21 st Century Marine Corps Speed Flexibility Agility

21 st Century Marine Corps Speed, Flexibility, & Agility …Globally 1 Version 7. 0

Exploiting Our Edge We are building tomorrow’s Marine Corps upon our enduring ethos: Ø Warfighting excellence Ø Combined Arms MAGTFs Ø Expeditionary culture in tandem with our Navy partners Ø First to Fight “Our forces in the next century must be agile, lethal, readily deployable, and require a minimum of logistical support. We must be able to project our power over long distances, in days or weeks, rather than months” President G. W. Bush Challenges Concepts Capabilities 2

Sharpening the Sword l Strategic Challenges inform our Concepts l Warfighting Concepts frame our Capabilities l Relevant Capabilities define our Contribution to the Nation 3 Challenges Concepts Capabilities

Strategic Landscape l The Irregular Threats - A global radical Islamist insurgency - Asymmetric warfare fought by decentralized groups of terrorists - Exploitation of failed and failing states—intrastate conflicts l The Traditional Threats - Regional powers with conventional and (some) nuclear capability - Continued instability created by interstate conflicts Our challenge in this new century is a difficult one. It’s really to prepare to defend our nation against the unknown, the uncertain and what we have to understand will be the unexpected. Sec. Def D. H. Rumsfeld 4 Complex mix of non-traditional & traditional threats

Emerging Security Challenges l Developing Balanced Capabilities - Non-Traditional … Traditional Marine Corps Operational Domain Irregular Catastrophic Traditional Disruptive 5 Challenges Concepts Capabilities

Sharpening the Sword l Strategic Challenges inform our Concepts l Warfighting Concepts frame our Capabilities l Relevant Capabilities define our Contribution to the Nation 6 Challenges Concepts Capabilities

Warfighting Concepts l l Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) Operational Maneuver From the Sea (OMFTS) - Ship-to-Objective Maneuver (STOM) - Sustained Operations Ashore (SOA) l l l EMW OMFTS EMW Operational Hierarchy of Concepts Here STOM SOA DO Operating FUNCTIONAL CONCEPTS Seabasing Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF(F)) Capstone Enhanced Network Seabasing, MPF (F), Info Ops (Future) Expeditionary Fires, Logistics, Intell, Mine Countermeasures Beyond C 2 Distributed Operations (DO)(DRAFT) 7 Challenges Concepts Capabilities

Seabasing The Marine Corps will exploit the US Navy’s command of the sea to project, protect, and sustain integrated joint warfighting capabilities l National capability for global force projection - Exploits sea as maneuver space 365 days a year l Requires tools developed from Naval Capability Pillars - Sea Shield, Sea Strike, Sea Base, FORCEnet - Navy and Marines pursuing integrated logistics system l l l Enables capabilities of the Joint Force Maximizes effects of forward presence Reduces dependence on vulnerable bases, “steps lightly” on allies and partners - Increased options for the President - Operational independence for the Regional Combatant Commander (RCC) Exploits Distributed Operations globally across the full range of military operations Challenges Concepts Capabilities 8

Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) Rapid power projection without a permission slip Joint Operations Area CONUS ESG OBJ MPG CSG High Speed Sealift High Speed Connector A seabased “system of systems” that enables rapid Rapid Joint Forcible Entry (10 -14 Days) Joint Forcible Entry Ops (JFEO) within 10 -14 days 9

Distributed Operations Strategic Across the: l l l Levels of war. Strategic, Operational, & Tactical Range of military operations. Shaping & Engagement to Stabilization & Reconstruction (Phase 0 - Phase 4) Domains of the battlespace. Air, Land, Sea, Space, Cyberspace Tactical Operational 10

Distributed Operations The Marine Corps of the future will continue to fight as a combined-arms, integrated force. Enhancing the ability to operate in a distributed, networked manner; dispersing or aggregating capabilities against both non- traditional and traditional threats, will provide future Joint Force Commanders an additional method with which to threaten the enemy. l An extension of Maneuver Warfare… an additive capability l The design, planning, and execution of actions exploiting networked units or capabilities that are separated in space and time in order to apply continuous pressure on an enemy to hasten his defeat. We execute Distributed Operations in order to… “…Appear ambiguous and threatening…operate on axes that offer numerous courses of action, keeping the enemy unclear as to which we will choose. ” Warfighting (MCDP 1) 11

