Ideas & Issues - Marine Corps Association

More Effective Education and Training

The importance of the strategic concept Effective military education and training do not take place in a vacuum. Rather, both are elements in a force planning strategy that implements the

The Marine Littoral Regiment’s Missing Link

An unmanned platform for sea denial The Marine littoral regiment (MLR) has been lauded as a stand-in-force capable of conducting sea denial operations.1 However, the MLR’s ability to close self-contained

Strategic Competition and Stand-in Forces

A novel view for tactical units “The current T&E [Training & Education] system is not preparing the Marine Corps for the future operating environment.” —Training and Education 2030 The 2018

The Strategic Gap in the Pacific

Training opportunities in Alaska The former Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), Gen Berger, released guidance to the Marine Corps with the publication of Training and Education 2030. The publication

Aleutian Allure

“Key Maritime Terrain—Any landward portion of the littoral that affords a force controlling it the ability to significantly influence events seaward.”-Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations, Second Edition 2023

The Operational Level of War Does Not Exist

Observation from OIF and OEF During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I served on what was then the Marine Corps Combat Development Command’s Combat Assessment Team. There was a sense

General Alfred M. Gray, Jr – Warfighting Innovator

The Marine Corps lost one of its great and visionary leaders on 20 March 2024. In the many public eulogies that marked Gen Alfred M. Gray’s passing there were three

10th Marines

Artillery modernization and support to the 2d MarDiv The release of Force Design 2030 has precipitated significant changes in the structure of 10th Mar. The regiment maintains a two-battalion structure

A Culture of Innovation Drives Acceleration!

Rapid response to Corps’ modernization efforts Innovation—the discovery of new ideas, methods, or technologies—is a necessary but insufficient condition to achieve the dominant warfighting capability edge needed to address both

Project EAGLE

Reorienting Marine Aviation’s Lift Vector toward 2040 Societal divisions, state tensions, and contested international norms are setting conditions for a volatile and potentially dangerous future. Although these conditions are not

Warfighting Through Data-Centricity

Outmaneuvering through Information Information is a critical element of all military operations. This should not surprise us as our observe, orient, decide, and act (OODA) loops are fed by, make