MCO 3000.17 governs the planning, operation, and management of Marine Corps afloat and ashore prepositioning programs.
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It covers prepositioning components, planning, tailoring, fiscal policy, logistics classification, readiness reporting, exercises, and MPF reconstitution. It establishes policies and processes for coordinating and managing these programs, including requirements for reporting, funding, and operational planning.
Applies to: This Order is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force.
Marine Corps prepositioning consists of afloat and ashore programs that provide CCDR5 the equipment, supplies and sustainment to support scalable, tailorable MAGTFs (up to a Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) for 30 days) to address crises and contingencies ranging from major combat to steady state operations. (paragraph 3)
MCPP-N is a global response capability and is not assigned to a CCDR. (paragraph 3)
When requirements emerge to preposition a new PEI or to change the quantity of prepositioned materiel, the full range of associated supplies for 30 days of combat operations must also be planned. (paragraph 1)
Stakeholders are required to participate in quarterly reconciliation reviews conducted by POE-40 and LPO-2. (paragraph 1)
In all cases, readiness reporting should be calculated against the P0. (paragraph 2)