ARMY TANKS HAVE KEY ROLE IN AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
Fri, 08/12/2022 - 06:50
As the sole provider of armored forces, the Army’s tanks will fill a critical role in any future amphibious assault undertaken by the joint force, according to the author of a new paper published by the Association of the U.S. Army.
The role of the Army’s armored force will only grow as the Marine Corps phases out its tanks, Maj. Matthew Graham writes in “Tanks in the Surf: Maintaining the Joint Combined Arms Landing Team.”
“While the Army lacks the doctrinal responsibility for amphibious operations, it should not and cannot abdicate its responsibility to consider or conduct amphibious operations as part of the joint force,” writes Graham, an active-duty armor officer with combat experience in Afghanistan who currently is a student at the School of Advanced Military Studies.
Instead, the Army should reenergize its doctrine, training and organization around amphibious operations and, specifically, the role of armor within them, with the goal of ensuring the “future of the joint force combined arms landing team,” Graham writes.
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