Marine Corps Force Design

January 4, 2023

Marine Corps Force Design

Modernizing in Support of the Joint Force

Brigadier General Mark H. Clingan

Assistant Deputy Commandant, Capabilities

Development; Combat Development & Integration

Headquarters Marine Corps

March 2023

The overall classification of this brief is: UNCLASSIFIED

Pacing Threat Modernization: 2025

The Character of War Last 100 years

Strategic Bombing; near Total War

Limited War; Established US global military presence

Guerrilla Warfare

Air Superiority; Uncontested buildup of combat power

The IED; Owning the night

All domains space cyber, remote & UxS; A2AD capabilities

38th Commandant’s Planning Guidance

Force Design

Warfighting

Education and Training

Core Values

Command and Leadership

“What do the Fleet Commanders want from the Marine Corps, and what does the Navy need from the Marine Corps?”

General Berger, 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Threat Informed, Concept Based, Capability Development

Stand-in Force Concept

Designed specifically to operate across the competition continuum to impose challenges the adversary cannot ignore.

Strategically placed where they can collect targeting data, strike and close choke points, or herd adversaries to areas where Naval and Joint Forces can bring more weapons to bear.

In day to day activity, SIF deter potential adversaries by establishing the forward edge of a partnered maritime defense in depth that denies the adversary freedom of action.

Purpose of SIF is to enable the Fleet and the Joint Force to win the reconnaissancecounter reconnaissance battle at every point along the competition continuum.

Sensors

• G/ATOR

Kill Web Capabilities

• MUDRACE

• MADIS

• SIGINT

• Minotaur

• Unattended Maritime Sensors

• Tactical Remote Sensor System

C2 Relay

• CAC2S SFF

• NOTM

• SERPNT

• UAS Group 2 3 ISR

• C5 ISRT

• Space

• EABs/ANBs

• Naval Surface Platforms

“Shooters”

Lethal & Non Lethal Marine

• NMESIS

• 35

• MEGFOS Joint

• Cyber • Space

• LRUSV – OPF M

• Naval Aviation

• Naval Surface

• Naval Subsurface

Competition to Conflict

 Logistics in the Littoral Wargame [23-27 Aug 2021]

 Iterative Future Infantry Bn Series Wargames [Oct 2021Feb 2022]

 Exercise NATIVE FURY 22 [Mar 2022]

 CNA Study on Prepositioning [March 2022]

 Iterative MLR Series Wargame [Mar-Jun 2022]

 EW22 Wargame #1 [7-11 Mar 2022]

 Supporting Establishment TTX [Mar 2022]

 Operational Logistics Wargame [Apr 2022]

 AGILE-22 Wargame [18-22 Apr 2022]

 Naval Contested Logistics Wargame II [2-6 May 2022]

 EW22 Wargame #2 [16-20 May 2022]

 Exercise VALIANT SHIELD 22 [Jun 2022]

 Advance Base Wargame MALTESE DRAGON [15-26 Aug 2022]

 Global Positioning Network IPT [12-23 Sept]

 Naval Services Game [OPLOG focus; 17-21 Oct 2022]

 Enterprise Log IPT II [29 Nov – 9 Dec]

 Contested Logistics S&T Wargame [27 Jan -3 Feb]

 Advance Base Wargame #2 MALTESE DRAGON [Apr 23]

 PACSENTRY [Jun 23]

Contested Logistics

In the future operating environment Logistics and Sustainment is not just a supporting effort, it is a tool for competition and deterrence

Partners and Allies

The impact of working with allies and partners cannot be overstated; it is key to undermining the adversary’s plans and is a primary reason stand-in forces’ presence must be persistent.

SIF provide ways and means to assist allies and partners in securing their maritime sovereignty.

Coupled with partnered operations, bilateral exercises, and combined staff training, SIF represent the leading edge in defense in depth.

By building and strengthening relationships we achieve the first step in integrated deterrence.

Talent Management

Seven decades after its creation, the Marine Corps personnel system is overdue for a fundamental redesign. Our organization, processes, and approach to personnel and talent management are no longer suited to today’s needs and incompatible with the objectives of Force Design 2030. Transitioning to a talent management focus, and system, is required. Without profound improvements made at speed, the deficiencies in the current system will result in the failure of broader service modernization efforts.

