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Sikorsky Ch-53K Section 3: Marine Aviation Platforms and Programs SIKORSKY CH-53K "KING STALLION" HEAVY-LIFT HELICOPTER READY TO FIGHT TheMarineCorpsisan inherently navalorganization - acombined- Theseareourmarchingorders. ThesixfunctionsofMarineaviation arms force organized, manned, trained and equipped to fight from are designed to support the MAGTF, which in turn is aligned with theseaintoaustereenvironments. Asakeycomponentoftheair- boththeNationalMilitaryStrategyandthisNDS. ground team, Marine aviation exists to support the Marine Air- Ground Task Force (MAGTF) commander and the scheme of tŝƚŚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶĞƐƐ ƚƌĞŶĚ ůŝŶĞƐ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ǁĂƌĨŝŐŚƚŝŶŐ maneuver.Thegoalof MarineCorpsaviation,therefore,istoattain ĨƵŶĐƚŝŽŶƐ ĚĞůŝŶĞĂƚĞĚ͕ ǁĞ ŶŽǁ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚ ůŝŶĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞ ŽƵƌ and maintain combat readiness to support expeditionary maneuver ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ŝŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ũŽŝŶƚ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŽƵƌ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ŽĨ ĞĨĞŶƐĞ ŚĂƐ warfare.Thisisouridentity. ĚĞĨŝŶĞĚ͘ Thenavalaviationenterpriseofwhichweareapartkeepsthenation dŚŝƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝǀĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌĐĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ready,inanyclimeandinanyplace,toaddressthreatsastheyarise. ĂĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ͕ŵƵůƚŝLJĞĂƌ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚƚŽ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĞ ǁĂƌĨŝŐŚƚŝŶŐ ƌĞĂĚŝŶĞƐƐ To do that, ships at sea employ expeditionary, amphibious and ĂŶĚ ĨŝĞůĚ Ă ůĞƚŚĂů ĨŽƌĐĞ͘ tĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŬĞLJ ƚŽ Ă ũŽŝŶƚ ĨŽƌĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ carrier-based forces ready to execute missions as tasked. Those ĚĞĐŝƐŝǀĞĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞĨŽƌĂŶLJůŝŬĞůLJĐŽŶĨůŝĐƚ͕ǁŚŝůĞƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐƉƌŽĨŝĐŝĞŶƚ missions often require rapid response; therefore, these forces are ĂĐƌŽƐƐƚŚĞĞŶƚŝƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵŽĨĐŽŶĨůŝĐƚ͘ forward-deployed, ready to fight as required across the conflict continuum. Preparing for pacing threats, those presented by DĂƌŝŶĞ ĂǀŝĂƚŝŽŶ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ĂŐŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƚŝŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĞǀŽůǀĞ ĂƐ strategiccompetitors,meansthatweareoals preparedforthelesser- ǁĞĂůǁĂLJƐŚĂǀĞ͗ ƚŽŝŶŶŽǀĂƚĞ͖ƚŽĨůLJ͖ƚŽĨŝŐŚƚ͖ƚŽǁŝŶ͘ included missions our MAGTFs – Marine Expeditionary Forces, BrigadesandUnits–mightbecalledupontoexecute. Semper Fidelis, dŚĞ EĂƚŝŽŶĂů ĞĨĞŶƐĞ ^ƚƌĂƚĞŐLJ ;E^Ϳ͗ ^ŚĂƌƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ DŝůŝƚĂƌLJ͛Ɛ ŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝǀĞ ĚŐĞ ĂƌƚŝĐƵůĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĞĨĞŶƐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐLJ ƚŽ ĚĞƚĞƌ͕ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƚƵƌĞƐĞĐƵƌŝƚLJ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƚŚĞ ƌĞĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝŽŶ͕ ƌĂƉŝĚ LtGen Steven R. Rudder ĚŝƐƉĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƌĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ Deputy Commandant for Aviation ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚŝƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĨůŝĐƚ͙ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ůĞƚŚĂů͕ ƌĞƐŝůŝĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƉŝĚůLJŝŶŶŽǀĂƚŝŶŐũŽŝŶƚĨŽƌĐĞ͘͟ NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY AND TODAY’S MARINE CORPS These are the big-picture priorities: how the nation gets to geostrategic Our Commandant has established direction and priorities to align the objectives, how the national military establishment executes the Marine Corps with the NDS. His overarching priorities are below. missions it is assigned, and how the Marine Corps fits inside that military effort. Strengthen alliances and attract new partners • Forward deploy, providing support to combatant commanders with We in the Marine Corps are focusing on specific systems, programs and ready, relevant crisis response forces and building capacity with innovations to make us a more-lethal operational force. partners and allies – the "fight tonight” force With aviation forces integral to the MAGTF, we are moving out on the • Conduct service-level, joint, and multilateral training exercises Commandant’s direction, including these aviation-specific areas: Long Range/Precision Fires • Enhance training range and live immersive training capabilities – train as we fight • F-35B/C • Sustain funding for the Indo-Pacific Force Posture Initiative and • Future Vertical Lift joint/naval force integration Information Warfare Reform DoD for greater performance/affordability • Intrepid Tiger II • Achieve steady improvement in resource stewardship • MAGTF UAS Expeditionary (MUX) - Group 5 UAS • Continue a culture of innovation and reinvest savings in prioritized C2 in a Degraded Environment MCF2025 investments • Network-on-the-Move Build a more lethal joint force - Increase lethality and capacity through investment in modernization and readiness • MAGTFdigitalinteroperabilityandaircraftupgrades • Enhance capacity and capability to meet the requirements of the AirDefense evolving operational environment • Ground/AirTaskOrientedRadar(G/ATOR) • Conduct full-spectrum cyber operations • GroundBasedAirDefense–FutureWeaponsSystem • Increase infantry lethality • CommonAviationCommand and ControlSystem(CAC2S) • Increase war reserves WƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚDŽďŝůŝƚLJͬŶŚĂŶĐĞĚDĂŶĞƵǀĞƌ • • Fill the information warfare gap at the operational/tactical level ,Ͳϱϯ< • <ͲϭϯϬ: • Strengthen innovation and experimentation MODERNIZE KEY CAPABILITIES tĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĞdžƉĞĐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĨŝŐŚƚŝŶŐ ƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶĨůŝĐƚƐ and exploit information, deny competitors those same advantages, and ǁŝƚŚ LJĞƐƚĞƌĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ Žƌ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͘ To address the scope and enable us to defending against and hold accountable state or non-state pace ofour competitors’ and adversaries’ ambitions and capabilities, actors during cyberattacks. we must invest in modernization of key capabilities through sustained, predictable budgets. Our backlog of deferred readiness, EMPHASIZE FORWARD FORCE MANEUVER AND POSTURE procurement,and modernization requirements has grown in the last RESILIENCE decade and a half and can no longer be ignored. We will make targeted, disciplinedincreases in personnel and technology to meet Our investments will prioritize ground, air, sea, and space forces that key capability andcapacityneeds. can deploy, survive, operate, maneuver, and regenerate in all domains while under attack. Transitioning from large, centralized, unhardened BUILD OUT COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, infrastructure to smaller, dispersed, resilient, adaptive basing that COMPUTERS AND INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND includes active and passive defenses will also be prioritized. RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR) Investments will prioritize developing resilient, survivable, federated networks and information ecosystems from the tactical level up to strategic planning. Investments will also prioritize capabilities to gain UH-1/AH-1 (HML/A) PLAN MANPOWER TMS-specific MOSs in the Marine light /attack community continue to be healthy. However, as with the rest of Marine aviation, grade disparities within the aircrew and maintainer inventories still persist from the past 202K downsizing. HQMC Aviation ensures the force structure requirement is accurate in order to provide the correct demand signal to planners and assignments monitors at Manpower and Reserve Affairs. The Marine Corps’ Total Force Structure Management System (TFSMS) and unit Tables of Organization reflect the H-1 transition as depicted in the AvPlan. The H-1 cell continues to focus on setting the proper conditions for the AH-1Z transition at MAG- 29, while not increasing overall aviation force structure. HQMC Aviation has several ongoing initiatives to ensure the correct force structure and subsequent inventory is in place to complete the transition. We anticipate growth in foreign military sales, and our H-1 cell is coordinating with the program office to ensure the appropriate resources are allocated for FMS training in order to avoid negative The FY18 MOS Manual established the skill designator of 7511 for CH- impacts to Marine training at the FRS. HQMC will right-size the UH-1Y 53K qualified pilots and 6053 for enlisted maintenance personnel and crew chief community and align the promotion pyramid with other aircrew. Marines who meet the requirements for the MOS will be able aviation maintenance and aircrew MOSs. to run 7511 or 6053 as an additional MOS in the Marine Corps Total Force System. The ability to identify personnel with CH-53K training will CH-53E AND K (HMH) PLAN MANPOWER inform manpower processes and enable a successful transition by keeping trained personnel in critical billets. The Marine Corps’ Total Force Structure Management System (TFSMS) and unit tables of organization reflect the majority of the CH-53K We are updating the initial force structure laydown for CH-53K transition depicted in the AvPlan. stakeholders to ensure complete developmental and operational testing as well as officer and enlisted student training. To that end, However, HQMC must still find structure for the planned activation of VMX-1 and HX-21 will have the necessary force structure to achieve HMH-769(-) in FY23. The CH-53 cell continues to focus on setting the assigned tasks while building the inventory to staff HMHT-302 and proper conditions for the successful transition to the CH-53K, while not HMH-366. increasing overall aviation force structure. HQMC Aviation has several ongoing initiatives to ensure the correct force structure and subsequent inventory is in place to facilitate a smooth transition. MARINE AVIATION LOGISTICS PLAN READINESS RECOVERY The Aviation Department will lead an effort to renew focus on 3M AVLOG Readiness recovery initiatives strive to either expand worker documentation at all levels. Proper documentation is necessary to touch-time or reduce workload burden (DMMH/FH) in order to capture system and component level reliability, repair turnaround increase mission-capable materially-sound aircraft and expand flight time, and man-hour consumption at a detailed level. Inaccurate hour capacity. MCM was tested at VMFA-251 between December information in these areas misleads allocation of resources in a way 2018 and February 2019, and will be expanded to other units that does not best support our maintenance personnel and flight throughout 2019. hour generation
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