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“Why Single Naval Battle”Ellis GroupJune 2012

CONOPS, Architecture &Analysis

Capability DevelopmentDOTMLPFExperiments, Wargames, Exercises

Strategy

Educate &Stratcom Innovation

Concepts

Inputs from the Ellis Group

Ellis InitiativesEllis Initiatives

• Develop How We Fight– Single Naval Battle– Littoral preparation of the battlespace model– Littoral Warfare CONOPs w/ supporting connector strategy– Develop force aggregation and command arrangements– Naval/SOF: Tri-Service Concept for Engagement & Crisis Response

• Center for Naval Analysis:– Detailed wargame and assessment– Single Naval Battle and Littoral Maneuver Strategy series

• Enhance the Naval Board

• Support Air Sea Battle: Expeditionary Operations Concept

• GCCs’ Operational Challenges3

Evolution of Littoral Maneuver.Evolution of Littoral Maneuver.....

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•Sea as Maneuver Space…Begins over the horizon•Vertical & surface maneuver via multiple entry points

•Exploit gaps, avoid obstacles & gain landing site superiority•Sustained force…the measure of expeditionary

(U) US technical-overmatch will decline with the (U) US technical-overmatch will decline with the proliferation and advancement of A2AD threatsproliferation and advancement of A2AD threats

• (U) New capabilities & strategies challenging U.S. interests warrant a new warfighting approach

• (U) A2/AD challenges are not new, but they have evolved

• (U) New A2/AD capabilities and strategies challenge U.S. ability to project power

• (U) Combined Arms in Area Denial is a lattice rather than kill chain approach

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(U//FOUO) Proliferation and advances in A2AD (U//FOUO) Proliferation and advances in A2AD threats (supersonic, ballistic) push ships further from threats (supersonic, ballistic) push ships further from

shoreshore

~ 12 nm ACV / AAVlaunch

~ 25 nm notionalOuter Sea EchelonConnector Shuttle

> 25 nm notionalPotential FutureOuter Sea EchelonConnector Shuttle

(U) US technical-overmatch will decline w/ (U) US technical-overmatch will decline w/ advancement of threat weapons-systems.advancement of threat weapons-systems.

604/19/23

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Single Naval Battle…within the Joint fight

Joint Operational Access ConceptJoint Operational Access Concept

Air-Sea Battle ConceptAir-Sea Battle Concept

Marine Corps Operating ConceptsMarine Corps Operating Concepts

Naval Operating ConceptNaval Operating Concept

Single Naval Battle

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Marine Corps Perspective on ASBMarine Corps Perspective on ASB

JFACC HQJFACC HQ

TACAIR TACAIR AVIANO, AVIANO,

ITALYITALY

MEU Decision Cycle MEU Decision Cycle 800 ft / 800 ft / minutesminutes

Distance to target area Distance to target area 100 - 300 nm100 - 300 nm

JFACC Decision Cycle JFACC Decision Cycle 350 nm / 350 nm / hourshours

Distance to target area Distance to target area 1000 - 3000 nm1000 - 3000 nm

Navy-Marine Corps Team provides premier Crisis Response…Buys National Leadership “Decision Space”

Navy-Marine Corps Team provides premier Crisis Response…Buys National Leadership “Decision Space”

AV-8B Targets Destroyed:• 35 T-72s • 25 APCs• 4 HET Vehicles

• 2 SP Arty• 2 MRL• 1 SCUD

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AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY

Operation Odyssey Dawn March 2011• USS Kearsarge and Ponce transit Suez 2 March• 1st BN/2nd Marines embarks 5 March• USS Kearsarge on-station Gulf of Sidra 7

March

Marine Corps Perspective on ASBMarine Corps Perspective on ASBShip to Objective Maneuver in Libya

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175n

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-Capable of direct insertion of ground forces to secure US national interest (people, sensitive/critical sites)

-MEU chosen by COCOM for its capability and capacity to execute

Single Naval BattleSingle Naval Battle

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One fight: sea control, power projection & littoral maneuver!

