Returning to Our Small Wars Roots: Preparing Marine Advisors to Help Other Lands Meet Future Threats

Abstract

To remain the force of choice against future threats, the Marine Corps must increase its irregular warfare capabilities. Key to this is developing a group of foreign security force advisors who can provide persistent engagement in trouble areas to prevent future conflicts. Currently the Marine Corps builds advisor teams in an ad hoc manner, paying little attention to the unique skills required for advisory duty. To prepare Marine foreign security force advisors the Marine Corps must apply lessons learned from the past and develop the means to implement policy and doctrine to help other nations fight future threats.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 2012
Accession Number
ADA601541

Entities

People

  • Matt Van Echo

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Civil War
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Naval Personnel Management