Marines Train ‘Surge’ Force For Major War: ‘Two Different MAGTFs’
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on June 05, 2018 at 3:43 PM
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: Some Marine Corps units, but not all, will get extra training in large-scale combat as the Pentagon refocuses from counterinsurgency to great power conflict. While every Marine would have a role in a major war with Russia or China — the service isn’t big enough to leave anybody on the bench in such a crisis — a “surge†force based in the continental United States will get additional high-intensity training that Marine Expeditionary Units patrolling the seas will not.
“You may see two different MAGTFs (Marine Air-Ground Task Forces) emerging, all with in the same Marine Corps,†said Lt. Gen. Brian Beaudreault, deputy commandant for plans, policies, and operations, speaking at a CSIS forum.
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/06/marines-train-surge-force-for-major-war-two-different-magtfs/
