Amphibious Operations: Ensuring Capabilities to Assure Access

Abstract

The ability to project power from the sea is essential to secure United States national interests. The policies that necessitate US involvement within the littorals require a materiel solution to meet these strategic ends. It is in US national interests to possess the capability to transit the littorals from the high seas to inland objectives with a self-deploying amphibious vehicle in order to deter and respond to global crises across the range of military operations from' the benign to the non-permissive environment. The United States as a nation with global reach must retain the ability to project power within the littorals. The Marine Corps' capability to conduct assured access operations requires a system that is adept at missions across the range of military operations to meet the threats presented now and in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2011
Accession Number
ADA600857

Entities

People

  • William E. O'brien

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Military Vehicles
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Security
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.