R 261923Z JUN 15
MARADMIN 307/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/2015-2025 FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR MARINES//
POC/S.A. WESTERFIELD/LTCOL/MCIA OPS/-/TEL:703-432-7520/
EMAIL: SWESTERFIELD@MCIA.OSIS.GOV//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE COMMANDER OF THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY (MCIA) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICATION OF THE FUTURE OPERATING. ENVIRONMENT (FOE) 2015-2025:IMPLICATIONS FOR MARINES.
2. THE FOE PROVIDES A BASELINE FORECAST OF THE CURRENT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, THE GLOBAL TRENDS THAT WILL MOST AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE INFLUENCE THOSE TRENDS WILL HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT MARINES WILL FACE OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THE FOE DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO PREDICT WORLD EVENTS, BUT RATHER IT PROVIDES MARINE PLANNERS, OPERATORS, AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRENDS AFFECTING MARINE CORPS ROLES AND MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE GLOBAL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.
3. UNLIKE MANY OTHER PUBLISHED ASSESSMENTS, THE FOE IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO INFORM MARINES AND THEIR LEADERS. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ENABLES COMBAT DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, CAPABILITY GAP ANALYSIS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL DECISION-MAKING. LIKEWISE, IT SUPPORTS MAGTF COMMANDERS AND PLANNERS AS THEY CONDUCT OPERATIONS, DEPLOYMENT TRAINING, EXERCISES, DOCTRINE REFINEMENT, AND INNOVATION EFFORTS.
4. THIS YEAR’S FOE INCLUDES NINE VIGNETTES THAT HIGHLIGHT OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS REPRESENTING POTENTIAL MISSIONS IN AREAS OF CONCERN TO MARINES. THESE VIGNETTES ARE INTENDED TO GENERATE CRITICAL THINKING ACROSS THE WARFIGHTING FUNCTIONS, ENABLING STAKEHOLDERS AT ALL LEVELS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE TO BETTER ANTICIPATE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, AND TO CONDUCT MORE EFFECTIVE PLANNING.
5. THIS DOCUMENT IS PART OF A NEW BATTLE-RHYTHM AT MCIA, UNDER WHICH WE WILL PUBLISH THE FOE IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE FORMAT DURING "ODD" YEARS, WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS AND OTHER RELATED PRODUCTS PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE INTERVENING "EVEN" YEARS.
6. THE FOE IS IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE ON MICA'S SIPRNET HOMEPAGE AT: HTTP://SIPRQUSAVV01.MCIA.USMC.SMIL.MIL/VPS/PRESGEN?CCID=1000000118&NETWORK=SE AND AT HTTP://GO.SGOV.GOV/ZBYZFYO. HARDCOPY DISTRIBUTION IS UNDERWAY TO ALL HQMC DEPUTY COMMANDANTS AND DIRECTORS, AND MARINE CORPS OPERATING FORCE AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT COMMANDING GENERALS.
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN M.S. GROEN, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//