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The Basic School (TBS) Research Guide

Resources and information for students of The Basic School (TBS) at Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia.

Force Design

"The National Defense Strategy has directed us to focus in new areas, and this requires us to think, innovate, and change... This CPG outlines my five priority focus areas: force design, warfighting, education and training, core values, and command and leadership... We must communicate with precision and consistency, based on a common focus and a unified message... The Marine Corps will be trained and equipped as a naval expeditionary force-in-readiness and prepared to operate inside actively contested maritime spaces in support of fleet operations. In crisis prevention and crisis response, the Fleet Marine Force – acting as an extension of the Fleet – will be first on the scene, first to help, first to contain a brewing crisis, and first to fight if required to do so. 

 ~ Excerpts from Commandant's Planning Guidance (2019)

Additional Force Design Resources


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