The Next Steps TM2030

Rebalance Recruiting and Retention

• Retention Task Force

• Total Force Retention

• Retention Ecosystem Modernization

Multiple Paths to Career Success

• Human Performance Strategy

 Yesterday’s Industrial Age Model

o The Urgency of Change

 Tenets of a Talent Management System

o Marines are individuals, not inventory

o Talents can be identified and evaluated

o Talents can be developed

o Matching talents to duties maximizes performance

o Incentives power the system

o Always a boat space for talent

o Data drives decision-making

 New Models for Recruiting Talent

o Rebalance recruiting and retention to mature the force

o Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Talent Management

o Specialized recruiting for individuals with critical skills

 Assignments

o Creating a talent marketplace

o Reduce PCS Frequency

• Cmd vs Staff Track

• Technical Career Paths

Human Resource Information System

• Hire to Retire System

• Data Strategy OPT

• Cradle Grave Data Analytics

• Lateral Entry/Reserve Permeability

o 360-degree Feedback

 Increasing Career Flexibility

o Promotion Opt-out

o Creating a path for Talented Staff Officers

o Lateral move retention incentive

o Retaining High Performing Officers

o Enhancing Parental Leave

• Enlisted Indef EAS

• NET MOD OPT

 Adopting Modern Digital Tools, Analytics, and Processes

o Prioritizing data and employing better analytics

o Decision support tools for promotion and selection boards

o Upgrading HR Systems

Marine Corps Armored Vehicles

Maritime Crisis Response

Marine Corps Remains The Nation’s Premier Global Crisis Response Force

Modernization across all warfighting functions enhances our ability to remain a global crisis response force in a 21st century operating environment.

Key Takeaways

The character of war is changing Force Design 2030 is a holistic modernization effort to adapt the force to win a 21st century conflict

2030 is a way point, not the end of modernization

Our emerging concepts and modernized capabilities will continue to be molded through rigorous experimentation and analysis.

Our doctrine of maneuver warfare places a premium on individual judgment and action

To compete at peak effectiveness we must recruit, invest-in, and retain the right people, with the right skills, for the right duties

The Marine Corps remains the nation’s premier global crisis response force

Discussion

Acronym List

AAV – Amphibious Assault Vehicle

ACV – Amphibious Combat Vehicle

ANB – Advanced Naval Base

AUGV- Armed Unmanned Ground Vehicle

CAC2S SFF– Common Aviation Command & Control System Small Form Factor

CESAS II – Communication Emitter Sensing and Attacking System II

C5 ISR-T – Command, Control, Computers, Communication, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance Targeting

EAB - Expeditionary Advanced Base

G/ATOR – Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar

HIMARS – High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

HMMWV – High Mobility Multi-wheeled Vehicle

LAV-25 – Light Armored Vehicle

LAW/LSM – Light Amphibious Warship/Landing Ship Medium

LCAC – Landing Craft Air Cushion

L-MADIS- Light-Marine Air Defense Integrated System

LRUSV – Long-range Unmanned Surface Vessel

MADIS - Marine Air Defense Integrated System

M-ATV – MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle

MEGFOS - Multi-function Electromagnetic warfare

Ground Family of Systems

MRAP – Mine Resistant Ambush Protected

MRIC – Medium Range Intercept Capability

MST – Maritime Strike Tomahawk

MUDRACE – Multi-domain Radar for a Contested Environment

NMESIS – Navy Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System

NOTM – Network on the Move

NSM – Naval Strike Missile

OPF-M – Organic Precision Fires – Mounted

ROGUE – Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary for Fires

SCAR – Secure Commercial Agile Reach back

SERPNT – Secure Expeditionary Resilient Position

Navigation & Timing

SIGINT – Signals Intelligence

sUAS – Small Unmanned Aviation System

UAS – Unmanned Aviation Systems

ULS-A – Unmanned Logistics System - Air VBAT – VTOL Bat

VMAX – Not an acronym – a system used by SIGINT Marines to survey the field from electromagnetic perspective and offers electronic attack capabilities

