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ID:
132185
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2014.
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In a new strategic environment, the Marines' ability to expeditiously get people and equipment ashore may be more important than ever. Emerging platforms and technologies promise to be game-changers.
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ID:
132623
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2014.
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Recently, I had the opportunity to listen to the farewell remark of a senior Marine officer. Many of his thoughts were the sort of things one might expect of a departing officer- some advice, a little retrospective on his command, and the like. What colored his remarks the most, though, was nostalgia. Nostalgia for Marines of 20 years ago who did what they were told without question. Nostalgia for days of moral clarity in the military. Nostalgia for a time that the corps and the military were better.
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ID:
187635
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ID:
124008
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2012.
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As the Marines re-embrace their amphibious roots, shipboard service shows the differences between (but same ultimate goals of) rank and leadership, Corps-style and Navy-style.
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ID:
107156
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2011.
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The problem of whether a US Marine Corps air base in Okinawa (Futenma Air Station) should be relocated to a new facility or moved off the island entirely has been a fishbone in the throat of the Japan-US alliance. Okinawa's location makes it a strategic asset for US regional and global military strategy: the island provides easy access to the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait and serves as a crucial hub of America's global military network of bases and facilities.
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ID:
184692
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ID:
131469
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2014.
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Military commanders, policymakers, and analysts have recently embraced the concept of combined action as a powerful tool to improve the effectiveness of Afghan security forces in the fight against the Taliban. In doing so, they explicitly draw inspiration from the Combined Action Program employed by US Marines during the Vietnam War. This program is widely considered to have greatly improved the effectiveness of South Vietnamese government forces and contributed to increased population security in its area of operations and is considered a model worthy of emulation. This study finds that the success of the Vietnam-era Combined Action Program was more qualified than contemporary proponents argue. It argues that successes were tempered, and conditioned, by the choice of junior commanders, the level of operational control enjoyed by the US Marines, and the way the local forces were recruited and deployed. These conditions offer valuable lessons for those seeking to employ combined action not only in present-day Afghanistan, but also in future counterinsurgency campaigns.
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ID:
129764
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ID:
115003
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2011.
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Sea basing is a strategic concept that has been defined in a variety of often contradictory ways. It is officially a joint concept, but it is widely perceived as a parochial tool to justify budget increases for the Department of the Navy. As an
activity, sea basing has been described as both traditional and transformational.
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Many proponents consider it a specific set of hardware-future platforms, such
as the mobile offshore base or additional ships for the Maritime Prepositioning
Force (MPF), like the proposed Mobile Landing Platform, which would allow
for selective off-load of prepositioned material while still at sea.
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A misperceived
exclusive association with amphibious warfare, not currently a priority in the
Pentagon, has largely driven sea basing out of policy discussions at the Office of
the Secretary of Defense (OSD) level. Ironically, sea basing came to prominence
in the past decade under a Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) determined to cut
capabilities from the amphibious fleet so as to fund future surface combatants.
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ID:
132180
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2014.
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Officials recently revealed that secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus had considered ending tobacco sales on Navy and Marine Corps installation. Members of congress quickly balked at what some
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ID:
129790
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ID:
147137
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