R 271204Z MAR 01
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TO MARADMIN
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1R/N312/N41/N42//
COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN//NPC03/NPC04/NPC6//
BUMED WASHINGTON DC//MED27/MED72//
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UNCLAS //N05050//
MARADMIN 155/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MP//
SUBJ/REPORT OF THE FY01 MARINE CORPS MOBILIZATION (MOB) CONFERENCE//
REF/A/CON/CMC/08MAR01//
REF/B/DOC/CMC/19FEB99//
REB/C/DOC/JFCOM/15JUL98//
NARR/REF A IS SUBJ CONFERENCE HELD AT THE JAMES WESLEY MARSH CENTER,
MCB QUANTICO, VA. REF B IS THE MARINE CORPS MOBILIZATION MANAGEMENT
PLAN (M-PLAN). REF C IS THE INTEGRATED CONUS MEDICAL OPERATIONS PLAN
(ICMOP), USJFCOM FUNCTIONAL PLAN (FUNCPLAN 2508-98)//
POC/M. MOORE/LCDR/-/-/TEL:DSN 278-9358/TEL:COML (703)784-9358//
RMKS/1. SUBJ CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY REPS FROM COMMANDS
THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS, INCLUDING THE OPERATING FORCES AND
SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, AS WELL AS NAVY REPS.
2. THE FIRST DAY FOCUSED ON EDUCATION OF THE MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY
REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE. A NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS DETAILING
MOBILIZATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON VARIOUS AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NAVY
AND MARINE CORPS WERE PROVIDED.
3. ATTENDEES WERE ORGANIZED INTO FIVE WORKING GROUPS TO DEVELOP
RECOMMENDATIONS ON SIGNIFICANT MOBILIZATION RELATED ISSUES:
A. WORKING GROUP 1: MOBTEEP
(1) DELIVERABLE:
(A) DEVELOP A FIVE-YEAR MOBILIZATION TRAINING & EXERCISE
EMPLOYMENT PLAN (MOBTEEP).
(B) DRAFT FY-02 MOBTEEP.
(2) DISCUSSION:
(A) THE MOBTEEP WORKING GROUP FOCUSED ON RAISING
MOBILIZATION STANDARDS, AND EMPHASIZED THAT MOBILIZATION AND FORCE
INTEGRATION (MOB & FI) ARE COMPLEMENTARY PROCESSES THAT SHOULD BE
EXERCISED TOGETHER.
(B) A FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT EXERCISES ALL ASPECTS OF THE
MOBILIZATION PROCESS TO INCLUDE LOGISTICS, SYSTEMS SUPPORT,
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING, AND ACTUAL INTEGRATION OF SMCR UNITS AND
IRR MARINES INTO THEIR GAINING COMMANDS WAS DEVELOPED.
(C) CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS PLANS, THE FIVE-YEAR MOB &
FI PLAN INCLUDES PARTICIPATION FROM NAVY PROGRAM NINE PERSONNEL.
(D) THE FY02 MOB & FI TEEP DRAFT SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT OF
MOBILIZATION AND FORCE INTEGRATION AS COMPLEMENTARY PROCESSES.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
1. REDUCE MARINE RESERVE TRAINING CENTER EXERCISE
(MRTCEX) QTY, WHILE EXPANDING MRTC SCOPE.
2. EXERCISING THE MAGTF, BASES/STATIONS, IN THEIR
SUPPORTING ROLES DURING MOBILIZATION WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
MOBILIZATION OPERATION CENTER EXERCISE (MOBOCEX).
3. EXPANDING SCOPE OF ANNUAL MOB CONFERENCE TO
INCLUDE FORCE INTEGRATION.
(3) RECOMMENDATION:
(A) RENAME "MOBTEEP" TO "MOBILIZATION & FORCE INTEGRATION
TEEP" (MOBFITEEP).
(B) CMC (PP&O/M&RA) PUBLISH PROPOSED FY02 MOB&FI TEEP FOR
COMMENT AND CONCURRENCE.
(C) CMC (PP&O) INCORPORATE THE MOBFITEEP INTO THE USMC
TEEP PROCESS.
(D) PP&O/M&RA STAFF THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR MOBFITEEP FOR
COMMENT AND CONCURRENCE TO THE MARFORS AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENTS.
