Maneuver Warfare Collection - Marine Corps Association

The PES

Train like we fight

The symposium assembled disruptive thinkers from across the DOD in order to address the myriad uncertainties and challenges that create barriers to innovation and to propose solutions in order to develop a learning organization that is ready to meet future warfighting challenges.1 This is a bold

On 21st Century Warfare

An urgent call to innovate now or pay later

[...]the Marine Corps must innovate by procuring NLOS-PGMs, reorganizing the light infantry tables of organization and equipment, and shifting heavy conventional equipment to the reserves. J.F.C. Fuller observed, Not understanding the powers of the rifle, the tactics of this war were not discovered

21st Century Maneuver

Mastering maneuver spaces

[...]the combination of technology proliferation, automation of weapons, and constant aerial surveillance make the modern and near-future battlefield more dangerous than it has ever been, with the one exception of World War I. Tactical Trends These trends add up to a battlefield where protection

Future Urban Combat Capabilities

What investments are needed?

The manpower requirements associated with the traditional doctrinal approach to urban combat finds these battlefields can rapidly absorb combat strength, making the commitment to this fight a key decision during course of action development.\n Finally, the senior command element can leverage combat

Creating Capabilities

Performance equals battlefield victory and institutional survival

Urban littoral operations can achieve improved outcomes and lower risk with Marines who can see the hazards and have the savvy to exploit the opportunities like those found in a three block war.3 It was common a few years ago, when talking about developing Marines, to say that "we're aiming to put

21st Century Reconnaissance

Battlefield key component of maneuver warfare

[...]the ability of such forces to interrupt or deceive enemy surveillance measures will become even more important. The changing nature of the fight for information leads to a few questions that should drive Marine Corps efforts to modernize its recon naissance/counterreconnaissance concepts: *

21st Century Combined Arms

Maximizing combat power, flexibility, and responsiveness

Mastery of combined arms fueled the Marine Corps' success in the 20th century, but today there exists far more combat arms capabilities. [...]our view of combined arms must expand in equal measure with the expanding capabilities of the MAGTF. [...]our tradition of decentralized C2 based on mission

21st Century Maneuver Warfare

Absorbing the lessons

Every major combatant attempted to integrate the new weapons but few successfully sustained those efforts after the war. [...]World War I was an example of a conflict where new technologies were being introduced to military organizations that employed outdated tactics. "27 Marine leaders who cannot

Adding Information-Related Capabilities

Increasing force capability to shatter the enemy’s cohesion

The application of integrated lethal and non-lethal fires in maneuver warfare: * Makes the adversary more predictable by physically destroying his capabilities and limiting his options. * Surprises the adversary, causing him to pause or withdraw to reassess the situation. * Creates a loss of will

Russian Reflections and Military Renaissance

The Breckinridge legacy

In "Russia, Leading up to Present Conditions," an unpublished report written shortly after the October 1917 Revolution, Breckinridge framed the historic revolution against the character of Russian society and the void of power in the Baltic region following the First World War.-* Pointing to the

Military Ethics

How maneuver warfare demands adherence to our values

[...]ethical leaders must use the values in JJDIDTIEBUCKLE (judgment, justice, dependability, integrity, decisiveness, tact, initiative, endurance, bearing, unselfishness, courage, knowledge, loyalty, enthusiasm) to help shape their actions, consistently aligning them with our core values.