Recommendation for a Marine Corps Consolidated Casualty Replacement Concept to Regenerate the Force
Abstract
In order for the Marine Corps to succeed in the next near-peer global conflict, it must establish a consolidated casualty replacement concept that adequately guides personnel on the handling of historical manpower concerns of procurement, cohesion, personnel system types and training of its casualty replacement force. This recommendation suggests that the Marine Corps integrate the above factors into one casualty replacement concept. In doing so, the Corps is establishing a foundation that promotes the concepts, procedures, and techniques to be taught and consolidated in one location. This instruction, as shaping tool, will assist planners in affecting operational outcomes that distill down to one main goal, which is to provide a pace and tempo of force regeneration/replacement that will outpace a near-peer opponent during the early phases of a global conflict. This will be a primary factor in how the rest of the war plays out as the concept focuses on the assumption that if you can overtake your opponent in the early phases of the war through reduction of operational pauses associated with casualty replacement; you limit the enemy's ability to regenerate their forces which decreases personnel casualties in the long run and shortens the duration of the conflict.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 08, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1176990
Entities
People
- Leo Iii Ferguson
Organizations
- Marine Corps University