVISION
(J) TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE DIVISION
C. ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE.
(1) MISSION. THE ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE EXECUTES AND OVERSEES STUDIES AND ANALYSES.
(2) SUBORDINATE ELEMENTS.
(A) OPERATIONS ANALYSIS DIVISION
(B) MODELING AND SIMULATION
(C) COMMANDANT'S RED TEAM
D. JOINT CAPABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND INTEGRATION DIVISION(NO CHANGE).
MISSION. THE JOINT CAPABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE ASSISTS IN ADVISING THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS ON THE PRIORITIES FOR JOINT CAPABILITIES.
5. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS. THE GENERAL OFFICER DETAILED AS DC CD AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS:
A. COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (MCCDC).
B. COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES CYBER COMMAND (MARFORCYBER).
C. COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES STRATEGIC COMMAND (MARFORSTRAT).
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION//