Evolving to Support the Future Corps: Implications of the CPG on the Supply Community
Abstract
In order to evolve, the Supply Community must address three specific areas in which its current way of operating must evolve to match the Commandants envisioned future: integration with Naval supply capabilities, modernization of supply systems and procedures, and improved manpower management. Following nearly two decades of conducting land-based operations, the United States Marine Corps aims to transform itself as it returns to its World War II identity as an amphibious force. Predictions about the future operating environment, as well as advances in adversary capabilities and doctrine, have prompted a re-examination of the way the Marine Corps fights, resulting in Commandant of the Marine Corps General Berger publishing the Commandants Planning Guidance (CPG). In response, the Deputy Commandant of Installations and Logistics (DC, I and L) published Sustaining the Force which describes a future model for logistics support based on the concepts presented in the CPG. This paper examines the Marine Corps Supply Communitys ability to satisfy the lines of effort outlined in Sustaining the Force and ultimately support the concepts presented in the CPG. It discusses the shortfalls of the current model and offers solutions that can be implemented in order to create a more viable future model of supply support.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1177839
Entities
People
- Lamont R Ii Robinson
Organizations
- Marine Corps University