Seabasing

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Seabasing
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Background/Key Issues
Guiding Questions

• How can the Army Marine Corps develop a common
  understanding of Joint Seabasing?
• Should the Army Marine Corps partner for Joint
  Seabasing capability development?
• Coordinated strat. comm.s/Congressional
  testimony?
• Doctrine, concept, capability development?
• Joint ST / RD / experimentation?
• Can the Army Marine Corps agree on Joint
  Seabasing priorities? How?
• How can the Army Marine Corps convince Navy to
  share those priorities?
• How can joint seabasing requirements be elevated
  to compete in toto as a national requirement to
  counter growing anti-access environment described
  in JOE/CCJO?
• How should joint seabasing be addressed in QDR?

• Army Marine Corps do not have a common
  understanding of Joint Seabasing
• Both Services agree on the need for Joint
  Seabasing
• Focus on reducing gap between initial and
  follow-on forces
• However, individual Service imperatives drive
  different priorities
• Marine Corps focus on Maritime Expeditionary
  capabilities development (amphibs, MPF, MPF(F))
• Army focused on wider array of deployment/
  employment methods
• Independent (of each other) concept development,
  ST / RD efforts, wargaming, testimony, etc.
• Operational Impact Limited ability to support
  Joint Force Commander requirements in an
  anti-access environment

Marine Corps Position/Objective
Army Position/Objective

• The Marine Corps fully supports Joint Seabasing
• Noteworthy Navy/Marine Corps contributions to
  Joint Seabasing include amphibs, MPF, MPF(F),
  connectors (JHSV, MV-22, CH-53K, etc.)
• The Marine Corps is acutely aware of the
  challenge of achieving Joint Seabasings full
  potential in an austere fiscal environment and
  different Navy priorities

• The Army views Joint Seabasing as an outstanding
  opportunity to advance Joint Force requirements
  for improved strategic responsiveness and
  operational agility within an anti-access
  environmentand by synchronizing the sea base
  with other means of projection, it will expand
  force projection, operational maneuver and
  sustainment options throughout a campaign.