VTOL- Vertical Take Off and Landing

A THREAT-INFORMED, CONCEPT-BASED, CAMPAIGN OF LEARNING

PRE 2020 2020 2021

STRATEGIC GUIDANCE THREAT ANALYSIS CONCEPTS

STUDIES & ANALYSIS

WARGAMING EXPERIMENTATION

DISTRIBUTED MARITIME OPERATIONS

• JOINT FORCE OPERATING SCENARIO (JFOS) 2.2

• GBASM

• PACFLT 11

• JSF B/C

• GRND RADAR

• INTEGRATED NAVAL FORCE STRUCTURE

LITTORAL OPERATIONS IN A CONTESTED ENVIRONMENT

• JFOS 2.2 NAVAL SERVICES EXCURSION

• FMF SELF AND POINT DEFENSE

• ARV ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES

EXPEDITIONARY ADVANCE BASE OPERATIONS

• CONNECTOR GAPS IN LOCE

• MOBILITY CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS

• FUTURE NAVAL FORCE STUDY

• GHOST FLEET

• GHOST FLEET 2

• ENDER’S SHADOW

• PACIFIC SURPRISE

• POM-22

• BLACK SHEEP

• OP WG SYS

• TRIDENT JUNCTURE-19

• SLTE

• RIMPAC-20

• PACFLT 12

• GO WARGAME

• EW 20

• NSG 20

• VALIANT SHIELD-20

• IBX-30

• STEEL KNIGHT-20

• PROVIDENT FORGE

• OIE

• III MEF

• MLR SERIES

JOINT WARFIGHTING CONCEPT

• JFOS 2.1 CAMPAIGN ANALYSIS

• III MEF FD IMPACT

• FORCE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

• LOGISTICS C2

• C2 ENABLERS

• FORWARD ENGAGEMENT CONCEPT 2.0

• MEU SERIES

• POM-24

• LITTORAL MANEUVER

• LITTORAL LOG

• EW -21

• ENIGMA SERIES

• PACFLT 13

• PACFLT 14

• LSE-21

• TALISMAN SABER

• PROJECT

CONVERGENCE-21

• IBX-30

• MWX

INTEGRATED PLANNING TEAMS

• MLR PT.1

• MEU PT.1

• RESERVE PT.1

• INFANTRY BATTALION

• BISOG MANPOWER

• AVIATION PT.1

• LOGISTICS ISO FMF

• ARTILLERY

• MEDIUM RANGE AIR DEFENSE

• TRAINING & EDUCATION

• COMMAND ARRANGEMENTS

• GROUND COMBAT & TACT VICS

• RECON / X-RECON

CAMPAIGN OF POMS

POM-21

A PIVOT TO FORCE DESIGN

• LITTORAL MANEUVER & SUSTAINMENT

• PREPOSITIONING

• NAVAL TACTICAL GRID

• ANTI-SHIP CAPABILITIES

• SYNCHRONIZATION

• ENTERPRISE LOGISTICS

• ISR ENTERPRISE PT.1

• MLR PT.2

• C5ISRT / X-C5ISRT

• MEU PT.2

• RESERVE PT.2

POM-22

FORCE DESIGN

2022

SECNAV POM-24

STAND-IN FORCES

• JFOS 2.2040 CAMPAIGN ANALYSIS

• II MEF IAMD

• AMPHIB FLEET

• SURFACE MOVEMENT CAPABILITIES

• FORWARD

RECON / COUNTERRECON

• GLOBAL 21

• THREAT TTX

• AVIATION

• OIE

• EW -22 PT.1

• EW -22 PT.2

ENGAGEMENT CONCEPT 3.0

• ARV MARITIME

QUARTERBACKING

• MAGTF FIRES

• FUTURE INF BN TRNG

• MUX FoUAS PT. 2

• GLOBAL 15

• RXR

• PACIFIC CASCADE

• MLR SERIES

• NSG-22

• RIMPAC-22

• VALIANT SHIELD-22

• PROJECT CONVERGENCE-22

• IBX-30

• INSTITUTIONAL SAP

• INTEGRATED AIR & MISSILE DEFENSE

• LITTORAL MANEUVER

• SYNCHRONIZATION

POM-23

MATURING KILL WEBS

• AVIATION PT.2

• COMPONENCY

• STEEL KNIGHT-22

• MWX

• COLD RESPONSE

• ARTIC EDGE-22

• ALL-DOMAIN C2

• MCISRE PT. 2

• COMMUNICATIONS FORMATIONS

• SERVICE RETAINED FORCES

• NEF

• ISR ENTERPRISE PT.2

• SYNCHRONIZATION

• GPN

• sUAS

• ENTERPRISE LOG PT. 2

POM-24

SET & SUSTAIN

THE STAND-IN FORCE

Concepts

Modernized Efforts Under Proven Process

Wargaming

Explore emerging concepts using simulations and qualitative models, methods, and tools (MMT) in order to identify areas for follow-on study and analysis.

Operations Analysis

Scenario & Threat

Conduct operations research and analysis using quantitative MMT in order to inform programmatic decisions.

Systems / Kill – Chain Analysis

Force Design

Carry out systems analysis using scientific MMT in order to inform programmatic and budgeting decisions.

Experimentation

Future Force Assessment

• Roles & Missions

• CONEMPS

• Mission Threads

• Capabilities

• Capacities

• Risk

Concepts

Deception

Deception seeks to achieve surprise in support of a commander’s objective.

Deception is one of three ways to achieve surprise; ambiguity and stealth.

Intent is to give the enemy a clear picture of the situation, but the wrong picture.

MCDP 1 Warfighting, p. 43 44

Deception is an art, not a science –

It does not depend on technology but rather is enabled by it

MUDRACE

CAC2S SFF

MRIC

MADIS

MADIS

G/ATOR 1.0

KC 130J

LSM

ULS

CH 53K

NMESIS NSM

ROGUE

LRUSV

MST

AH 1Z

35B

G/ATOR 2.0

LEON FoS

MTC X

ACV VBAT

LRF

HIMARS

F/A 18

TLAM

SLV: FY23 bridging solution to LSM