The ISR Regiment: The New Eyes and Ears for Shaping the MAGTF Commander's Battlespace

Abstract

In order to generate the efficiencies and synergy that USSOCOM and MARSOC have produced as national-level forces, a restructuring and focusing of organic Marine assets needs to occur. MAGTF commanders require a SOF-like capability resident within the Marine Corps that will not fall under the auspices and tasking authority of USSOCOM. The creation of an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Regiment within the MEF command structure will bring an unprecedented level of collections collaboration and battlespace responsiveness to the MAGTF commander. This proposed organization would establish an efficient, synergistic and unified effort of Service-wide Reconnaissance that could meet the expectations of 21st century reconnaissance doctrine and MAGTF commander requirements, while filling the vacuum that MARSOC has created.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 21, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601747

Entities

People

  • James W. Eagan

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Human Intelligence
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Reconnaissance
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Second World War
  • Surveillance
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control