Shift Fire: Adjusting the Marine Corps' Warfighting Philosophy for the 21st Century

Abstract

The Marine Corps can better prepare for the challenges associated with the 21st century battlefield and provide a shift in mindset following the previous two decades of war by revising its warfighting philosophy of maneuver warfare to emphasize the increasing importance of unity of effort, surprise, and combined arms and how these tenets have evolved for the current and future battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177405

Entities

People

  • Nicholas M. Thompson

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Army Training
  • Battlefields
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Handbooks
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Leadership
  • Maneuvers
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Universities
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.