Amphibious Connectors: Increased Speed and Maneuverability in the Race to Build Combat Power Ashore

Abstract

Today, the Navy and Marine Corps team are working to tailor their amphibious capability and capacity to conduct amphibious operations1 simultaneously with two Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEB), as envisioned in the Marine Corps' guidance for future employment of the force called Expeditionary Force 21 1 (EF21). EF21 builds on the foundational amphibious doctrine of the Marine Corps, as envisioned in MCDP 1-0, for conducting amphibious operations through Operational Maneuver from the Sea (OMFTS)2 using Ship to Objective Maneuver(STOM) and Seabasing3 from Over the Horizon (OTH)4. While these operational concepts provide standoff distance for the Navy and the Seabase from Anti-Access and Aerial Denial(A2AD) threats, they do not necessarily facilitate forcible entry with the rapid buildup of combat power ashore. The Navy and Marine Corps team has created capability to build combat power at the seabase but with a limited capacity to project that force from the seabase to a hostile shore, with the continued rapid buildup of combat power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 2015
Accession Number
AD1178610

Entities

People

  • Jeffery T Lee

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Landing Craft
  • Maneuvers
  • Manpower
  • Marine Corps
  • Mass Production
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Ships
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.