Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare: Strategies and Tactics for Modern Combat Operations

By Fouad Sabry

What is Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare

Expeditionary maneuver warfare (EMW) is the current concept that guides how the United States Marine Corps organizes, deploys and employs its forces. Utilizing maneuver warfare and the Marine Corps' expeditionary heritage, EMW emphasizes strategically agile and tactically flexible Marine Air Ground Task Forces with the capability to project power against critical points in the littorals and beyond.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Expeditionary maneuver warfare

Chapter 2: United States Armed Forces

Chapter 3: Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

Chapter 4: Rapid reaction force

Chapter 5: Air assault

Chapter 6: EMW

Chapter 7: Marine Corps University

Chapter 8: List of United States Marine Corps battalions

Chapter 9: Marine Air-Ground Task Force

Chapter 10: Distributed operations

(II) Answering the public top questions about expeditionary maneuver warfare.

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable
• Release date: May 26, 2024

Book preview

Chapter 1: Expeditionary maneuver warfare

The present philosophy that directs how the United States Marine Corps is organized, deploys, and uses its units is known as expeditionary maneuver warfare (EMW). EMW stresses strategically flexible and tactically agile Marine Air Ground Task Forces with the capacity to project power against key locations in the littorals and beyond. It draws on maneuver warfare and the Marine Corps' expeditionary heritage.

EMW was created to work with the Sea Basing idea of the US Navy as described in the Sea Power 21 plan.

The Marine Corps has purchased the MV-22 Osprey, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, F-35B Lightning II, CH-53K King Stallion, and the M777 Lightweight Howitzer as a result of this concept's influence on equipment procurement in recent years.

Not overloading the maneuver force with supplies (or worse, having them run out) and prompt medical evacuation are two current areas of concern.

maneuver from a ship to an object (STOM)

Improvements to networked sea basing

Sustained operations ashore

Other expeditionary operations

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Chapter 2: United States Armed Forces

The military forces of the United States are known as the United States Armed Forces.

The U.S. Armed Forces have been crucial to American history since its establishment during the American Revolutionary War. Their triumphs in the First and Second Barbary Wars contributed to the development of a sense of national identity. They were essential to the United States' territorial development during the American Civil War. The contemporary U.S. military structure was established by the National Security Act of 1947, which was passed after World War II. The Act also established the National Security Council, the United States Air Force, and the National Military Establishment, which is led by the secretary of defense. The National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense in 1949, and the cabinet-level Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were combined to form the Department of Defense.

The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both federal executive departments, serve as the primary means by which military strategy is carried out. The president of the United States is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

In terms of personnel, the U.S. Armed Forces rank among the largest military forces. They recruit employees from a sizable pool of skilled volunteers. Although it has been utilized in the past, military conscription has not been practiced in the United States since 1973. All male citizens and residents of the United States who are between the ages of 18 and 25 must register with the Selective Service System, which retains the right to conscript them.

The U.S. Armed Forces are regarded as the most potent force in the world.

Even before the Declaration of Independence officially declared the United States to have been founded, on June 14, 1775, the Continental Army was founded, beginning the history of the U.S. Armed Forces.

In Article II of the Constitution, the president is designated as the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States, giving him or her authority over the country's armed forces.

Although it is not part of the operational chain of command, the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest ranking military organization in the US Armed Forces. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who serves as both the president's and the secretary of defense's primary military counselor, is in charge of it. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as their deputy. The commandant of the Marine Corps, the chief of naval operations, the chief of staff of the Air Force, the chief of space operations, and the head of the National Guard Bureau are additional members.

Unified combatant commands are combined military commands made up of personnel from various military branches, with the commanders of the combatant commands serving as the final link in the chain of command, which extends from the president to the secretary of defense. Through service component commands, each service assembles, equips, and trains its respective forces, which are ultimately delivered to the unified combatant commands. The theater special operations commands or joint force headquarters - cyber are also presented to other combatant commanders by Special Operations Command and Cyber Command. The theater special operations command is typically dual-hatted as the joint force special operations component, and Space Force components are typically dual-hatted as the joint force space component. Army components are typically dual-hatted as the joint force land component, Navy components are typically dual-hatted as the joint force maritime component, and Air Force components are typically dual-hatted as the joint force air component.

In order to support operating forces involved in planning for or carrying out military operations, including support during conflict or in the conduct of other military actions related to combating threats to U.S. national security, combat support agencies are Department of Defense organizations. This mission may not fully encapsulate the CSA's mission because it is concentrated on offering support to echelons below the CCMD level.

There are six equal military service branches that make up the United States Armed Forces. The United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, and United States Space Force are five of the branches and are grouped under the military departments of the Department of Defense. The U.S. Coast Guard is formally a part of the Department of Homeland Security, but the president or legislature may move it to the Department of the Navy, which is the civilian organization in charge of managing the coequal U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy. The military services, with the exception of the Coast Guard, only organize, train, and outfit forces. Operational command of non-service retained forces is the responsibility of the unified combatant commands.

Each military service has a certain duty and domain allotted to it. While the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps carry out maritime operations, the