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Marine Corps Public Affairs

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Marine Corps Public Affairs

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    1. Marine Corps Public Affairs

    2. HQMC PA STRUCTURE

    3. Connect the Marine Corps with the American public through educational, business, entertainment, athletic, veteran, and civic outreach programs in order to preserve and mature the Corps’ relationship with America, increase public awareness of the Corps’ value to the nation, and to set positive conditions for recruiting efforts.

    5. Community Response Public Requests: Aviation: ~1,100/yr. Ceremonial: ~150/yr. Business Outreach: MCBEF & JCOC. VSO Liaison: MCL, NL, AL & VFW. Honorary Marine Program. White House Functions. Marine Corps Music Band Operations: Public Requests: ~150/yr. Music Board in support of NCRC. OccFld Sponsor Responsibilities: Approx 1000 Marines (12 Bands + D&B). Structure Management. Assignment Coordination. Promotion Allocations.

    6. Community Outreach Strategic Communications Speakers Bureau. Media Outreach. Specialty Media Outreach. Public Liaison/Inquiry: ~1,100/yr Educational Programs. Military Appreciation. Marine Week Inundates American cities with a week-long series of Marine activities. Marine Week Chicago conducted 11-17 May 09. Marine Week Boston scheduled for Spring 10.

    7. EFV Requirement: Launch from 25 nm (OTH). Exceed 25 knots at sea 45 mph on land. Land range 200 miles w/o refueling. Sole sea-based, surface-oriented vehicle that can project combat power OTH to the objective. Specifically suited to maneuver operations from the sea and sustained operations ashore. Amphibious mobility, day and night lethality, enhanced force protection capabilities, and robust communications will substantially improve joint force capabilities. In Jun 07 certified to Congress as essential to national security. The EFV program successfully released a Critical Design Review in the first quarter of FY 09 during a capstone event that assessed the EFV design as mature with a predicted reliability estimate of 61 hours mean time between operational mission failures greatly exceeding the exit criteria of 43.5 hours. “To enhance the forcible entry capability, the Commandant’s most critical ground system is the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.”

    8. Naval Force for Employment as a MAGTF Naval forces afford America’s only sustainable forcible entry capability. Two MEBs constitute the assault echelon of a sea-based MEF. The Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to a requirement for 38 amphibs. The amphibious fleet must be composed of: LHA/LHD x 11 LPD-17 class x 11 LSD x 12 LPD or LSD x 4 The Marine Corps provides America a multi-capable naval force that operates across the full range of military operations. In this era of strategic uncertainty, forward-deployed naval forces are routinely positioned to support our national interests. The ability to overcome diplomatic, geographic, and anti-access impediments anywhere on the globe is a capability unique to naval forces.

    9. Wounded Warrior Regiment Regiment at MCB Quantico. Battalions at MCB Camp Pendleton and MCB Camp Lejeune. Regiment provides and facilitates assistance to wounded, ill, and injured Marines and Sailors attached to or in support of Marine units and their family members throughout the phases of recovery. WWR designed and implemented a Marine Corps Wounded, Ill, and Injured Tracking System to maintain accountability and case management for the Marine Corps Comprehensive Recovery Plan. To ensure effective family advocacy, the WWR has added Family Readiness Officers at the regiment and our two battalions to support the families of our wounded, ill, and injured Marines. WWR proactively reaches out to those Marines and Marine veterans who may need assistance. The Sergeant Merlin German Wounded Warrior Call Center not only receives calls from active duty and former Marines, but also conducts important outreach calls. To enhance reintegration, the WWR Job Transition Cell, manned by Marines and representatives of the Departments of Labor and Veterans Affairs, has been identifying and coordinating with employers and job training programs to help our wounded warriors obtain positions in which they are most likely to succeed and enjoy promising careers.

    10. Taking Care of Our Own - Individual Marines Marines make an enduring commitment to the Corps when they earn the title Marine. In turn, the Corps will continue its commitment to Marines and their families. Quality of life survey conducted by the Corps indicates Marines and spouses were satisfied with the support they receive from the Marine Corps. Although the Corps is aggressively attacking the stigma and the lack of information that at times prevents Marines from asking for help, we are reaching out to those Marines and Marine veterans who might need assistance. Psychological Health Care Marine commanders are fully engaged in promoting the psychological health of our Marines, sailors, and family members. To assist leaders with prevention, rapid identification, and early treatment of combat operational stress, we are expanding our program of embedding mental health professionals in operational units. Suicide Prevention 42 suicides in 08. Suicide awareness and prevention program reviewed. As a result, a leadership training program targeted at NCOs was directed. Suicide prevention initiatives to be continually and aggressively pursued.

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