Marine Expeditionary Unit - Crisis Response: Tomorrow's MAGTF for Tomorrow's Threats

Abstract

The continued increase in small-scale conflicts around the world requires the Marine Corps to provide responsive and versatile units trained for regional crises. Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) units are currently ad-hoc organizations drawn from infantry regiments, Marine Aircraft Groups (MAGs), and Combat Logistics Regiments (CLRs). The task organizations are temporary but the requirements for them are continuous. Continuous improvisation is costly, inefficient, and threatens unit cohesion. The Marine Corps cannot continue to risk valuable cohesion by forming "pick-up teams." Therefore, it should establish smaller standing MAGTFs that resemble the MEUs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 20, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176196

Entities

People

  • Efren S. Manzanet

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Wings
  • Aircrafts
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • New York
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Terrorism
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Southern Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.