Capabilities Development Directorate for Technical and Operational Support Services (TOSS)

The Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration (DC, CD&I) prepares the Marine Corps for what lies ahead through identifying and facilitating the fielding of Marine Corps warfighting capabilities to using units as expeditiously as possible. Within DC, CD&I is the Capabilities Development Directorate (CDD), which is directly responsible for developing and integrating warfighting capabilities solutions that provide for an effective, integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force capability, current and future that anticipates strategic challenges and opportunities for the nation’s defense. CDD is governed by Marine Corps Order 3900.20, which defines the processes and procedures for the execution of the Marine Corps Capabilities Based Assessment (MC CBA) process. The MC CBA is a deliberate and integrated enterprise process through which the Marine Corps conducts capabilities analysis, gap analysis, solutions analysis, and risk analysis, to include analysis of joint military capabilities as required by the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process.

The CDD has a need for technical, analytical, engineering, operations, and capability portfolio management support services for both recurring and ad hoc analysis as required by the MC CBA and JCIDS processes. Critical requirements within this effort include analysis of existing capabilities in order to define requirements, identify gaps, and provide solutions, assessments of current and future readiness metrics, and development of training and education standards.  Specific functional area requirements include systems engineering, architecture framework support, establishment and maintenance of data libraries, execution of doctrine, organizational, training, materiel, leadership, policy, and facilities (DOTMLPF) assessments, development of operating concepts, revision of doctrinal publications, analysis and documentation of data, and operations support.