Cmc And Base Commanding Officer example essay topic

17 April 2002 CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN The Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) has just arrived via government ground transportation at Marine Corps Base Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan. I have been assigned as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the CMC's React Team (A platoon of thirty Marines) that is responsible for the security of the highest-ranking officer of the Marine Corps during his visit to Camp Hansen. Upon the arrival of the CMC, he is driven to the Camp Hansen Base Theatre, and is casually engaged in conversation in front of the theatre with the Commanding Officer of Camp Hansen. Exactly five minutes after the CMC's arrival to the base his driver's cell phone receives a call from a group identifying themselves as the Japanese Right of Sovereign Soil. The group is demanding that all United States Marines and other service members evacuate the base immediately or the CMC will be assassinated in one hour. In the event of this fictional event occurring and as the NC OIC of the React Team, I would immediately notify CMC and the Base Commanding Officer and recommend that they move into the base theatre for better protection.

The base theatre would have the best cover, due to the fact that it has concrete walls and no windows. After the CMC and the Commanding Officer are placed safely inside, I would place the base on Threat Condition Delta (THREATCON DELTA). Threat Condition Delta is the highest local alert that a base can be put on, and it is used only when an attack has occurred or intelligence indicates that an attack will occur. Upon the sound of THREATCON DELTA, all non-military personnel will asked to immediately leave the base. This includes those personnel that are working on the base for facilities maintenance, administrative offices, civilian laborers, or food services. Ten members of the React Team would be detached to the gates surrounding the base and the Commanding Officers of each battalion will be immediately notified to have all members in their battalions, regardless of duty status, get into the uniform of the day and have their identification cards carried in their left hand.

The battalion Commanding Officers are further recommended to ensure that all weapons are secured in the armory, with the exception of those weapons to be issued to the Marines standing guard at the gates or those that are part of the CMC's react team. The next step would include a notification to the Camp Guard recommending that all personnel on the Base Typhoon Reaction Team stand ready and deploy to the gates to help reinforce the CMC's React Team. The job of the gate guards would be to allow no one on base that does not have a military identification card. This process will occur in less than one hour. The cooperation of all battalion commanders will be crucial to insure that all personnel are in place as needed and other military members in uniform. By the time that all of the guards have assumed the gate guard duty, all civilians should be off the base and every Marine on base will be in the uniform of the day with a military identification card in his or her left hand.

The CMC's react team will be relinquished from gate duty to start a sweep of the base to ensure that no threat remains on the base. The CMC and Base Commanding Officer will be asked to remain in the base theatre until the surrounding area of the theatre, the helicopter landing zone, and all areas between have been completely swept and an all clear is given for those areas. Once the all clear is given, a helicopter will be called in and the CMC will be transported to the HZ via a tactically hardened High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The hardening of the HMMWV will consist of sand bags on the hood, roof, and floorboard. Sand bags will also be placed inside the vehicle and in front of the windshield (with enough room for the driver to see), and on the floorboard for protection. Once the CMC is off the base, the gates will remain guarded and the battalion commanders will be advised to have all remaining personnel assigned to the base to remain indoors.

The Camp Guard will then conduct a sweep of the entire base to ensure there is no threat before the Base Commanding Officer gives the command to stand down.