JUST IN: Information to Play Decisive Role in Marine Corps Operations
7/7/2022
By Mikayla Easley
Marine Corps photo
From social media campaigns to blocking intelligence gathering efforts, China and Russia have proliferated the use of information warfare in their military tactics.
Now, the Marine Corps wants to gain the upper hand in the information competition, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger said. He noted that harnessing, understanding and employing information can often give an advantage.
“I think some could argue it could be decisive, even more than kinetically, perhaps,” Berger said July 7 during the Hudson Institute’s latest Defense Disruptors Series. “You could win before firing a shot … if you’re organized for it and if you can think deeply enough about it.”
To outline how the Marine Corps will gain the information advantage, the force recently published the Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 8, or MCDP 8. The purpose of the document is to introduce the framework for using information warfighting tactics and making it a key tool in the Marine Corps’ operations, according to the force.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2022/7/7/information-to-play-decisive-role-in-marine-corps-operations
