A Look At Soviet Deep Operations Is There An Amphibious Operational Maneuver Group In The Marine Corps Future
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A Look at Soviet Deep Operations
Author: United States Marine Corps Command and Staff School
language: en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date: 2014-04-04
This study is based on the supposition that the future employment of U.S. military forces will be in joint operations focused against third world threats. The current trend of proliferation of high-technology weapons to third world countries will result in many nations that have small, but modern, forces with high battlefield leverage. Faced with less resources, more potent threats, and the need to win quickly, future joint commanders will be required to employ their forces with imagination. To win, they must seize the initiative early and hold it to the end. This study suggests that a joint doctrine that emphasizes the full potential of deep operations to impact battle on an operational level provides the means to rapidly defeat the enemy. This study examines the feasibility of adapting the more prescriptive Soviet deep operations doctrine for use in future U.S. joint campaigns. To determine the feasibility of using Soviet deep operations doctrine as a template for a more thorough U.S. deep operations doctrine, the development and features of Soviet deep battle and deep operations theory are explored to identify lessons of possible benefit. The Soviet Manchurian Campaign of August 1945 is examined to validate Soviet theory. This theory of deep operations, as manifested by an amphibious OMG, is then evaluated to determine applicability to future Marine Corp amphibious operations.
A Look at Soviet Deep Operations: Is There an Amphibious Operational Maneuver Group in the Marine Corps' Future?.
What is the feasibility of adapting the concepts of Soviet deep operations theory to future Marine Corps and joint operations? This paper is based on the supposition that the future employment of U.S. military forces will be in joint operations focused against third world threats. The current trend of proliferation of high-technology weapons to third world countries will result in many nations that have small, but modern, forces with high battlefield leverage. Faced with less resources, more potent threats, and the need to win quickly, future joint commanders will be required to employ their forces with imagination. To win, they must seize the initiative early and hold it to the end. This paper suggests that a joint doctrine that emphasizes the full potential of deep operations to impact battle on an operational level provides the means to rapidly defeat the enemy. The paper examines the feasibility of adapting the more prescriptive Soviet deep operations doctrine for use in future U.S. joint campaigns. To determine the feasibility of using Soviet deep operations doctrine as a template for a more thorough U.S. deep operations doctrine, the development and features of Soviet deep battle and deep operations theory are explored to identify lessons learned. The Soviet Manchurian Campaign of August 1945 is examined to validate this theory. The theory of deep operations, as manifested by an amphibious operational maneuver group, is then evaluated to determine its applicability to future Marine Corps amphibious operations. The United States should adopt a joint doctrine, similar to that envisioned by the Soviets in the late 1980s, that emphasizes the full potential of deep operations to impact battle on an operational level, and provides the means to rapidly defeat the enemy.
The U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, 1951-2001
From the Foreword: The following account represents a significant look at a half century of U.S. Marine Corps effort in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. This has been and is still the location of the Corps cold weather and mountain training facility. Over time the needs and demands for Marines and units prepared to operate under these conditions waxed and waned with the real world requirements of deployed forces. This was reflected in the realities of conflicts in the Korean Peninsula, the Cold War's northern and southern flanks, and in the current Global War in Terrorism fight in Afghanistan and elsewhere. While the future is often uncertain, this firm look at the past is useful to show how previous challenges have prompted creative and innovative responses. This is as much a story of evolution as an institution.--p. iii.