{"id":43449,"date":"2021-04-15T04:55:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/15\/warrior-mindset-must-remain-corps-says-even-as-marines-shift-from-infantry-to-the-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:40:39","slug":"warrior-mindset-must-remain-corps-says-even-as-marines-shift-from-infantry-to-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2021\/04\/15\/warrior-mindset-must-remain-corps-says-even-as-marines-shift-from-infantry-to-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrior mindset must remain, Corps says, even as Marines shift from infantry to the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Corps will no longer field a force focused on capturing a contested area, but rather one designed to survive deep inside a contested zone while supporting a Naval campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The focus was announced in the new Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advance Base Operations Manual released by the Marine Corps in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 184-page tentative manual is meant to give Marines an idea of the future operating concept while the Corps continues develop the strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Corps transforms over the next decade the traditional infantry-focused, land-capturing mission of the Marine Corps may be de-emphasized, but the \u201cwarrior mindset\u201d of Marines must remain, the manual said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA littoral force is only relevant if it maintains the ability to apply force at the time necessary to generate options and influence the greater campaign,\u201d the manual said. \u201cOperating in a distributed environment with limited support and resources will require a force with the warrior mindset, as well as the mental agility to rapidly shift perspectives and generate alternatives.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t