Renaming of the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE) to the Logistics Combat Element (LCE)

1. THE 2006 COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS 
EXECUTIVE OFF-SITE (EOS) DIRECTED THAT THE DESIGNATION OF COMBAT 
SERVICE SUPPORT ELEMENT (CSSE) CHANGE TO LOGISTICS COMBAT ELEMENT 
(LCE).THIS MARADMIN FORMALLY ANNOUNCES DC I&L DECISION TO 
IMPLEMENT THE CHANGE AND IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
2. THIS DIRECTIVE IS A LOGICAL PROGRESSION WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS 
LCE REORGANIZATION EFFORTS OUTLINED WITHIN THE REFERENCES. THE LCE 
REFERS TO THE CORE ELEMENT OF A MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH 
THE MAGTF MISSION. THE NEW NAME MORE ACCURATELY REPRESENTS THE 
ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP (MLG), IS 
CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMINOLOGY OF THE OTHER MAGTF ELEMENTS (E.G., 
GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT, AVIATION COMBAT ELEMENT) AND REFLECTS OUR 
COMBAT NATURE. LCE(S) ARE FURTHER DEFINED IN THE FOUR TYPES OF 
MAGTFS: THE LCE FOR A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IS A MARINE 
LOGISTICS GROUP; THE LCE FOR A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE IS A 
COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT; THE LCE FOR A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT 
(MEU) IS A COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION. THE LCE FOR A SPECIAL 
PURPOSE MAGTF IS DEPENDENT ON MAGTF MISSIONS AND CAPABILITY, AND CAN 
RANGE FROM A COMBAT LOGISTICS COMPANY TO A MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP. 
THE NEW LCE NAMING CONSTRUCT MAKES THESE OLD NAMES: CSSE, FORCE 
SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP, BRIGADE SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP, MEU SERVICE 
SUPPORT GROUP, COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP AND COMBAT SERVICE 
SUPPORT DETACHMENT, OBSOLETE.
3. WHILE LCE SHALL BE USED IN ALL FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS, THE 
DEFINITIONS AND MISSIONS DESCRIBING THE OLD CSSE ORGANIZATIONS 
REMAIN VALID UNTIL THEY CAN BE PROPERLY UPDATED. THE DC I&L 
LOGISTICS MODERNIZATION TRANSITION TASK FORCE WILL FACILITATE 
REQUIRED ACTIONS TO EFFECT ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO MARINE CORPS, 
SISTER SERVICE AND JOINT DOCUMENTS, DIRECTIVES AND DOCTRINE 
PUBLICATIONS DURING FUTURE UPDATE CYCLES.