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A Universal Language As Afghan Evacuees Arrive at Quantico, Marines Get Creative to Bridge Cultural Divide

By Sara W. Bock

Art, games and smiling faces are just a few of the ways Marines have helped welcome Afghan guests to their temporary home at Upshur Village, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. As one of eight military installations designated to temporarily house Afghan evacuees, MCB Quantico is making Marine Corps history in support of Operation Allies Welcome.

Desert Shield/Desert Storm Stories from the Marines on the Ground

From the Leatherneck Archives: April 1991

By Individual Authors

This article from the Leatherneck archives is a compilation of stories of Marines on the ground during the first Gulf War in 1991.

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A Message From the Commanding General Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory “The iterative nature of successful force design.”

by BGen Benjamin T. Watson

“In theory, force design and capability development can be explained in a straightforward manner…”

Implementation of the Hunter Killer Platoon Utilizing the arms room concept; from weapons platoon to hunter killer platoon

by MajGen Julian D. Alford

“The hunter killer platoon within the rifle company will allow for continued training and growth of the multidisciplinary Marines selected to be in the hunter killer platoon upon arriving to the FMF.”

Updating Defeat Mechanisms Concepts of victory for contemporary warfare

by Dr. Frank Hoffman

“The advocates of Maneuver Warfare claimed all the positive virtues of operational art and castigated attrition as the artless application of raw force.”