Amphibious Warfare and Its Contribution to US National Strategy

Abstract

The paper studies the capabilities of the amphibious force. A historal background provides general informaton concerning the value of amphibious operations to various countries dating from days prior to Christ through the war in Vietnam. The remainder of the article studies the amphibious operations conducted by the US Navy/Marine Corps and reviews their role in national strategy during the next ten years. The use of amphibious operations by the United States are forecast to be confined to sub-theater conventional operations or to theater conventional operations in coordination with the Army and Air Force. The use of amphibious operations by the United States are forecast to be confined to sub-theater conventional operations or to theater conventional operations in coordination with the Army and Air Force. The advantages and disadvantages of the Seabasing Concept are discussed in detail.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 1973
Accession Number
AD0761444

Entities

People

  • Joseph B. Howard

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deterrence
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Landing Craft
  • Landing Forces
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design