Accession Number:

AD1175857

Title:

Operation United Shield and Expeditionary Force 21

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Research Paper]

Corporate Author:

USMC COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Fuller, James C.

Report Date:

2015-05-05

Pagination or Media Count:

29

Abstract:

This paper takes the historical case study of Operations United Shield, Unitas and JOINT GUARDIAN and uses them to both highlight and validate concepts brought forth in the 2014 Marine Corps Capstone Document, Expeditionary Force 21. In light of the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force 21 EF21 concept for future employment, these operations offer lessons for future contingencies by identifying previous successes under similar operational constraints.

Descriptors:

• lessons learned
• warfare
• command and control
• employment
• geography
• personnel management
• united states
• humanitarian assistance
• united states central command
• combat operations
• task forces
• amphibious operations
• combatant commanders
• first responders
• governments
• landing forces
• marine corps

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]