(E) THAT FUTURE MOB & FI CONFERENCES ARE ATTENDED BY
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE G-3, G-4, AND G-5 SECTIONS FROM THE MARFORS
AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENTS.
B. WORKING GROUP 2: COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS
(1) DELIVERABLE: REVIEW COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS UPON
MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION.
(A) DISCUSSION: REVIEWED MOBILIZATION SEQUENCE OF
ACTIONS.
(B) RECOMMENDATION:
1. CMC (PLN/MPP) TO UPDATE FORMATTED MESSAGES IN
REF B.
2. CMC (PLN/MPP) TO REVIEW AND UPDATE
DEMOBILIZATION/OUTPROCESSING RESPONSIBILITIES AS OUTLINED IN ANNEX F
OF REF B.
C. WORKING GROUP 3: LOGISTICS/I&L.
(1) DELIVERABLE: DEFINE THE GAINING FORCE COMMAND (GFC) AND
SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT (SE) COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TOTAL FORCE DEPLOYMENT PLANNING & EXECUTION
(FDP&E), IDENTIFYING OVERLAPS FOR COORDINATION.
(2) DISCUSSION: FOCUSED UPON ISSUES RESULTING FROM THE
ACCELERATED TIME PHASED FORCE DEPLOYMENT DATA (TPFDD) FLOW OF THE
INTEGRATED TOTAL FORCE. IDENTIFIED SIX MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES
OF FDP&E SUPPORT CATEGORIES, INCLUDING:
(A) MATERIAL MANAGEMENT
(B) PERSONNEL/LIFE SUPPORT
(C) DEPLOYMENT/MOVEMENT
(D) TRAINING
(E) FORCE PROTECTION/ANTI-TERRORISM
(F) COMMAND & CONTROL
(3) RECOMMENDATION: IDENTIFIED FIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE
BETTER COORDINATION WRT OVERLAPPING RESPONSIBILITIES:
(A) MAR 01: WAR RESERVE CONFERENCE (EQUIPMENT SOURCING,
RBE).
(B) MAR 01/SEP 01/APR 02: I MEF FDP&E EX SERIES
(EQUIPMENT DEFICIENCIES, RBE MANAGEMENT, BILLETING/FACILITIES, TPFDD
EXECUTION).
(C) APR 01: COMMARFORRES/MSTP MOBEX (EQUIPMENT
DEFICIENCIES, RBE MAN AGEMENT, BILLETING/FACILITIES, TPFDD
EXECUTION).
(D) JUN 01: PIM MOBEX (BILLETING/FACILITIES, MEDICAL
SUPPORT).
(E) SUMMER 01: COMMARFORLANT FDP&E EX PLANNING CONFERENCE
(EQUIPMENT DEFICIENCIES, RBE MANAGEMENT, BILLETING/FACILITIES, TPFDD
EXECUTION).
D. WORKING GROUP 4: MEDICAL MOBILIZATION READINESS.
(1) DELIVERABLE: DISCUSS/ADDRESS USMC CONCERNS RELATED TO
MEDICAL MOBILIZATION.
(2) DISCUSSION:
(A) USMC LEADERSHIP IS GRAVELY CONCERNED WITH LOSS OF
MARINE CORPS SUPPORT CAPABILITY AT NAVY MOBILIZATION PROCESSING SITE
(NMPS) CAMP LEJEUNE AND CAMP PENDLETON, DUE TO PLANNED NAVY SELRES
PERSONNEL MOBILIZATION TEAM (PMT) DELETIONS.
(B) MANY ACTIVATED 4TH MARINE AIR WING (MAW) SQUADRONS
DEPLOY DIRECT FROM RESERVE TRAINING CENTERS (RTC) TO THEATER. THE
WORKING GROUP IDENTIFIED A "SEAM" BETWEEN USMC/USN PLANNING WHEN
NAVAL RESERVE PROGRAM 9 (NRP9) PERSONNEL ARE RECALLED AND PROCESSED
TO ACTIVE DUTY. THE CURRENT NAVY MOBILIZATION AND CAPABILITIES PLAN
REQUIRES NRP9 PERSONNEL TO TRAVEL AND BE ACTIVATED AT ONE OF TWO
NMPS, WHICH ARE NOT LOCATED NEAR EACH SQUADRON RTC, THEN JOIN THEIR
USMC UNITS TO MEET TPFDD EAD/LAD WINDOWS.
