Marine Corps Gazette http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette The Marine Corps Gazette is committed to providing content of professional interest to U.S. Marines. Feeder 2.0.8(1206) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:21 -0500 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:45:39 -0500 Forcible Entry From the Sea http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/mar10-forcible-entry-from-the-sea-maintainign-a-viable-and-unique-capability.asp Forcible Entry Forcible Entry From the Sea: Maintaining a viable and unique capability
Forcible entry from the sea is one of the most difficult and complex operations in warfare. The ability to isolate an objective area, land forces ashore, and quickly secure key objectives requires meticulous planning, careful synchronization, and precise execution. Read entire article.]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:44:23 -0500 forcible-entry-from-the-sea Marine Corps Gazette The Rifle and the Film Reel http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/mar10-the-rifle-and-the-film-reel.asp The Rifle and the Film ReelThe Rifle and the Film Reel: A realistic approach to combat training and PTSD

Read the entire article.]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:52:07 -0500 the-rifle-and-the-film-reel Marine Corps Gazette Web Exclusive: "A Call to Account . . . Accurately" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/mar10-a-call-to-account.asp A Call to Account . . . Accurately: We can’t afford to compromise high standards of accountability

Bernie Madoff will spend the rest of his natural life behind bars for fraudulently misrepresenting and embezzling billions of investor’s dollars. His Ponzi scheme didn’t occur overnight but slowly developed over decades. Mr. Madoff is the “face” of hundreds of executives who have been skylined for mishandling and misrepresenting corporate assets during this economic recession. All of them have this in common: their initial standards of reporting accuracy were compromised in order to adapt to changing times. Read the full article.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:47:51 -0500 web-exclusive-a-call-to-account--accurately Marine Corps Gazette VIDEO: Profiles of the Marines who inspired the movie "The Pacific" On Gazette Online: Watch profiles of: John Basilone, Sidney Phillips, and Robert Leckie on Gazette online.

Also get a good deal on "The Pacific" mini-series book set at our online store.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:43:12 -0500 video-profiles-of-the-marines-who-inspired-the-mo Marine Corps Gazette Remembering the Battle of Iwo Jima . . . 65 Years Later http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/iwojima65.asp The Battle of Iwo JimaThe Marine Corps Gazette remembers the Battle of Iwo Jima by rummaging through our story and photo archives. Take a look. ]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:36:27 -0500 remembering-the-battle-of-iwo-jima--65-years Marine Corps Gazette Close Air Support: Closing the gap in persistent coverage http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/feb10-close-air-support-closing-the-gap-raisbeck.asp Close Air SupportThe cities of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan have and will continue to test our ability to provide fire support. Both environments offer abundant cover and concealment and an enemy that is often close to noncombatants, friendly forces, and sensitive infrastructure. Read more.]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:32:57 -0500 close-air-support-closing-the-gap-in-persistent-c Marine Corps Gazette Fixing Intel: A blueprint for making intelligence relevant in Afghanistan http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/feb10-fixing-intel.asp Fixing IntelEight years into the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. intelligence community is only marginally relevant to our overall strategy.* Having focused the overwhelming majority of our collection efforts and analytical brainpower on insurgent groups, our vast intelligence apparatus still finds itself unable to answer fundamental questions about the environment in which we operate and the people we are trying to persuade. Read more.]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:35:30 -0500 fixing-intel-a-blueprint-for-making-intelligence Marine Corps Gazette 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review -- Read the latest Catch the latest on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:50:23 -0500 2010-quadrennial-defense-review-read-the-latest Marine Corps Gazette TACTICAL DECISION GAMES now online! Check out the current TDG online and submit your solutions to gazette@mca-marines.org]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:10:25 -0500 tactical-decision-games-now-online The February Issue of Marine Corps Gazette is online! http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette On Gazette Online:Take a look at some of the stories we covered in our February issue.]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:55:08 -0500 the-february-issue-of-marine-corps-gazette-is-onli Marine Corps Gazette From the issue: "The Marines Who Never Went to Boot Camp" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/jan10-marines-who-never-went-to-bootcamp.asp Marines who never went to boot camp.Gazette Online: Can it be so? While most Marines and many others are aware that by Federal statute, members of the United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” are exempt from recruit training, few Marines and even fewer others are aware that an estimated 8,500 Marines in the 20th century Marine Corps never went to boot camp.Read more.


