FY26 Marine Corps Studies System (MCSS) Study Review Board Results and Call for Nominations
Lists the 13 study topics approved by the FY26 Studies Review Board and opens a new nomination cycle for analytic studies under the Marine Corps Studies System. Applies to commands with a Colonel/O-6, GS-15, or higher sponsor who wish to submit nominations through the OAD portal.
This is a routine update — a name list, a set of results, or a recurring notice. There is nothing here to translate into plain English, so the official text is reproduced in full below. Read it on marines.mil
Official text
R 121456Z MAR 26 MARADMIN 102/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC CDI WASHINGTON DC// SUBJ/RESULTS OF THE MARINE CORPS STUDIES SYSTEM (MCSS) FY26 STUDIES REVIEW BOARD (SRB) AND CALL FOR STUDY NOMINATIONS// REF/A/MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI/R 281813Z MAR 25// NARR/REF A ANNOUNCED RESULTS OF THE MARINE CORPS STUDIES SYSTEM (MCSS) FY25 STUDIES REVIEW BOARD (SRB) #1 AND UPDATE TO THE MCSS.// POC/ALEXANDRA KINDELL/GS13/OAD/-/TEL: 703-432-8346/EMAIL: ALEXANDRA.KINDELL(AT)USMC.MIL// POC/CHRISTOPHER L. BLAIR/GS13/OAD/TEL: 703-432-8343/EMAIL: CHRISTOPHER.L.BLAIR(AT)USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Per reference (a), this message announces the results of the FY26 Study Review Board (SRB) and a call for study nominations to be considered by Operations Analysis Directorate (OAD). 2. The following study nominations have been approved:(sponsor in parentheses). 2.a. Integrating Economics into Futures and Concepts (DC CD&I) 2.b. Amphibious Warfare Ship 5th Generation Aircraft Command and Control Integration (DC CD&I) 2.c. Amphibious Task Force Defense (DC CD&I) 2.d. Future Amphibious Aviation Modernization (DC CD&I) 2.e. Future Amphibious Warfare Ship C5ISRT (DC CD&I) 2.f. Forward Edge Integrated Air and Missile Defense (DC CD&I) 2.g. Intra-Theater OpLog Analysis (DC CD&I) 2.h. Marine Corps Contributions to Sea Denial (DC CD&I) 2.i. Base Recovery-Reconstitution After Attack in INDOPACOM (DC I&L) 2.j. Maritime Domain Awareness (DC CD&I) 2.k. Naval Integration in a 2045 Major Conflict (DC CD&I) 2.l. Infrastructure Resiliency in INDOPACOM (DC I&L) 2.m. Unmanned System Sustainment (DC CD&I) 3. The OAD study lead appointed to oversee each accepted study will contact the agency POC as provided in the study nomination to prepare for study execution. Those study nominations not listed above were declined for execution. For all questions regarding the study nomination process, email: oad_operations@usmc.onmicrosoft.com or oad_studies@usmc.mil. 4. This message also announces the call for study nominations and solicits nominations for relevant and impactful studies. 5. DC CD&I is transitioning to a new process for aligning analytic work under the Analytic Master Plan – Marine Corps (AMP-MC). The AMP-MC provides a unified framework to ensure our diverse analytic efforts directly support critical force design and resource decisions. It establishes the formal governance and working groups necessary to drive enterprise-wide discussions and articulate our analytic priorities both internally and with joint partners. Ultimately, this process will result in published annual guidance that provides prioritization, alignment, and transparency to the analytic community. 5.a. Study nominations submitted through the portal must be sponsored by a senior official (Colonel/O-6, GS-15, or higher). Studies may be cosponsored by multiple commands as applicable. 5.b. Submit nominations digitally via OAD’s website at https://www.cdi.marines.mil/OAD/Marine-Corps-Study-System. The Question Submission Form link is in the section “Submit A Study Nomination.” 6. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Eric E. Austin, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration.//
Resources & references
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- FY25 Studies Review Board Results MARADMIN (MARADMIN from 28 Mar 25)MARADMIN
This is the prior-cycle announcement that this MARADMIN builds on. It announced the FY25 SRB #1 results and updates to the MCSS process.
This page explains how to submit an analytic question to the Marine Corps Studies System, which now accepts nominations on a rolling basis rather than on set deadlines. If you have a research or data question that could inform Marine Corps decision-making, this is where you would go to submit it or review past Studies Review Board results.