(C) DISCUSSIONS WITH USN MEDICAL PLANNERS HAS REVEALED
UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER THE USMC HAS UNAMBIGUOUSLY STATED THE
USN/USMC MEDICAL MOBILIZATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENT.
(D) ALTHOUGH REF C INCLUDES MOBILIZATION PROCESSING AS A
STATED MISSION OF JFCOM, USMC LEADERSHIP IS CONCERNED THAT
"MOBILIZATION PROCESSING," IS NOT IDENTIFIED AS AN EXPLICIT MEDICAL
TREATMENT FACILITY (MTF) MISSION.
(E) USMC HAS IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL MTF SHORTFALLS WHEN
ASSIGNED MEDICAL/DENTAL STAFFS ARE DEPLOYED ISO FLEET HOSPITALS AND
HOSPITAL SHIPS. THIS EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF MEDICAL/DENTAL STAFFS MAY
HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVELY IMPACTING MEF ABILITY TO
DEPLOY WITH FULLY MEDICAL/DENTAL QUALIFIED MARINES. CONCURRENTLY,
THE GAINING MEF WILL BE RECEIVING AUGMENTATION AND REINFORCEMENT
FROM ACTIVATED RESERVE UNITS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE SOME DEGREE OF
MEDICAL/DENTAL READINESS SCREENING.
(F) USMC IS CONCERNED THAT WHILE THERE IS CONSENSUS AS TO
HOW THE PROCESS WOULD WORK IN A SHORTER CRISIS, A THOROUGH USN
COMBAT REPLACEMENT POLICY, INCLUDING MEDICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND SEABEE
PERSONNEL, IS NOT ADDRESSED IN EXISTING USN/USMC POLICY.
(3) RECOMMENDATION:
(A) USMC REEMPHASIZE THAT USN MUST MAINTAIN CURRENT
NMPS/PMT CAPABILITY AT MCB CAMP LEJEUNE AND MCB CAMP PENDLETON.
(B) DURING THE CONFERENCE, USN/USMC PLANNERS AGREED THE
REQUIREMENT EXISTS FOR A "REMOTE GAIN" CAPABILITY FOR NRP9 PERSONNEL
TO SUPPORT MARINE UNIT OPLAN TIMELINES. "REMOTE GAIN" CAPABILITY
WOULD ENABLE NEARBY USN PERSONNEL SUPPORT DETACHMENTS (PSDS), TO
GAIN TO ACTIVE DUTY THESE CRITICAL PERSONNEL AT USMC AVIATION SITES,
MAINTAINING UNIT INTEGRITY. UPON IDENTIFICATION OF THESE SITES
TO USN, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO TEST THIS PROCESS DURING SCHEDULED
EXERCISES, STARTING IN FY02.
(C) USMC REAFFIRMS ITS MOBILIZATION PROCESSING
REQUIREMENT: UP TO 250 USNR SELRES AND 250 USMC IRR PERSONNEL PER
DAY AT MPCS CAMP LEJEUNE AND CAMP PENDLETON; AND UP TO 125 PER DAY
AT MPCS MCAS CHERRY POINT AND MCAS MIRAMAR.
(D) USMC REQUESTS USN MEDICAL PLANNERS ADD "MOBILIZATION
PROCESSING" TO COGNIZANT MTF MISSIONS.
(E) USMC RECOMMENDS THAT NAVAL RESERVE PROGRAM 32 AND 46
UNITS BE ACTIVATED EARLY TO REINFORCE/BACKFILL MTF STAFFS, IN
SUPPORT OF DEPLOYING MEF TIMELINES, AND RECOMMENDS THESE UNITS BE
INCLUDED IN THE APPLICABLE O/CONPLAN TPFDDS BY USN PLANNERS. USMC
PLANNERS HAVE IDENTIFIED MARINE MTF REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARINE SLICE
OF THE APPROPRIATE O/CONPLAN TPFDDS.