See photo slideshow.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:09:53 -0500 from-the-issue-the-marines-who-never-went-to-boo Marine Corps Gazette Marine Corps Gazette: "Navy To Commission Littoral Combat Ship Independence " LCS2On Gazette Online:
The Navy will commission Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Independence, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, during an 11 a.m. CST ceremony at Cooper Riverside Park in Mobile, Ala. Read more.

See a slideshow.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:52:36 -0500 marine-corps-gazette-navy-to-commission-littoral Marine Corps Gazette From the issue: "Leading Through Change: A tough decision is pending " http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/jan10-leading-through-change.asp Marine Corps GazetteLeading through changeOn Gazette Online:In the dynamic and free society that is the United States of America, change is constant. This is particularly true within the American military where, as a result of two protracted conflicts, warfighting doctrine has fundamentally shifted away from full-scale war predicated on fighting a peer competitor to the prosecution of counterinsurgent campaigns in the Middle East and Central Asia.Read more. ]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:13:41 -0500 from-the-issue-leading-through-change-a-tough-d Marine Corps Gazette Marine Corps Gazette: "Marines Learn Cultural Cost of Conflict" http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=122362543&m=122394471 Marine Corps GazetteOn Gazette Online:
An anthropologist defies her field to teach Marines the consequences of their actions.

Read Marine Corps Gazette's article "Incorporating Culture Into the MCPP" by Paula Holmes-Eber and Maj Brian Kane; October 2009

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:11:09 -0500 marine-corps-gazette-marines-learn-cultural-cost Marine Corps Gazette From the issue: "Treat Them As Your Own: Leadership principles for a CACO" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/jan10-treat_them_as_your_own.asp Marine Corps Gazette OnlineOn Gazette Online:Treat them as your own
One phone call and a fax in July 2003 had a significant impact on my opinion of my own leadership and the Marine Corps. I had been assigned as the casualty assistance calls officer (CACO) for a Marine captain killed in Djibouti during a training exercise. My assignment as a CACO was followed by four more notifications over the next year. Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:12:24 -0500 from-the-issue-treat-them-as-your-own-leadershi Marine Corps Gazette Marine Corps Gazette: Read "Oshkosh Defense Receives Delivery Orders of $31 Million for U.S. Marine Corps Medium Fleet" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/pr-oshkosh_delivery_orders.asp On Gazette Online:Oshkosh Defense Receives Delivery Orders of $31 Million for U.S. Marine Corps Medium Fleet
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) today announced that its Defense division has received two delivery orders valued at $31.5 million from Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) to install armor kits on 300 vehicles and manufacture more than 90 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements (MTVR) for the U.S. Marine Corps. Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:38:59 -0500 marine-corps-gazette-read-oshkosh-defense-receiv Marine Corps Gazette Corps Daily News Update: "SecDef Gates Calls For Delay In Pentagon Purchases Of Lockheed F-35s" http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck Leatherneck Magazine OnlineLeatherneck's Corps Daily News
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a delay in the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 program, cutting the Pentagon’s planned purchases by 10 aircraft in fiscal 2011 and a total of 122 through 2015, according to a budget document.

More than $2.8 billion that was budgeted earlier to buy the military’s next-generation fighter would instead be used to continue its development.

The delay is a setback for both Gates and Lockheed. Read more on Corps Daily News.

]]> leatherneck@mca-marines.org Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:44:51 -0500 corps-daily-news-update-secdef-gates-calls-for-d Leatherneck Magazine Leatherneck Magazine Video: Navajo Code Talkers Honored In New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWvW7tVxLo Navajo Code Talkers Honored In New YorkThe elite Marine unit of Navajo soldiers whose cryptic code remained unbroken during World War II, was honored at the annual Veterans' Day parade in New York City. The Code Talkers are using their trip as a bid to raise funds for a museum to honor their contribution to defeating the Japanese. Few of the original 400 Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. They say unless a museum is built quickly, their experiences will die with them. Watch video.]]> leatherneck@mca-marines.org Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:42:59 -0500 video-navajo-code-talkers-honored-in-new-york Leatherneck Magazine Leatherneck Magazine Enter the MajGen Harold W. Chase Prize Essay Contest now! http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/chase-essay-contest.asp On Gazette Online:
Chase Prize Essay ContestEnter the MajGen Harold W. Chase Prize Essay Contest now!


