The Marine Corps Operating Concept and Its Ties to Prominent Interwar Periods

Abstract

The Marine Corps Operating Concept (MOC) conforms to operating concepts developed by the Marine Corps in the interwar periods of World War II and the Vietnam War. The 21st century combined arms concept proposed in the MOC, which incorporates cyber and information operations with the traditional aspects of combined arms, is comparable to the innovation of amphibious assaults in World War II and vertical envelopment in the Vietnam War. As the service conducts integration of the concepts presented in the MOC, lessons learned from exercises and experimentation must not be merely reports filed and not read, but reviewed to determine how they might impact changes to doctrine, training, and education.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 09, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176467

Entities

People

  • Matthew Bronson

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Operations
  • Composition Board
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Information Operations
  • International Organizations
  • Landing Forces
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber