Expeditionary Force 21 (EF-21) outlined four Lines of Effort (LOEs) that the Marine Corps must address in the coming years:
1. Refining our Organization
2. Adjusting our Forward Posture
3. Increasing Naval Integration
4. Enhancing Littoral Maneuver Capability Along with these four lines of effort, EF-21 highlights 13 focus areas for the Marine Corps to improve upon:
1. Naval Integration
2. Conducting Security Cooperation
3. Maneuver
4. Fires
5. Command and Control / NET Centric
6. Cyberspace and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
7. Force Protection
8. Intelligence
9. Expeditionary Logistics
10. Expeditionary Operations
11. Seabasing
12. MAGTF-SOF Integration
13. High Quality People – The Foundation of Marine Corps Readiness
The MEU is already well-ahead …show more content…
This change has taken the form of MEU forces deploying on non-standard surface vessels, as well as the development and deployment of Company Landing Teams (CLTs) to complement Battalion Landing Teams (BLTs). Both of these changes are also consistent with the focus areas of maneuver, expeditionary operations, and …show more content…
In its current form, the MEU is very flexible regarding where it can project power and by what platforms. With tiltrotor aircraft, helicopters, AAVs, CRRCs, and LCACs, the MEU is capable of deploying forces to landing zones, beach landing sites, or even cliffs if they have a company trained in assault climbing. In the case of the 31st MEU, one infantry company is fully trained in heliborne assault, another is trained in mechanized assault, and the third is trained in small boat raids, providing this MEU with company-sized elements capable of conducting assaults from three different types of insertion platforms. As the Marine Corps continues to experiment with deploying MEUs aboard non-standard shipping platforms, the MEU will be able to deploy these assets from a greater number of ship types to further increase their capability. While the MEU will certainly benefit from new and improved transport craft to move its troops from ship to shore, it is currently much further along in achieving this LOE than other units within the Marine Corps. As the MEU enhances its littoral maneuver capability, it will address the focus areas of naval integration, maneuver, expeditionary operations, and
1. Refining our Organization
2. Adjusting our Forward Posture
3. Increasing Naval Integration
4. Enhancing Littoral Maneuver Capability Along with these four lines of effort, EF-21 highlights 13 focus areas for the Marine Corps to improve upon:
1. Naval Integration
2. Conducting Security Cooperation
3. Maneuver
4. Fires
5. Command and Control / NET Centric
6. Cyberspace and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
7. Force Protection
8. Intelligence
9. Expeditionary Logistics
10. Expeditionary Operations
11. Seabasing
12. MAGTF-SOF Integration
13. High Quality People – The Foundation of Marine Corps Readiness
The MEU is already well-ahead …show more content…
This change has taken the form of MEU forces deploying on non-standard surface vessels, as well as the development and deployment of Company Landing Teams (CLTs) to complement Battalion Landing Teams (BLTs). Both of these changes are also consistent with the focus areas of maneuver, expeditionary operations, and …show more content…
In its current form, the MEU is very flexible regarding where it can project power and by what platforms. With tiltrotor aircraft, helicopters, AAVs, CRRCs, and LCACs, the MEU is capable of deploying forces to landing zones, beach landing sites, or even cliffs if they have a company trained in assault climbing. In the case of the 31st MEU, one infantry company is fully trained in heliborne assault, another is trained in mechanized assault, and the third is trained in small boat raids, providing this MEU with company-sized elements capable of conducting assaults from three different types of insertion platforms. As the Marine Corps continues to experiment with deploying MEUs aboard non-standard shipping platforms, the MEU will be able to deploy these assets from a greater number of ship types to further increase their capability. While the MEU will certainly benefit from new and improved transport craft to move its troops from ship to shore, it is currently much further along in achieving this LOE than other units within the Marine Corps. As the MEU enhances its littoral maneuver capability, it will address the focus areas of naval integration, maneuver, expeditionary operations, and