Crisis Response Force: Shaping the MAGTF of the "New Normal"

Abstract

The Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has served as "the standard forward-deployed Marine expeditionary organization" since 1962 and is employed today as a "highly-mobile, versatile, self-contained crisis response force" by Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC) world-wide. However, insufficient amphibious shipping, a critical requirement for the MEU, and the contemporary security environment known as the "the new normal," both stand as major challenges to the ability of the Nation and the Marine Corps to respond to emerging threats and crises. The Marine Corps is not organized and arrayed to meet these challenges in a sustainable manner, but adaptation of current formations and command structures could alleviate this issue. By formalizing the SPMAGTF-CR into a permanent Crisis Response Force and tying it to a partner MEU under a common headquarters, the Marine Corps could provide the most responsive and capable crisis response force to date and better support GCCs worldwide.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 2016
Accession Number
AD1178775

Entities

People

  • Jason R. Goodale

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Lessons Learned
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Marine Corps
  • Naval Vessels
  • Personnel Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.