Marines in the Interagency: Are We in the Right Places?

Abstract

Marine Corps interagency participation insufficiently integrates into Marine Corps strategy to facilitate accomplishing the most likely Marine Corps missions in the coming years. This paper highlights that the Marine Corps future will consist of joint and multinational forces operating in austere environments, focused on engagement activities to build partner nation capacity, stability and reconstruction operations, and counterinsurgency missions. The most likely lines of operation that Marines will be responsible for leading or implementing are civil security, essential services, and economic development. Intelligence will be a critical factor in that success. The Corps will most frequently do this partnered with the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security, The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and their subordinate agencies and administrations. To succeed in future missions the Marine Corps must first and foremost maintain its core capabilities and expeditionary nature while increasing and realigning assignments/fellowships within the identified government departments and key civilian organizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA601170

Entities

People

  • Benjamin J. Grass

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Economic Development
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.