United States Marine Corps Concepts & Programs 2009

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A Message from the Commandant
of the Marine Corps
We offer this 2009 edition of Concepts
and Programs as a current picture of the
state of the Marine Corps. it reviews our
current exercises and deployments and de-
scribes how we fight — our operating concepts and the orga-
nization of our forces. it contains our vision of the future and
the strategic direction of the Marine Corps. it reflects current
information on our programs of record and our major end item
equipment. Finally, it includes our annual almanac, which con-
tains a digest of facts and figures on our personnel and budget.
We pride ourselves on being good stewards of the resources
provided by Congress. That starts with taking care of Marines
and their families — our number one priority. We offer the na-
tion’s sons and daughters the opportunity to serve a cause great-
er than themselves. in the crucible of war, their performance has
been magnificent. They have added new pages to the illustrious
battle history of our Corps.
innovation and fiscal responsibility are hallmarks of the
Corps. in our ground and aviation programs, we continue to
test, develop, and pursue the procurement of dual-use equip-
ment. We look for new ways to employ emerging technology.
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our recent publication of Marine Corps Vision and Strategy 2025 describes a
balanced, multicapable expeditionary force. to Marines, expeditionary means fast,
austere, and lethal — with an emphasis on austere. We must be able to get out
the door fast, deploy where there is no infrastructure, and operate with lethality.
our statutory responsibility is to be an air-ground force in readiness, capable of
operating across the full range of military operations.
Change is one thing that is certain about the future. populations and demo-
graphics in the world will shift, and peer competitors to the United States may rise.
Threats to our way of life will remain. our enemies will adapt their tactics and tech-
niques. however, we enthusiastically accept the challenge of eternal vigilance — in
defense of this great nation.
Semper Fidelis,
James t. Conway
general, U.S. Marine Corps
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps . . . . . . . . . . ii
CHAPTER 1: The USMC: America’s Expeditionary Fighting Force in Readiness . . . . 1
CHAPTER 2: Concepts and Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CHAPTER 3: Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Part 1: The Individual Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad (MERS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Marine Enhancement Program (MEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Modular Weapon System (MWS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Image Intensifier Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Laser Targeting and Illumination Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Part 2: Command & Control (C2) / Intelligence, Surveillance,
and Reconnaissance (ISR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Distributed Common Ground System-Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaisance Enterprise (MCISR-E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Aviation Command and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
AN/TPS-59(V)3 Radar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Composite Tracking Network (CTN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Assault Amphibious Vehicle-Command; Command and Control
Upgrade Program (AAVC7A1 C2 Upgrade) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Intelligence Analysis System Family of Systems (IAS FoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, Common
Ground Station (JSTARS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Marine Air-Ground Task Force Secondary Imagery
Dissemination System (MSIDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Tactical Data Network (TDN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tactical Exploitation Group (TEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Global Command and Control Systems-Integrated
Imagery and Intelligence (GCCS-13) Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence
Equipment Program (CIHEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Expeditionary Intelligence Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Part 3: Ground Mobility and Fire Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Internally Transportable Vehicle (ITV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lightweight 155mm Howitzer (LW155) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Part 4: Aviation Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Aviation Combat Element (ACE) Legacy Aircraft Modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Aviation Ground Support (AGS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
F-35B Lightening II Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Transition Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
MV-22 Osprey Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
H-1 Upgrade (UH-1Y Huey/AH-1Z Cobra) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
KC-130 Hercules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Operational Support Airlift (OSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Marine Aviation Logistics Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) FY 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Part 5: Logistics Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Electronic Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Logistics Command (LOGCOM) Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Logistics Modernization (Log Mod) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Marine Corps Small Business Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Naval Logistics Integration (NLI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Sense and Respond Logistics (S&RL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Autonomic Logistics (AL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Family of Material Handling Equipment (MHE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Marine Corps Business Enterprise Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Feeding Marines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Marine Corps Bases and Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Part 6: Maritime Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Amphibious Warships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Amphibious Assault Ship Replacement (LHA(R)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship (LPD 17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)/Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) . . . . . . . . . . 159
Joint High-Speed Vessel (JHSV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Naval Surface Fire Support Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Part 7: Supporting Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Manpower Recruiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Marine Corps Recruiting Information Support System-Recruiting
Sub-Station (MCRISS-RSS) & Officer Selection System (MCRISS-OSS) . . . . . 171
Manpower Personnel and Pay Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Marine Corps Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Marine Corps Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Civilian Marines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Combined-Arms Command and Control Training Upgrade System (CACCTUS) . . . 179
Deployable Virtual Training Environment (DVTE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Distance Learning (DL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Homestation Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Systems . . . 182
Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Reconstituting the Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Mission-Capable Training Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Predeployment Training Program (PTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Facilities Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Barracks Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Military Construction Supporting Grow the Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Range Modernization/Transformation (RM/T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Encroachment Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Installation Energy Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Garrison Mobile Equipment (GME) Fleet Management System (FMS) . . . . . . . 197
Quality of Life (QOL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Taking Care of Marines and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Wounded Warrior Regiment (WWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Marine For Life (M4L) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
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Part 8: Other Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Force Protection Capability Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Green Beam Designator-III Custom (GBD-IIIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Joint Materiel Decontamination Systems (JMDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Non-gasoline Burning Outboard Engine (NBOE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Marine Corps Information Operations Center (MCIOC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Communication-Electronic Equipment Maintenance Shelter (CEEMC) . . . . . . . 215
Family of Tactical Soft Shelters (FTSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Family of Field Medical Equipment (FFME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Vehicular Multi-Band Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Virtual Training Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Joint Service General Purpose Mask M50 and M51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Joint Chemical/Biological Coverall for Combat Vehicle Crewmen . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Joint Effects Model (JEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Thermal Optic Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Non-Lethal Tube Launched Munitions System (VENOM®) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Mission Payload Module Non-Lethal Weapons System (MPM-NLWS) . . . . . . . 231
Escalation of Forces Mission Modules (EoF-MM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Targeting Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Ground-Based Air Defense Transformation (GBAD-T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
CHAPTER 4: Current Operations and Lessons Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
CHAPTER 5: Marine Corps Almanac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Appendix A: Other Supporting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Appendix B: Acronyms & Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
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