Ideas & Issues - Marine Corps Association

Radio Communications at Duffer’s Island

Lessons from three dreams >LtCol Haycock is an 8061 Acquisition Professional serving as the Program Management Team Lead for Terrestrial Collection and Human Intelligence programs at Marine Corps Systems Command

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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