Whats Old is New Again: Army and Marine Corps Cooperation in Amphibious Operations

Abstract

Historically, the Marine Corps has not been the only amphibious service. This monograph conducted an examination of the Army's and Marine Corps' current and future role in amphibious operations and their ability to interact in a joint amphibious environment. This monograph separated the topic into the areas of doctrine, concepts, and materiel solutions. The author asks the questions: Can the Army meet the requirements of joint doctrine to conduct amphibious operations? What disparities exist in future concepts between the services when addressing amphibious operations? Lastly, are the materiel solutions resident in each service, or Department, adequate to conduct amphibious operations? The monograph concludes that the Army must incorporate into their concepts and doctrine the seaward portion of the littorals as maneuver space since the adversaries of the United States can significantly contest it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 23, 2019
Accession Number
AD1083479

Entities

People

  • Benjamin W. Johanningsmeier

Organizations

  • School of Advanced Military Studies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Multi-Domain Operations
  • Second World War
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • United States
  • Uss Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space