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Marine Corps Plans For Future War Where Complex Terrain Robs Troops Of Tech Advantage

Marine Corps Plans For Future War Where Complex Terrain Robs Troops Of Tech Advantage
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, prepare to board MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, SPMAGTF-CR-CC, during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel rehearsal drill in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, Oct. 25, 2014.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The Marine Corps is preparing for war in a complex future where it will need to reinvigorate atrophied skills like maneuver warfare from the sea while developing new capabilities for war in complex environments like megacities and cyberspace.Through “continuous and progressive examination” of its current capabilities, potential adversaries and the expected advancement of technology, the service has come up with a Marine Corps Operating Concept (MOC) that prescribes how it will fight future wars…

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