Deputy Commandant,Combat Development

and Integration

Brief to the Navy League Special Topic Breakfast

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Outline:• CD&I/MCCDC: Who We Are and What We Do• Major Rocks in the Ruck• Concept Based Requirements• Expeditionary Force 21• Force Development Focus Areaso Seabasingo Combat Vehicles

• Amphibious Vehicle Replacement Strategy

Commanding General,Marine Corps

Combat Development Command

LtGen Kenneth J. Glueck Jr.

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CD&I and MCCDC Organization and LOEs

Develop and integrate Marine Corps warfighting capabilities

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Deputy Commandant,Combat Development

and Integration

Commanding General,Marine Corps Combat

Development Command

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Major Rocks in the Rucksack

• Institutionalizing Expeditionary Force 21

– MEB CONOPs and Naval Integration

• Ground Combat Vehicle Strategy

• Amphibious Shipping and Connectors

• Maintaining the ‘Reawakening’ Momentum in our School Houses

• Maintaining our Expeditionary Training Standards

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Concept Based Requirements

Marine Corps Concepts such as...

Ship-to-Objective Maneuver (STOM)

Operational Maneuver From the Sea (OMFTS)

Seabasing...are now being executed

So What’s Next?...

Expeditionary Force 21

Refocus on our expeditionary culture

Prepared for Today’s Crisis, with Today’s Force, Today!

“Prepared to do the same with less”

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• Covers 10-year planning horizon• Identifies operating environment• Defines how we will operate• Prioritizes required capabilities • Informs USMC concepts

Expeditionary Force 21Background

CMC Guidance

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Expeditionary Force 21 Future Operating Environment

Defining The New Normal 6

Arc of Instability

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o Immediately available for crisis response

o Positioned forward / routinely engaged

o Leverage alternative naval platforms and shorebasing

• Provides the Geographic Combatant Commands:

o JTF capable HQso Regionally focused forces for

steady state activitieso Ability to adjust positioning “on-the-

fly” – Sea as Maneuver Spaceo Improved response times to seize

the initiative

Expeditionary Force 21Increased Forward Presence

Strategically located assets--distributed capabilities where it makes sense

• Expeditionary Force 21 envisions a posture that ensures 1/3 of the Marine Corps operating forces are:

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Forward: 7 Infantry BNs: 3 MEU CEs; 3 SPMAGTFs; III MEF UDP33-38 Ships provides capacity to support ARG/MEUs &

independent ships supporting SPMAGTFs

(4 BNs)

(1 BN)

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LPS

LPS

OBJ B

OBJ A

12-25 nmCDCM

defeated, w/ escort

amphibs can close to 12nm for ACV launch

30-50 nmThreat mitigated; JFMCC can protect

Sea Echelon Area for air and surface

connector operations/launch

Improved Air and Surface Connectors Allow for High Speed Littoral Maneuver

Expeditionary Force 21OMFTS & STOM Remain Valid

We are using a modified “toolbox” & CONOPS

65+ nmPower

projection to raid and

defeat A2AD; open

penetration points

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…because we can do this

Will not repeat Iwo Jima

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Force Development Focus Area:Seabasing

Mitigate risk of fewer amphibious ships with innovate integration of alternative

naval platforms and connectors 9

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ACV: Research in pursuit of a high-water speed capability

Connector StrategyWork closely with our Naval partners on the

next generation of surface connectors.

AAV InvestmentSurvivability

Enhancement

ACV Phase I:

Increment I: Off the Shelf

Increment II: Right Number of Variants

ACV Phase II: Continued research in pursuit of HWS

Amphibious Vehicle Replacement Strategy

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Why Reprioritize Now?

• Growth potential (historic growth 20-25%)

• Insufficient ground mobility and durability associated with HWS

• Area denial capabilities seek to deny intervention through combined threats

• We need a faster solution

Way forward...• Address readiness and operational issues AAV upgrade• Develop an Armored Personnel Carrier optimized for shore based operations

Growth capacity Decreased cost Decreased fuel consumption Capacity for ballistic protection

Increase reliability over tracked Potentially robust littoral swim Exceptional mobility on and off roads Reduced Signature

• Continue to push technology on High Water Speed development

Today...HWS requires too many trade offs for the price

Greater Mobility and Reliability Right Now

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QUESTIONS

"With respect to equipment we should emphasize simplicity, ruggedness and

ease of maintenance. And in design and gadgetry the characteristics we demand

should be pattern of the necessary rather than the ideal. We shall continue to strive to obtain in a timely manner

the best possible combat equipment.“General David M. Shoup,

CMC, 4 January 1960