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The Integration of the F-35B into USMC Operations

The Integration of the F-35B into

USMC Operations

TACTICAL INNOVATIONS AND STRATEGIC OPTION S

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 4

THE MARINES ONBOARD THE USS AMERICA: THE REMAKING OF THE AMPHIBIOUS STRIKE FORCE 4
F-35B COMPLETES DT-III ON USS AMERICA ....................................................................................... 10

THE MOMENT PILOTS FIRST REALIZED THE F-35 WAS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY ................... 12
THE WAY AHEAD FOR USMC CON-OPS: THE PERSPECTIVE OF COL. WELLONS, CO OF MAWTS-1 .. 19

SHAPING A 21ST CENTURY ASSAULT FORCE FROM THE SEA: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM VMX-1 ..... 23

WORKING THE MV-22 WITH F-35 INTEGRATION: SHAPING FUTURE TRAP MISSIONS IN A
DANGEROUS WORLD ......................................................................................................................... 27

The Green Knights On the Way to Japan: A Discussion with Lt. Col. Bardo, CO, VMFA-121 ............ 30
THE USS AMERICA: REDEFINING AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT .................................................................. 39

THE TRANSFORMATION OF JOINTNESS: THE NAVY AND MARINES REWORK OPERATIONS FROM
THE SEA ............................................................................................................................................... 43
THE SEA SERVICES TRANSFORM THEIR REACH, PUNCH AND IMPACT IN THE EXTENDED
BATTLESPACE ...................................................................................................................................... 47

NEW BRITISH CARRIERS: WORKING WITH THE USN-USMC TEAM TO REDEFINE THE AIR-ENABLED
INSERTION FORCE .............................................................................................................................. 51
THE IMPACT OF THE F-35B: STRATEGIC DETERRENCE WITH TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY ......................... 55

TRANSFORMING THE POWER PROJECTION FORCES FOR THE LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES .................. 58
Building the Honeycomb Modular Power Projection Force ............................................................................ 58
An Update from British, Australian and American Forces ............................................................................. 59
First, platforms are expected to be interoperable. ....................................................................................................... 60
Second, platforms are expected to be integratable from the ground up. ............................................................... 60
Third, systems are expected to be upgradeable from the ground up. A new approach to integratability is
associated with what might be called the coming of software upgradeable aircraft, such as the P-8/Triton, F-
35 or Wedgetail. ................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Fourth, the platforms function in networks but it is not about some giant global network, which can be
disrupted; it is about force packages operating as modules working together to achieve objectives and their
power extended as they are connected with other force packages. ........................................................................ 62
Fifth, sustainability has to be built into the force. ........................................................................................................... 63
Sixth, the force is expected to be able to contribute and to operate in a secure manner within a distributed
battlespace and commanded by a distributed C2 package. ..................................................................................... 63
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