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Next Generation Air-Surface Integration-Ground Perspective

Lieutenant General Jon “Dog” Davis, USMC Deputy Commandant for Aviation

“The true role of infantry is to maneuver with the maximum possible protection of mechanical resources, in the form of

guns, machine guns, tanks, mortars and aircraft – to advance with as little impediment as possible, to be relieved as far as

possible of the obligation to FIGHT their way forward” 2

Air-Ground Integration

Preparing for the Future

•  Prepare for the High End Fight •  Maneuvering air and sea bases •  Equip the Marine

Ø  Build a 5th Generation Force Ø  Tilt-rotors… Ø  Multi-mission everything Ø  Spiral Upgrades Ø  Every Platform a Sensor, Shooter, Sharer (Connector), Node

•  Educate, Train, Fly, Integrate…and plan to fight hurt •  Partner…no better friend •  Ensure that we are the worst enemy •  Make ourselves ready for the next fight, not the last one •  Ride the dragon of change – don’t get eaten by it

Prepare for the high end fight…

Maneuvering Sea Bases…

•  STOVL provides combatant commanders with more flexible basing options:

Ø  There are 10X as many 3,000 foot runways available as 8,000 foot runways worldwide

Ø  3,000 to 4,000 foot expeditionary “STOVL-only” runways can be built in a matter of days to replace damaged facilities or create new ones

10000’ Runways 4000’ Runways 8000’ Runways 3000’ Runways

Pacific

Africa Africa

Pacific

Kandahar AB, Afghanistan 2006

Camp Bastion, Afghanistan 2009

Iraq 2003 highway FARP

FARP Dwyer, Afghanistan 2010

Maneuvering Bases Ashore…

The importance of Marine Aviation – sea and land based -- to the naval and joint campaign

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Naval Cooperation An Unsinkable Carrier Ashore

Equipping the Marine… not manning the equipment

Disruptive Technologies Equip the Man….

3000miles:Spainto

SouthSudan

2300miles:Spainto

EquatorialGuinea

MEU Digital Interoperability CDL: Full Motion Video Link-16: air/surface tracks ANW2: PLI/Chat/Image TTNT: High volume data SATCOM Voice or HPW WiFi tablets RFID: Pax accountability

SPMAGTF-CR-AF Today: SIPR on the Move -  KC-130J SATCOM: SIPR w/text, images

Special Purpose MAGTF – Crisis Response (SPMAGTF-CR) is becoming a high profile task force for the Marine Corps. Our SPMAGTFs, and our MEUs, are built around operational agility, and are highly dependent upon aviation. As an example, the SPMAGTF in Moron, Spain can reach across the Mediterranean to the seven countries in the North African littoral, and beyond…and they are staged and ready to move entirely by Osprey and the KC-130J (or joint tankers).

The impact and potential of Tiltrotor Aircraft

Future…

Multi-mission everything Harvest Hawk KC-130J

Multi-mission everything MV-22B “Osprey”

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Making the Most of What You Have Spiral Upgrades

Every platform a SENSOR, every platform a SHOOTER, every platform a SHARE/CONNECTOR, and every platform an EW NODE

Way Ahead

•  Equip the Marine Ø  5th gen aircraft Ø  Long Range Tiltrotors

–  Manned and unmanned Ø Multi-mission everything Ø Spiral upgrade

•  Maneuvering air and sea-bases •  Every platform a sensor, shooter, sharer, network, node •  Make ourselves ready for the next fight – not the last one

Ø No better friend … no worse enemy

•  Ride the dragon of change…never give up

Questions?

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