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EMAIL:SHON.BRODIE(AT)USMC.MIL/ GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION (CDI) CONDUCTED THE SEABASING OPERATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP 2017 (SOAG 17), 8-11 AUGUST 2017, AT MCB QUANTICO, VA. THE FOUR AND A HALF DAY EVENT INCLUDED MORE THAN 110 PARTICIPANTS FROM MILITARY, GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN, DOD CONTRACTORS, AND INDUSTRY REPS. PARTICIPANTS COMPRISED A WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS INCLUDING OPERATIONAL PLANNERS, FRONT LINE INTEGRATORS, CAPABILITY DEVELOPERS, RESOURCE SPONSORS, ACQUISITION MANAGERS, AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES. 2. PURPOSE. THE SOAG IS A FORUM FOR THE OPERATING FORCES TO COMMUNICATE THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO SERVICE-LEVEL CAPABILITY DEVELOPERS. SPECIFICALLY, IT IS CONDUCTED TO (1) PROVIDE THE MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST INFORMATION ON KEY CONCEPTS, PROGRAMS, AND THE INTEGRATION OF CURRENT AND EMERGING MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CAPABILITIES, AND (2) IDENTIFY MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CAPABILITIES NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE SEABASED MAGTF'S ABILITY TO EXECUTE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES ENVISIONED IN THE MARINE CORPS OPERATING CONCEPT AND EMERGING SUPPORTING CONCEPTS. 3. SUMMARY. SOAG 17 OFFERED PLENARY SESSIONS TO PRESENT LEVELING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, THE CURRENT OPERATIONS, AND FUTURE CONCEPTS, PARTICULARLY LITTORAL OPERATIONS IN A CONTESTED ENVIRONMENT (LOCE). ADDITIONALLY, PLENARY BRIEFS WERE PROVIDED ON REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS, AFLOAT COMMAND AND CONTROL, EXPEDITIONARY SHIP CAPABILITIES, SURFACE CONNECTORS AND DOCTRINE. SOAG 17 CONDUCTED WORKING GROUPS TO REVIEW CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND IDENTIFY CAPABILITY OBJECTIVES AND GAPS FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS AND SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT. WORKING GROUP TOPICS WERE: MARITIME PREPOSITIONING SHIPS, LANDING CRAFT AND SURFACE CONNECTORS, SEABASING-RELATED DOCTRINE, JOINT SEABASING, MAGTF-SHIP INTEGRATION, AND AFLOAT COMMAND AND CONTROL WITH ALL WORKING GROUPS FOCUSING ON SEABASING AND MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY ENABLING CAPABILITIES. 4. MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITY OBJECTIVE LINES OF EFFORT AND FOCUS AREAS OF INTEREST: 4.A. AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SHIPS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASELINE (NAB). 4.A.1 DETERMINE LHA-6 APPLICATION OF LANDING FORCE OPERATIONAL SPACE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES AND DEVELOP ASSOCIATED FIELDING PLAN. 4.A.2 CONTINUED ADVOCACY VIA RESOURCE SPONSOR FOR TROOP RIFLE STOWAGE MODERNIZATION ON LPD 17, LHD AND LSD 41/49. 4.A.3 CONTINUED ADVOCACY VIA RESOURCE SPONSOR FOR FLAGSHIP C2 SPACE BASELINE FIELDING AND SHIP CHANGE DOCUMENTATION APPROVAL. 4.A.4 ARTICULATE AND ADVOCATE FOR MAGTF SUPPORTING ELEMENT SPACES ABOARD AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SHIPS TO ADDRESS SURGE C2 NEEDS. 4.A.5 DEVELOP ISMT ARRANGEMENT AND FIELD ONBOARD LHA AND LHD CLASS SHIPS. 4.A.6 DEVELOP ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR TROOP AND SQUADRON ARMORIES
ONBOARD LPD 17, LHD/A, LSD 41/49. 4.B. LANDING CRAFT AND SURFACE CONNECTORS. 4.B.1 MAINTAIN AN ORGANIC BEACHABLE MEDIUM PAYLOAD LANDING CRAFT CAPABILITY ABOARD THE MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCE (MPF). 4.B.2 MAINTAIN AT-SEA LAUNCH CAPABILITY OF AAV FROM NON-DISPLACEMENT LANDING CRAFT. 4.B.3 ADVOCATE FOR ACCELERATED LCAC 100 CLASS BUILD PROFILE. 4.B.4 MONITOR AND INFLUENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO INFORM ENHANCEMENTS TO CURRENT SURFACE CONNECTORS AND POTENTIAL FOR A "CONNECTOR AFTER NEXT." 4.B.5 EXPLORE USE OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FOR LOGISTICAL SUSTAINMENT. 4.C MARITIME PREPOSITIONING. 4.C.1 IDENTIFY REQUIREMENTS TO INFORM STRATEGIC SEALIFT RECAPITALIZATION. 4.C.2 CONTINUE SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING TO ADDRESS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGES. 4.C.3 IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SURFACE, VERTICAL, AND SKIN-TO-SKIN INTEROPERABILITY GAPS FOR MPF AND OTHER AUXILIARY PLATFORMS. 4.C.4 FACILITATE MPS AVCERTS FOR MV-22/CH-53K/RQ-21. 4.C.5 CONTINUE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS MARFORPAC D-UNS/MPS T-AKE ORGANIC SHIP TO SHORE MANEUVER CAPABILITY. 4.D AFLOAT COMMAND AND CONTROL. 4.D.1 CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED SUFFICIENCY OF COMMAND AND CONTROL CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES. 4.D.2 CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED JOINT MARITIME FORCE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ACROSS ALL DOMAINS. 4.D.3 ADVOCATE THAT FUTURE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CONSIDER THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OF HIGH LATENCY, LOW THROUGHPUT SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES (SUCH AS GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-MARINE CORPS, AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AUTONOMIC LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEM) ABOARD SHIP. 4.D.4 ENSURE COLLABORATION TO PROPERLY SUPPORT AND RESOURCE EMERGING MPF/MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND EMPLOYMENT. 4.D.5 CONTINUE ADVOCACY TO MITIGATE THE C5I SYSTEMS GAP CAUSED BY RAPID COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS. 4.E SEABASING-RELATED DOCTRINE. 4.E.1 PRIORITY OF NEXT REVISION EFFORTS: 4.E.1.A MARINE CORPS TACTICAL PUBLICATION (MCTP) 13-10D / NAVY TACTICS TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES (NTTP) 3-02.3M MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCE OPERATIONS. ADD NEW SHIPS AND ASSOCIATED SEABASING ENABLED CAPABILITY AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT CONSIDERATIONS. 4.E.1.B MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 13-10 / NAVY WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (NWP) 3-62 SEABASING. CONSIDER EXPANDING SEABASING C2. 4.E.2 ON-GOING REVISIONS. 4.E.2.A MAINTAIN MARINE CORPS EQUITIES IN JP 3-02, AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS AND JP 3-32, C2 OF JOINT MARITIME OPERATIONS.
