The Marine Corps and the Joint Force: Are We Postured for the Future Fight?

Abstract

The former U.S. administration, the DoD, and the CJCS latest release of their capstone policy documents such as the NSS, NDS, and NMS have prompted each service to evaluate their current and future desired force postures. Within the USMC, the implications of this new guidance coupled with China's rising global status have triggered an iterative decade long service redesign project entitled FD2030. The following examination of recent U.S. national security policy documents, service level guidance along with relevant critiques, and an assessment of the current Inda-Pacific Operating Environment is presented to illuminate opportunities to inform the USMC's current restructure process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1178096

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People

  • Michael F. Jr Masters

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  • Marine Corps University

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  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Agreements
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Command And Control
  • Competition
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deterrence
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Gray Zone
  • High Density
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Personnel
  • Middle East
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Universities
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies