PLANS & INNOVATION BRANCH
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Staff Judge Advocate
Washington, D.C.

The Plans & Innovation Branch (JPI) works in conjunction with the legal community and other Service and Departmental actors to set standards for legal support providers, manage and develop training and equipment to help the community meet those standards, and to create metrics by which those standards can be inspected.  JPI accomplishes this mission through the performance of the following functions:

(1) performing the long-term strategic planning for the Marine Corps legal community;

(2) using lessons learned to propose and draft organizational and doctrinal changes;

(3) providing overall coordination of the IT assets and support provided to the legal community;

(4) managing both internal and external strategic communications;

(5) coordinating all manpower requirements of legal support providers, both active and reserve.

Judge Advocate Division (JLA)
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps 
3000 Marine Corps Pentagon
Room 4D557
Washington D.C. 20350-3000

Branch Head / LtCol OccFld Sponsor
LtCol Peter Combe II
COM: 703-693-8161

Deputy Branch Head / O-4 OccField Sponsor
Maj John Woodruff II
COM: 703-693-9059

Reserve OccFld Sponsor
Maj Angel Alfaro
COM: 703-693-8405

O-3 OccFld Sponsor
Capt Shannon Hillery
COM: 703-693-8407

Enlisted OccFld Sponsor
MSgt Michael Wood
COM: 703-693-9283

Planning and Innovations NCOIC
Sgt Anthony Marrocco
COM: 703-693-9283
JPI@USMC.MIL