Marine Corps Logistics Modernization Colonel R M Nixon

Marine Corps Logistics Modernization Colonel R. M. Nixon, USMC Logistics Vision & Strategy HQMC

Operation Iraqi Freedom Logistics Lessons • Distribution – People / Bulk Liquids / Parts • IT – Legacy / Data Transmission / Joint • Transportation – Air / Sea / Wheeled • Organization – FSSG / MLC / Joint • Processes – Legacy / Tactical / Operational / Joint

The Winchester House • Started as an 8 room farmhouse • 38 years of continuous construction

Logistics Priorities CSSE Advocate Logistics Modernization SE Advocate Encroachment Enterprise Integration -GCSS-MC -Process Reengineering -Organizational Reform Blount Island Acquisition Sea-basing -Sea-based Logistics MPF(F) Installations - Infrastructure Recap. - AT/FP of Installations Logistics Education Business Reform/Competitive Sourcing Housing (Bachelor & Family) - Public Private Ventures

Our Objective • Increase MAGTF Lethality – Unity of Effort – Velocity and Leanness – Free up Energy • Expedited Fielding of GCSS – MC – Global Reach and Support – Logistics/Operations Interface – One System – All Environments • Educate to Take Advantage of Public / Private Revolution in Logistics • Set and Meet High Standards of Performance – Benchmarks – Measures of Effectiveness – Metrics

Challenges • • • Leveraging Information to Support Force Requirements (Strategic-Operational. Tactical) Increasing Killing Power within existing topline and end-strength constraints Ageing Infrastructure Encroachment Organization

USMC Logistics Modernization: A Process View… Logistics Academia Industry ILC Do. D Log Enterprise -OA Architecture -E 2 E Distribution -Echelons Of Maint -Realign Supply Func -Quadrant Model -SECREP Mgt -IT (GCSS MC) -MC Logistics Chain Analysis Team Enterprise Decision Makers People Processes Technology Initiatives ‘ 98 Iterative Process Integration Combat Capability

Excellence in Logistics… Supporting Excellence in Warfighting MAGTF Lethality 2015 Technology Processes Skills, Education, Organization, & Training GCSS-MC 5 to 3 EOM SECREPs E 2 E Distribution Log C 2 Blount Island Cmd Naval Log Integration 2010 2005

Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Logistics Requirements • Logistics chain must be… – Agile – Responsive – Flexible Hotspots • Supply chains must be… – – End-to-End Reliable Predictable Resilient and robust Global Logistics Support

Summary To the degree we do not modernize, we are strategically a fixed target and therefore at risk.