The Future of Distributed Operations in the Marine Corps and its Vital Role in Forcible Entry from the Sea

Abstract

History informs us that forcible entry from the sea will be required to ensure America's strategic interests in the future. An analysis of the emerging anti-access and area denial threat will require the U.S. military to adapt its current doctrine for forcible entry from the sea. The concept of employing large scale distributed operations to enable forcible entry from the sea will be necessary to facilitate forcible entry from the sea in the future. These distributed forces will need to be supported by seabasing to eliminate a need for a lodgment until conditions have been set ashore. The Marine Corps needs to develop appropriate doctrine, organization, and equipment to support the concept of distributed operations to allow it to achieve its potential.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 13, 2011
Accession Number
ADA600578

Entities

People

  • Erick T. Clark

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Area Denial
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Demography
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.