(F) USMC TO RUN CASEST MODELS TO IDENTIFY EXPECTED USN
COMBAT REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT, AND CONVEY TO USN (CNO N1/N3/N093)
TO EVALUATE, IDENTIFY SHORTFALLS, AND SOURCE REQUIREMENTS. USN/USMC
PLANNERS TO INCORPORATE IN TO DELIBERATE PLANNING. ANTICIPATE
PROCESS WILL PARALLEL USMC COMBAT REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES.
E. WORKING GROUP 5: NAVY MARINE CORPS INTRANET (NMCI) AND
DEFENSE INTEGRATED MILITARY HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM (DIMHRS).
(1) DELIVERABLE: IDENTIFY IMPACT OF THE NMCI AND DIMHRS ON
THE MOBILIZATION PROCESS, INCLUDING THE MARINE CORPS MOBILIZATION
PROCESSING SYSTEM (MCMPS).
(2) DISCUSSION: INTEGRATION OF MCEN AND RNET IS ADVANTAGEOUS,
BUT SIGNIFICANT ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED.
(A) SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COST OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (IT) SUPPORT FOR PEACETIME TO SURGE OPERATIONS. RESERVE
SUPPORT UNIT, MOBILIZATION SUPPORT BATATLLIONS, MOBILIZATION
PROCESSING CENTERS (MPCS), AND MARINE RESERVE TRAINING CENTERS
(MRTCS) REQUIRE INTERMITTENT ASSETS FOR TRAINING, EXERCISES, IRR
MUSTERS, AND MOBILIZATION.
(B) MCMPS MUST BE FIELDED IN THE NMCI CONTEXT FOR MRTCS,
MPC, AND CMC (MPP-60).
(C) IF DIMHRS PROVIDES MOBILIZATON AS A CORE COMPETENCY,
THEN ALL SEATS IN MOBILIZATION PROCESS MUST BE NMCI SEATS.
(D) COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) WILL BE REQUIRED GEAR FOR
ALL PERSONNEL. EXPENSE TO REPLACE CAC IS SIGNIFICANT WHEN MARINES
ARE ACTIVATED.
(3) RECOMMENDATION: BASE/STATION DATA CALLS INCLUDE NMCI DESK
TOP SEAT ALLOCATION FOR DAILY AND SURGE REQUIREMENTS.
(A) MARFORRESS/MCRSC'S DATA CALL INCLUDES NMCI DESKTOP
SEAT ALLOCATION FOR 2 SEATS PER MRTC.
(B) ALL MRTC PERSONNEL RECEIVE AN NMCI ACCOUNT.
(C) CMC (MPP-60) CONSOLIDATE SURGE REQUIREMENTS AND
PROVIDE TO CMC (C4) TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS
PRIOR TO NMCI IMPLEMENTATION.
(D) CMC (MPP-60) CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN MCMPS OPERATIONAL
CAPABILITIES UNTIL LONGTERM NMCI SOLUTION IMPLEMENTED.
(E) NMCI PROVIDE MCMPS VIA APPLICATION SERVER
CONNECTIVITY THRU CENTRALIZED SERVER.
(F) MARINES BEING RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY RETAIN CAC,
OR CAC REMAIN IN SRB WHEN MARINE IS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. THIS
PREVENTS NEED TO REISSUE NEW CAC UPON ACTIVATION.
4. UNRESOLVED ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED DURING FY02 MOB CONFERENCE
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
A. ALL APPROVED FORMS (I.E., DD-214'S, SRB'S, QDR'S) NEED TO BE
INCORPORATED INTO FORMFLOW.
ACTION: CMC (MI).
B. MOS REFRESHER TRAINING (UNRESOLVED FROM FY 00 MOB
CONFERENCE): ISSUE REMAINS UNDER REVIEW.
ACTION: T&E COMMAND AND CMC (MPP-60).
C. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CIVILIAN SECTION HEAD (GS13/14) FOR MPP-60
TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY.
ACTION: CMC (MP).
5. DIRECTOR, PL, BGEN NATONSKI, AND DIRECTOR MP, BGEN JOHNSON
FIELDED OUTBRIEFS.
6. ALL BRIEFS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONFERENCE, AS WELL
AS WORKING GROUP OUTBRIEFS MAY BE DOWNLOADED OR VIEWED AT THE MPP-60
WEBSITE: HTTP: MOBILIZATION.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL.//
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