A landing craft air cushioned from USS Germantown, heads toward the shores of Shoalwater Bay Training Area during an amphibious assault by Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit July 19, during Talisman Sabre 2011. TS11 a biennial international joint training exercise aimed at improving and validating the Australian Defense Force and United States combat readiness and interoperability as a combined joint task force. (U.S. Marine Photo by Lance Cpl. Laura Cardoso)Marine War Games Drive Wholesale Amphibious Shakeup -- Aol Defense
Washington: A series of war games led by a special Marine Corps task force could dramatically change the way the service fights their way from ship to shore in the future.
The Marines' Amphibious Capabilities Working Group kicked off its first war game this week at Marine Corps Headquarters in Quantico, Lt. Gen Richard Mills, head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command told me. This is the first of two the working group will conduct over the next few months, Mills said. This week's war game will test and examine core Navy and Marine Corps tactics and see how they can be adapted to the modern battlefield. The follow-on war game will explore how other services and "governmental agencies" can sharpen those core capabilities, Mills added.
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My Comment: This Aol article does not state it .... but my gut is telling me that finding ways to save money is also a major motivation to examine these battlefield tactics.
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