Maneuver Warfare Collection - Marine Corps Association

German Training and Tactics

An Interview With Col Pestke

Someone is going to be asked to present the estimation of terrain; another, the estimation of the enemy or of their own forces. Nobody knows who will be asked to make the presentation. Everyone must be prepared. Everybody must be "living" in the situation. Then the game will be developed. In a

Those Confusing Ms

Maneuver Warfare

Movement, itself, is any displacement from one position to another. By itself, movement need not have any adverse effect on the enemy. The distance or speed of the movement does not render it maneuver. Its design does. Its timeliness is extremely important to whether the design will work. Thus,

Views From PP&O

An Interview with LtGen Bernard E. Trainor

For openers let me say that as long as there is a need to make a forcible entry from the sea, we will find a way of doing it. As to Iwo Jima being dated-of course it is dated. So are Waterloo and El Alamein. The military profession is dynamic. Marines have a penchant for history-not to repeat it,

Views From PP&O

An Interview with LtGen Bernard E. Trainor

For openers let me say that as long as there is a need to make a forcible entry from the sea, we will find a way of doing it. As to Iwo Jima being dated-of course it is dated. So are Waterloo and El Alamein. The military profession is dynamic. Marines have a penchant for history-not to repeat it,

Stay Light To Maneuver

Letter to the Editor

by Maj J.T. Walker, USAF Many MCG articles seem far off the mark when it comes to maneuver warfare. Maneuver warfare by a MAGTF is a possibility provided MAOTF leaders

Recon: A Neglected Supporting Arm

Tactics

Our most important asset, as always, is our personnel. We cannot afford to have less than the best, nor can we casually assume that any Marine with an infantry MOS can be an effective reconnaissance man. Candidates for reconnaissance duty should be screened from the FMF for intelligence, physical

Wheels for Reconnaissance

Tactics

The division reconnaissance battalion is even less capable than the ad hoc tank/mechanized infantry force in performing motorized reconnaissance for the MCATF. While equipping long-range reconnaissance companies with jeeps and calling that a motorized reconnaissance capability may have been an

Capabilities and Missions

by LtCol M.D. Wyly In his response to my article, “Thinking Beyond the Beachhead” (MCG, Jan83), Maj E.J. Robeson (MCG, Apr83) expressed doubts over whether the MAGTF can conduct maneuver

MWSG and Operational Employment

To support a MAW with suitable airfields or landing sites, each wing has over 3 million square feet of aluminum AM-2 matting, 12 Fresnel Lens landing lights, and 9 M-21 arresting gear systems. This equipment is sufficient to install four expeditionary airfields and three vertical or short takeoff

Lamenting an Arty Lament

Letter to the Editor

by GySgt Martin L. Steitz, USMC(Ret) Here we go again! First we heard the laments of the LVT community: now we hear them from an artilleryman. (See MCG, Feb83, pp56-60.)

MAGTFs and the Tactical Defense

The second flaw is that our maneuverists generally think "heavy" and their heroes invariably include Rommel and Patton.