The Synthesis Center supports the command as a whole. Its specified tasks are:
- Gather, organize and synthesize knowledge gained from MCWL experimentation to produce topically focused booklets called X-Files that clearly describe Tactics, Techniques, Procedures & Technology (TTPs) enablers that can help Marines to more effectively fight and win battles.
- Ensure each X-File has the following characteristics relating to form and content:
- Clear description of successful experimental TTPs
- Identify TTPs to avoid or to not use at all
- Identify “what to do” and describe “how to do it”
- Use graphics to amplify text; not the other way around
- Not-to-exceed 50 pages
- Not-to-exceed 11 years of education on the Flesch-Kinkaid (F-K) readability scale
- When directed, publish detailed After Action Reports (AARs) and other documentation necessary to get the right knowledge to the right people at the right time.
- Where applicable, prepare appropriate documentation of knowledge gained from experiments for input into the EFDS