In the aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom I, the Marine Corps decided to reorganize and re-name the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE) to address perceived logistics shortcomings in the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF). The Combat Service...
Military and political savvy professionals understand that logistics contributes to the successful execution of military operations. Publications include numerous cases of logistics failures, and more often, logistics failures appear more than...
Professional standing Marine Expeditionary Brigade headquarters and their associated subordinates will be the centerpiece of Marine Corps operations in the future. The Marine Corps needs to reorganize the operating forces to create a single...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the first from February to June 2003 and the second from February to May 2005 - US Marine Corps Major Carlos Urbina, during his initial rotation, served as a communications...
The intent of this monograph is to analyze whether a Marine Amphibious Force (MAF) is suitable to function as an operational reserve for an echelon above corps (EAC) headquarters. In conducting this analysis the structure of a MAF is dissected to...
Upon arriving in Kuwait in late-December 2002 with the advanced element from Bravo Company, 8th Communications Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Major Michael Phillips (at the time a captain) began making preparations to support the Marine...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine if the Marine Corps ground maintenance operations offer any insight for improving maintenance operations for a force projection Army. The Marine Corps has extensive experience as a CONUS based...
From February through May 2004, Major Eric Young of the US Marine Corps deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for a second time, again as an MP company commander with Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group,...
From February through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Ed Debish, US Marine Corps, served as the communications officer for Combat Service Support Battalion 18, which had the mission of general support for the Marine...
As the deputy assistant chief of staff G1 of the 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG) - which was re-designated as the Marine Logistics Command for the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) - Major Mark Schroeder deployed to Kuwait...
The Supply Company commander for Combat Service Support Battalion 18 - part of Combat Service Support Group 15, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force - during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major...
Part two of the interview with Major Karl Knapp covers his August 2004 to March 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as the 1st Marine Division assistant supply officer. He discusses his support of division operations and...
An MP company commander with Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, underneath the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Eric Young of the US Marine Corps deployed to Kuwait in...
From February through September 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Ed Debish, US Marine Corps, served initially as the executive officer for Communications Company, Headquarters & Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group,...
This monograph considers whether existing US Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C41) systems enhanced the effectiveness of US operational commanders' decision-making processes in Operations Other Than War (OOTW) in...
The noted Prussian theorist, Carl von Clausewitz wrote about the concentration of forces in space, and the unification of forces in time, as though they were two separate entities. Albert Einstein, however, with the advent of his theories on...
Cutting short a one-year tour in Iraq to attend the US Army's Command and General Staff College, US Marine Corps Major John Finch - from January through May 2005 - served in the 2nd Marine Division's G4 logistics shop as the materiel readiness...
The assistant supply officer (S4) for 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003, Major Karl Knapp was "in charge of basically coordinating everything for the S4 shop between the battalions and any...
This thesis investigates US Army logistics support provided to coalition forces in Somalia using US Army Field Manual 100-5, Operations, as the standard. This research examines the history of US involvement in coalition operations. It also analyzes...