Investing Marine Intelligence Capital in MARSOC: Are the Rewards Worth the Risks to the USMC

Abstract

The establishment in 2005 of a Marine component of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) provided the Corps additional opportunities to contribute to the war on terrorism, but at considerable cost to mission effectiveness. Unfortunately, the U.S. Marine Corps' (USMC) capabilities were diminished by the creation of that component, the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC). Established to support USSOCOM, MARSOC will cost the USMC many intelligence professionals, in addition to force reconnaissance operators and other high demand specialties.1 The quantity of intelligence officers ordered to MARSOC will negatively impact the Marine Corps? conduct of its missions by establishing a separate intelligence community that exacerbates manning shortfalls and diminishes the expertise base of the average intelligence officer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 2008
Accession Number
ADA508969

Entities

Organizations

  • Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communities
  • Dwell Time
  • Employment
  • Force Structure
  • Intelligence Community
  • Internal Friction
  • Job Training
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

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