Marine Corps IT

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DEFENSE MESSAGE SYSTEM (DMS) and follow-on/replacement systems, as directed by the Joint Staff and HQMC Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4), meet the organizational messaging requirement for all classification levels from GENSER through Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Telos Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) is the current implementation that provides Web-interface for system administration and for user messaging (including readers). Organizational messages are used to direct and commit resources, provide user authentication, non-repudiation, confidentiality, and integrity. It also maintains an archive and retrospective search capability to the warfighter and requires security at the Class 4 level (currently implemented with Fortezza and Certificate Authority Workstations). The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is the lead agency and Global System Manager (GSM) for DMS products. The Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DODIIS) is the Operations Manager for the Intelligence Community (IC) to support TS/SCI messaging. Within the Marine Corps, there are two distinct acquisition efforts to field DMS to strategic and tactical communication centers to all classification levels. Additionally ongoing efforts at the service and DISA level to transition from the DMS system to alternative mechanisms for the transfer of organizational information. Authorized Acquisition Objective (AAO) 100. FY12 R&D for DMS will continue research and analysis through 2012 to assist in the transition to the next generation DMS occurring between FY12-15 in order to test and certify possible organizational messaging solutions/capabilities that are DISA compliant. MARINE CORPS TRAINING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MCTIMS) replaced the mainframe program By Name Assignment, which managed all Marine Corps school seats and interfaced with other service's school seat management programs. MCTIMS is the Marine Corps' official program of record for training and education management and is the single data source, which the Training and Education Command relies on to manage training personnel, training seats, students, and other training resources. MCTIMS is the enterprise application upon which standards based instruction, education, and training is built, delivered, tracked, and evaluated. MCTIMS will be establishing the unit training management module for all ground forces. This module will provide commanders an enterprise level application, which brings standardization in planning and scheduling training, recording of training against units and individual Marines, provides training assessments and reports combat readiness to Department of Defense (DOD) systems. FY12 R&D efforts planned for MCTIMS are the requirements gathering and development of the Web-Enable Electronic Roadmaps Module. MANPOWER OPERATIONS SYSTEMS (MOS) is a portfolio of enterprise IT systems and modules that support manpower business operations for the Total Force (active and reserve). The investment in the portfolio improves dataflow and increases reliability, functionality, and accuracy of data while reducing the manpower required to operate and maintain these systems/operations. Development is partially driven by regulatory and policy changes mandated by Congress, DOD, Department of the Navy (DON), and United States Marine Corps (USMC). These systems support all five tiers of Manpower: 1) Individual Marine, 2) Small Unit Leader; 3) Unit, 4) Installation Personnel Administration Center (IPAC)/Disbursing Echelon, and 5) Headquarters Marine Corp (HQMC) Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA)/ Defense Finance and Accounting Service. The MOS portfolio provides support in functional areas such as permanent change of station assignments, retention, mobilization, manpower planning, line of duty determination, personnel accountability, individual augmentation, personnel records management and maintenance, management of case incidents, civilian professional development planning, pay entitlement determinations, promotion and performance evaluations and self service/visibility of personnel data. MOS programs interface with other systems to provide manpower data and web services functionality for pay and personnel transactions between systems. Systems in the portfolio include Manpower Assignment Support System (MASS), Performance Evaluation System, Total Force Retention System, Optical Digital Imaging - Records Management System, Class I/II/III (composed of Child and Spouse Abuse, Sexual Assault Incident Reporting Database, and Rape and Sexual Assault), Marine Corps Medical Entitlements Data System, Civilian Workforce Development Application, Manpower Mobilization Assignment System, and the Total Force Administration System (TFAS) (composed of Marine On-Line, the Secure Personnel Accountability (SPA) Module, the Drill Management Module (DMM), the Case Management Module (CMM) and Marine Reserve Order Writing System Web-enabled). FY12 R&D efforts for Manpower Operations Systems are to continue MASS software development and developmental testing. MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (MCEITS) will provide an overarching portfolio of capabilities to deliver "Power to the Edge" for the Marine Corps. Born from an effort to establish a Continuity of Operations Plan of HQMC Automated Information Systems, MCEITS will realign the existing USMC environment of applications, databases, networks, and facilities into an integrated architecture of programs to deliver new information technology capabilities based on a common infrastructure and shared services. MCEITS is a unifying framework of both the Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) to be delivered, and the infrastructure and systems which must be deployed to enable delivery of those services. Initially it will encompass the Operational, Technical and Systems architectures of the garrison environment. However, ultimately it will extend to transform Command and Control (C2) both in garrison and in the deployed environment. Combined with policy, procedure and standards provided by HQMC (C4), MCEITS will allow for architectural standardization, consolidated management, and seamless interoperability of and access to the data residing in currently fielded