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National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	Marines Prepare to Fight at Sea, on the Ground, From the Air After more than a decade of slogging counterinsurgency warfare, the Marine Corps is preparing for the conflicts of the future.
National Defense July 2005 Harold Kennedy	Marines Seek Better Training, Gear for Urban Combat The U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its emphasis to preparing Marines to fight in urban areas, in addition to deserts, mountains and jungles.
National Defense September 2007 Erwin & Pearce	While Mired in Iraq, Marines Still See Their Future at Sea The Marine Corps for the past four years has committed its people and assets to the war in Iraq. But as the possibility of a force drawdown looms on the horizon, Marine strategists are grappling with fundamental questions about the future.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines to Take Over Responsibilities For Training Foreign Forces The Marine Corps assumes a permanent role in the training of foreign troops. Previously, Marines had done this on an ad hoc basis.
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Taking Cues From New Administration, Naval Forces Shift Focus to Soft Power The Navy and Marine Corps will be turning more attention to "soft power" missions in the coming years, officials said.
National Defense November 2015 Stew Magnuson	Marine Corps R&D Focuses on Urban Scenarios That the Marine Corps would like to return to its expeditionary, sea-based roots after serving the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan is well known.
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National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes	Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines Probing New Ways to Fight Future Insurgencies Officials stress that the aim is not to write a war plan for the current conflict Iraq, but rather to generate fresh ideas for countering so-called "irregular" threats in the coming decades.
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	Leathernecks Sharpen Focus on Cultural Awareness The Marine Corps has launched an effort to improve the ability of its troops to cope with the complex cultural issues that they are encountering in anti-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean	Marines Have Lots of Gadgets, But Not All Are Useful Many of the high-tech devices that Marines use in combat are not as reliable or as user-friendly as they should be, says the commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	While Still at War, Services Brood Over `What's Next?' The business of planning for the future indeed can be scary, especially when it comes to predicting when and where the nation will fight the next war.
National Defense October 2004 Roxana Tiron	Marine Corps Laboratory Strives To Respond to Pressing Needs As Marines prepare for extended combat duty in Iraq, the Corps' research arm is seeking solutions to problems ranging from countering roadside bombs to refining urban combat tactics.
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy	Special Operations Command Plans for Expanded Role in U.S. War on Terrorism The new role for special operations forces would not interfere with the U.S. Central Command's leadership in Iraq or Afghanistan.
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps Faces Gap in Ground Tactical Vehicles Officials say the Corps needs billions of dollars to repair and replace battle-worn vehicles and to modernize its fleet with humvee-like trucks with V-shaped hulls to offer better protection from roadside bombs.
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	Shift to Special Operations Will Not `Gut' the Marine Corps, General Says The Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is the first major Marine Corps component ever to join the U.S. Special Operations Command.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Corps Ponders Options to Expand Armor Forces in Iraq As the demand for armored scout units in Iraq soars, the Marine Corps is reviewing its entire array of combat vehicle programs and is considering revising procurement plans.
National Defense February 2008 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps Makes Strong Pitch for `Sea Bases' Senior Marine Corps officials are asking Navy leaders to commit to a plan to deploy floating military bases within the next decade.
National Defense October 2010 Grace V. Jean	How Marines Will Storm Beaches in The 21st Century While many pundits contend that ship-to-shore fighting is fast becoming archaic, Marine Corps leadership insists that future conflicts may again require amphibious skills.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s.
National Defense February 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Unit to Deploy Under SEAL Command An elite unit of about 85 Marines is scheduled to deploy in April as part of a Navy SEAL squadron. The detachment, for all intents and purposes, formalizes the Marine Corps' relationship with the U.S. Special Operations Command.
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Corps Not Yet Ready To Shake Its Persecution Complex Defense Secretary Robert Gates made it official: The Marine Corps is not going to turn into a "second Army," nor will it have to give up its distinctive role as the nation's 911 force. Regrowing its amphibious roots after a decade of landlocked war has become a cri de coeur for the Corps.
National Defense April 2004 Roxana Tiron	Joint-Service Needs Shape Marine Training Programs The Marine Corps is taking steps to align its training programs with joint requirements, officials said. Under the Defense Department's umbrella project called the Joint National Training Capability, the Marines are, for the first time, investing in technologies such as range instrumentation, to ensure they can participate in JNTC training events.
National Defense February 2008 Grace V. Jean	More Amphibious Ships Are Needed, Marines Contend Marine Corps leaders have stepped up pressure on the Navy to increase the size of the amphibious vessel fleet.
National Defense January 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marine Guards to Get New Small-Arms Training System The U.S. Marine Corps is providing its security guards stationed at embassies and consulates around the world with new, portable virtual small-arms training systems known as the Individual Marksmanship Trainer Enhanced, Marine Security Guard (ISMT-MSG).
