Marine Corps Combat Operation Centers: An Easy Target for Peer Competitors

Abstract

Minimal focus has been placed on adapting to rapidly increasing adversaries who have developed new technologies and capabilities to attack Marine Corps command and control (C2) structures. Most traditional Marine Corps combat operation centers (COC) are tent configurations, which are cumbersome and not as expeditionary as designed. Peer near-peer adversary A2AD capabilities are the reason why the COC is more vulnerable than ever before; the Marine Corps must direct its attention to protecting its main C2 structure. This paper defines the current problem with COCs, introduces Marine Corps and adversary capabilities, and produces a DOTMLPF analysis which helps protect the Marine Corps COCs for future battles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177236

Entities

People

  • Brandon S Brooks

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Denial
  • Army
  • Black Sea
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Political Science
  • South China Sea
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control