Marine Corps Aviation: It's Time to Strengthen the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)

Abstract

The author asserts that in the next ten to fifteen years the probability of employing the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in limited conflicts on behalf of United States foreign policy interests will increase. Further, that the threat posed by likely enemies is sophisticated enough to require enhanced combat capability for the MEU to be an effective deterrent. The author proposes a solution to this problem with the assignment to the MEU of Marine Corps tactical fixed-wing aircraft and command and control assets in a composite for structure. This concept of employment of existing aviation assets is within the context of current Marine Corps doctrine but is not normally applied at the MEU level of operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217355

Entities

People

  • Richard W. Chambliss

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Landing Fields
  • Logistics
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Task Forces
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control