To Announce Publication and Distribution of the Initial Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Capability List (ECL)

1. PURPOSE. TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE 
INITIAL EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE CAPABILITY LIST (ECL). 
2. BACKGROUND. THE FOCUS OF WARFIGHTING CONCEPTS AND THE VISION OF 
FUTURE MARINE FORCES EMBRACED BY EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE 
(EMW) IS FACILITATED BY THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM 
(EFDS). AN INTEGRAL PART OF EFDS IS THE ECL, A KEY FACILITATING 
COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN SUPPORT OF EMW GOALS. 
3. THE ECL IS PUBLISHED BY THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT, COMBAT 
DEVELOPMENT VIA A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH EACH OF THE MARINE 
CORPS ADVOCATES, MEMBERS OF THE MARINE REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT 
COUNCIL (MROC), OPERATING FORCES, AND THE SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT. 
THE ECL'S ARRANGEMENT BY NEAR, MID AND FAR TERM EMW GOALS 
ENABLES USERS TO EVALUATE CURRENT AND FUTURE WARFIGHTING 
CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF EMW ACROSS THE EFDS SPECTRUM 
OF DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, MATERIEL, LEADERSHIP, 
PERSONNEL, 
AND FACILITIES (DOTMLPF). THE ECL INCORPORATES TRANSFORMATION 
PLANNING GUIDANCE , THE NAVAL OPERATING CONCEPT, AND THE MARINE 
CORPS EXPERIMENTATION PLAN. FURTHERMORE, THE ECL IS 
THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLANS, 
ADVOCATE CAMPAIGN PLANS AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS LISTS. 
4. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT SIGNED THE 
INITIAL ECL ON 16 JUNE 2003. HARD COPY DISTRIBUTION OF THE ECL WAS 
MAILED TO MARINE COMMAND ELEMENTS ON 2 SEP 03. ADDRESSEES WILL 
RECEIVE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION (FIVE TO FIVE HUNDRED COPIES, DEPENDENT 
UPON THE ORGANIZATION) WITHIN 14 DAYS. FUTURE HARD COPY 
DISTRIBUTION 
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO YEARS OR AS UPDATES 
WARRANT. 
5. THE ECL WILL BE UPDATED ELECTRONICALLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND 
MAY BE REFERENCED AT WWW.MCCDC.USMC.MIL. OR 
CDTS.MARCORSYSCOM.USMC.MIL. THE LATTER WEBSITE PROVIDES A 
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH TOOL USING AN INTERACTIVE SET OF 
ECL DATA WITH LINKS TO ASSOCIATED EFFORTS OF CAPABILITIES IDENTIFIED 
IN THE ECL. USER RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS CAN BE DEFINED BY 
USER-SPECIFIED SEARCH DEFINITIONS. 
6. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE OR QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE ECL MAY BE 
DIRECTED TO EFDC, MCCDC AT DSN 278-9583, COMMERCIAL 703 -784-9583.