Accession Number:

ADA505067

Title:

Combat Service Support MEU Commanders

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Stevenson, K. D.

Report Date:

2005-02-08

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

No matter the source of a Marine Officers commission, it is his potential to lead that begins his career in the Corps. But after a Marine receives his Military Occupational Specialty MOS, his potential or at least the perception of his ability to lead either increases -- if he is a pilot or infantry officer -- or decreases if he earns a MOS outside of the combat arms arena. By the time a student at The Basic School TBS receives his MOS, he already knows, under the current system, whether or not he has the potential to become the Commandant of the Marine Corps, a combatant commander, or a Marine Expeditionary Unit Commanding Officer MEU CO. Because of their leadership ability, operational experience, and professional military education, combat service support CSS officers should be considered equally with their ground combat element GCE and aviation combat element ACE counterparts for command of a Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operation Capable MEU SOC.

Descriptors:

• *LOGISTICS SUPPORT
• *QUALIFICATIONS
• *MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES
• *MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
• *OFFICER PERSONNEL
• *PROMOTION(ADVANCEMENT)
• PERSONNEL SELECTION
• SKILLS
• LEADERSHIP
• MARINE CORPS

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE