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The Opposing Ideas

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In the past few months the Gazette pages have been the location of an interesting debate that centers on the predeployment training program (PTP), certification of operations officers and, depending on how you look at it, necessary guidance to or lack of autonomy of subordinates. The central point

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Aviation’s Maneuver Doctrine

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Questions about how Marine aviation should respond to the Corps' adoption of maneuver warfare doctrine first arose more than a decade ago. Would this change in doctrine affect the operational concepts, training, and focus of effort of Marine aircraft wings-perhaps even their organization and

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Aviation and Maneuver Warfare

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An editorial questions what will emerge as the principal role of USMC aviation as the Marines continue to develop and refine their doctrine of maneuver warfare. The Gulf War showed the strategic effectiveness of air power.

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