Institutionalizing a United States Marine Corps Approach to Operational Culture

Abstract

Since 2003, the United States Marine Corps has drawn on its small wars experiences in the Banana Wars and Vietnam to increase its effectiveness in the current irregular warfare fight. Training and education changes have increased deploying Marines' ability to understand and interact with Iraqi and Afghan locals. Other changes, including the establishment of the Center for Operational Culture learning (CAOCL), have led to broader culture-related perspectives and skills for individual Marines. Despite the significant progress made so far, the Marine Corps needs to take additional steps to make its approach to culture more coherent, effective, and applicable beyond Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA602983

Entities

People

  • Brian D. Mclean

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.