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National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	Corps' Trainers Target `Ungoverned' Areas of World The first element of the Marine Corps' new special-operations command already is scrambling to tackle its mission to help prepare the soldiers of under-developed nations to defend themselves against terrorists.
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean	Cost of Current Operations Jeopardize Marine Corps' Modernization Plans Current wars are draining the Pentagon's modernization accounts, not just for the Marines but for the other services as well.
National Defense March 2013 Dan Parsons	Marine Corps Struggles With Sea-Based Supply Lines Modern ship-to-shore invasions rely on smaller forces that wade ashore then draw supplies and ammunition from a ship. A large portion of the force, including leadership, has little experience with "ship-to-objective" scenarios where supplies and command and control remain at sea.
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna	Amphibious Combat Vehicle Competition to Heat Up In its efforts to replace the 30-year-old amphibious assault vehicle, the Marine Corps has traversed a long and bumpy road.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Marine Corps Develops Equipment Wish List The Marine Corps is looking for new capabilities as it prepares to return to its amphibious roots and operate in more challenging environments.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps Prepares For Budget Cuts and Uncertain Future Marine officials say that the force in the coming decades will be just as busy, but it will have to do the job with fewer resources.
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean	Navy Reshuffle Will Move Thousands Of Sailors to Brown-Water Duties The Navy plans to tackle terrorism and other unconventional threats via a massive reorganization that will shift thousands of sailors from traditional duties. This new approach will permit the sea service to conduct operations on land and close up in shallow water.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Review: Beltway Dogfighting at Its Best Military officials have, in recent weeks, been diligently articulating their thinking on how each service contributes to the overall national security strategy.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Harriers, Hornets Headed To Iraq This Fall The Marine Corps will be deploying fighter jets to Iraq, not necessarily to drop bombs, but to take over reconnaissance and surveillance missions previously performed by helicopters.
National Defense August 2015 Allyson Versprille	Marine Corps Developing Low Cost Robot Swarms to Counter Enemy Drones As the technology for unmanned systems proliferates, one of the biggest challenges facing the military today is countering small, inexpensive drones used by the enemy in unexpected ways, said a Marine Corps official.
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons	Amphibious Combat Vehicle Stalled Amidst Budget, Requirements Uncertainty A premier Marine Corps' acquisition program, and one of its most historically troubled, is on indefinite hold as officials continue to parse what exactly is needed in a new amphibious combat vehicle.
National Defense September 2007 Jessica Pearce	Marines Get Heavier Dose of Ethics Education A series of scandals involving civilian killings in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq, have drawn renewed attention to the way Marines are trained for combat.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Facing Uncertainty, Navy Contemplates `Alternative Futures' Navy officials worry that fleet expansion efforts could be wrecked if the Defense Department cuts naval budgets to pay for the addition of thousands of troops to the Army and Marine Corps over the next four years.
National Defense January 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Weighed Down by Heavy Hardware, Marine Brigades Go on a Diet The idea that marine units are becoming so weighed down by equipment they are beginning to resemble the Army has been an irritant to Marine Corps' senior leaders for several years.
National Defense October 2012 Dan Parsons	Frugality, Careful Timing Drive Marines' Modernization Plan For a decade, the Marine Corps has poured money into bomb-resistant trucks and other vehicles specifically designed for use in Iraq and Afghanistan while neglecting its amphibious fleet.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marine Corps Ponders Latest MRAP Lessons As thousands of mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles are rushed to the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials say that the enemy already has found ways to beat the heavily armored trucks, known as MRAPs.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marines Likely to Curtail Ground-Vehicle Wish List The Marine Corps is struggling to keep its ground-vehicle modernization plans afloat.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	War Experience Provides Rationale For Marine Corps Logistics Reform U.S. Marines in Iraq generally are having an easier time managing and distributing battlefield supplies than they did during the early phases of the conflict more than a year ago.
National Defense April 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marines Struggle to Begin Rebuilding Force in `07 The Marine Corps is requesting a budget of $18.2 billion, but only a fraction of that will go to buy new equipment. The Corps will need nearly $10 billion in additional funds to help the service begin to recover from the Iraq war and reorganize for an extended campaign against terrorism.
National Defense November 2006 Stew Magnuson	Progress at Warfighting Lab Measured in Ounces Reducing the weight Marines must bear in the field is one of the Marine Corps warfighting laboratory's primary goals.
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean	Marine Programs Need to Regain Credibility, Says Acquisition Chief The Marine Corps must fix its troubled procurement programs and restore its reputation on Capitol Hill if it wants to secure needed funding for new equipment, said a senior acquisition official.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines Seek `Combat Tactical Vehicle' to Replace Humvees The Marine Corps intends to replace its fleet of more than 20,000 Humvee trucks with larger, sturdier vehicles that are better suited to the rigors of combat.