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"c4i" occurs throughout this text.

NOTE: the .mil site where this appears is open to the public, and carries no copyright notice: http://year2000.cio.usmc.mil/year2000/frames/141900z.htm

FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//C4I/Y2K/PO//

COMMARCORSYSCOM QUANTICO VA//CS/C4I/Y2K//

CMC WASHINGTON//DC//C4I/PP&O/AVN/APW-41/APC-6/HS/PA/I&L/LPO/M&RA/MIS/IGMC/AR/POC//

COMMARCORSYSCOM QUANTICO VA//CS/C4I/Y2K//

(3) Y2K FAILURES AFFECTING OPERATIONS MAY OCCUR AFTER THE END OF DESIGNATED TRANSITION PERIODS AND SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE MCCC (INFO MATCOM) UTILIZING NORMAL PROCEDURES. REPORTS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED BY MATCOM AND PROVIDED TO HQMC C4I, Y2K PROJECT OFFICE.

5. HQMC Y2K RESPONSE CELL: HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (HQMC) C4I WILL ESTABLISH AND TRAIN A Y2K RESPONSE CELL THAT WILL BE CO-LOCATED WITH THE MCCC. THE RESPONSE CELL WILL MONITOR Y2K ROLLOVER RELATED EVENTS DURING NEW YEAR AND LEAP YEAR TRANSITIONS. [...]

A. COMPOSITION: THE Y2K RESPONSE CELL IS COMPOSED OF FUNCTIONAL EXPERTS FROM INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS (I & L), PLANS POLICY AND OPERATIONS (PP&O), MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (M&RA), HEALTH SERVICES (HS), PUBLIC AFFAIRS (PA), AVIATION (AVN), AND COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, AND INTELLIGENCE (C4I).

6. ACTIONS: A. HQMC STAFF FUNCTIONAL AREAS [I&L, M&RA, AVIATION, PP&O, HS, PA, AND C4I (CI)]:

B. HQMC C4I, Y2K PROJECT OFFICE:

3) DEVELOP Y2K TRANSITION OPERATIONS PLAN. THIS PLAN SHOULD PROVIDE DETAILED GUIDANCE ON REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES AND Y2K RESPONSE CELL REQUIREMENTS. DESIGNATE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL TO MAN HQMC Y2K RESPONSE CELL DURING THE TRANSITION PERIODS. COORDINATE WITH I&L, M&RA, AVIATION, PP&O, HS, PA, C4I (CI), AND MCCC TO IDENTIFY Y2K RESPONSE CELL PERSONNEL.

9. Y2K RESPONSE CELL POINTS OF CONTACT:

A. HQMC C4I:

(1) MAJ J. M. HARRISON, Y2K PROJECT OFFICER, PHONE (703) 607-5594, DSN 327-5594, EMAIL "HARRISONJM@HQMC.USMC.MIL"

(2) CAPT T. C. SMITH, Y2K PROJECT OFFICER, PHONE (703) 607-5527, DSN 327-5527, EMAIL "SMITHTC@HQMC.USMC.MIL"

-- Anonymous, October 27, 1999

Answers

Tom,

C4I is an acronym for "command, control, communications, computers and intelligence".

-- Anonymous, October 27, 1999

Everything you need to know to sound like "an expert on the inside" can be found from the following link:

http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/c4i/

-- Anonymous, October 27, 1999

I knew what the acronym stood for. What was interesting to me was the variety of mil addresses containing it. HQMC lists this site: http://www.cio.usmc.mil/c4 i/c4i.html, giving some organizational information, with links to several other relevant sites.

8 to 5 odds that one or more somebodies in one or more of these several offices is posting here under the 'c4i' handle.

-- Anonymous, October 27, 1999

Maybe.

He/she/they don't feel real to me. Their message comes across as contrived.

I think someone is putting out a chum line, fishing for something. I just don't know what it is...

...yet

-- Anonymous, October 27, 1999

I expect you're right. In that line of work nothing comes simple.

-- Anonymous, October 27, 1999

Who knows?

"Interesting" though.

I swear I may NEVER understand the dot mil mindset! (Maybe that's a blessing!)

;-D

Diane

-- Anonymous, October 29, 1999