The Conflict Between the United States Army and Marine Corps

Abstract

There has been an ongoing battle between the two dominant land forces in the world, the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps. This ongoing struggle transcends from the tactical to the strategic level in the fight for resources and in some cases survival of force structure necessary to protect our nation. The United States military land forces of the Army and Marine Corps have a dysfunctional rather than a cooperative, direct relationship to each other to operate, organize, train, and equip the military land component. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, these two separate and distinct land forces find themselves for the past decade in a great debate over their roles, responsibilities, and missions. Both forces compete for the same resources, often the same missions, and both attempt to define their role in the new world order (or disorder) within our national security strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2003
Accession Number
ADA414981

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Bloss

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Force Structure
  • Land Warfare
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.