The Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations Command Element for Sea Denial

Abstract

The paper examines the composition of an Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) for the purposes of sea denial in a major conflict. The major proposition is that a specialized command element is necessary to locally control weapons and sensors in order to gain the full value from a sea denial EAB. The Marine Corps does not have currently have a command element which can execute the complex sea denial mission independently of connection to a high echelon. Current Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) configurations lack the technical capacity to integrate and control the multitude of weapons and systems required for effective sea denial and using the current MAGTF structures would be an inefficient use of resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2018
Accession Number
AD1179010

Entities

People

  • John F. Campbell

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Defense Systems
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Marine Corps
  • Naval Vessels
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Sea Control
  • Second World War
  • Ships
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Task Forces
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design