Feasibility of Support for May 2007 Washington DC Public Events

1. DURING MAY 2007, TWO MAJOR PUBLIC EVENTS IN THE
WASHINGTON DC AREA REQUIRE MARINE CORPS SUPPORT: (1) PUBLIC SERVICE
RECOGNITION WEEK(PSRW) AND (2) THE JOINT SERVICE OPEN HOUSE (JSOH). 
EACH EVENT PROVIDES AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SOCIETY BY 
SHOWCASING OUR MARINES, EQUIPMENT, AND CAPABILITIES TO LARGE AUDIENCES. 
IN THE PAST, PSRW AND JSOH HAVE EACH ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
SPECTATORS, INFLUENTIAL LEADERS, AND SIGNIFICANT MEDIA COVERAGE. 
SECDEF EXPECTS MAXIMIUM PARTICIPATION IN PSRW AND JSOH FROM ALL
SERVICE BRANCHES. THESE EVENTS PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SUPPORT MARINE CORPS RECRUITING EFFORTS. PSRW AND JSOH WILL
SHOWCASE PUBLIC AFFAIRS THEMES OF A PROVEN FORCE IN READINESS AND
EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE. COMMANDS ARE REQUESTED TO SUPPORT
THE THEMES IN THEIR DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
2. THE FOLLOWING IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND THE SUPPORT
REQUIRED FOR EACH. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE REQUISITE COORDINATION
FOR THE EVENTS, COMMANDS MUST ACKNOWLEDGE SUPPORTABILITY VIA OFFICIAL
MESSAGE TRAFFIC TO HQMC (PAC) NLT 23 FEB 07.
3. EVENTS:
 A. PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK (11-13 MAY). PSRW WAS
 ESTABLISHED IN 1985 TO HONOR THOSE IN PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE
 FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS. IT IS SPONSORED BY THE
 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ROUNDTABLE AND ENDORSED BY THE PRESIDENT'S
 COUNCIL ON MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
 GO TO: http://www.theroundtable.org/psrw.html/ DOD IS 
 ONE OF 60 AGENCIES THAT WILL HAVE EXHIBITS ON THE NATIONAL 
 MALL. SECDEF WILL VISIT THE EXHIBITS. THE OPENING CEREMONY 
 IS EXPECTED TO HAVE 100,000 IN ATTENDANCE. THE NEED TO MAN
 DISPLAYS WILL EXTEND BEYOND PUBLIC HOURS (0800-1700).
 B. JOINT SERVICE OPEN HOUSE (18-20 MAY). JSOH IS AT ANDREWS
 AFB. OPS ARRIVAL/SET UP IS ON 17 MAY. 18 MAY IS OPEN TO THE
 MILITARY AND SPECIAL GUESTS ONLY. SECDEF WILL PRESIDE OVER
 THE OPENING CEREMONIES. POSSIBLE ATTENDEES INCLUDE: POTUS,
 VPOTUS, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. JSOH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
 19-20 MAY. THE EXPECTED ATTENDANCE DURING THESE THREE DAYS
 IS ONE MILLION. THE NEED TO MAN DISPLAYS WILL EXTEND BEYOND
 PUBLIC HOURS (0800-1700).
4. SUPPORT REQUIRED:
 A. COMMARFORCOM/COMMARFORRES:
 (1)THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO MAN EQUIPMENT/STATIC DISPLAYS
 IS IMPLIED, PROJECT OFFICERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURGED TO
 NOTE THE LENGTH OF THE DAYS FOR EACH EVENT AND PLAN
 THEIR SUPPORT ACCORDINGLY. DIRLAUTH BETWEEN ACTION
 OFFICERS AT HQMC, MARFORLANT AND MARFORRES IS ENCOURAGED.
 (2)PAST YEARS PARTICIPATION HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING 
 SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS:
 (A) PSRW: 
 (1) AH-1W COBRA
 (2) M198 HOWITZER WITH PRIME MOVER
 (3) TWO LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES LAV (DIFFERENT MODELS) 
 FOR STATIC DISPLAY.
 (B) JSOH:
 (1) MV-22 OSPREY DEMO, AV-8B DEMO, EA-6B, F/A-18,
 KC-130, AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-46, CH-53, H-1, H-53 - ALL
 FOR STATIC DISPLAY.
 (2) M198 HOWITZER WITH PRIME MOVER, AND FIRE DIRECTION
 CENTER FOR STATIC DISPLAY.
 (3) SIX LAVS (VARYING MODELS) AND BATTALION COMMAND
 POST FOR STATIC DISPLAY
 (4) FAST ROPE/SPIE RIGGING DEMO. 
 B. CG, MCNCRC:
 (1) PSRW: PROVIDE BILLETING, CHOW, TRANSPORTATION AND
 ARMORY 
 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPORTING COMMANDS AS REQUIRED. 
