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Languages : en
Pages : 139
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Concepts & Issues 96: United States Marine Corps: First to Fight in the 21st Century
Author: United States Marine Corps Concepts and Issues, 1996
Author: United States Marine CorpsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781396194047
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Excerpt from United States Marine Corps Concepts and Issues, 1996: First to Fight in the 21st Century Force Marines are ready, highly capable, and prepared to project the power and influence of the us. From the sea to any foreign shore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Marine Corps Concepts and Issues
Author: Concepts and Issues
Author: First to Fight
Author: V H KrulakPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612511619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
In this riveting insider's chronicle, legendary Marine General "Brute" Krulak submits an unprecedented examination of U.S. Marines—their fights on the battlefield and off, their extraordinary esprit de corps. Deftly blending history with autobiography, action with analysis, and separating fact from fable, General Krulak touches the very essence of the Corps: what it means to be a Marine and the reason behind its consistently outstanding performance and reputation. Krulak also addresses the most basic but challenging question of all about the Corps: how does it manage to survive—even to flourish—despite overwhelming political odds and, as the general writes, ""an extraordinary propensity for shooting itself in the foot?"" To answer this question Krulak examines the foundation on which the Corps is built, a system of intense loyalty to God, to country, and to other Marines. He also takes a close look at Marines in war, offering challenging accounts of their experiences in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. In addition, he describes the Corps's relationship to other services, especially during the unification battles following World War II, and offers new insights into the decision-making process in times of crisis. First published in hardcover in 1984, this book has remained popular ever since with Marines of every rank.
United States Marine Corps: Warfighting Concepts for the 21st Century
Author: Marine Corps Concepts and Issues
Author: U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare
Author: Nicholas J. SchlosserPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160927836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
U.S. Marines in Irregular Warfare: Training and Education is a brief history that recounts how the U.S. Marine Corps adapted to fight the Global War on Terrorism during 2000-10. The Marine Corps has a long history of fighting irregular wars, including the Banana Wars in Central America during the 1920s and the Vietnam War during the 1960s. To battle the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Corps drew upon this experience while also implementing new plans and programs to better prepare Marines to carry out counterinsurgency operations. The Marine Corps updated the curriculum at the Command and Staff College and transformed the annual Combined Arms Exercise into Exercise Mojave Viper: an immersive training program that simulated the urban environments in which Marines would be operating in Southwest Asia. Most importantly, Marines adjusted in the field, as battalion and company commanders drew on their basic training and education to devise innovative tactics to better combat the new threats they now faced. ?us, as this story shows, the Marine Corps did not undergo a radical transformation to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, but instead drew on principles that had defined it as a warfighting organization throughout most of its history. Keywords: United States Marine Corps; United States Marines; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Marines; Marines; Marine Corps; Global War on Terrorism; global war on terrorism; irregular warfare; military strategy; counterinsurgency; combat; iraq war; Iraq War; Afghanistan; military education; soldier training; combat training and tactics; Southwest Asia
Concepts and issues
Author: The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and Concept Based Experimentation: Armed to Fight in the 21st Century
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Languages : en
Pages : 14
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The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century concluded that the emerging security environment in the next quarter century would require different military capabilities. Further, the Commission determined that it is essential that the U.S. maintain technological superiority, despite the unavoidable tension between acquisition of advanced (future) capabilities and the required maintenance of current capabilities. The Marine Corps faces this dilemma as well. How to innovate for the 21st century while fulfilling its operational commitments today. The U.S. Commission's belief was penned in September 1999. The United States Marine Corps, however, began its transition thought process within the scope of Joint Vision 2010 (updated version JV 2020) in 1995 with the creation of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL). This paper will focus on whether the MCWL is successful in its approach to shaping the Corps' future with Concept Based Experimentation (CBE) as a credible concept and technology validation tool in the Corps' transformation to achieve JV2020 and National Military Strategy goals. I contend that it has been and continues to be successful as the principle methodology in validating concepts and creating capabilities for the Corps' operational forces.