MAGTF LOGISTICS PLANNING

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MAGTF LOGISTICS PLANNING
INTEGRATED PLANNING

• MAJ Ireland Upchurch

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PURPOSE

• Discuss why MAGTFs use an integrated approach to
  planning
• Discuss how integrated planning occurs
• Discuss what Integrated Planning means to the
  logistician
• Examine the purpose of an OPT
• Examine staff relationships
• Internal to the OPT
• OPT and Staff
• OPT and Other Planning Organizations

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REFERENCES
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KEYS TO INTEGRATED PLANNING

• Appropriate Representation
• Principal and special staff representatives
• Subordinate, adjacent, and supporting LNOs
• Consideration of warfighting functions
• Throughout the battlespace
• Helps the Commander prevent omission
• As a subset of the logistics warfighting
  function Logistics Functional Areas

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PREVIOUS PLANNING RELATIONSHIPS
MAGTF CE
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STAFF PLANNING RELATIONSHIPS
MAGTF CE
The Marine Corps fights as a
MAGTF and it plans as MAGTF
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STAFF PLANNING RELATIONSHIPS
Links to Adjacent and Supporting
Allies
JTF
Host Nation
JSOTF
ARFOR
MAGTF
MARFOR
NAVFOR
NGO / PVO
AFFOR
Integrated Planning occurs throughout the JTF and
across the warfighting functions
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CSSE PLANNING RELATIONSHIPS
Links to Adjacent and Supporting
Allies
MAGTF
Host Nation
CE
NGO / PVO
CSSE
GCE
ACE
MARFOR
Integrated Planning occurs throughout the MAGTF
and across the warfighting functions
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LOGISTICS STAFF RELATIONSHIPS
DIV G4
OPT
MEF G4
FSSG G3
Wing G4
FSSG G4
Wing ALD
Integrated logistics staff coordination occurs
throughout the MAGTF
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COMMANDERS INFORMATION FLOW
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MEF PLANNING CONTINUUM
Planning, Decision, Execution and Assessment Cycle
Future Plans
Future Ops/OPT
Current Ops
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CSSE PLANNING CONTINUUM
Planning, Decision, Execution and Assessment Cycle
Future Plans
LNO
Plans/ OPT
Future Ops/OPT
Current Ops
CSSE Ops
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OPT - AN INTEGRATION TOOL

• Integrate planning activities and WF functions
• Commanders tool
• Task organized
• Provide the commander with options

Higher
MEF
MEF
DIV
WING
IV
FSSG
OPT
CSSE
LOG SME
CSSE
FUNC Bn
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WARFIGHTING FUNCTIONS
Infrastructure, roads, ports, airfields,
beaches, threats to CSS forces, etc.
CSSE capabilities and limitations.
Logistics
Intel
Monitor, direct, execute and coordinate
logistics and maintain comm with Higher,
Adjacent, Supported logistic operators.
Measures taken to protect our logistics assets
from enemy activities and natural occurrences.
C2
Force Protection
CSS task organization and positioning of
critical supplies that enables fires to be
brought to bear against the enemy.
Fires
CSS task organization and unit positioning that
enables movement of forces for the purpose of
gaining an advantage over the enemy.
Maneuver
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INTEGRATED PLANNING
CE
CSSE
ACE
GCE
Logistics capabilities Extend Operational
Reach, allow us to Anticipate Requirements,
remaining flexible, adaptive, and responsive to
battlespace requirements
MCDP 4
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INTEGRATED LOGISTICS PLANNING
Logistics Functional Areas synchronize the CSS
effort
CE
ACE
GCE
CSSE
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APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION
OPT
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TASK ORGANIZING THE OPT
How for the CSSE?
PLANS Core
LNOs
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CONDUCT INTEGRATED PLANNING
Air
Personnel
NBC
Transportation
Force Fires
LNOs
Intel Plans
Current Ops
Collections
TPFDD
Staff Reps
SMO
CI
PLANS Core
MPs
Red Cell
Medical
SJA
Engineer
Info Ops
Fuels
Comm
Rear Area
Civil Affairs
Logistics Plans
Signals Intel
Public Affairs
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SUMMARY

• Discussed why MAGTFs use an integrated approach
  to planning
• Discussed how integrated planning occurs
• Discussed what Integrated Planning means to the
  logistician
• Examined the purpose of an OPT
• Examined staff relationships
• Internal to the OPT
• OPT and Staff
• OPT and Other Planning Organizations