 (2) JSOH:
 (A) A TOTAL OF 150 MARINES ARE REQUIRED AS PER THE
 ANDREWS AFB OP PLAN. MCNCRC DESIGNATE THE MARINES 
 WITH OVERALL OIC OF MARINE UNITS IN SUPPORT OF AF OP 
 PLAN AT FEDEX FIELD AND APPROPRIATE SNCOS FOR 
 SUPERVISION AND COORDINATION OF CROWD CONTROL. 
 PROVIDE THIS COMMAND STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP BY NAME 
 IN RESPONSE TO HQMC PAC.
 (B) BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE 10 BUSES WITH DRIVERS IN 
 SUPPORT OF AF OP PLAN SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED. 
 C. CG, MCCDC
 (1) THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO MAN EQUIPMENT IS IMPLIED,
 PROJECT OFFICERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURGED TO NOTE THE
 LENGTH OF THE DAYS FOR EACH EVENT AND PLAN THEIR SUPPORT
 ACCORDINGLY.
 (2) CG, MCWL:
 (A) PSRW: DISPLAY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCED WARFIGHTING 
 EXPERIMENTS.
 (B) JSOH: DISPLAY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCED WARFIGHTING 
 EXPERIMENTS.
 (3) CG, TECOM:
 (A) CG, EDCOM/PRES, MCU
 (1) PSRW: DISPLAY(S) HIGHLIGHTING MARINE CORPS 
 HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 
 THE MARINE CORPS.
 (2) JSOH: DISPLAY(S) HIGHLIGHTING MARINE CORPS 
 HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 
 THE MARINE CORPS.
 (B) CG, TCOM
 (1) PSRW: STATIC DISPLAY OF ALL SMALL ARMS AND CREW-
 SERVED WEAPONS ORGANIC TO THE INFANTRY BATTALION.
 (2) JSOH: ALL WEAPONS ORGANIC TO A MARINE 
 BN, INCLUDING 81MM MORTAR SECTION AND FIRE 
 DIRECTION CENTER STATIC DISPLAY. 
 D. CG, MCRC:
 (1) THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO MAN EQUIPMENT IS IMPLIED,
 PROJECT OFFICERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURGED TO NOTE THE
 LENGTH OF THE DAYS FOR EACH EVENT AND PLAN THEIR SUPPORT
 ACCORDINGLY.
 (A) PSRW: RECRUITING BOOTH, INFLATABLE DI AND HMMWV.
 (B) JSOH:
 (1) RECRUITING BOOTH (WITH PULL-UP BAR AND HMMWV),
 INFLATABLE DI.
 (2) INTERACTIVE DISPLAY EXPLAINING TRANSFORMATION 
 PROCESS.
 E. COMMARCORSYSCOM:
 (1) THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO MAN EQUIPMENT IS IMPLIED, 
 PROJECT OFFICERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURGED TO NOTE THE
 LENGTH OF THE DAYS FOR EACH EVENT AND PLAN THEIR SUPPORT
 ACCORDINGLY
 (A) PSRW: STATIC DISPLAY OF CURRENT PROGRAMS AND 
 EQUIPMENT UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
 (B) JSOH: STATIC DISPLAY OF CURRENT PROGRAMS AND 
 EQUIPMENT UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
 F. DRPM EFV:
 (1) PSRW: EFV STATIC DISPLAY.
 (2) JSOH: EFV STATIC DISPLAY.
5. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS
 A. PROVIDE PROJECT OFFICER NAMES/POC INFORMATION TO HQMC (PAC)
 POC 23 FEB 2007.
 B. FUNDING FOR PSRW AND JSOH IS NOT AVAILABLE. SUBORDINATE
 COMMANDS WILL FUND THEIR OWN SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR THESE
 EVENTS.
 C. COMMANDS SHOULD PROVIDE SPACE AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS
 AND DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION DESCRIPTION TO HQMC (PAC)
 BY 2 MAR. FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM HQMC (PAC).
 D. FOR JSOH: COMMANDS SHOULD COORDINATE FOR BILLETING,
 TRANSPORTATION, CHOW AND ARMORY REQUIREMENTS WITH AAFB. 
 E. FOR PSRW: COMMANDS SHOULD COORDINATE FOR BILLETING,
 TRANSPORTATION, CHOW AND ARMORY REQUIREMENTS WITH HQBN,HQMC.
 F. PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT FOR DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ARE
 IMPLIED WITH THIS REQUEST.
 E. INFORMATION PLACARDS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH DISPLAY.
 F. STATIC DISPLAYS SHOULD ALLOW FOR INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC.
 6. HQMC (PAC) PRIMARY POC FOR JSOH IS LT RIVERA AT 703-614-1034 DSN
 224; POC FOR PSRW IS MRS HATTIE POWELL-RAY AT COMM 703-692-1528 DSN
 222.