Enhanced MAGTF Operations- USMC's Small Unit Future

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Is this a cunning plan to make the Corps operationally irrelevant?

Why would any force give up being able to do formation level combat operations, unless you want to be beaten into dust by some bunch of clowns with a some combined arms military capability.

Sure if that makes you feel better.

BN-sized MAGTFs are the dominant deployment construct. While in Theater that BN MAGTF will now have the ability to disperse into multiple Coy-sized MAGTFs to cover more of the Theater.

In a time of Crisis a decision will be made based on threat levels, to immediately respond & send in a C-MAGTF while still being able to Re-Aggregate into a BN MAGTF to do "formation level combat operations". Either way the MEU(SOC) will quickly move in for support.

The key strength given to the Theater Commander is Flexibility, Speed, & Escalation of Force.

Crisis Response is a routine mission for the USMC. Some previous USMC CR missions were:

• Securing Embassies/Engaging Rebels in Liberia, Sierra Leone, & Somalia to name a few
• Withdrawing American Citizens in Lebanon under fire
• Show of Force in Rwanda
• Counter-Piracy & supporting Counter-Terrorism in HOA
• Forcibly removing Haitian President Aristide fr/power

The list goes on... All missions that had an initial force of a Marine Coy or less. The Coy-MAGTFs are designed to engage in similar missions quickly w/out leaving a large footprint.

The purpose is to give the T-Comm the exact stated mission of the MAGTF: To provide Scalable, Task-Organized Forces...