Technology is powerful, so is infantry.
July 22, 2025
Marine Corps Compass Points
Broader Thinking, Deeper Understanding, and Better Decisions, for a Stronger Marine Corps
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Technology is powerful, but so is trained, equipped, combined arms Marine infantry. In his Compass Points interview yesterday, former Navy Secretary Jim Webb emphasized the continuing importance of Marine Corps readiness.
For the Marine Corps, readiness has always meant being most ready when the Nation is least ready, to be a global crisis response force, forward deployed at all times to deter, assist, and fight.
Marines have always been focused on being ready to, ""locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy assault by fire and close combat."
Some senior Marine leaders in recent years, however, have seemed to step back from global Marine readiness and said that advances in technology have forced the Marines to adopt new ideas of readiness.
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We are the eyes and ears for the joint force, ideally positioned within the WEZ to conduct both reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, to act as a Joint Fires integrator for the combined force, and to strike the enemy from land and air to sea with organic sensors and precision fires, when necessary.
-- Frag Order 01-2024
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