Marine Corps Global Response in the Age of Precision Munitions

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Marine Corps Global Response in the Age of Precision Munitions

.By Charles Krulak & Anthony Zinni , Paul Van Riper , Jerry McAbee
 
Editors Note:  The graphic represents the Marine Corps 9-1-1 force, a capability quickly eroding under Force Design 2030.
 

Four years ago, the United States Marine Corps embraced Force Design 2030 as its capstone operating concept.  This unproven and unsolicited concept transitioned the Marine Corps from a global force in readiness to a regional force in waiting and was not vetted with most of the Geographic Combatant Commands or managed at Quantico by the Marine Corps Combat Development Command’s highly regarded and effective combat development process. Nevertheless, the 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, using his Title X, U.S. Code authorities to organize, train, and equip the service, reorganized, and restructured the operating forces to fight a single known threat (People’s Liberation Army Navy) in a specific location (Western Pacific region).

Much has been written about the flaws and shortcomings of Force Design. The purpose of this article is not to relitigate these charges but to highlight an alternative vision, which has been previously articulated but conveniently overlooked.

The alternative option – Vision 2035 – provides the framework for developing an operating concept from which the Marine Corps through the combat development process can determine capabilities and requirements (doctrine, force structure, equipment, training and education, and facilities and support) needed to restore the Marines as the nation’s premier 9-1-1 force for the full spectrum of crises and contingencies.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/06/22/marine_corps_global_response_in_the_age_of_precision_munitions_1039773.html

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The Marines are an expeditionary military force, not a 9-1-1 force.  That is the job of the United Nations internationally and the US National Guard domestically.

Wars rarely go according to plan.  Militaries need to adapt and innovate, not be tethered to a monolithic war plan.

What if the Chic-coms don't adhere to the expectations of America's Force Designs?  Commies can be sneaky bastards; they can emerge anywhere; and they prefer civil unrest and insurgent warfare versus direct confrontation.  They play the long game.  They don't abide by the Geneva Conventions.  They bleed and asphyxiate larger opponents into withdrawal.

If the American military commanders don't have a "kill 'em all", or "the only good commie is a dead commie", mindset, not one drop of American blood should be sacrificed.