Col Wendell Leimbach, "Intermediate Force Capabilities"

This episode is very timely, and ties into several of our previous episodes where our guests have looked at the different challenges and problems of regaining the strategic initiative in the South China Sea and INDOPACOM region overall. One of those challenges is how to compete, and compete advantageously, below the threshold of armed conflict; for a military organization, it’s equally challenging to find tools to put in the hands of warfighters that operate below that threshold. This episode lets us learn about some of those tools available to Marines. Our guest is Colonel Wendell B. Leimbach, Jr. (USMC), Director of the DOD’s Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office located on MCB Quantico. Col Leimbach is a former Tank Officer currently serving as a Ground Marine Acquisition Officer. Col Leimbach’s previous acquisition assignments include service as; Acquisition Team Leader for Individual Body Army and Load Carriage, Program Manager for Tank Systems, Deputy Director for the Marine Personnel Carrier Program; Deputy Program Manager and Acting Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault. He discusses some of the Intermediate Force Capabilities Marines can consider as that stand-in force operating in an environment of strategic competition. Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic