Maneuver Warfare Collection – Page 14 – Marine Corps Association

You Say You Want A Revolution?

What will be the role of CAS on the battlefields of the future? The debate goes on, but it needs to be focused by a better understanding of current doctrine.

The role of USMC close air support on the battlefields of the future must be focused by a better understanding of current doctrine.

MCDP 4 Approved

Recently the Corps published Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 4 Logistics. MCDP 4 provides a conceptual framework for the understanding and practice of effective logistics. Because logistics is an essential

Response to “If Not Synchronization, What?”

Letter to the Editor

by Maj Irvin E. Evans III Synchronization is a path for moving toward the maneuver warfare ideal. Flaws emerge; but, as a way to drive home the importance of coordination,

If Not Synchronization, What?

Here the author addresses some basic differences between synchronization and maneuver warfare and suggests ways that Marine leaders may want to focus their warfighting training effort.

Schmitt addresses some basic differences between synchronization and maneuver warfare and suggests ways that Marine leaders may want to focus on their warfighting training effort. The critical issue with regard to asynchronous operations is creating focus of effort or cohesion.

MAGTF Aviation and Maneuver Warfare

Lip service or lethal punch?

Maneuver warfare should apply to both combat elements of the Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF). Anything less fails to take full advantage of the Marine Corps' aviation assets.

Aviation’s Maneuver Doctrine

Editorial

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

How TQL Should Have Been Introduced To the Marine Corps

The author points out the value of quickly incorporating a new concept into the curriculum at our formal schools in order to effectively bring Marines on board.

For over 220 years now, our Corps has been fighting and winning wars without TQL or maneuver warfare. The backbone of the Corps' success in its honored past has been the ability of junior leaders to put the 14 Leadership Traits and 11 Leadership Principles to work for them. These pillars of

Let’s Put Jaeger to the Test

This author continues the debate on Jaeger Air, but also adds that the time is coming to take the debate to the field. And if Jaeger proves successful, he offers several next steps to take.

It is time to take the debate over Jaeger Air to the field. Jaeger Aviation builds on the Marine air-ground team (MAGT) concept to develop a future vision of naval aerial fire support.

The Packaged Maneuver Trilogy

Book Review

Warfighting: Maneuver Warfare in the U.S. Marine Corps edited by H. T. Hayden.

Planning the Battalion Attack: A new paradigm for an old process

In October the Gazette published three articles discussing alternate approaches to decisionmaking and a major article assessing the Marine Corps' current approach to command and staff action as outlined in FMFM 3-1. The articles and letters that follow continue that dialog.

The USMC's current warfighting doctrine, which is outlined in "FMFM 3-1," implies a need for new command and staff procedures. The planning and decisionmaking process taught at the Marine Corps University is examined, and several views on the doctrine are offered.

Aviation and Maneuver Warfare

Editorial

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.