Building a New Armor Force for the Marine Corps: The High Risk of Deep Maneuver Will Require Tanks

The Marine Corps is now entering a new century and a new strategic era. The stage is now set to propose a new armor organization. But what should be our vision? Let’s first look at the vision of our Marine Commandant to ensure the right focus. Then we should consider the character of forces that military theorists think will be required to achieve operational and tactical success on the battlefields of tomorrow. These critical visions and force characteristics then support a proposal for reforming Marine armor to meet emerging threats and to serve future national military strategies.