MAGTF CSSE & SE

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(U) The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Combat Service Support Element & Supporting Establishment (CSSE & SE) consists of mutually supporting Logistics Information Technology (IT) programs that support force deployment, planning, and execution; sustainment and distribution; and contributes to the Combatant Commander's Common Operating Picture to support rapid accurate decision making. MARINE CORPS COMMON HARDWARE SUITE (MCHS) provides Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) workstations (desktop/laptop), servers and other IT hardware to support the Operating Force and other non-Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Marine Corps customers. MCHS provides support for two principal groups: 1) Approximately 50 United States Marine Corps (USMC) Tactical and Functional Programs of Record that use COTS IT hardware as part of their fielded systems; and 2) Tactical and other Marine Corps customers not supported by NMCI such as Marine Corps Forces, Europe/Marine Corps Forces, Korea and stand-alone Marine Corps units and schoolhouses. The goal of the program is to enhance overall IT system interoperability and lower the total cost of ownership by centralizing procurement of COTS IT hardware, reducing the number of different configurations of computers, and providing worldwide integrated logistics support for all fielded MCHS hardware. Rapid technology insertion provides ability to develop, test, and evaluate COTS hardware and software configurations for rapid fielding purposes. GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-MARINE CORPS (GCSS-MC) is the physical implementation of the enterprise Information Technology (IT) architecture designed to support both improved and enhanced Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Combat Support Services (CSS) functions and MAGTF Commander and Combatant Commanders/Joint Task Force (CC/JTF) combat support information requirements. The initial program includes all transactional CSS systems related to Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) functionality enabled with Service Management functions. When combined, these capabilities are referred to as Logistics Chain Management (LCM) or GCSS-MC/LCM. The primary goal of GCSS-MC/LCM is to provide the capabilities specified in the Logistics Operational Architecture (Log OA). The result of enabling the Log OA is the retirement of legacy applications. The GCSS-MC/LCM exposes timely mission information to Marine Corps operational and CSS commanders, CC/JTF commanders and their staffs and other authorized users. It exposes information interoperability and common logistics information applications and services across functional areas. GCSS-MC/LCM allows operating forces commanders to base decisions on complete logistics information and make decisions in concert with specific operational tasks. The GCSS-MC/LCM program is procuring capabilities by increments. GCSS-MC/LCM Increment 1 is a subset of the total requirement that focuses on Logistics Management and Execution with Logistics Command and Control requirements necessary to perform those functions in a deployed environment. GCSS-MC/LCM Increment 1 is global in scope and it can be deployed under any circumstances, during peace or war, independent of geographical location. The GCSS-MC/LCM Increment 1 Capability Development Document (CDD), dated 25 May 2005 and approved in December 2005, establishes the requirements for the entire GCSS-MC portfolio. Key objectives of the CDD include the following: (1) Deliver integrated functionality across supply, maintenance, transportation, finance, engineering, health, acquisition and manpower systems in accordance with the Marine Corps Logistics Operational Architecture; (2) Provide timely information to Marine Corps operational and CSS commanders, CCs and Joint JTF commanders and their staffs and other authorized users; (3) Allow Operating Forces (OPFORS) commanders to base decisions on complete logistics information and make decisions in concert with specific operational tasks; and (4) Provide users and operators of logistics processes access to information and applications across the spectrum of conflict regardless of location. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PORTFOLIO (TSP) supports the various ongoing and continuing efforts to modernize legacy USMC logistics systems including joint interoperability testing and certification and development to ensure compliance with information assurance testing and certification requirements. Legacy systems include joint programs supporting deployment and sustainment of theater assets as well as existing USMC legacy systems. Joint interoperability testing and certification is an ongoing and continuous requirement that is critical to ensuring all TSP applications are interoperable with other Department of Defense and Joint Services systems. There are also ongoing and continuing efforts to ensure that the legacy TSP applications comply with the latest information assurance requirements. TSP applications are continually updating their security posture through software enhancements based upon the latest cyber threats. Also, mandatory DOD compliance with software patches ensure TSP systems are in compliance with new information assurance vulnerability assessments and ensure data integrity, confidentiality and availability. JOINT FORCE REQUIREMENTS GENERATOR II (JFRG II) is a Global Command and Control System (GCCS) software application designed to provide DOD with a Joint Services, state-of-the-art, integrated, and deployable Automated Information System (AIS) that supports strategic force movements. JFRG II provides rapid development of force data to satisfy operational planning and execution requirements. It serves as the essential link between service force requirements and validated/sourced unit data. JFRG II permits multi-level planning with entry of equipment and personnel data, transportation/movement data, and the phasing of the total force throughout the entire movement timeline. JFRG II contains an exhaustive joint data library and interfaces directly with