Force 2020: Will it be Smart Enough?

Abstract

Given the proliferation of new technology and new threats across a wide spectrum throughout the department of defense, an analysis is in order to ensure that the force coming into the service, particularly the Marine Corps, is of adequate mental capacity to properly leverage technological advances in the year 2020. Simply put, is the force we are currently recruiting going to be intelligent enough to maximize the developments in technology and deal with new threats in 2020? This study will be conducted in three sections. First, the historical and current quality of the force will be reviewed for both DOD and the Marine Corps. The next section will take a look at the future of war, in an effort to determine just how smart the force will need to be. Lastly, a third section will complete a comparison of the ?projected? 2020 force with future war requirements will allow for a synthesis, which will lead to conclusions and recommendations. Specifically, this paper will focus on entry level accession information for recruits who have enlisted, shipped to, and completed basic recruit training, and have graduated from military occupational specialty (MOS) training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA505528

Entities

People

  • Thomas P. Martin

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Homeland Security
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Military Science
  • Port Security
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

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