SPMAGTF - The Band-Aid For Marine Corps Relevance: MAGTF Composition Challenges and Opportunities in Support of Future Crisis Response

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Abstract:

Today and for the past five years, the Marine Corps has provided the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) as the land-based, stationary, forward-deployed choice for the geographic combatant commander (COCOM) in support of crisis response. If the occurrence of a crisis is uncertain and categorized as a testing time, what if the Marine Corps SPMAGTF was truly tested, would it succeed? Would its force structure, which currently consists of a regimental headquarters, an infantry battalion, and limited organic logistics and aviation support, be able to respond to crises against the types of near-peer to peer level adversaries that may exist in 2025? Perhaps the continued employment of the Marine Corps SPMAGTF in support of crisis response is simply a Band-Aid for the Corps ability to respond to tomorrows crises that must evolve or risk being exposed for being woefully inadequate for the threats the nation will face over the next ten to fifteen years.

Author(s):
Flynn, George J. Iii
Author Organization(s):
MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
Funding Organization(s):
MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA, QUANTICO , VA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Master's Thesis
Publication Date:
2018 May 01
Pagination:
24

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Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

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Collection: TRECMS
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Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
marine corps operations, marine corps, task forces, environment, new york, united states, combatant commanders, force structure, ground based, abstracts, security
Keyword(s):
SPMAGTF(Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force), Crisis Response, future war
Subject Categories:
Military Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Sep 01
Update Date:
2022 Nov 09