Submission of Table of Organization and Equipment to E Change Requests

1. THE REFERENCES OUTLINED PROCEDURES AND A TIMELINE FOR
SUBMITTING TABLE OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT (TO&E) CHANGES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIELDING OF THE TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFSMS). THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES UPDATED GUIDANCE. 
2. TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE DIVISION (TFSD) WILL ACCEPT TO&E CHANGES
BEGINNING ON 1 MAY 2003. ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT
CHANGES VIA THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND BY ELECTRONIC MAIL WITH A "CC" TO
THE APPROPRIATE TFSD BRANCH HEAD. ELECTRONIC PACKAGES SHOULD
INCLUDE A STANDARD NAVAL LETTER FROM THE COMMAND TO THE DEPUTY
COMMANDANT, COMBAT DEVELOPMENT (TFSD) AND AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET
DETAILING THE PROPOSED CHANGES. 
3. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE (A), CURRENT (DATED 03/02) AND
FUTURE (DATED 05/10) TO&E WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE TFSD
WEBSITE ON 1 MAY (WWW.MCCDC.USMC.MIL/TFS). ORGANIZATIONS MUST REFER
TO THESE TO&E WHEN SUBMITTING CHANGES.
4. BEGINNING 1 MAY 2003 ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD REPORT STATUS OF
RESOURCES AND TRAINING SYSTEM (SORTS) USING THE FEBRUARY 2003
(03/02) TO&E AS POSTED ON THE TFSD WEBSITE. 
5. THE FIELDING OF TFSMS WILL COMMENCE AS SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE;
POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS 31 MAY. TFSD WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS
REGARDING TFSMS FIELDING IN A FUTURE MESSAGE.