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SIF HMLA: Why The Marine Corps Needs to rethink H-1s

By: Maj Patrick Healy

The Commandant's Rapid Response Essay Contest: Second Place The Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) has long served as the Marine Corps’ rotary-wing utility and...

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Crowdsourced Kill Webs

By: Capt Ignotus

Human-enabled targeting within the first island chain Humans are more important than hardware, and every human is a sensor. Focusing on humans as a meansof...

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How We Fight!

By: MARSOC, CD&I G-5 Staff

MARSOC's Approach to Warfighting The authors represent a diverse team from the G-5 Directorate, comprised of active duty, retired, and civilian professionals. Their backgrounds and...

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Non-Combat Attacks on the Marine Corps

By: Mr. Alan E. Mesches

No respect for the Marine Corps  Throughout its 250-year history, the Marine Corps, in the words of 1980s comedian Rodney Dangerfield, “Don’t get no respect.”...

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Lessons from an Unlikely Enemy

By: Capt Tyler C. Gunn

What the Marine Corps can learn from the Houthis The Uncomfortable TeacherThe Houthis are not the type of adversary the Marine Corps typically studies for...

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Exquisite and Insufficient

By: Maj Aaron Barlow

The fires revolution the Marine Corps missed One of the central premises of Marine Corps Force Design was the evolving relationship between precision and mass....

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The Floating Forward Operating Base MEU

By: LtCol Joe “Pappy” Papay, USMC (Ret)

A blueprint for the Marine Corps of 2035 Executive Summary The MEU of 2035 must evolve to remain relevant in the face of precision-strike threats,...

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A Message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps

  https://youtu.be/6Vw0jTk4rqQ?si=nFTshxRoVY5LpmtC A Message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps 10 November 2025 Two hundred and fifty years ago, before our Nation declared its...

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Forward, Flexible, Formidable, and Relevant

By: the Staff of the Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations

Today’s Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit Since its inception, the MEU has embarked on an Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and continues to serve as the...

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Gendarmerie de Marjah

By: Maj Mathew K. Lesnowicz

Success at ground level Marjah, Afghanistan, was the financial base and perceived Taliban “heart of darkness” prior to Operation MOSHTARAK in early 2010.1 After a...

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Decision-Advantage

By: Ms. Erica Schwendeman

The case for Marine Corps ISR enterprise transformation The Marine Corps stands at a pivotal crossroads, a moment of profound transformation that will define its...

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Bulldozers to Baghdad

By: Col Michael C. Howard, USMCR(Ret)

Marine Corps combat D9 dozers in the Iraq War Marines have always emphasized high-speed mobility. We place a premium on acquiring equipment that is lighter...

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