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After years of discussing the uncertain way forward after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps has made a list of 14 warfighting challenges that will dictate the shape of future training and prepare the service for the next 20 years of fighting.
The challenges include items such as "special operations forces integration and interoperability," "improved individual training and education," and "employ 21st century combined arms." And each challenge comes with a detailed problem sheet explaining where the Marine Corps is, where it would like to be, and what specific obstacles need to be addressed.
All this will allow the Corps to try out new techniques and technologies during its series of semi-annual joint exercises and war games around the globe, Col. Stephen Neary, deputy commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, told Military.com.
The challenges include items such as "special operations forces integration and interoperability," "improved individual training and education," and "employ 21st century combined arms." And each challenge comes with a detailed problem sheet explaining where the Marine Corps is, where it would like to be, and what specific obstacles need to be addressed.
All this will allow the Corps to try out new techniques and technologies during its series of semi-annual joint exercises and war games around the globe, Col. Stephen Neary, deputy commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, told Military.com.
New Strategy Will Change How Marines Train
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How about "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Technology has changed much since the Marines were first established, not just in recent years, and the Marines succeeded in their missions because they were imbued with a fighting spirit and tenacity that other forces lacked. Their victories in WWI at which they earned the respect of the enemy and the appellation "Devil Dogs" weren't based on technology. They were based on the willingness to absorb punishment that turned aside other soldiers and take the fight to the enemy in their trenches. They wisely chose to continue that tradition in the training that helped Marines storm beaches in WWII. It would seem to me that same fighting spirit is especially needed when facing radical terrorists who fight with the assurance that death is their reward for submission. The pride of the other branches is founded in their training and ability to perform their various missions. Marines pride seems founded in a tradition that inspires them to fight when others turn aside. I hope they never lose sight of it.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs thanks for posting, its always good to change with technology and keep the edge on our enemies. I like where the Corps mindset is and Col. Stephen Neary comments.
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We've been looking at this for quite some time. Here's an article that Dr. Robert Worley has written regarding a way how we're to do this (conceptual in nature) http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/the-royal-road
(I don't agree with all of his points, but I do have comments at the bottom)
(I don't agree with all of his points, but I do have comments at the bottom)
The Royal Road | Small Wars Journal
SWJ Editor’s Note: This article was originally written in 2006 and a very condensed version was published in the 1st Quarter 2007 issue of the Joint Force Quarterly. The full original article has been updated as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan end, budgets decline, and the force drawdown is underway. Many footnotes refer to Shaping U.S. Forces: Revolution or Relevance in a Post-Cold War World (Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International,...
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