Marine Corps Field Artillery: A Path to Renewing Relevance in 21st Century Warfare

Abstract

Marine artillerymen have overseen the evolution of their community to create a force that can mass accurate artillery fires insupport of major combat operations, but their failure to fully embrace the realities of the current operating environment andthe implications of the information age has set it on the path to irrelevance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 20, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176334

Entities

People

  • Jonathan M Secor

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Artillery Units
  • Combat Operations
  • Control Systems
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Fire Support
  • Force Structure
  • Indirect Fire
  • Information Operations
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design