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Tell Us About Your Idea or Solution

MCICOM Solution Intake Form

MCICOM Campaign of Learning 
Supported by MCICOM, the I-neXt branch drives performance and innovation under the Command & Staff Support portfolio and is responsible for accelerating and integrating new and emerging technologies, processes, and organizational adaptations – across the Command – as they relate to design, construction, and management of our installations. 

I-neXt Vision 
Advance capabilities on Marine Corps installations, support the Force of the 21st Century, and realize the full potential of a "Next Generation Installation." 

I-neXt Mission 
Identify, pilot, and transition solutions to solve the most pressing problems facing Marine Corps installations through facilitation, consultation, and an innovation-ecosystem of creative partnerships. 

I-neXt Values 
As stated by our 38th Commandant, “the Marine Corps needs disruptive thinkers who are willing to challenge the status quo.” Built on two of the Marine Corps values of courage and commitment, I-neXt approaches its work leveraging collaboration, adaptation, and transformation.

 

What is a “solution”?
A solution opportunity may be a product or capability that is relevant for improving how we operate in the Marine Corps. Responses may also describe a pilot project that is already underway in the Marine Corps (or other Service) and which utilizes specific capabilities that may be relevant and applicable to a wider audience.

Please complete the following form to share information about your solution. Note: Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*). If you have questions or need assistance completing this form, please contact the MCICOM I-neXt team for support: I-neXt_G7@usmc.mil

Definition of Terms for Reference

Definitions for Alignment to I-neXt Vectors:

Protection: Measures to address threats and challenges, or to maintain situational awareness and control of who and what comes onto Marine Corps bases and stations

Resilience: Building capacity and readiness to generate, store, and distribute energy and water in order to sustain operations “off the grid”

Maintenance: Developing integrated “smart” monitoring and control systems to support efficient reporting, tracking and fulfillment processes and enables predictive maintenance and timely repairs

Training and Range Support: Optimized facilities and resources to support state-of-the-art, full spectrum training for the 21st century warfighter

Mobility: Addresses or improves the freedom of movement of Marines both on an installation or around it, such as establishing multi-modal, needs-based transit on installations with lower costs and environmental impacts

Community: Applies to quality of life for civilian Marines and families, to include integration between the installation and the local area; access to resources & services “outside the fence line”

Operational Reach: Modernized infrastructure and communications networks that are fully connected, enabled and hardened to provide full-spectrum support to operational capabilities across domains

Command and Control: Data-driven operational control that ensures near-real time coordination, interoperability and information integration

Data: Advanced technology integration and governance strategy that supports the storage, management, sharing, and use of data across the installation and enterprise

Definitions for DOTMLPF-P Alignment:

D (Doctrine): The way we do the job

O (Organization): How we organize to do the job, how the organization runs

T (Training): The training needed to do the job

M (Materiel): All the “stuff” necessary to equip the team to operate effectively

L (Leadership and education): How leaders are prepared to lead, related to the job, from squad leader to 4-star general/admiral; and professional development or education needed for leaders

P (Personnel): The availability of qualified people for peacetime, wartime, and various contingency operations (and FTEs required) to assure that the job gets done

F (Facilities): The real property, installations, and industrial facilities needed or existing—that supports the ability to the job

P (Policy): Related to the job, the DoD, interagency, international policy that impact the other six non-material elements above

Contact information

Please indicate the vector(s) to which your solution most strongly aligns. The goal of this alignment is to help match solutions with needs. If you do not see a theme (vector) that matches your solution, please add your recommended theme in the open text box at the end. For definitions of these vectors, please see “Definition of Terms for Reference” at the top of this page.

Solution Overview

Note: Please do not include any cost/dollar amounts on this question or elsewhere in your submission.
How does your solution align to element(s) of DOTMLPF-P? (Note: The solution may only impact one element of DOTMLPF-P, or it may impact multiple elements.) Describe how your solution may improve that/those element(s) of DOTMLPF-P, and what barriers it may face in implementation due to the current way of operating.
List the type of government representation or expertise you would need to build a pilot program. If applicable, please also describe where this solution may already be implemented (e.g., at another Marine Corps installation, or with another military Service) and what other stakeholders were involved.
Explain what you plan to accomplish with your pilot. List any metrics (or, Objectives and Key Results) that you will use to measure progress. Describe what a successful pilot looks like.
Describe the steps you and your team will take to replace the current process or technology. If a pilot project using this solution is successful, how might it be implemented within the Marine Corps?

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