The trouble with the Future Commando Force

The trouble with the Future Commando Force

12 Apr 24
Posted by: Bertram
19 minutes, 39 seconds read
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The author criticises the Future Commando Force (FCF) concept as a narrow misreading of the Royal Marines’ traditional combined arms and amphibious roles. A 20 minute read.

Nothing could be more dangerous than to follow sudden inspirations, however intelligent or brilliant they may be, without pursuing them to their logical conclusions, or to indulge in wishful thinking, however sincere our purposes. – General Ludwig Beck, 10 October 1935 As if by perfect timing, the week news broke of the Royal Navy mothballing its landing platform dock (LPD) capability, RUSI published a piece called ‘Amphibious Futures: The Royal Marines in Contested New Operating Environments’.[1] The article was written by the architect of the Future Commando Force (FCF) and it was as c…

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