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]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:45:52 -0500 marine-corps-gazetteenter-the-majgen-harold-w-ch Marine Corps Gazette Marine Corps Gazette: The 'X' Method http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/delgaudio.asp The 'X' MethodOn Gazette Online:
For the tactical defense, a revision. See how to put the method together.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:40:58 -0500 marine-corps-gazette-the-x-method Marine Corps Gazette Today' Corps Daily News: "Slow Start For Military Corps In Afghanistan" http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck Leatherneck Magazine OnlineLeatherneck's Corps Daily News
The military’s effort to build a seasoned corps of expert officers for the Afghan war, one of the highest priorities of top commanders, is off to a slow start, with too few volunteers and a high-level warning to the armed services to steer better candidates into the program, according to some senior officers and participants.Read more.

]]> leatherneck@mca-marines.org Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:31:51 -0500 today-corps-daily-news-slow-start-for-military Leatherneck Magazine Read: "Treat Them As Your Own: Leadership principles for a CACO" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/jan10-treat_them_as_your_own.asp On Gazette Online:
Treat them as your own
One phone call and a fax in July 2003 had a significant impact on my opinion of my own leadership and the Marine Corps. I had been assigned as the casualty assistance calls officer (CACO) for a Marine captain killed in Djibouti during a training exercise. My assignment as a CACO was followed by four more notifications over the next year. For me, knocking on a stranger’s door, telling them that their Marine had been killed, and then helping the family through the funeral arrangements, the paperwork, and the grieving process has been the greatest leadership challenge in my career.Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:28:34 -0500 read-treat-them-as-your-own-leadership-principl Marine Corps Gazette Put "Haji" to rest: Ignorant racism is not an option" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/jan10-put-haji-to-rest.asp On Gazette Online:
Put Put ‘Haji’ to Rest: Ignorant racism is not an option

Haji is a word every Marine, deployed or in the continental United States, from private to general, has heard: haji armor, haji girl, haji villages. It is a filler word. It is a tongue in cheek expression. It is also a term that, derogatory and counterproductive to the war effort, leaders of all ranks should discourage. Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:55:09 -0500 http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette Marine Corps Gazette Read: "Military to Civilian: Transition challenges and tips to make it easier" http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dec09-military-to-civilian.asp On Gazette Online:
Military to Civilian: Transition challenges and tips to make it easierMilitary to Civilian: Transition challenges and tips to make it easier
So you are leaving the military! What are you going to do now? For those leaving the Armed Forces, the transition from the military to the civilian sector can be challenging. Oftentimes, military personnel lack adequate job-hunting skills.Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:06:12 -0500 Marine Corps Gazette Read: Changing Motor Transport Culture: Convoy operations have changed dramatically http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dec09-changing_motor_transport_culture.asp On Gazette Online:
Convoy operations have changed dramaticallyOn 25 August 1968, an Army convoy traveled a road lined with ditches near Ap Nhi, Republic of Vietnam, unaware of a reinforced battalion of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) in the woods. An explosion of rocket, machinegun, and automatic weapons fire ignited fuel tankers, trapping the convoy. As the NVA attack came within 10 meters of the road, a driver named SPC William W. Seay killed two enemy soldiers, then shot a sniper in a tree. ..Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:43:52 -0500 Marine Corps Gazette Read: Where Is Our Kilcullen? http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dec09-where_is_our_kilcullen.asp Gazette Online:Professional relevance as a result of educationWar is dynamic, changing, and unpredictable. The ongoing war in Iraq is no different; it has seen a fundamental shift in how the Marine Corps fights as the doctrine of maneuver warfare and the decisive single battle concept have been supplanted by the steady state and continued operations that are counterinsurgency operations...Read more.]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:52:21 -0500 Marine Corps Gazette Read: Change of Focus: Why it is time to start a new chapter in the U.S. advisory mission in Iraq http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dec09-a_change_of_focus_why_it_is_time_to_start_a_new_chapter_in_the_U.S._advisory_mission_in_iraq.asp On Gazette Online:A Change of Focus <br />Why it is time to start a new chapter in <br />Why it is time to start a new chapter in <br />A Change of FocusThrough its partnership with the Iraqi military, coalition forces have made progress in marginalizing many of the most egregious practices of the old regime. Brutal interrogation methods are no longer the norm, and blatant bribery has at least been stigmatized to the point where it takes place behind closed doors...Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:49:17 -0500 read-change-of-focus-why-it-is-time-to-start-a Marine Corps Gazette Read: Leading the strategic PFC in the hybrid warfare environment http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dec09-leading_the_strategic_PFC_in_the_hybrid_warfare_environment.asp On Gazette Online:The Sweetest Deal Ever <br />Leading the strategic PFC in the hybrid warfare environmentThree stone houses and a cluster of sandbagged bunkers cling to a slope above the Korangal Valley, forming an oval perimeter roughly 75 yards long. This is Firebase Vimoto. There are nearly 30 Afghan soldiers here. . .Read more.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:40:46 -0500 Marine Corps Gazette Video: The Chosin Few (CBS News): A new documentary on the Chosin Reservoir http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/chosinfew.asp On Gazette Online:
The Chosin Few

