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Expand the Logistics Unit of Employment (LUE)

The current version of the LUE does not take grade or training requirements into consideration when accounting for personnel. They also have limited information about substitutes for the equipment listed. Adding these components would greatly improve their assessment capability.

Subject-matter expert LUE input

A broader sampling of subject-matter experts and examining the actual employment of personnel and equipment are needed.

Expand the application of the LUE framework

Gathering information on the number of LUEs needed to support the Marine Expeditionary Force outside of deployments would lead to better understanding of residual capacity.

Expand the mission set

Identify the approximate number of LUEs needed for each Combat Logistics Battalion mission. This would provide valuable information in assessing readiness and force management and would better assess the number of missions a Marine Logistics Group might potentially support.

Quantify capacity

Develop a better method to quantify capacity in areas that are harder to measure, such as the supply and maintenance functional areas.

Logistics command and control (C2)

Logistics C2 was not addressed in this study. Potential limitations stemming from C2 issues are not currently accounted for in the LUEs, but would be an important issue to examine in greater detail.

Self-sustainment

Account for the logistics support that logistics units require to sustain themselves, even as they provide support to other Marine units and entities outside the Marine Corps. Because this is not currently captured, the true logistics capacity required for Marine Corps might be systematically underestimated.