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When the Tempest Gathers

By Andrew Milburn

This article is an excerpt from the book, “When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War” by Andrew Milburn, retired Marine colonel and infantry and special operations ofﬁcer. Col Milburn’s memoir recounts his career leading Marines in combat in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tales From Okinawa

Compiled by Sgt John Conner, USMC

This article from the Leatherneck archives describes the horriﬁc ﬁghting during the Battle of Okinawa as Marines and soldiers fought a determined foe in the last battle in the island-hopping campaign of the Paciﬁc in WW II.

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The Case for Change Meeting the principal challenges facing the Corps

by Gen David H. Berger

This article lays out the case, as I see it, for the sweeping changes the Marine Corps needs to make to meet the principal challenges facing the institution.

The Future of TECOM Applying learning principles and best practices to more effectively create an intellectual edge in our Marines

by Chris Casey and MAJ Donald Vandergriff, USA(Ret)

… open-ended statements are not valuable feedback …

What Marines Believe About War and Warfare A declaration

THE MANEUVERIST PAPERS

by Two Maneuverists

…it is better to defeat an enemy through systemic disruption than cumulative attrition—historically the two basic defeat mechanisms—because disruption can achieve disproportionately greater results for the resources expended.