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Sea Dragon Video Educates Fleet About CMC's Warfighting Lab
Story by Cpl Shanze Lee
PAO, MCB, Quantico, Va.
The Commandant's Warfighting Lab, Quantico, Va., recently released a short video, "Sea Dragon...Forward From the Sea," to educate Marines and sailors throughout the Marine Corps about the laboratory and the "Sea Dragon" process.
There has been some confusion as to what exactly Sea Dragon is and what it does since the introduction of the warfighting lab last December. The 20minute video explains the Dragon process of concept-based experimentation, outlines the lab's five-year experimentation plan and attempts to clarify common misperceptions, according to Major Mark Sutherland, action officer at CWL.
The Gardy-McGrath, International, Inc., production has been made available and is intended for installations, detachments and Fleet Marine Force units.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak, opens the video with his personal introduction of the lab and a description of Sea Dragon.
"In each phase of Marine Corps history, there have been thinkers who have thought about the future and how we were going to fight in the future," said Gen Krulak, as he introduced the video. "Now, we have to look ahead to the first battle of the next century.
"Sea Dragon is taking technology, being innovative in looking at it and seeing how it will impact all aspects of the Corps and its warfighting," he said.
One idea stressed in the video in relation to this concept is the fact that on the battlefield of the future, if the enemy can sense you, you're dead.
The video provides an in-depth look at the functions of the lab, concept-based experimentation, phases of the experimentation and the focus on functional areas. While these may seem like technical topics, the video simplifies the information so that, hopefully, everyone can grasp it.
Available to any command or organization, "Sea Dragon...Forward From the Sea" can be obtained through Maj Sutherland at CWL at (703) 784-5173/5171 or DSN 278-5173/5171.
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Story by Fred Carr
DivPA, HQMC, Washington
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