Expeditionary Strike Group: New Label, or New Concept - for Future Naval Warriors of America's Small Wars?

Abstract

Throughout American history, the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Team has answered the nation's call as expeditionary forces projecting power ashore and fighting America's limited wars, as well as, emergent contingency operations, and major theater wars. In the near future they will accomplish this mission while deployed around the globe under the new concept of Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESG). This essay describes the ESG concept and argues that in the post-Cold War/September 11th security environment, the ESG concept is sound operational force employment for America's future limited wars, but the idea is not new. Historical analysis of America's small wars fought by US naval forces, analysis of the proposed ESG concept, and the ESG concept in relation to the new National Security Strategy are all considered in the essay.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419814

Entities

People

  • Daryl R. Hancock

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Cold War
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Marine Corps
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Security
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.