Distributed Operations (DO) is a new warfighting concept being adopted by the United States Marine Corps and is being developed by their Warfighting Laboratory as a response to the changing environment of the Global War on Terror. The United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL was established in 1995 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U Adaptive enemies and a more complex environment required that conventional forces have the ability to decentralize decision making and distribute their forces. The concept is the brainchild of Lieutenant General James Mattis and will maximize a Marine Air Ground Task Force commander's ability to employ tactical units across the depth and breadth of a non-linear battlespace. General James N Mattis, USMC is the current Commander US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation for The Marine Air-Ground Task Force ( MAGTF) is a term used by the United States Marine Corps to describe the principal organization for all missions across the range
Distributed Operations is a form of maneuver warfare where small, highly capable units spread across a large area of operations will create an advantage over an adversary through the deliberate use of separation and coordinated, independent tactical actions. Maneuver warfare, also spelled manoeuvre warfare, is the term used by military theorists for a concept of Warfare that advocates attempting to DO units will use close combat or supporting arms to disrupt the enemy's access to key terrain and avenues of apporach. This type of warfare will be dependent on well trained and professional small unit leaders, focused and energetic training of small units and more robust communications and tactical mobility assets for those smaller units. A greater focus will also be placed on language and cultural training.
Historical examples
- Finnish small unit tactics during the Winter War of 1939-1940. The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the
- British and Indian "Chindit" tactics employed against the Japanese during the Burma Campaign. The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army "Special Force" that served The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily between British Commonwealth, Chinese and United
- The U. S. Marines Combined action program during the Vietnam War. Drawing from previous experience in "small wars" the United States Marine Corps operated the Combined Action Program during the Vietnam War, from 1965 The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
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