You ever see one of those ideas that you thought had been thoroughly throat stomped, dragged to the river and held under till it was dead, tossed in to feed the catfish/crawfish...only to somehow rise up out of the swamp and come back to haunt you like some weird Walking Dead episode?
If you haven't then let me introduce you to the Enhanced Company Landing Team Concept.
I'm in the process of going through old files to gather the T/O of how the Marine Corps proposes to man/equip this beast but to give you a basic primer I recommend you check out this article by Col Goulding.
What should chill everyone's bones is that the Marine Corps is actually thinking of using CLT's to seize airfields, naval bases, establish forward operating bases and conduct raids (these were mission sets, especially airfield and naval base seizure, that many believed required a MEB).
Independent combat operations for CLT's to last anywhere from 3 to 7 days.
The Special Ops Cabal inside the Marine Corps insists on pushing this concept despite the danger. What we're seeing is General Purpose Forces being pulled toward counter insurgency operations at the expense of being able to conduct conventional warfare. I believe that is a mistake.
More to come.
