Quote Originally Posted by Rifleman View Post
Here's a link to a pdf document about Marine Corps distributed operations. It sort of goes along with what we've been talking about here in that the Marine Corps DO squad design is very similar to the one Bill Long advocated.

http://www.mcwl.usmc.mil/SV/DO%20Cap...20Jan%2005.pdf

Evidently this platoon/squad organization was tested. I've never heard anything about it being adopted.
Former Marine Westhawk has a post about DO experimentation at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab and in Afghanistan...

... The Marine Corps is actively experimenting with distributed operations concepts. The latest issue of Proceedings, the professional journal of the U. S. Naval Institute, described the training and employment of a Marine Corps DO-capable rifle platoon in northeast Afghanistan earlier in 2006. Prior to its deployment to Afghanistan, 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines was sent to two training bases in California. There, it was given special attention by a training team from the MCWL, joined by teams from the British Royal Marines and the Australian army. The results from the platoon’s subsequent experience in Afghanistan are classified. But as a result of that experience, a Marine Corps battalion is now undergoing an upgrade to DO status and will deploy to combat next year...