4.E.2.B MAINTAIN MARINE CORPS EQUITIES IN ATP-08, VOL II, TTP FOR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS. 4.E.2.C MAINTAIN MARINE CORPS EQUITIES IN NTTP 3-02.1M/MCTP 13-10E, SHIP-TO-SHORE MOVEMENT. 4.F JOINT SEABASING. 4.F.1 MAINTAIN THE LINE OF SUSTAINMENT FROM SHIP TO SHORE. 4.F.2 MITIGATE SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE THROUGH DISTRIBUTED, ROBUST, RESILIENT LOGISTICS. 4.F.3 SEEK SOLUTIONS TO LEVERAGE MARITIME AND CYBER MANEUVER SPACE. 4.F.4 SEEK SOLUTIONS TO MINIMIZE DEPLOYMENT PREPARATION TIME FOR THE JOINT FORCE TO CLOSE AND ASSEMBLE AT SEA. 4.F.5 IMPROVE JOINT SEABASING EQUIPMENT INTEROPERABILITY. 4.F.6 CONSTRUCT REALISTIC EXERCISE "ROAD MAP" TO ACHIEVE JOINT SEABASING INTEROPERABILITY. 4.G MAGTF-SHIP INTEGRATION. 4.G.1 CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING OF THE REDUCIBLE HEIGHT GUN TURRET TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT DEFICIENCY REQUIRING THE REMOVAL AND REINSTALLATION PRIOR TO EMBARKATION AND AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE SPEED AT WHICH THE LANDING FORCE CAN BUILD COMBAT POWER AND COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT CAPABILITY ASHORE. 4.G.2 ENGAGE MCSC FOR A SOLUTION FOR THE CURRENT NEED TO REMOVE THE NEW TROOP CARRIER STAIRS PRIOR TO LANDING IN THE MAIN VEHICLE STOWAGE AREA ABOARD THE LPD 17 CLASS SHIP. 4.G.3 ENGAGE THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE NEW MTVR TRAILER (MK593) FOR POTENTIAL TRAINING AND/OR TTP'S THAT COULD ASSIST IN THE MOVEMENT AND STOWAGE OF THE MK593 IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE CHALLENGES TO EMBARKATION AND EMPLOYMENT DUE TO SIZE, WEIGHT, AND AIRBRAKE CHARACTERISTICS. 5. ACTION: MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE INTEGRATION DIVISION, CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (DC CDI, CDD, MEXWID) WILL WORK WITH APPROPRIATE SERVICES, STAFF SECTIONS, AND AGENCIES TO DEVELOP, ACT ON, IMPROVE AND IMPLEMENT MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY DOTMLPF SOLUTIONS. THESE SOLUTIONS WILL BE AIMED AT ENABLING THE MAGTF TO EFFECTIVELY CLOSE TO THE SEA BASE, ASSEMBLE MISSION CRITICAL CAPABILITIES, EXECUTE ASSIGNED MISSIONS FROM THE SEA BASE, SUSTAIN FORCES FROM THE SEA BASE AND RECONSTITUTE THE MAGTF IN THE SEA BASE TO PREPARE FOR FOLLOW ON MISSIONS. 5.A. MARINE CORPS OPERATING FORCES, IN COORDINATION WITH MEXWID AND DC CDI, WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, IMPROVE, AND IMPLEMENT MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CONCEPTS AND DOCTRINE AND DEVELOP TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES TO FURTHER ENHANCE AND REFINE AMPHIBIOUS AND MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITIES FOR JOINT AND COMBINED SERVICES. 5.B. MEXWID WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND ASSESS SEABASING INTEGRATION OBJECTIVES FOR EXPERIMENTATION, CONCEPT VALIDATION, AND TEST AND DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITY AND DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENT. 5.C. MEXWID WILL HOST SOAG 18 ON OR ABOUT 06 TO 10 AUGUST 2018 AT MCB
QUANTICO, VA. QUARTERLY SOAG TELECONS WILL BE CONDUCTED TENTATIVELY ON 19 OCTOBER 2017, 11 JANUARY 2018, AND 05 APRIL 2018. 6. SOAG 2017 BRIEFINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://MCCDC.PORTAL.USMC.MIL/ORG/SEABASING/SOAG/FORMS/ALLITEMS.ASPX. 7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY COL CRAIG STREETER, DIRECTOR, MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE INTEGRATION DIVISION, CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE, COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.// BT #0838 9210 NNNN Received from AUTODIN 141153Z Sep 17