Evaluation of the Tables of Organization for the Marine Expeditionary Force Command Element, MEF Headquarters Group, Intelligence Battalion and Communications Battalion

摘要

Operations Iraqi Freedom has stressed the Command Element (CE) of the Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEFs) deployed to Iraq. The deployed MEFs required the services of numerous individual augmentees (IAs) to fill billets and perform functions found in a units Table of Organization and Equipment (T/O&E), and in some cases, not found in the T/O&E. The objective of this study is to determine the accuracy (defined as the correct functionalities identified for the unit) and adequacy (defined as sufficient structure) of the T/O&Es for the MEF, CE, MEF Headquarters Group (MHG), Intelligence Battalion (Intel Bn), and Communications Battalion (Comm Bn) for the conduct of current operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism. The methodology for determining the adequacy of the T/O&Es was to compare the T/O&Es to the unit Manning Documents, to determine if the Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) were present on the unit T/O&Es in adequate numbers. The accuracy of the T/O&Es was determined by comparing the T/O&Es to the Manning Documents to determine if the required MOSs were present on the unit T/O&Es. The four unit T/O&Es were inadequate and the MHG T/O&E in inaccurate.