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A U.S. Marine platoon commander gives orders over the radio during Exercise Valiant Mark 2019 on Tekong Island, Singapore.
A U.S. Marine platoon commander gives orders over the radio during Exercise Valiant Mark 2019 on Tekong Island, Singapore.
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High-Density, Low-Cost C2 for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations

By Lieutenant Colonel John Kolb, U.S. Marine Corps
January 2021
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In his Commandant’s Planning Guidance issued in July 2019, General David H. Berger answers the question “What does the Marine Corps provide the Navy and the Joint Force?” with expeditionary advanced base operations (EABO). But he could have also said “provide the ‘eyes’, ‘ears’, and ‘mouth’ for EABs,” including the Navy and the joint force. Short duration EABs providing command and control (C2), fuel, armament, and shooting options inside an adversary’s weapons engagement area present a solution; however, these EABs require their own C2. Facing an adversary that can challenge the Marine Corps in all domains, the Marine Corps must be prepared to provide C2, sustain losses, and thrive.  

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1. James N. Mattis and Bing West, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead (New York, NY: Random House, 2019), 156.

Lieutenant Colonel John Kolb, U.S. Marine Corps

Lieutenant Colonel Kolb is the commanding officer of Marine Air Control Squadron 4, a squadron growing, as a result of future force design changes, from four to six companies, at MCAS Iwakuni and MCAS Futenma in Japan and at MCB Kanehoe Bay in Hawaii. 

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