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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Enhanced
Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
3.3
Experiment Overview
Maj Mark Gilday Experiment OIC, MCWL
12 June 09
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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Enhanced
Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
3.3
Mission
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory will
experiment with unmanned resupply/CASEVAC
technologies to assess their enabling capacity to
GCE conduct of Enhanced Company Operations, and
associated DOTMLPF impacts to both the LCE and
ACE.
Method
As an embedded component of CLR-4s GS-CLC, MCWL
will provide complementary experimental logistics
support to India Co, 3/23
Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel,
Leadership, Personnel, Facilities
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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Enhanced
Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
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Objectives

• 2. Assess the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
  (TTP) associated with the employment of
  logistics-related innovations in an immature
  theatre against an irregular threat. TTPs
  Involving
• Unmanned delivery systems
• Unmanned CASEVAC systems
• Tailored packaging schemes

• 1. Evaluate the impact of experimental logistics
  enhancements on the ability of an ECO unit, and
  its supporting elements, to operate in an
  immature theatre against and irregular force.
  Specifically
• Use of unmanned systems to conduct CASEVAC
• Use of unmanned systems to conduct resupply to
  company and below and recover reusable material
  that requires processing by the logistics support
  organization
• Tailored packaging

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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Enhanced
Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
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Task/Purpose
Task 1 Performed tailored packaging
operations Purpose 1 Determine if tailored
packaging reduces the logistics/weight burden on
the supported force (GCE) Purpose 2 Determine
operational effectiveness/suitability of tailored
packaging Purpose 3 Determine LCE manning,
training, and equipping impacts associated with
tailored packaging Task 2 Perform unmanned
aerial resupply/CASEVAC Purpose 1 Determine
operational effectiveness/suitability of
conducting unmanned aerial resupply/CASEVAC Purpos
e 2 Determine MAGTF manning, training, and
equipping impacts associated with unmanned aerial
resupply/CASEVAC Purpose 3 Evaluate/establish
tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
associated with unmanned aerial
resupply/CASEVAC Purpose 4 Determine C2
requirements needed IOT perform unmanned aerial
resupply/CASEVAC Task 3 Perform unmanned ground
resupply Purpose 1 Determine operational
effectiveness/suitability of conducting unmanned
ground resupply Purpose 2 Determine MAGTF
manning, training, and equipping impacts
associated with unmanned ground resupply/ Purpose
3 Evaluate/establish tactics, techniques, and
procedures (TTPs) associated with unmanned ground
resupply Purpose 4 Determine C2 requirements
needed IOT perform unmanned ground resupply
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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Enhanced
Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
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Task/Purpose Contd
Task 4 Perform unmanned ground CASEVAC Purpose
1 Determine operational effectiveness/suitability
of conducting unmanned ground CASEVAC Purpose 2
Determine MAGTF manning, training, and equipping
impacts associated with unmanned ground
resupply/ Purpose 3 Evaluate/establish tactics,
techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with
unmanned ground resupply Purpose 4 Determine C2
requirements needed IOT perform unmanned ground
resupply Task 5 Conduct infantry unmanned
mechanized support operations Purpose 1
Determine operational effectiveness/suitability
of utilizing an unmanned ground vehicle in direct
support of Enhanced Company Operations Purpose 2
Establish TTPs for use of unmanned ground vehicle
in direct support of Enhanced Company Operations
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Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
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Experiment Goal (Juice vs Squeeze)

1. Identify all functions associated with
   experimental technologies
2. Identify who performs these functions
3. Is additional training reqd?
4. Is additional manpower reqd?
5. Are organizational structure changes reqd?
6. Are doctrinal changes reqd?
7. IS THE BENEFIT WORTH THE EFFORT?

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Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
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Experiment Schedule (General)
16 June MWTC (1) ULB Resupply, (1) ULB
CASEVAC, (1) UGV-D1 Resupply HWAD (1) UGV-D2
Resupply, (1) UGV-F CASEVAC, Continuous UGV-F
Support Ops 17 June MWTC (1) ULB Resupply,
(1) ULB CASEVAC, (1) UGV-D1 Resupply HWAD (2)
UGV-D2 Resupply, Continuous UGV-F Support Ops 18
June MWTC (2) UGV-D1 Resupply HWAD (2)
UGV-D2 Resupply, (1) UGV-F CASEVAC, Continuous
UGV-F Support Ops
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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory Enhanced
Company Operations Limited Objective Experiment
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Questions?