Ideas & Issues - Marine Corps Association

A Message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps

10 NOVEMBER 2023 For 248 years, Marines have earned a reputation as the most disciplined and lethal warfighters in the world. This legacy of honor, courage, and commitment passed on

A Message From the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

1 September, 2023 Our Corps remains an indispensable element of our nation’s security and readiness. As I write, our 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) is providing our Combatant

The Case for Revising Warfighting

Modernize doctrine for the future force >Col Greene is an Infantry Officer and currently the Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group. >>Maj Malcolm is an Infantry Officer

Thinking Bigger

2023 MajGen Harold W. Chase Prize Essay Contest: First Place Global and revolutionary over regional and evolutionary >Col Milstein is transitioning from U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command to Marine Corps

Contested Logistics in the EABO Environment

A present look and way ahead >1stLt German is currently a student at the Army’s Logistics Captains Career Course. He is a Ground Supply Officer and previously was the Battalion

A Message From the Deputy Commandant for Information

The Marine Corps is in a constant “fight for information.” Winning this fight today and every day gives us a lethal advantage in the next battle, the next war. Information

Giving “Laser Focus” New Meaning

The Marine Corps is unprepared for the newest tactic of civil unrest events >>Capt Deavenport is an Intelligence Officer currently serving as an Olmsted Scholar in Bangkok, Thailand. When adversaries

Radio Communications at Duffer’s Island

Lessons from three dreams >LtCol Haycock is an 8061 Acquisition Professional serving as the Program Management Team Lead for Terrestrial Collection and Human Intelligence programs at Marine Corps Systems Command

MCDP 4, Logistics 2.0

Resilient logistics for the force today and tomorrow “The thoughts contained here are not merely guidance for action in combat but a way of thinking. This publication provides the authoritative

A Message From the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics

This is truly an exciting time for our Marine Corps Installations and Logistics Enterprise. Today, we are balancing the demands of a ready force in day-to-day competition with the imperative

Infantry Battalion Experiment-30 (IBX30) Phase I Results

NeXt-file released >Capt Hogan is a 1302 Combat Engineer Officer assigned to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. After serving his first tour at 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, he has spent