Marines Kick Off A Year Of Wargames To Help Build New Force
“We’ve got to wrestle with ship mix and their capacity; there’s a balancing act.â€
By Paul McLeary on September 18, 2019 at 4:01 AM
QUANTICO: In building a vision for how to equip for an era in which its ships, aircraft, and overseas bases exist under constant threat from long-range precision weapons and electronic warfare attacks, the Marine Corps will try and go “smaller, lighter, less exquisite, more numerous,†a top Marine general says.
While all that may sound rather vague, the Corps is grappling with how to implement guidance Commandant Gen. David Berger issued to the force in July, which called for a sweeping overhaul of how Marines equip, train, deploy, and occupy space in the world.
The Corps hasn’t said much about how it’s going to move out on the 23-page document, which questioned cornerstones of Marine doctrine like the need for 38 amphibious ships and supporting a two Marine Expeditionary Brigade-sized forcible entry force. At Quantico on Tuesday, the reason for the silence became clear: Marine leaders are just starting to do the heavy lifting to make it happen.
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