An Analysis of Why The Marine Corps Should Be Absorbed into The Army

Abstract

Great power competition has become the focus for the DoD, specifically China and Russia, and the Marine Corps is adapting to better support the Joint Force. The Marine Corps is shifting its focus to EABO, which will allow it to become more expeditionary. The Army already possesses this capability in its MDTFs. Redundant capabilities between the two services will cause an unneeded and wasteful battle for relevance, resources, and funding. The Army can scale this capability much faster and larger than the Marines, which eliminates the need for the Marine Corps. The Army has a long history of amphibious operations and is required by Joint doctrine to possess that capability. The Army has not trained amphibious operations in quite a while, but with a concentrated effort, the Army could train, equip, and organize itself to conduct amphibious operations within a short amount of time. The Joint Force cannot conduct large-scale amphibious operations against a peer-enemy with just the Marines. The Army will be needed because of its size to achieve mission success, which eliminates the need for the Marine Corps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 02, 2021
Accession Number
AD1178189

Entities

People

  • Adrian R. Schaar

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Area Denial
  • Army Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Land Warfare
  • Landing Forces
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

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