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WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Marine Corps is examining what unmanned systems and disruptive technology<\/a> will benefit the force during amphibious operations in the coming decades, and which combination of ships would best serve future missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The update comes as the service and the Pentagon grapple with what future warfare might require of American forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its annual update on June 5 \u2014 part of the Corps\u2019 ongoing Force Design 2030 modernization push<\/a> \u2014 the service laid out two parallel efforts: a 21st Century Amphibious Operations concept the Corps is studying with the Navy; and an ARG\/MEU Next concept, which refers to the amphibious ready group\/Marine expeditionary unit pairing of ships and embarked forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 21st Century Amphibious Operations concept would \u201carticulate the future role of amphibious operations in support of maritime campaigns and will describe new operating methods that incorporate agile platforms to supplement traditional amphibious ships,\u201d according to the Force Design update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples given include long-range, unmanned systems that can infiltrate an enemy\u2019s weapon-engagement zone, manned-unmanned fleets, and other \u201cdisruptive technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This concept looks into the 2040s and considers how Marines might conduct amphibious operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One new facet of amphibious operations could involve military vessels serving as motherships to unmanned systems that operate in several domains of warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. Daniel Wittnam, the director of the service\u2019s Integration Division, told Defense News in a recent interview that the commandant of the Marine Corps is interested in putting anything unmanned or autonomous onto amphibious ships for experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe mothership concept is another opportunity for the Marine Corps to show flexibility and to be able to show resiliency by looking at manned and unmanned teaming and different platforms to utilize new and emerging technologies with our ARG\/MEU teams,\u201d Wittnam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the service already had funding to deploy the Shield AI-made V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle on amphibious ships, and that the first Long-Range Unmanned Surface Vessel prototype would in the coming months move from Virginia to California to begin a user evaluation, which will include operations with a Marine expeditionary unit at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This concept study will focus on how amphibious forces will fight, and not weigh in on how many ships the Corps needs the Navy to buy and maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Marine Corps officials review the capabilities of the Long-Range Unmanned Surface Vessel at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., on April 27, 2023. (Sgt. Kealii De Los Santos\/U.S. Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Still, even as the service takes a longer-term look at this piece of its portfolio, there is significant uncertainty hanging over its head about these operations today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps, the Navy and the Office of the Secretary of Defense have differing views<\/a> on the role of amphibious operations in today\u2019s joint force, and therefore how much money to spend on upkeeping existing ships and building replacements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress attempted to partly settle the dispute by putting a 31-ship-fleet minimum into law, but the current long-range shipbuilding plan of record falls short of that mandate. Furthermore, the Pentagon has shown no sign of support for additional shipbuilding spending that would be needed to sustain a 31-ship fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite multiple studies in recent years on the required size of the amphibious fleet, yet another study is nearing its conclusion and will look at ships\u2019 design, acquisition and construction processes, eyeing opportunities to decrease the cost of the fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps has pushed back on this idea, with Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the deputy commandant for combat development and integration, telling Defense News this year that rough drawings from the Pentagon would reduce the capability of the ships<\/a> in a way the service finds unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study is due to the Pentagon\u2019s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office imminently. It is unclear what will happen once the office receives the Marine Corps\u2019 and the Navy\u2019s input, as leadership has only said the study will inform the fiscal 2025 budget process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m very pessimistic,\u201d Heckl said during the recent interview about his near-term outlook on the amphibious fleet\u2019s size and readiness. \u201cUntil amphibs genuinely become a priority, this will always be a struggle \u2014 to procure and then maintain. The fact that these vessels have been ridden hard and put away wet simply exemplifies how useable they are: They are in constant demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recommended the Defense Department reconsider how ships are funded. Currently, only the Navy can buy those vessels in its shipbuilding account, and only the Navy can maintain them within its operations and maintenance account, even though Marines are the primary beneficiaries of the ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleet combinations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As something of a hedge against the projected shortfall of amphibious ships, the Marines\u2019 Force Design update also references a look at the ARG\/MEU team\u2019s composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the ARG\/MEU Next effort, the Corps is eyeing different ship configurations \u2014 including existing Navy expeditionary ships and potential \u201clower cost alternatives\u201d to supplement amphibs \u2014 that could keep Marines afloat around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future, the Navy and Marine Corps could use a greater number of smaller and less expensive ships to \u201ccomplicate the ability of our adversaries to find and target our sea-based expeditionary forces,\u201d according to the Force Design update document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wittnam said that earlier in his career there were three ARG\/MEU teams at sea routinely. But today, it\u2019s difficult to keep two \u2014 or even one \u2014 at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marines need new ideas to address mobility, or their ability to move around independently of joint force assets, which Wittnam called a top concern heading into the next year of Force Design experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Heckl\u2019s concerns about today\u2019s ARG\/MEU team and the ability to strengthen the fleet in the coming years, the general did say Marines \u201care going to do what we\u2019ve always done, what quite frankly we do really, really well: We\u2019re going to fight for every damn penny we can get with Congress, and we don\u2019t care who gets hurt along the way because we\u2019re doing it to have what our nation needs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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