Giving “Laser Focus” New Meaning
The Marine Corps is unprepared for the newest tactic of civil unrest events >>Capt Deavenport is an Intelligence Officer currently serving as an Olmsted Scholar in Bangkok, Thailand. When adversaries
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Ideas & Issues
A Message From the Deputy Commandant for Information
The Marine Corps is in a constant “fight for information.” Winning this fight today and every day gives us a lethal advantage in the next battle, the next war. Information
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MCDP 4, Logistics 2.0
Resilient logistics for the force today and tomorrow “The thoughts contained here are not merely guidance for action in combat but a way of thinking. This publication provides the authoritative
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A Message From the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics
This is truly an exciting time for our Marine Corps Installations and Logistics Enterprise. Today, we are balancing the demands of a ready force in day-to-day competition with the imperative
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Pushing Lethality to the Edge
A smarter, deadlier MAGTF >Capt Holden is a Marine Officer currently assigned to USSOUTHCOM where he has worked in security cooperation and collections management billets as well as managing a
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Infantry Battalion Experiment-30 (IBX30) Phase I Results
NeXt-file released >Capt Hogan is a 1302 Combat Engineer Officer assigned to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. After serving his first tour at 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, he has spent
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When New Concepts and Capabilities Meet the Test of Major War
A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDING GENERAL MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING LABORATORY WHEN NEW CONCEPTS AND CAPABILITIES MEET THE TEST OF MAJOR WAR Eighty years ago, the final act of the
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Marine Raiders and the Stand-In Force
MARSOF in the littorals >Mr. Hecht is a retired Critical Skills Operator who served in a variety of Special Operations and Infantry assignments over a 30-year career. His deployments include
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Adapt or Die
The maneuver warfare imperative MCDP 1 ignores >Maj Jessup did not provide a bio. Philosophy, not prophecy; innovative, not inviolate—MCDP 1, Warfighting, is a living document long past due for
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The Main Effort of the Marine Littoral Regiment
A credible deterrent >Maj Schedler is a 7202 Air Command and Control Officer currently serving as the Ground Based Air Defense Division Head at Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron
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The “SOF Touch”
How MARSOC can contribute to strategic competition >GySgt Hopper is a Marine Raider with infantry and special operations experience that spans three theaters of operations. He is currently pursuing a Master
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