The Joint Force Maritime Component Command and the Marine Corps: Integrate to Win the Black Sea Fight

Abstract

Marine integration with the Navy contributes to meeting vital U.S. naval operational requirements, especially when organized as a Joint Force Maritime Component Command (JFMCC) in the Black Sea against Russian threats. The global operating model addresses integration across escalating levels of competition and conflict called contact, blunt, and surge layers. In the contact layer, Marine integration allows the JFMCC to maintain regional access, assure allies, and counter expanding Russian influence. In the blunt layer, Marine integration supports the JFMCCs operational objectives of denying Russian sea control and freedom of movement. Finally, in the surge layer, a Navy and Marine integrated JFMCC gains a greater ability to project power against a robust antiaccess and area-denial network and decisively defeat Russian aggression. This article contends that naval integration is also an important component of defense against Russian expansion in the Black Sea region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 16, 2020
Accession Number
AD1118785

Entities

People

  • Michael Kohler

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Black Sea
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Geography
  • Guided Missiles
  • Infrastructure
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Science
  • Naval Vessels
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Sea Control
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.