A new documentary is casting light on one of history's most brutal battles, the Korean War. As Jeff Glor reports, two Marines are making sure their courage is not forgotten. Watch.
The December 2009 issue of the Marine Corps Gazette is here! Read the digital edition on Gazette's site.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:56:45 -0500 video Marine Corps Gazette From this month's issue: Where Is Our Kilcullen? Professional relevance as a result of education http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dec09-where_is_our_kilcullen.asp Where is our Kilcullen?

War is dynamic, changing, and unpredictable. The ongoing war in Iraq is no different; it has seen a fundamental shift in how the Marine Corps fights as the doctrine of maneuver warfare and the decisive single battle concept have been supplanted by the steady state and continued operations that are counterinsurgency operations...Read more.

The December 2009 issue of the Marine Corps Gazette is here! Read the digital edition on Gazette's site.

]]> gazette@mca-marines.org Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:50:28 -0500 from-this-months-issue-where-is-our-kilcullen-p Marine Corps Gazette Gen Conway Awarded Legion D'Honneur The Highest Decoration In France CMC receives French award

The commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway, is awarded the Legion D'Honneur by French Gen. Elrick Irastorza, Chief of Staff of the French Army, Dec. 1, 2009, in Paris, France. Conway was awarded the highest decoration in France for his "eminent merit" in his military career. See larger image.

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]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:33:40 -0500 gen-conway-awarded-legion-dhonneur-the-highest-de Marine Corps Gazette The wait is over! The December 2009 issue of Marine Corps Gazette is live. The current issue of Marine Corps Gazette

The December 2009 issue of the Marine Corps Gazette is here! Read the digital edition on Gazette's site.


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]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:01:30 -0500 the-wait-is-over-the-december-2009-issue-of-marin Marine Corps Gazette Mark Moray on his book "A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq." (C-Span Video) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ID/214308 Mark Moyar talked about his book A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (Yale University Press; October 20, 2009). In his book he argues that good military leadership, not "winning hearts and minds," is the key to winning counterinsurgency wars.


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]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:10:50 -0500 mark-moray-on-his-book-a-question-of-command-cou Marine Corps Gazette The Battle of Hue City (C-Span) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ID/211508&start=0&end=3570 Lieutenant General Ron Christmas (Ret.) presented a first-hand account of the Battle of Hue City. In 1968 the North Vietnamese and their Viet Cong allies staged attacks across South Vietnam during the Tet holiday, including an assault on Hué, the old imperial capital. The offensive ended in crippling military defeat for the attackers, and yet the ...

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]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:02:46 -0500 the-battle-of-hue-city-cspan Marine Corps Gazette November issue of Marine Corps Gazette is live online! ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:47:02 -0500 november-issue-of-marine-corps-gazette-is-live-onl Marine Corps Gazette This Week in Marine Corps History: 15th MEU (SOC) conducted an Amphibious assault over 400 miles (640 km) into the land-locked country of Afghanistan. http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/history_this_week.asp On November 25, 2001, the Marines and Sailors of the 15th MEU (SOC) conducted an Amphibious assault over 400 miles (640 km) into the land-locked country of Afghanistan.

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]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0500 this-week-in-marine-corps-history-15th-meu-soc Marine Corps Gazette November's Marine Corps Gazette is live online http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette ]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:48:48 -0500 novembers-marine-corps-gazette-is-live-online Marine Corps Gazette test Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:39:04 -0500 test Welcome to the Marine Corps Gazette's new RSS feed! http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/ Marine Corps Gazette is excited to publish its first ever RSS feed. Subscribe to the feed to keep on top of items of professional interest to Marines.]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:30:57 -0400 welcome-to-the-marine-corps-gazettes-new-rss-feed Marine Corps Gazette