the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES). JFRG II can generate standard, executive, and ad hoc reports, perform database queries, and export or import data from Transportation Coordinators' Automated Information for Movement System (TC-AIMS) II, MAGTF Deployment Support System (MDSS) II and JOPES. JFRG II operates and functions in either a classified or unclassified environment. PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI) provides security objects and mechanisms used by Public Key (PK)-enabled systems and applications. The primary products of PKI are PK certificates and other certified objects used in conjunction with PK certificates. In addition to PK certificates, PKI provides on-line services (e.g. on-line certificate status checking), and supplies authenticated attributes in PK certificates and/or attribute certificates. PKI is one of a number of security solutions used to protect information and provide attributes to enable critical resources in the Global Information Grid, and is used concurrently with other solutions (e.g. in-line network encryptors to implement the defense-in-depth concept.) In conjunction with PK-enabled applications, PKI is used for identification, authentication, data confidentiality and integrity, and non-repudiation security services. Additionally, PKI functionally will be expanded to the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY (AIT) conducts research and development capabilities testing to expand and enhance options necessary to provide today's Commanders accurate information that allows better communication, coordinating, synchronization, and real-time logistics data transfer capabilities to programs that influence Warfighting evolutions. AIT devices, hardware and software's are continually evolving and RDT&E provides the necessary modernization progression to ensure that technologies deployed today meet the demands of the Commander's by providing faster, more reliable, increase data reliability and expedited logistics' architecture for Marine Corps-unique transportation, distribution and supply systems/software and applications. AIT forecast and plans to focus Web-basing, Web-enablement and Web Services software technology [i.e., machine-to-machine information exchanges between, our customers in the Military Services and Defense agencies, and the Defense industry, based upon the open-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Military-Standard (MIL-STD) formatted protocols]. There are three primary reasons why AIT is pursuing this direction: 1. Web-based applications dramatically reduce the costs associated with fielding new software mission capabilities. (Only a limited handful of central servers need to be updated rather than thousands of employees' desktop computers.) 2. Web-basing and Web Services make AITs software applications much more adaptable to the ongoing and future changes in the Marine Corps procurement and financial management systems that are being implemented in accordance with the Department's Business Enterprise Architecture. 3. AIT has found that Web-based application development is substantially less expensive than traditional client/server or mainframe-based application development. One of the reasons why Web-based development is less expensive is that Web-basing applications allows AIT to productively adapt large amounts of open source software packages with minimal or even zero acquisition and support costs. Also, this allows the Marine Corps to achieve their desired real-time supply chain information "reach-back" capabilities that may extend to the factory floors where parts, components,and systems are produced. BASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCUTRE (BTI) provides all Marine Corps installations with the base area network communications infrastructure that connects the end-user to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) network. BTI sustains upgrades and enhances the telecommunications systems infrastructure for all Marine Corps Installations in order to meet the demands required to support the 5th Element of the MAGTF. BTI is designed to maintain industry currency as it relates to technological capabilities for all voice, video and data transport services via each installation's infrastructure. These data services include support for but are not limited to: Telephony (including voice over internet protocol), Enhanced 911, Video-Teleconferencing, Integrated Services Digital Network, Marine Corps Enterprise Network, Energy Monitoring Control Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, Access Control Systems, Fire Alarm Control Networks and Fleet Training Systems. This includes supporting systems such as optical networks, telecommunications management systems, primary power, voice mail, teleconferencing, and outside plant infrastructure. ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM (EMSS) is composed of several main components including Electronic Maintenance Devices (EMD), regional servers, deployment servers, charger racks, and ruggedized deployment cases. EMSS is a rugged organizational-level (O-level), light-weight, one-man portable maintenance device capable of supporting multiple platforms and systems across maintenance communities. EMSS provides a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware device equipped with network interfaces, Built-In-Test/Built-In-Test Equipment (BIT/BITE) interfaces, and Software Defined Test Instrument (SDTI) General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment (GPETE) capabilities. These hardware capabilities will enable commercial or custom DoD and USMC software capabilities including Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs), Computer Based Training (CBT), access to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) over USMC networks, and other maintenance applications to be hosted on EMSS. With these capabilities, maintainers will make more informed decisions, thereby sustaining force readiness over time.

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Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
Source ID: 2510_0206313M_7_1319_PB_2013

MAGTF CSSE & SE

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