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Enemy Across the Park

TDG #00-2

Tactical Decision Game #00-2, which uses the same general setting as TDGs #99-10 and #99-12, is presented. The USMC strategic military personnel game involves a platoon commander with two assault squads and one machinegun squad.

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The Strategic Corporal in Kosovo

Decentralized operations mean new challenges for small unit leaders...

The USMC must work to develop the caliber of leadership that ensures that its NCOs are truly "Strategic Corporals." Merida believes that developing decisionmaking within the Marines takes practice.

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Operation LUMP SUM

TDG #00-1

The situation and requirement of Tactical Decision Game #00-1 are offered.

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Caught in the Open

TDG #99-12

MacIntyre sets up Tactical Decision Game #99-12, which he calls "Caught in the Open." In the game, the commander's company, at 85%, has been deployed to stabilize conditions in a war ravaged country.

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Attack on Rocky Run Hollow

TDG #99-11

A USMC tactical decisionmaking game involving USMC military engagements with guerrilla forces is presented.

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Decision at the Overpass

TDG #99-10

Tactical Decision Game #99-10 is presented. The focus of the game is to create a strategy to help stabilize Athsano, a war ravaged country in southern Europe.

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Chaos at Intercon Hotel

TDG #99-9

A fictional military scenario is presented as a problem solving and decision making exercise for Marines. They are required to decide in under two minutes what orders/reports they would issue in the given situation, and then provide a sketch of their actions and the rationale behind them.

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Bridges East and West

TDG #99-8

Tactical Decision Game #99-8, which involves conducting an amphibious assault in the fictional country of Burgundy, is described.

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All in a Day’s Work (Part II)

TDG #99-7

A tactical decision game in which a USMC lieutenant must decide how to respond to enemy fire in terrain covered with tall pine forest of moderate density is presented.

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Battle Along the Tziepov, Continued

TDG #99-6

In Tactical Decision Game #99-6, a task force commander nust decide what to do after temporarily halting the enemy on one fronton, while resistance stiffens on another front. Readers are invited to submit a solution.

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Lessons from Afghanistan

Book Review

Fulford reviews "The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan" edited by Lester W. Grau.

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