Sharpening the Sword l Strategic Challenges inform our Concepts l Warfighting Concepts frame our Capabilities l Relevant Capabilities define our Contribution to the Nation 12 Challenges Concepts Capabilities

Enhanced National Capabilities SPMAGTF / MEU Forward-deployed Forces Persistent: Provide an agile & networked sea-based force for shaping & engagement – MEU Immediate: Generate and exploit actionable intelligence, employ joint fires, establish JTF C 2 – MEB Continuous Within Hours Prepositioned & Surged Forces Rapid: Execute Joint Forcible Entry, enabling follow-on Joint Force operations – Within Days Decisive: Achieving operational level objectives with MEF sustainable force; reconstituting and reemploying – Within Weeks Shaping & Engagement Major Combat Operations Stabilization & 13 Reconstruction Challenges Concepts Capabilities

Exploiting Technology LHA(R) l l l Conducts flight ops 24 hours per day for 6 days (obj) Can operate with composite RW/TR/FW ACE or JSF alone - Either 23 JSF or 28 MV-22 or other aircraft mix 23 JSF = 100% CAS coverage at surge rate to 200 NM Enables higher mission capable rate for MV-22 Optimized for aviation operations Connectors l l Inter-and Intra Theater - CONUS to Advance Base / Sea Base - Fills the Strategic Airlift gap Assault Connectors - Land surface assault Bn in one 8 -10 hour period of darkness - Sea base to objective tactical resupply MPF(F) l l l Enables Rapid employment timeline (10 – 14 days) Sized to preposition & selectively offload 2015 MEB Capable of independent employment or with ESG/CSG Aviation ordnance stowage/handling/arming Survivability enhanced by Sea Shield Capable of Joint Forcible Entry when integrated with ESG / CSG MV-22 JSF EFV MERS 14

Naval Logistics Integration/Modernization People Processes Technology l Navy and Marine Corps moving beyond logistic interoperability to seek integration of Service logistics processes in order to optimize support to daily operations and seabasing l Marine logistics modernization will improve tactical/operational logistics support to MAGTF. - Tailor-made to support EMW and Future Joint Operating Concepts. - Integrated approach--People, Processes, and Technology 15

The 21 st Century Marine Every Marine a Rifleman…and more l Leadership - Increased decision-making ability/authority l Training & Education - Historical & cultural perspectives - More complex skill sets - Intensive tactical training l Equipment - Enhancing lethality - Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad System - Closing the “Digital Divide” “It is our leaders – from our most junior, especially our non-commissioned officers, …– who have kept the Corps successful and victorious. ” General M. W. Hagee 16 “Raising the Bar” across the Corps

Enhanced Marine Corps Capabilities l Preserving our unique ethos We will not change what we do… “ Our most effective weapon remains the individual Marine who out-learns, out-thinks, and outfights any adversary. ” General M. W. Hagee l … We will change how we do it Innovating for the future - 21 st Century Marine - Exploiting Technology Challenges Concepts Capabilities 17

The 21 st Century Marine Corps l Building on our ethos and ensuring continued warfighting excellence l Fulfilling need for: - Speed – in execution - Flexibility – in organization, logistical support, and employment - Agility – in thought and intellect l Prepared to: - Prevail in the war on terrorism - Persistently engage globally and respond immediately - Decisively engage both traditional and irregular threats We will produce and equip a 21 st Century Marine imbued with a warrior ethos, armed with the skills and modern capabilities to prevail against traditional and irregular foes. 18

Recommended Reading l l l Naval Transformation Roadmap Naval Operating Concept National Military Strategy Joint Operations Concept Seapower 21 Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Ship to Objective Maneuver Sustained Operations Ashore Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) (being updated) Enhanced Networked Seabasing Distributed Operations (in-work) l l l Strategic Planning Guidance (Classified) Major Combat Ops JOC JFEO JIC Urban JOC (forthcoming) Military Operations On Urbanized Terrain Seabasing JIC https: //www. mccdc. usmc. mil/futures/library. htm 19