Our priority, at the enterprise level, will be to ensure we identify and develop the necessary infrastructure and capabilities to realize Force Design objectives. There are extensive implications for the installations to support the changes in our force. We need to be a better partner in the force design and development process. This will require active engagement across HQMC and with the MARFOR’s to resource the “known knowns,” and ferret out the “known unknowns,” for Force Design – we cannot be late to need.

Integral to success in Force Design will be the ability to continue operations in increasingly contested environments, from the frequency and severity of destructive weather events, through cyber and ransom-ware activities, to intentional attacks which could occur across multiple domains. Combined with the increase of activities conducting global operations from the installation, we must consider that the installation is no longer a safe haven. We must be prepared to fight from the installation. MCICOM must develop a resiliency strategy that extends beyond climate and energy and will encompass the cability to maintain operations and support across a contested competition to conflict spectrum.

The Marine Corps and MCICOM depend on the talent of our people. MCICOM, through barracks, housing, schools and Marine and family programs, is a critical component of the retention of talent. The quality of our support is either a deposit or withdrawal on the Marine’s commitment to future service. We will identify the investments that build the commitment of our Marines and their families. We will avoid withdrawing from their accounts. Likewise, the MCICOM global enterprise cannot deliver on our mission without talented Marines and civilians. As we consider the work that liesbefore us, MCICOM must improve our approach to recruiting, developing and retaining uniformed and civilian talent – we cannot win without you.