Time To Stand Up SPMAGTF PACOM

Abstract

The latest US national strategy documents indicate a return to great power competition with Russia and China. After almost two decades of prosecuting terrorism, the drawdown of deployments in the Southwest Asia presents the Marine Corps an opportunity to reposition forces and enhance the strengthen the United States' military posture and force projection in Asia. Accordingly, the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) construct is a preliminary direction for near-term defense adaptation to "gray zone" operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2018
Accession Number
AD1176910

Entities

People

  • Demetrio A. Iii Camua

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Asia
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Instructions
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Marine Corps Training
  • Military Facilities
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Southeast Asia
  • Task Forces
  • Terrorism
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Readers

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