{"id":11889,"date":"2018-01-25T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/25\/marines-need-to-master-comms-basics-to-win-a-fight-with-china-or-russia-commandant-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:00:42","slug":"marines-need-to-master-comms-basics-to-win-a-fight-with-china-or-russia-commandant-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2018\/01\/25\/marines-need-to-master-comms-basics-to-win-a-fight-with-china-or-russia-commandant-says\/","title":{"rendered":"War without the internet? Commandant says Marines need to revive old-style comms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To get through a war with a near-peer competitor like China or Russia, Marines will need to master basics in communication and navigation, said the Marine Corps commandant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rival competitor nation states are challenging U.S. dominance across the globe, Gen. Robert Neller said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies discussion in Washington Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The past seventeen years, America has been relatively unchallenged heading into the fight. Iraq and Afghanistan have afforded permissible environments for Marine aircraft and shore landings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Service members in those conflicts heavily relied on satellite communications from everything to airstrikes, medical evacuations, to communication back home in the states. There was never a real threat to the network, and \u201cpeople get used to that certainty,\u201d Neller said. <\/p>\n\n\n\t