Delivering an Agile, Multirole and Powerful Amphibious Capability

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS 2012 WILL PRESENT NEW AND ENHANCED FOCUS ON:


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Amphibious Operations Speakers Include:

After a decade of land-centric operations in Afghanistan, Amphibious Operations are a priority again – this event will help you reach your strategic goals by letting you:

  • Gain a holistic view of how modern forces are utilising their amphibious platforms from landing docks to landing craft, with briefings from the US Navy, Royal Marines and Norway’s Special Warfare Group</li>
  • Assess and add your voice to the debate surrounding whether forces should opt for multirole or modular platforms and how much these platforms should be built to commercial standards
  • Learn from your global peers as to how they aim to conduct a wide range of expeditionary operations in the future with feedback from Bold Alligator 2012
  • Network and build relationships with the leading minds in the amphibious operations community and take home the latest TTPs that they are pioneering
  • Gain an unparalleled view into approaches to countering asymmetric and conventional A2/AD tactic in the littoral environment in our first dedicated A2/AD workshop

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Don’t miss the Amphibious Operations Pre-Conference Focus Day!

APPROACHES TO ANTI ACCESS/AREA DENIAL: 25 September 2012

The increased interest in how forces will counter asymmetric and conventional A2/AD means that this year will be Amphibious Operations first dedicated A2/AD workshop take place.

Led by the USMC’s Emerging Threats Center the workshop will provide a focussed look at how forces can approach the task of overcoming an adversary’s A2/AD tactics.

This interactive and intense workshop will seek to provide answers to questions such as

  • How effective are current approaches to countering anti access/area denial tactics what effect can they have on amphibious landings?
  • Do the ‘air sea battle’ and ‘single naval battle’ CONOPS offer successful strategies to enter a contested littoral environment facing asymmetric and conventional threats?
  • What role does industry have to play in the drive to deliver a balanced and cost effective counter A2/AD strategy?

Led by:

Colonel (ret’d) Jeremiah Canty of the USMC’s Center for Emerging Threats and former Director of the Marine Corps War College


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“It’s not ‘Saving Private Ryan’”: USMC amphibious strategy today

Col (ret) Vince Goulding, former US infantry Marine, and now director of the Experiment Division at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab talks to Defence IQ ahead of his presentation on Day One of the event on how strategy is put through its experimental paces, why cynics of the domain require re-education, and how the Corps’ ACV will move from concept to reality.


Testimonials:

Amphibious Operations is a highly valuable event. It has shown the main military forces about the future of amphibious operations. Commander Marcio Barreira, Brazilian Naval Commission
A unique opportunity to share PACFLT’s views and experiences with Humanitarian Operations from the sea with an international audience of experts and practitioners. Lieutenant Colonel Rick Musser, USMC

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