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The 9th Moves Out

By SSgt Bob Bowen, USMC

In this story from the Leatherneck archives, 1st Bn, 9th Marines—one of the first battalions to deploy to Vietnam in the 1960s—redeployed to Okinawa after 47 months in country.

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Representing the Past Pageant of Historic Uniforms Honors the Marines Who Came Before

By Nancy S. Lichtman

From perfectly powdered wigs to gleaming brass buttons, no detail is overlooked by the United States Marine Corps Historical Company when preparing Marines for a living history display during the Commandant’s Birthday Ball each year.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS CMC Birthday Message

David H. Berger
General, U.S. Marine Corps
Commandant of the Marine Corps

Happy Birthday, Marines!

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Arctic Riverine Operations A skill the Russians are focused on

by LTC Lester W. Grau, USA (Ret)

The Russians are developing Arctic riverine combat skills in digestible stages. Clearly they are now the world’s most experienced force in this type of combat.

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We Should Study More Dead Russians And spend less time studying the German way of war

by Maj Alfred B. Ruggles

From an outside perspective, Russia seems politically and economically fragile; nevertheless, the 2017 National Security Strategy still described Russia as a near-peer adversary…

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Nonlinearity and the Arc of Warfighting Bending toward the tactical level of war?

by George M. Gross

This is the corrected version of this article which originally appeared in the September 2019 issue of the Gazette.

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