Bailing Wire, Bubble Gum, Tin Cans and String: The Marine Corp's Forward Command Post

Abstract

Thesis: The standard command post for a Marine infantry unit is foot mobile. There has never been a doctrinal Command and Control (C2) platform or vehicle in the infantry at the battalion, regiment or division level, other than an attached AAVC7Al from the AAV Battalion. History reveals all units struggling to create 'jerry-rigged' command vehicle configurations using their organic jeeps, HMMWV's, MRC vehicles and trucks. The most logical choice for a 'standardized' command and control vehicle in the Marine Corps' current inventory is the LAVC2. USMC, Command and control, C2, C3, C4I, Joint command and control, LAV, LAVC2, Command post.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271997

Entities

People

  • F. Montgomery
  • K. M. Gill
  • M. E. Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Corps
  • Position (Location)
  • Radar
  • Radio Communications
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Science

Technology Areas

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