NETWORK MODERNIZATION: THE SHIFT IN WARFARE PARADIGM AND HOW MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS ARE SUPPORTING
16 MAY 2022 | Courtesy StoryMarine Corps Installations Command, MCICOM
UNITED STATES --
Force Design has re-envisioned the role of the installation from a Force Generation location, meaning a location that Marines train and deploy from, to a Power Projection Warfighting platform, which will simultaneously deploy forces forward but will also command and control those forces. In 2030, it is predicted the Marine Corps will be the most distributed force ever, operating in highly contested environments, while facing near-peer competitors with substantial counter command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities presenting the biggest threat to communication networks. In a geographic area like the Pacific, where Marine Corps forces will operate in a widely distributed or disaggregated manner, the Corps requires a highly capable network to coordinate the efforts of such a force.
Commandant’s Planning Guidance
In 2019, the 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, published the Commandant’s Planning Guidance, which serves as a road map for the Marine Corps, describing where the service is going and why. This document aligns with recently released guidance conveyed in the 2022 National Defense Strategy and mirrors the Secretary of Defense’s Defense Planning Guidance.
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