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The New Marine Scout Career Field Is Officially Here
The new Marine Scout field, which will have a military occupational speciality, or MOS, code of 0315, will make up a "26-Marine Scout Platoon"...
07/01/26Read it on Task and PurposeU.S. Marines' MADIS Air Defense System Is Getting a Driverless Ride
The US Marine Corps is looking to give its Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) an autonomous boost with IBEX
10h agoRead it on NextGenDefenseMarine Corps ACVs Scrutinized in Congressional Report
With today's armored vehicles vulnerable to drones, congressional researchers are raising questions about the U.S. Marine Corps' new Amphibious...
1d agoRead it on Marine Corps TimesLCSs as Forward Bases for Marine AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters
USS Canberra's operation of a Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper signals a potentially important shift in how U.S. forces could distribute attack aviation...
2d agoRead it on Global Defense NewsThis is Secretary Hegseth's Best Idea
How will the Marine Corps prepare its officers to succeed in high tempo combat environments and to succeed in JWE?
3d agoRead it on RealClearDefense
The Marine Corps' Cottonmouth ARV
The Cottonmouth ARV is a prototype amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle designed to gather, process, and share battlefield information while...
5d agoRead it on The Defense PostThis is Secretary Hegseth's Best Idea
How will the Marine Corps prepare its officers to succeed in high tempo combat environments and to succeed in JWE?
5d agoRead it on RealClearDefense
Tactical Manufacturing: The 7th Function of Marine Corps Tactical Logistics
For decades, U.S. forces moved through permissive global lines of communication (LOC), adhering to the “just-in-time” logistics model. Today, that era is over. America’s adversaries have created a contested environment to delay or deny sustainment. Two major factors threaten American sustainment in the Pacific: the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) capabilities and the Pacific theater's vastness. In a conflict with the PLA, they will seek to disrupt America’s way of war—projecting and sustaining combat power abroad. The new environment requires the Marine Corps’ tactical logistics doctrine to adapt. The
Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations require units to operate in distributed, interconnected nodes inside the weapons engagement zone (WEZ), as does Ground Combat Element (GCE) 2040.
The 7th Function of Marine Corps Tactical Logistics
For decades, U.S. forces moved through permissive global lines of communication (LOC), adhering to the "just-in-time" logistics model. Today, that...
6d agoRead it on RealClearDefenseReport to Congress on Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle
The ACV provides organic, direct fire support to dismounted infantry ...
1w agoRead it on Congressional Research Service
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZoneWho Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist