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Mobilizing the Marine Corps

By: LtCol Douglas Toulette

Why the Service is incapable of repeating June 1950 When the Korea People’s Army stormed across the 38th parallel on 25 June 1950, the Republic...

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Patrolling Hill 55: Hard Lessons in Retrospect

By: LtCol Howard Christy, USMC (Ret)

A company grade officer’s memoir of duty in Vietnam and his reflections on how the Corps adjusted and responded to battlefield challenges quite different from...

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Mobilization as a Theory of Victory

By: Col Ryan Murata and Maj Jason Ryu

Deploying all elements of national defense Vignette  On 1 August 2027—the 100th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army—the Chinese Communist Party launches a preplanned invasion...

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On That First Day on Guadalcanal

By: Col Lawrence G. Karch (Ret.)

Why so little Japanese resistance? During the months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and other Asian targets, the United States was driven from the Philippines,...

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I Didn’t Sign Up for This

By: Maj Mark Thomas and Maj Erin Malapit

Civilian contractors in combat at Wake Island To compete globally in the 21st century, the U.S. military must rely on civilian contractors to manage vital...

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Someone to Light the Path

By: Maj Adam Fountain

Morals, ethics, and self-assessment Whom Shall I Send? “All around our society, you see immoral behavior ... lying, cheating, stealing, drug and alcohol abuse, prejudice,...

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Closing the Gap for Integrated Casualty Evacuation

By: LCDR Toby P. Keeney-Bonthrone, CDR Bhavini Jaiswal, CDR Christopher S. Ibikunle, & CAPT Gerald T. Delk

Logistical operations in a contested environment Operational forces in future wars must be small, agile, and have a low signature to survive the Miniaturized Sensor...

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First to the Fight in Acquisition Reform

By: SES Stephen J. Bowdren

Equipping Marines better and faster: a proactive approach The new administration’s call for a revitalized military demands a fresh look at defense acquisition reform. The...

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PPBE Reform

By: Capt Jeremy M. Fisher

Legislative action to speed innovation Under constraints in current programming and budgeting processes, the Marine Corps cannot match adversaries’ speed of innovation in today’s rapidly...

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2025 Aviation Plan Executive Summary

By: Staff, DC Aviation

Balancing crisis response and modernization The Deputy Commandant for Aviation’s (DC A) 2025 Aviation Plan (AVPLAN) was signed and released this past January. The AVPLAN...

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Approachability: Overlooked but not Unseen

By: LtCol Merritt Mitchell

2025 Gen Robert E. Hogaboom Leadership Writing Contest: First Place Approachability is a bridge that connects you to your Marines. You are either paving the...

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Force Design: Making the First Thing First – Logically

By: LtCol Noel Williams, USMC(Ret)

Design precedes development as the architect precedes the engineer Force design is a critically important process for any military to ensure it is ready and...

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