The Torch: New Concepts

Russian General Valery Gerasimov is widely credited with developing the modern concept of 'Hybrid Warfare' in his 2013 article.

"The Integrated Operating Concept 2025 sets out a new approach to the utility of armed force in an era of persistent competition and a rapidly evolving character of warfare. It represents the most significant change in UK military thought in several generations. It will lead to a fundamental transformation in the military instrument and the way it is used."

"In this major speech at an important juncture for UK defence, the Chief of the Defence Staff will present a new approach to the utility of armed force and integration of space, cyber and information, alongside the maritime, land and air domains. In an era of persistent competition and rapidly evolving character of warfare, this new concept for operations represents a significant development in UK military thought and fundamental transformation in the military instrument."

"This concept describes the integrated application of Navy and Marine Corps capabilities to overcome emerging threats within littoral areas that are rapidly expanding in operational depth, complexity, and lethality."

DMO is not a Navy or Marine Corps problem. “DMO is a naval concept. Navy and Marine Corps integration is pivotal to us winning the high-end fight, particularly in the Pacific,” Sawyer said. “In the future, the Marine will be able to project power in order to support sea control or sea denial efforts.”

"Expeditionary operations aren't new for the Air Force, but they're getting special attention in the Pacific, where important facilities, like Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, are within range of Chinese missiles."

"Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations is a form of expeditionary warfare that involves the employment of mobile, low-signature, operationally relevant, and relatively easy to maintain and sustain naval expeditionary forces from a series of austere, temporary locations ashore or inshore within a contested or potentially contested maritime area in order to conduct sea denial, support sea control, or enable fleet sustainment."

"This report describes FD2030’s progress to date and directs follow-on actions for the next 12-24 months. We have made significant progress in both the design and delivery of the future force since initiating action in 2019 and are seeing tangible results from our modernization efforts today. The collective efforts of thousands of Marines across the combat development enterprise and Fleet Marine Force (FMF) have resulted in a Marine Corps that remains the premiere expeditionary, combined arms, and global crisis-response force. The Marine Corps, today, is capable of standing-in, alongside allies and partners, within reach of adversary weapon systems; denying the land, air, or maritime domains to an adversary; expanding maritime domain awareness for the fleet and combatant commanders; and seizing and defending key maritime terrain globally. We can now sense, makes sense, and act more rapidly than before, further expanding our advantage with maneuver warfare."

"Great power competition has returned after a generation of absence, and the U.S. military edge over prospective opponents is eroding. Whereas previously, the United States could overwhelm adversaries with sheer force, it now needs every advantage it can get. Innovative operational concepts like surprise are tools for the United States to gain a competitive advantage in future conflicts."