Food Service & Subsistence Program

1. Food Service&Subsistence Program Informational Brief Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps Washington, DC Presented by: LtCol C. D. Sanabria HQMC, LFS-4

2. Program Mission “The mission of the Marine Corps Food Service and Subsistence Program is to manage personnel and other resources needed to prepare and serve meals to authorized patrons of appropriated mess halls and under field conditions, for subsistence management, quality assurance surveillance, and to provide a trained food service force capable of responding to expeditionary operations worldwide.” MCO P10110.14M

3. CONUS: Garrison Food Service Contract • Requirement: Feed Marines in garrison mess halls throughout CONUS operations • An enterprise solution: Executed (2) regional contracts that were competitively awarded to Sodexo in 2002; replacing multiple individual base/station contracts • East Coast – (32) mess halls • West Coast – (21) mess halls • Contract term: (5) year base period, with (3) option years • FPI structure – Contractor is paid a price-per-meal • New approach in managing military mess halls • Realigned (594) USMC food service billets

4. OCONUS: Food Service Operations • Maintain (13) Overseas (military managed) garrison mess hall operations • Okinawa • Mainland Japan • Korea • Hawaii • Cook-Chill Facility: Operates in support of all mess halls on Okinawa. • Managed by Marines • MLC Cooks and attendants • MLC’s for mess attendant functions

5. Field Feeding “The Marine Corps Field Feeding Program (MCFFP) supports the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in an expeditionary environment through flexibility in feeding methods - furnishing the capability to provide Marines the right meal, at the right place, at the right time.” MCRP 4-11.8A

6. Field Feeding Yesterday

7. Field Equipment Today • Tray Ration Heating System (TRHS) • Designed to Support 250 Marines (2 Meals per day) in forward locations using a mobile feeding concept.

8. Field Equipment Today • Enhanced Tray Ration Heating System (E-TRHS) • Designed to support 250 Marines (2 Meals per day) in forward locations serving the full family of combat rations Small Field Reefer TRHS Field Range

9. Field Equipment Today • Expeditionary Field Kitchen (EFK) • Designed to support 500 Marines (2 Meals per day) in forward locations serving the full family of combat rations.

10. Field Equipment Today • Field Food Service System (FFSS) • Designed to support 850 Marines (2 meals a day) in a Static to Semi-Static environment serving the full family of combat rations.

11. Field Equipment Tomorrow?

12. Rations Transition Support Plan Equipment TRHS - E-TRHS-EFK - FFSS FSR / MRE MRE / FSR UGR-B UGR-H&S Day 1 to 21 22 + 60 + Final 21

13. Way Ahead • RGFSC II: Request for Proposal was released to industry on 30 October 2009 • Fiscal Challenges: Bill Payers • Joint Service Requirements • Supplements: The reality • Performance Enhancement: Requested USARIEM assistance to analyze Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) nutritional requirements to optimize performance/recovery

14. Sustaining the force “Marine employment and integration of air and ground based capabilities reflects our innovative approach to warfighting. History has shown that this approach can be applied with effect in missions that range from security cooperation to major combat operations. Our MAGTFs are task organized for each mission and can be employed independently, or as part of a joint or multinational force.” Marine Corps Vision & Strategy 2025

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