• A Single naval battle approach envisions the maritime domain as an indivisible whole, considering the actions and forces within the maritime domain as inherently integrated in effect.

• It provides a unifying perspective for naval operations.

• Develops and supports the interwoven nature of sea control and naval power projection into a cohesive whole.

Single Naval Battle: integration & renewed focusSingle Naval Battle: integration & renewed focus

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Opportunities

• Integrated force development guidance, experimentation, & exercises

•Marine Corps contribution to JFMCC

•Forward Naval force posture

•Force aggregation to meet crises

•Scalable naval forces

•Support assured access and enable Joint entry

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Single Naval BattleSingle Naval Battle

At all echelons of command, we must enhance our ability to conduct integrated planning, execution, and assessment.

Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower

Single-battle is a unifying perspective of operations, which holds that actions anywhere in the operational environment can affect actions elsewhere.

MCDP 1-0 Marine Corps Operations

•Not coordination, integration•Link Sea Control, Power Projection & Littoral Effects•Creates powerful capabilities within the Joint force •Effects of the naval force in the human domain•Thinking across the breadth of naval capabilities and across the whole of the maritime domain

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Challenges:

• Forward Deployed force posture

• Force Aggregation

• Command Arrangements

• C4 Integration

• JFMCC & Marine Corps

• Shared Operating Concepts

• Operational Cyber

• Functional integration

• SOF

• Naval CAX

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Aggregating the Force Beyond Amphibious Ships Aggregating the Force Beyond Amphibious Ships Requires A SNB PerspectiveRequires A SNB Perspective

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15 Ships6 x AAV Plt

19 Ships

6 Ships2 x AAV Plt

3 ShipsAAV Plt

9 Ships3 x AAV Plt

2 Battalions of Lift

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Crisis response timelines will require ‘come as you are’ elements for timely response, with the assembled force aggregated from available amphibious ships, MPS, AFOE,

FIE and other platforms or connectors.

USMC in JFMCC CWC

Come as you are!

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LMSRLMSR

T-AKET-AKE

LHDLHD

LPDLPDLSDLSD

RRDFRRDFMV-22MV-22

CH-53KCH-53KMLPMLP

LCACLCACLCULCU

MV-22CH-53K

(Sustainment)

INLSINLSJHSVJHSV

Quay Wallor Pier

FIE PaxFIE Pax

JHSVJHSV

SNB: Bringing Reinforcing Capabilities to SNB: Bringing Reinforcing Capabilities to Support Operations in the LittoralsSupport Operations in the Littorals

At Sea Arrival, Assembly & Transfer

•Dynamic Positioning-Skin to Skin •Dedicated Connectors•Personnel Transfer•Flight / Well Decks•Transfer Systems

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MLPMLP

Seamless From and Through the Littorals to Gain Seamless From and Through the Littorals to Gain Landing Site SuperiorityLanding Site Superiority

1. Enables maneuver to exploit gaps or weakness

a.Exploit advantage of MV22B / UH1Y

b.Self deploying amphibious vehicle secures landing site

c.Develop small craft capability to secure landing sites or provide escort

d.Improved landing craft secure landing site w/LAV/Tank

e. Landing craft (LCU 2000 or new program) deploy amphibious vehicle near shore & enable amphib vehicle

f. Small craft escort landing craft carrying ACV/MPC from >25NM

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Continuos SNB PerspectiveContinuos SNB Perspective

A Littoral Maneuver CONOPS is needed to provide …A Littoral Maneuver CONOPS is needed to provide …

Small CraftSmall Craft

Aviation Aviation DeliveredDelivered

AssaultAssaultAmphibiansAmphibians

ConnectorsConnectors

MEU/ARG

MEU/ARG Connectors

MPF

BLT OBJ A

BLT OBJB

MEB OBJ

ANGLICO

Sea-basedCAS

Connectors

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U) Summary Applying the lessons of the last decade Single Naval Battle Enhancing littoral maneuver

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