Marine Expeditionary Units (Special Operations Capable) Relevancy in the Near Term
Abstract
The Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), or MEU(SOC) program has been around since the middle 1980's, and looks much the same today as it did nearly twenty years ago. MEU(SOC)s are teamed up with amphibious shipping squadrons of the United States Navy, together forming Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESGs). ESGs represent a highly capable, forward deployed, agile, and general purpose force providing regional combatant commanders a lethal element of national power. Since its inception in 1984, the MEU(SOC) program has undergone minor modifications in both task organization and mission essential task lists (METL's). Despite these changes the MEU(SOC) progrnm of the 21 century remains largely unchanged. Among the many reasons to take a close look at the MEU(SOC) program, the most recent an contentious are: Examining the nature of current ESG experiments, employment of MEU(SOC) units in the Global war on Terrorism (GWOT) and studying of the MEU(SOC) role in the Department of Defenses (DoD) ongoing effort to transform. MEU(SOC) relevancy is inded important to not only the Marine Corps, butg the entire Naval service.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA494043
Entities
People
- George Markeit
- James Fallon
- Matthew Ellia
- Michael Prosser
- Raymond Kendoll
- William Berris
Organizations
- Marine Corps University