Note. Read the entire article for yourself. I picked out a few tidbits and commented on them.
via USNI News
To be clear, A Concept for Stand-in Forces does not change the things about the Marine Corps that are tried and true, but rather how we prepare for the next fight. That is a subtle but important distinction. The Marine Corps is the United States’ crisis response force. It has been for decades, and it will remain so. We continue to train and deploy Marine air-ground task forces (MAGTFs) and recognize that the whole of a MAGTF is greater than the sum of its parts. We remain an amphibious force that, partnered with amphibious ships, provides our naval and joint force commanders the ready and capable forces they need. And finally, the ethos of Marines has not and will not change. We will continue to attract, recruit, and train warriors who are proud to be the “first to fight”—and to do so with honor.
I don't understand this statement. Has anyone seen one of those loadouts for an MEU today? Something like you see below.
Quite honestly I find it difficult to understand how the "tried and true" missions of crisis response and humanitarian assistance is possible with this new force structure. An MLR to perform a crisis response mission? Its a recon force for the joint force, crisis response is the Army's mission now!
Stand-in forces are units that are task-organized, trained, and equipped to disrupt an adversary’s plans at every point on the competition continuum.
I find this laughable. I didn't post about it on this blog but the Chinese Navy was involved in a standoff with the Philippine Navy WHILE THE US NAVY & MARINES WERE HOLDING JOINT EXERCISES WITH THEM(Philippine Forces)!!!!
The MLR was in no position to deter or disrupt the Chinese Navy's activity during this incident. Perhaps give more visibility but the Navy/Air Force recon aircraft, UAVs and sats told us all we needed to know.
Stand-in forces are not just roving bands of vulnerable Marines, placed on small islands and left to their own devices in the hope that an enemy ship might one day blunder within range. Yes, there are areas in this concept that need improvement, but these difficulties are solvable.
Again laughable! These units survive by not being detected. As currently constructed once that stealth bubble is broken they will be "found, fixed and destroyed" with no chance of escape.
By the very nature of distributed operations they will serve the purpose of letting us know that the enemy destroyed one of our units and that they're likely somewhere in the vicinity of said destroyed unit.
We will continue to task organize and train units for crisis response, raids, and assaults.
What? Why would a combatant commander call for an MEU? From what I've seen the Marine Corps isn't even sure what an MEU looks like! A MEB? WHY! They would get a force of light infantry that lacks the tactical mobility of previous generations, has no armor, has little cannon artillery, has MLRS but is optimized to sink ships. Better to call the 82nd airborne that will have infantry support vehicles, airborne tanks, copious amounts of cannon artillery, arrives by air, has dedicated Air Force support etc...
Adapt or survive?
More like get woke go broke.
This isn't the Marine Corps. This is a coastal defense force that is trying to live on the legacy of its predecessor.
Better to case the colors, shut down the Marine Corps and reboot/rebrand this new organization appropriately.
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