How to Better Educate Marine Corps Officers for the Next Conflict
Abstract
Education is important to any military organization and increasing the intellectual edge of its officers over adversaries as the technological gap closes will most likely be the tipping point to success during the next conflict. Fortunately, the Marine Corps recognized the importance of having intellectual warfighters at all ranks and created a university to achieve this concept. General Grays original concept for Marine Corps University (MCU) is an important aspect of the university and remains relevant even after thirty years from inception. MCU must continue to focus on educating the future leaders for the next conflict and can more effectively do so in accordance with the National Defense Strategy and the Marine Corps Operating Concept by re-evaluating the structure of the OPME continuum, tying the curriculums of the main education venues together, and integrating a more focused self-study program between education venues. Attaining these three improvements will increase the effectiveness of the education system over a lifelong study of the military profession, and a more effective system will allow students to deepen their understanding of warfare which will give the Marine Corps the advantage in future conflicts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 28, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1179124
Entities
People
- Justin D. Hunter
Organizations
- Marine Corps University