Marine Corps Gazette - Marine Corps Association

2025 Aviation Plan Executive Summary

By: Staff, DC Aviation

Balancing crisis response and modernization The Deputy Commandant for Aviation’s (DC A) 2025 Aviation Plan (AVPLAN) was signed and released this past January. The AVPLAN intends to communicate to the FMFs, our industry partners, and Congress, the DC A’s priorities...

Approachability: Overlooked but not Unseen

By: LtCol Merritt Mitchell

2025 Gen Robert E. Hogaboom Leadership Writing Contest: First Place Approachability is a bridge that connects you to your Marines. You are either paving the way, building barriers, or cutting off access. In the Marine Corps, trust and communication are...

Force Design: Making the First Thing First – Logically

By: LtCol Noel Williams, USMC(Ret)

Design precedes development as the architect precedes the engineer Force design is a critically important process for any military to ensure it is ready and able to preserve deterrence and meet the test of the next conflict should it occur....

Xi Jinping Thought and Implications for the Indo-Pacific Information Domain

By: Mr. Andrew Jensen

Understanding the pacing threat The dawn of a new year is a most appropriate and auspicious time to take stock of oneself, one’s goals, and one’s path forward for the next twelve months—a veritable fulcrum of reflection. And what better...

So, You Want to Influence a Foreign Government?

By: Dr. Douglas Bryant

Messaging for competition and crisis It is no secret that the Marine Corps wants to influence Russia, China, and other foreign governments. Like the rest of the Joint Force, the Corps is working to optimize information capabilities for competition and...

Core Tasks

By: Col George J. David

Mission essential to the stand-in force The Marine Corps must actively pursue the stand-in force’s (SIF’s) purpose to sense and make sense in joint and combined operations to provide relevant support the fleet and combatant commands (COCOMs), allies, and partners....