applications (business and tactical). Testing efforts will be focused on MCEITS Portal and MCEITS provided services operating within a Service Oriented Architecture environment. MCEITS will ensure the ability to host services and applications in a Web Services enabled environment. MCEITS will also ensure NCES services are able to be federated throughout the Marine Corps to include Content Discover and Delivery, Collaboration and Text Chat, between the service consumer and provider. FY12 for MCEITS will focus on completion of Incremental II integration and testing in preparation for Full Operational Capability (FOC) with continued P3I efforts. MANPOWER PLANNING SYSTEMS (MPS) is a portfolio consisting of three systems; the legacy Manpower Models, the Total Force Data Warehouse, and the replacement effort of the legacy Manpower Models. This portfolio provides the tools and data to support the creation of active and reserve modeling of accession, recruiting, training, classification, retention, promotion, mobilization, distribution, and assignment plans. The funding in MPS will provide the technical solution for process improvement and will strategically align manpower systems/functional process with the C4 architecture. MPS interfaces with other systems to utilize manpower data in model analysis and future year planning efforts. FY12 R&D for Manpower Planning Systems will continue the development of the replacement effort of the legacy Manpower Models. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEM (MCRISS) is an enterprise level system to automate administrative procedures for the recruiting station operations. This customized automated System, centered on procedures in the Guidebook for Recruiters, Volume I, will dramatically improve efficiency and effectiveness in Marine Corps recruiting. Furthermore, Military Entrance Processing Command requires Marine Corps recruiting to provide information in electronic format only. MCRISS is the Marine Corps Recruiting Command's program to manage applicant processing from commitment to accession/commission into the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve. This enterprise approach allows for efficient sharing of information about potential recruits and recruiter screening efforts, yielding a more cost effective process. In FY12, funding supports the development of MCRISS Virtual Interactive Processing System (VIPS) 2. The intent of VIPS 2 is to modernize MCRISS' VIPS in concert with MEPCOM's VIPS. TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFSMS) is the Marine Corps authoritative data source for force structure data and provider of the Marine Corps'' Tables of Organization and Equipment. TFSMS defines present and future Marine Corps force structure, establishes the Marine Corps baseline for readiness reporting, justifies resource requirements and allocation and enables Marine Corps compliance with the Joint Staff and Office of the Secretary Defense initiative to standardize force structure representation by providing the Marine Corps Global Force Management Organizational Server. Increment II development begins in FY11 with the first major software release of Increment II occurring in FY12. The TFSMS Increment II Capability Development Document (CDD) defines the requirements and expectations for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and FOC. FOC is schedule for FY16. FY12 R&D for TFSMS includes the first Increment II software release for the Systems Integration efforts, v3.0 is scheduled for the 3rd Qtr FY12. System Integration efforts will continue. SECURE INTERNET PROTOCOL ROUTER NETWORK (SIPRNET) INFRASTRUCTURE will provide critical infrastructure and operational capabilities that are secure and reliable, enabling command and control from the headquarters to the lowest tactical edge. SONIC will update the current aging classified IT infrastructure and support full Marine Corps'' control over its C2 operational network by providing continuity, high availability, disaster recovery, and enhanced secure access to services and data. DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM (DRRS-MC) is the next generation of Marine Corps authoritative system for force registration and readiness reporting. The DRRS-MC is a web-based and net-centric system providing readiness reporting via the NetUSR-MC (input) tool, enabling units to register and report their training, equipment (including Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear [CBRN]); personnel; missions and mission essential tasks (METs) readiness status. The Marine Readiness Management Output Tool (MRMOT) allows users to view current and historical readiness information using graphical user interface screens to efficiently display information. MRMOT is an executive information system in that it begins at a summary level and allows a "drill-down" capability to access detailed readiness information. FY12 funding will also support the Global Force Management-Data Initiative to consume Force Structure from Marine Corps Org Server (MCOS); conduct mapping, link and maintain OUID and UIC relationships. PAPERLESS OFFICE/ACQUISITION funding supports development and enhancement of PR Builder which is the Marine Corps enterprise solution for the electronic generation of purchase requests and serves as the front-end system for feeding the DOD enterprise contracting writing system SPS. Development and enhancement of PR Builder is required to ensure financial and contracting functional requirements and Marine Corps business processes are developed, designed, tested and implemented within the system. PR Builder is also undergoing requirements definition and estimation for v4.4. Once these requirements are delivered to the PM from the service integrators, modifications to the contract to support the requirements will be initiated. Future DOD, DON, and USMC initiatives that will need to be researched and developed include support or adherence to: Standard Financial Information Structure, Financial Data in Procurement, UCore, Business Enterprise Architecture, USMC Financial Improvement Initiative, Naval Facilities Engineering Command to USMC contract/obligation interface, Seaport-e to USMC contract/obligation interface.

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Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
Source ID: 2906_0605013M_5_1319_PB_2012

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