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CSBA: Advancing Beyond the Beach

Director, Capabilities Development Directorate HQMC, Combat Development and Integration

Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner, Jr. Agile Lethal

Expeditionary Naval

“Marine Corps Operating Concept”

“How an Expeditionary

Force Operates in

the 21st Century”

Situation/ Problem / Key Drivers

Force Development Scene Setter

Operating Concept, Solution: •  BuildsonCS-21R,OMFTS,STOM,EF21

•  ManeuverWarfareinEveryDimension;CombinedArmsinAllDomains

•  FiveCriBcalTasksandIssueAreas

TheMarineCorpsisnotorganized,trainedandequippedtomeetthedemandsofafutureoperaBngenvironmentcharacterizedby...

CMC Foreword Marine Corps

Operating Concept

“Weneedtochangewhereitmakessense,adaptasquicklyaspossible,andconstantlyinnovatetostayaheadofouradversaries.”

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ComplexTerrain

TechnologyProlifera5on

Informa5onIsaWeapon

Ba:leofSignatures

IncreasinglyContestedMari5meDomain

Maneuver Warfare in Every Dimension; Combined Arms in All Domains

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The21stcenturyMAGTF:

•  ConductsmaneuverwarfareinthephysicalandcogniBve

•  EmbracesinformaBonwarfareacrossfivedomains–air,land,sea,space,andcyberspace.

•  Avoidslinear,sequenBal,andphasedapproaches

•  Operatesandfightsatsea,fromthesea,andashore

ü  SpeedandSurpriseü  ControllingTempoü  CommandersIntent

Five Critical Tasks

IntegrateNavalForcetoFightAtandFromtheSea

EvolvetheMAGTF

OperateWithResilienceinaContested-Network

EnhanceManeuver

ExploittheCompetenceofMarine

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Integrate the Naval Force to Fight At and From the Sea

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SubElementsoftheCri5calTask:•  Roleofforwardandreadynavalforces•  MAGTFroleinseacontrolandpowerprojecBon•  IntegraBngcommandstructures•  CreaBnglodgments•  LiXoralOperaBonsinaContestedEnvironment•  ExpediBonaryAdvancedBase(EAB)OperaBons

NavalBoard•  Wargaming•  LogisBcs•  Disaggregated

ARG/MEU

ThenavalservicewillrequirenewcapabiliBesin21stcenturyinformaBonwarfare,longrangefires,unmannedsystems,andcommandandcontrol.Navalsystems,pla_orms,andnetworks,aswellastacBcs,techniques,andproceduresmustbeintegratedtoachieveseamlessinteroperabilityandmutualsupportacrossthenavalforce.

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Evolve the MAGTF

TheMAGTFwillremainour"firstprinciple"forforceorganizaBon.GiventhediversityofpotenBalmissionsandadversarieswewilllikelyfaceinthefuture,wemustretaintheessenBaladvantagesconferredbytheinherentflexibilityandadaptabilityoftheMAGTFMEF-leveloperaBons.

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SubElementsoftheCri5calTask:•  IntegraBngcommand,controlandinformaBonaltools•  UnifiedacBon•  IntegraBngMAGTF-SOFcapabiliBes•  ChallengesofcomposiBng•  Trainandfightasdistributableforces•  ExploiBngautomaBon

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Operate With Resilience in a Contested Network Environment

ThefutureoperaBngenvironmentcompelsustoprotectC2andinformaBonnetworks.C2isafuncBonofacommander’sabilitytosense,makesenseof,andactuponinformaBon.Asamodernforce,wemustconBnuetoputourselvesintoposiBontogainallthepossibleadvantagesofnetworking.

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SubElementsoftheCri5calTask:•  Roleofsignatureinoffenseanddefense.

•  Networkingforrapid/precisefires

•  PushingprocessingpowertothetacBcaledge

•  Enhancedconceptofintelligence

NetworkingOn-the-Move

(ITV)(Airborne)

CommonAviaBon

CommandandControlSystem

TechnologyDenied

EnvironmentExperiments

SensorFusion

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Enhance Our Ability to Maneuver

ManeuverwarfarerequiresacBoninthephysicalandcogniBvedimensionsofconflict.ToincreaseourabilitytodistributeandconcentrateforcesandeffectsthroughoutthebaXlespace,the21stcenturyMAGTFmustbeabletomaneuverequallywellinbothdimensionstoachievepsychological,technological,temporal,andspaBaladvantages.

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SubElementsoftheCri5calTask:•  NavalandliXoralmaneuver

•  Broaderconceptofcombinedarms/IW

•  UrbanoperaBons/complexterrain

•  Infantryandmobility

•  ExpediBonarylogisBcs

•  OperaBonalenergy

AmphibiousShipsOpAvailLX(R)LPD28

AltPla_orms

AcBveProtecBonMIX16CLT/ELT

ShiptoShoreManeuver

ExploraBonandExperimentaBon

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Exploit the Competence of the Individual Marine

AnessenBalingredientofmissionsuccessisthecompetenceoftheindividualMarinetothinkandacteffecBvelyunderchaoBc,uncertain,andadversecondiBons.ThesequaliBesarealsoessenBaltotheconductofmaneuverwarfare,ensuringweareabletoseizetheiniBaBve,keeptheenemyoffbalance,anddictatethetermsofengagement.

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SubElementsoftheCri5calTask:•  Seekinghigh-qualityhumancapital

•  TrainingandeducaBonforanintegratednavalforce

•  DevelopingMarinesforcomplexity

•  Developingleadersateveryechelon

•  Culturallearning

•  Managingtalent

UASGroups408SmallUAS39Quadcopters

RangesandSimulators

(LREC&LVCT)

LeverageTechSavvyYouth

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QUESTIONS

What We Owe Americans Who Fight By: Robert H. Scales, Paul Van Riper The Washington Post, Nov 19, 2010

“They should be asking why

the richest nation on Earth

could not have done more to

help this small infantry unit

spot the enemy ambush from

the air and defeat them with

overwhelming killing power.

For Giunta's sake, please:

No more fair fights.”

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