The United States Marine Corps

In recent history, the Marine Corps offered only limited options to the combatant commander to respond to crises. This response capability was usually resident within the Marine Expeditionary Unit in the form of noncombatant evacuation operations, foreign humanitarian assistance, and embassy reinforcement. However, as the global climate has shifted from a Cold War, or even OIF I, paradigm to one of small conflicts or crises of short duration. Within this context the Marine Corps continues to seek to match its unique capability sets to the dynamic challenges of the 21st century, developing concepts such as Expeditionary Force 21, which seeks to provide options for contingencies through globally dispersed assets and capabilities.

They are the most efficient and effective response option when unexpected threats face America. The United States Marine Corps maintains a constant state of being prepared. "The American people believe that when a crisis emerges, Marines will be present and will invariably turn in a performance that is dramatically and decisively successful—not most of the time, but always. The investment in the Marine Corps continues to be an investment in the character of the young people of our country." (General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps)

They are considered an amphibious force because they operate on both land and water (“Marine Corps”). They receive most of their support from the U.S. Navy. The original purpose of the Marines was to guard ships from raid. Now their purpose has expanded and evolved to protect a multitude of things. They also have a considerable amount of aircraft.

The (LCPL) used solely by the Marines in the Guadalcanal operation was of poorly design. The sole purpose of the LCPL craft design was to enhance the operation of deploying ground troops and equipment in a combat zone amphibiously in shallow water with sandy bottoms and minimal hard surfaces like rock and coral. It was not designed to with stand rough seas or volcanic coral rock of the Pacific waters.

The United States of America has been involved in many different conflicts, foreign and domestic, popular and unpopular, spanning across four centuries and all corners of the globe. From the warm coastal waters of the American homeland to the atolls of the Pacific, from the winding inland rivers of Vietnam to the chokepoint at the Strait of Hormuz, American sailors have valiantly stood up to defend America’s interests at home and abroad. The Navy has had to continuously update its vessels and technologies in order to keep up with the rapidly changing times, and ensure we not only stay competitive with but surpass the foreign competition. No other period in history has undergone the swift technological evolution that our troops experience

The Marines ability to make a decision quickly in the heat of battle will give the Marine the advantage over the enemy. These quick decisions will allow the Marine to spend more time thinking about the enemy’s course of action or avenue of approach. Irregular warfare will consist of bazaar tactics by the enemy; however, all parties of irregular warfare are human and have similar tendencies that can be predicted and foreseen. Training to certain scenarios like weapon malfunctions, loss of key members, and loss of communication will allow Marines to take swift action in resolving the problem while not compromising the mission. While training to certain scenarios, it is important to know that it is impossible to train to every scenario that a Marine may

Those challenges are located in dispersed area and different country, but most of the area of disaster located where the sea and land merge. In the maritime world whereas all activities of trade and social life activities occurred indicate that 80% peoples are resides within 100 miles of coastline. This situation required the expanding concept of littoral maneuver to hundreds of miles inland to resolve crises and the US Marine Corps need to aware about the geographical challenge in built strategy on littoral aspect. Moreover, in order to be ready on those challenges, the US Marine Corps seek for the future Naval integration capability development. The US Marine Corps will strengthen their partnership with the Navy and Coast Guard by find out the best way in operating effectively through maritime domain . This synergy of the US Marine Corps, US Navy and Coast Guard within their unique capabilities of their assets, like maneuver on the sea and water surface could meet the sufficient needs and the effectiveness of coordination among services for the planning and to conduct the theater level security

The United States has to maintain the ability to conduct globally irregular and conventional warfare to preserve its status as a superpower and credibility as a reliable partner. Nevertheless, America faced severe constraints for U.S. military forces due to its over $17 trillion national debt and the enacted sequestration. Therefore, a balance and prioritization is necessary to accomplish national strategic objectives, retain military and economic reliability, and solve financial limitations.

Another factor that has affected the development of amphibious operations is the reduction of defense budget. The Marine Corps along with other services has managed the reduction in funding by cutting capacities. Many procurement programs, capabilities, and force structures were under severe examination. The fiscally restrained environment associated with the questioned relevance of amphibious operations hit severely amphibious forces that are

Government downsized the military budget, in hopes to regulate the nation’s economy. As a result, the resources available dwindled, and each of the branches developed a plan that concentrated on specific efforts for production. Emmel discusses the distinct plans of each branch, and how it hurt the collective efforts of the military. This reduction in military services drove the branches further away from each other, and effectively increased the divide between collective efforts required for an amphibious campaign. The Marine Corp struggled in their own efforts at this time, as the budget constraints resulted in failed missions. They simply did not have enough manpower to seize lands. As a replacement for the lack of funds, the Marine Corps primary objective was placed in the hands of Major General Commandant John A. Lejeune. Emmel goes on to explain how placing an entire branch’s efforts on a single Commander’s tactics is not conducive to successful campaigns. It wasn’t until the Navy and Army participated in Joint Overseas Expeditions that cooperation developed and the amphibious doctrine moved in a positive direction (Emmel, 63). From the mid 1930s up until the brink of World War II, the U.S. military worked together, in hopes of forming a strengthened doctrine that would succeed in the toughest of conditions, such as World War

The general capabilities required by the Joint Force in 2025 will be a global surveillance and strike (GSS) network, increased naval and air investments and ensuring cyber technology outpaces adversaries. Based on the current U.S. strategic direction and global security environment these capabilities are necessary. Satellites and cyber technology will be part of the design of the GSS system. The U.S. military will be able to strike quickly and remain engaged for increased periods while additional forces move to the area of concern using the GSS system. Increased Navy and Air investments in submarines, ships, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV’s) is critical. The Navy and Air Force allows us to project power to areas of the world far from our base of operations. Air power also enables us to provide support for ground forces while providing deterrence and denial of enemy forces. Cyber investments and security are critical because cyber technology will increasingly be the engine that runs our future military and allows us to attack adversary’s cyber networks and infrastructure. The U.S. Army will see a reduction in tactical armor units while the U.S. Marine Corps remains at the current level of equipment and personnel. After each capability are associated Risk.

According to the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, “it is often highlighted the US Marine Corps has not conducted an amphibious assault since the Korean War, although technically this is not true. The Marine Corps has conducted 4 amphibious assaults in just the last 2 decades.” (Emphasis added) Lt. General George Flynn argues that “in the past twenty years U.S. amphibious forces have responded to crises least one hundred and four times. These operations represent a crisis response rate more than double that of the Cold War.” (Emphasis added)

     The proper involvement of our Navy will be a strong hand for America to play. We will be able to have a full arsenal of air craft and troop transports placed in the right areas around the nations in question . The rockets carried by some of

After the last attacks in June the U.S Military deploy the thirty-second Marine expedition Unit are currently deployed to the North Pacific Ocean to react if any kind of cyber or terror crime does occur from Asia. Cybersecurity has become the U.S. government priority in the past year, after a string of denial of service (DOS) attacks on government computers and hacking attempts of the CIA main computers, But while many of these sophisticated cyberattacks have sought to inconvenience governmental agencies that have little impact on day-to-day public life, many in the government are increasingly worried about an attack on the energy sector.

“THE ABILITY OF AMPHIBIOUS FORCE TO INFLICT GRAVE INJURY UPON THE FOE IS USUALLY IMMENSE. THE CAPABILITY OF PURELY NAVAL FORCE TO CAUSE THE ADVERSARY DAMAGE IS OFTEN VERY LIMITED.”