Marine Corps budgets in the coming years may be more focused on the company, platoon and squad levels, with the service trying to empower lower echelons that will operate with more independence in dispersed operations. – USNI News
Milley has warned before that “we are on the cusp of a fundamental change in the character of ground warfare,.” (The nature of war remains eternally brutal and chaotic). But yesterday at the Association of the US Army’s annual Eisenhower Luncheon, the notoriously blunt general laid out his vision of future combat in more and grimmer detail than I’d ever heard — detail that suggests he’s informed by an intensifying program of secret wargames. – Breaking Defense
Milley has warned before that “we are on the cusp of a fundamental change in the character of ground warfare,.” (The nature of war remains eternally brutal and chaotic). But yesterday at the Association of the US Army’s annual Eisenhower Luncheon, the notoriously blunt general laid out his vision of future combat in more and grimmer detail than I’d ever heard — detail that suggests he’s informed by an intensifying program of secret wargames. – Breaking Defense
After a generation spent fighting guerrillas, the Marines have just rolled out a new concept for high-tech combat against a nation-state — a concept they’re developing in unusually close concert with the Army and Navy. – Breaking Defense
The Marine Corps today released a new operating concept that updates its 2014 Expeditionary Force 21 to include a renewed emphasis on maneuver warfare, while retaining an emphasis on operations in an urban littoral environment against a technologically sophisticated enemy. – USNI News
The Marine Corps wants to change how troops get from ship to shore. And they’re willing to consider just about anything to do it. – Military.com
The Marine Corps today released a new operating concept that updates its 2014 Expeditionary Force 21 to include a renewed emphasis on maneuver warfare, while retaining an emphasis on operations in an urban littoral environment against a technologically sophisticated enemy. – USNI News
The Marine Corps wants to change how troops get from ship to shore. And they’re willing to consider just about anything to do it. – Military.com
On the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, Russian-backed infantry and artillery units have used more than 16 types of drones to identify enemy positions and deliver fire, often within minutes. That’s given Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the decorated tank commander who runs the U.S. Army’s Capabilities Integration Center cause for concern. – Defense One
There’s no doubt in the Army’s Capability Integration Center chief’s mind that the Army must hone its close-combat skills, even as some have suggested America will fight future wars from a safe distance using mostly long-range strike weapons. – Defense News
There’s no doubt in the Army’s Capability Integration Center chief’s mind that the Army must hone its close-combat skills, even as some have suggested America will fight future wars from a safe distance using mostly long-range strike weapons. – Defense News
Navy Reform
The Navy deep-sixed all of its 91 enlisted ratings titles Thursday, marking the beginning of an overhaul of the rigid career structure that has existed since the Continental Navy in a radical shift sure to reverberate through the fleet and the veterans community beyond. – Military Times
The Navy deep-sixed all of its 91 enlisted ratings titles Thursday, marking the beginning of an overhaul of the rigid career structure that has existed since the Continental Navy in a radical shift sure to reverberate through the fleet and the veterans community beyond. – Military Times
The Pentagon’s new Defense Innovation Board had its first meeting Thursday, but it was clear the 15-member panel had been busy over the previous months. – Defense News
Interview: In two separate interviews just prior to the Association of the US Army’s annual conference, Defense News sat down with the top Army acquisition leaders – acquisition chief Katrina McFarland and her military deputy Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson -- to talk about how the service’s effort to reform acquisition is taking shape and its procurement priorities based on a concentrated assessment on the present and future threat picture. – Defense News
Interview: In two separate interviews just prior to the Association of the US Army’s annual conference, Defense News sat down with the top Army acquisition leaders – acquisition chief Katrina McFarland and her military deputy Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson -- to talk about how the service’s effort to reform acquisition is taking shape and its procurement priorities based on a concentrated assessment on the present and future threat picture. – Defense News
The Navy and the Marine Corps are studying installing a vertical launch system in its San Antonio class of amphibious warships that would allow the ships to field larger offensive missiles, service officials told USNI News this week. – USNI News
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