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January 23, 2012
Marine Amphibious Warfare Taskforce ( totally cool a MUST see Video)
The group's ongoing work will give the Marines "the seed corn for the changes" needed to update amphibious ops to the modern day battlefield, Mills said during his speech at the Surface Warfare Association's annual symposium.
WASHINGTON: A special Marine Corps task force created specifically to drag the service's amphibious operations into the 21st century will be sticking around for awhile longer, according to a top service general.
The current Amphibious Capabilities Working Group will be renamed the Ellis Group and be permanently assigned to Marine Corps headquarters in Quantico, Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command said last week. The name pays homage to former Marine Lt. Col. Earl Ellis, considered to be the founding father of amphibious warfare. The group's ongoing work will give the Marines "the seed corn for the changes" needed to update amphibious ops to the modern day battlefield, Mills said during his speech at the Surface Warfare Association's annual symposium. Created last September, the group already wrapped up its initial review of Marine Corps amphib ops, the three-star general said. Group members will submit their final recommendations to top service brass by the end of this month, according to a service spokesman. Those recommendations will likely be folded into the Corps' upcoming large-scale amphibious exercise, dubbed "Bold Alligator", set for next month.
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Wild Thing's comment..........
This is so neat how they do this. God bless our troops..
Posted by Wild Thing at January 23, 2012 03:47 AM
Comments
We civilians(citizens) may need that ADAPTIV to hide from EPA vans as they cruise our neighborhoods looking for users of "excessive" fossil fuel for our HVAC. Maybe some 7.62mm will also be needed.
Posted by: TomR, armed in Texas at January 23, 2012 06:38 PM
Tom, great idea.
Posted by: Wild Thing at January 24, 2012 03:28 AM
