The Case for Organic Mobility: Enhancing the Tactical Tempo of the Infantry Battalion

Abstract

In today's operating environment, the ability to maintain tempo is what gives the Marine Corps freedom of action to impose its will on the enemy. The days of marching mass formations across Europe are gone. In the current fight, Marines must move quickly to the decisive point in the battle space. The manner in which the Marine Corps now motorizes infantry battalions is inefficient and inhibits responsiveness to exploit potential successes. The Marine Corps should provide the infantry battalion an organic motorized capability to achieve greater tempo at the tactical level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 05, 2009
Accession Number
ADA517788

Entities

People

  • A. G. Gourgoumis

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Deployment
  • Infantry
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Machine Guns
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Mobility
  • Stability Operations
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Transport Ships
  • Transportation
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space