Ideas & Issues - Marine Corps Association

Talent Management Engagement Platform

Our first step toward a modern talent marketplace The publication of Talent Management 2030 in November of 2021 was a watershed moment in the Marine Corps’ transition from Industrial Era

We Are Currently in the Most Dangerous Period of Force Design 2030

Balancing readiness and modernization Divisions between the Marine Corps and Navy, divestments for Force Design 2030, and a rapidly rising China have created a situation that threatens the ability of

Units of Action

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in the stand-in force To implement the concepts supporting Force Design 2030 (FD2030), the Marine Corps must revise what it considers its key units of action

A New Kind of Intelligence Analyst

Meeting the demands of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations Marine Intelligence professionals have always struggled to stay up-to-date with current developments and maintain relevancy. There is a consistent risk to the

Positional Warfare

Prospects for Ukraine in 2024–2027 The Road to Here Three years into the Ukraine War, it is worth recalling the breathless American and European estimates of Ukrainian collapse, including from

More Effective Education and Training

The importance of the strategic concept Effective military education and training do not take place in a vacuum. Rather, both are elements in a force planning strategy that implements the

The Marine Littoral Regiment’s Missing Link

An unmanned platform for sea denial The Marine littoral regiment (MLR) has been lauded as a stand-in-force capable of conducting sea denial operations.1 However, the MLR’s ability to close self-contained

Strategic Competition and Stand-in Forces

A novel view for tactical units “The current T&E [Training & Education] system is not preparing the Marine Corps for the future operating environment.” —Training and Education 2030 The 2018

The Strategic Gap in the Pacific

Training opportunities in Alaska The former Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), Gen Berger, released guidance to the Marine Corps with the publication of Training and Education 2030. The publication

Aleutian Allure

“Key Maritime Terrain—Any landward portion of the littoral that affords a force controlling it the ability to significantly influence events seaward.”-Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations, Second Edition 2023

The Operational Level of War Does Not Exist

Observation from OIF and OEF During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I served on what was then the Marine Corps Combat Development Command’s Combat Assessment Team. There was a sense