The WRD: The Transformation Of The 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.

America never truly recovered from the shock that followed the collapse of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan, the strike on the Pentagon, the final crashed airline in Shanksville, PA.

The U.S. Marine Corps’ is thought to be one of the five free standing military departments, but in all actuality there is only three departments. The U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy are the only branches of the military that are correctly recognized as their own departments. There are two other Branches of the military that are under the U.S. Navy, one is the United States Marine Corps’. They were created to protect, but now they need protecting from budget cuts and disbanding. In order to protect the Corps’, they need to become their own U.S. Department, with their own funding and supplies.

In Mr. Greene’s first correspondence of March 15th he cited Federal statute 10 U.S.C. 7881 which clearly indicates the Eagle, Globe and Anchor along with the seal and the initials “USMC” (with no mention of Devil Dog or Devil Dogs), are deemed to be insignia of the United States and limits their use as shown in this excerpt of the cited Public Law:

Just like Nicholas Herriman expressed, I often heard growing up that going to college and living on your own is a rite of passage to entering adulthood. I did not join the Marine Corps right out of high school. It was about two years after high school and living on my own when I decided to join the military, however the rites of passage was often used in the military as a way to signify that individuals are now a men for joining the Marines. What makes these two examples not qualify as rites of passage is due to the fact that they were not sudden events. These events were more of a longer transition.

The Marine Corps historical characteristics after the Civil War could be based in part on survivability and the need for the Marine Corps to prove its worth to the United States as a Military Force. The Marine Corps part in the Civil War had been small and not altogether impressive. Both the Army and the Navy did not regard the Marine Corps as useful. This paper will in effect touch on the Marine Corps history from after the Civil War to World War I. It will then converge on a discussion with regards to the fight against the disestablishment of the Marine Corps. (Simmons/Moskin 1998)

Since July 4th, 1776, the United States have been a formidable foe on the battlefield. Taking on forces at home, and abroad, the United States emerges victorious time, and time again. This is not attributed to one person alone. This strength can be attributed to the brave souls of the United States military. We have the Army, and Airforce. Yet, there is one branch that sets itself apart from them both. One that emerged out of the womb of the Navy. That branch, is the United States Marines. From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli, the Marines have been there and conquered it. Though, The Marine Corps was not always known as the tough band of guns the United States had. Like all things, the Marines had a beginning. And quite a beginning it was. This is the story of how the United States Marines changed, and grew over the years.

The United States Marine Corp (USMC) was founded in 1775 during The Revolutionary War. From it’s inception, the ranks of the USMC were filled exclusively by males. Over 143 years later, in 1918, women were finally allowed to enlist. At first, women couldn’t participate in combat and were restricted to a limited number of jobs. As was common at the time, they were not respected by their male counterparts. It took several decades for women to gain respect and to be a allowed the full spectrum of opportunities within the ranks of the Corps. Opha M. Johnson was the one who helped immensely with this. It was because of her that women found and inspiration and a model female marine to follow. She made an impact that was forever-lasting and

The history of the United States military spans way back to over two centuries. During those years, the United States evolved from a new nation fighting Great Britain for independence from 1775 to 1783, through the monumental American Civil War in 1861 to 1865 and, after collaborating in triumph during World War II, to the world's sole remaining superpower from the late 20th century to present. Today the military has there forces broken down into 5 branches. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the Coast Guard. These branches make up the 5 branches of the US military. The first and oldest branch is the U.S. Army, here is more insite information if how the U.S. Army came about to the united states The history of the U.S Army begins in

Senior enlisted leaders are ask to come up with solutions to stop suicide in the Marine Corps. I am going to talk about three topics that I feel important to stop suicide; (1) All hands responsibility, (2) Spiritual guidance, (3) Mental ship awareness program. Suicide is all hands responsibility because Marines are one family that strive to do their best for the best interest of the institution. Marines care for one another and the moment someone commit suicide in the Marine Corps, it has a great impact on our emotional state of mind, mission readiness, and how to deal with suicide while still fresh in our environment. This is important to talk about it vice walking away and let the time cure the unanswered question. After a Marine commit suicide I find it a critical point to educate the force on why taking your life is not the solution, why any suicide is a death that touches someone (Kelly, 2015). Educating Marines that there is a solution to any problem and giving the solutions via resources within the Battalion is important because at least there is chance within reach with someone that you see every day.

Senior enlisted leaders were asked to come up with solutions to stop suicide in the Marine Corps. I am going to talk about three topics that I feel are the best solutions to suicide; (1) All hands responsibility, (2) Spiritual guidance, (3) Mental ship awareness program. Suicide is all hands responsibility because Marines are one family that strive to do their best for the best interest of the institution. Marines care for one another and the moment someone takes their life, it has a great impact on our emotional state of mind, mission readiness, and lack of training at all levels on how to deal with a suicide, why is it important to talk about it vice walking away and let the time cure the pain or the unanswered question. After any suicide I find it as a critical point to educate the force on why taking your life is not the solution, why any suicide is a death that touches someone (Kelly, 2015). Educating Marines that there is a solution to any problem and giving the solutions is important because at least there chances to make a choice just went up because all those resources within reach.

Jeff Schogal once referred to the Marine Corps as, “The Few, the Proud, the Marines,” I hope to become part of the few, the proud, and the marines. The Marines Corps, a military branch will train me to be mentally and physically fit, and will prepare me to a better man, and it will teach me to be a technologist.

History has shown us that though it’s lifetime, the Marine Corps has and will continue to participate in small wars due to its operational nature of being a power projection force that is always ready. From the Banana Wars of the early 20th century to the most recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps has found itself in conflicts vice the large conventional wars that it trains for. Although there is no “one size fits all” approach to the challenges of small wars, as the Joint Operational Environment, 2010, points out, we “(t)he great difficulty U.S. forces will confront in facing irregular warfare is that such conflicts require a thorough understanding of the cultural, religious, political, and historical context within which they are being fought” (pg 67). What this means for the Marine Corps is its approach to in preparing for war must evolve to take into consideration the many facets of why the conflict is being fought/ what is causing the conflict and how balance the Force to provide stability to best win them. Success lies in focusing on the aspects of small wars that intertwine with each other and have proven to be effective across the range of conflict. While there is no type of small war that is more important than another, there is a common element in small wars that the Marine Corps is suited for take into consideration and develop.

Optimal operating organizations are those who embrace teamwork to accomplish shared goals. Although some organizations are effective, there is always room to improve their efficiency. One main adaptive challenge is to change the cultural relationship between Navy Sea Air and Land Operators (SEALs) and the support staff that work within the Naval Special Warfare organization. The personal beliefs and attitudes of individuals within the community are that the SEALs are held to a separate standard and get special treatment when it comes to deviating from those standards. There are some adaptive changes that can be implemented to enhance the overall culture, especially the teamwork within the Naval Special Warfare organization.

The functional areas that will be addressed in this paper include personnel development through training, mentoring, providing feedback, management and leadership. A much needed OD intervention within my organization was employed in order to achieve a better quality of life for the Marines while keeping the integrity both personnel and organizational growth as the main focus. In order to achieve the vision of the organization, the overall goal of improving the performance of all members within the organization would be the best means to acquire the highly desired result of improved morale through performance, while achieving newly established goals.