Talent Management Branch (MPT) provides insight and information to inform strategic talent management guidance; assess and recommend changes to policy and programs; and propose talent management initiatives that enable our ability to attract, develop, employ, and retain the talent necessary to achieve our institutional and strategic objectives.
Provide insights to guide Total Force talent management decisions
Collaborate with key Marine Corps stakeholders, academia, and industry to facilitate Service-level approaches to talent management
Identify opportunities, sponsor research, and develop initiatives that promote opportunities for the Marine Corps to source talent
Since its inception in 1973, the All-Volunteer Force (AVF) has succeeded in defending the United States, and its interests abroad. In ensuring the AVF is successful in the future, it is not safe to assume that society, or the people who fill its ranks operate or behave in the same way they did over 50 years ago. Therefore, the Marine Corps has charted a path in building an understanding of our Total Force, and if our governing policies in place today achieve the behaviors we want and need to for today's force, and that of the future. Below you will find the synopses of three Marine Corps hosted symposia which fostered a forum for these discussions with leading personnel policy experts and senior representatives from across the Department of Defense.
This symposium was intended as an initial discussion as part of a wider national dialogue among a broad range of experts, policymakers, and practitioners on the future of America's all-recruited, all-volunteer military forces.
This Marine Corps hosted a select group of scholars, civilian defense leaders and policymakers, and leaders from all six uniformed services for a symposium on the opportunities and implications of the Blended Retirement System (BRS). Participants were also asked to make recommendations to improve BRS awareness, effectiveness, and messaging to the force, potential recruits, and the American People.
In the wake of major force modernization efforts across the Department of Defense, the Marine Corps hosted the Total Force Talent Management (TFTM) Symposium to broaden the talent management conversation from what historically has been focused on Active Component initiatives, to the Total Force, including the Reserve Component, the National Guard, and civilian workforce.
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Talent Management 2030 November 2021
Talent Management 2030 Update March 2023
Talent Management Campaign Plan 2023 - 2025
Report - Annapolis Symposium on the Future of the AVF November 2023
Report - Symposium on the Opportunities and Implications of the Blended Retirement System September 2023
Blended Retirement System Symposium Executive Summary Placemat September 2023
Report - Total Force Talent Management Symposium August 2024
Active / Reserve Component Permeability Placemat July 2024
Blended Retirement System Infographic September 2024
LtCol Emma Wood Branch Head Email: talentmanagement@usmc.mil Phone: (703) 432-7457 Headquarters Marine Corps, Manpower Plans & Policy Division Manpower Talent Management (MPT) 3280 Russell Rd Quantico, VA 22134-9591 SMB: talentmanagement@usmc.mil