Wargame Review: Bobby Lee: The Civil War in Virginia 1861-1865 by Captain William Allred, USMC
The Battleboard in Bobby Lee Credit: MarcoOmnigamer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=APGIZslPYmQ Overview Bobby Lee...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Sep 27
- 13 min
Wargaming at the Company Level: Assessments and Recommendations to Avoid a Wargaming Bust
By Majors Matthew Tweedy and Taylor McKechnie, USMC Marines Play in 2/2's March Madness-Style Tournament in Okinawa, December 2019...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Sep 12
- 2 min
Kriegspiel 2030: A Free-Play Tactical System for the Infantry By Capt William Allred, USMC
(Credit: https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3108841/ii-mef-marines-apply-future-concepts-in-wargaming/) Kriegspiel 2030 is...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Sep 10
- 9 min
Building the New Infantry: It’s All About Culture By Corporal Joshua Sulentic, USMC
A Marine lance corporal and corporal on patrol in Helmand Province, 2014. (Credit: https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Jul 2
- 5 min
Intellectuals and Mechanics by Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/02/09/corps-wants-194000-troops-cyber-information-ops-isr.html Organizations thrive by...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Feb 25
- 40 min
Translating War: An Annotated Bibliography of Translated Works by Stuart Britton
A Sample of Stuart's Translations Military professionals in the English-speaking world should know the name Stuart Britton. Stuart, the...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Jan 9
- 12 min
Expeditionary Advanced Bases…Again By Captain James Michael, USMC
The Siege of Famagusta, Cyrpus, 1570-1571 https://bit.ly/3XfBo7z In 2020, the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (USMC)...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Dec 21, 2022
- 6 min
Commanders Own PME: A Follow Up to “Time for Another Stand-Down” by Captain Devon Sanderfield, USMC
Tactical small unmanned aerial systems and precision-guided munitions have forced military units to distribute to survive on the modern...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Nov 23, 2022
- 6 min
900 Orders by LtCol Brendan McBreen, USMC (Ret.)
Editor's Note: This essay was originally published on LtCol McBreen's website, http://www.2ndbn5thmar.com/. A lieutenant asked me last...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Nov 11, 2022
- 17 min
What Good Losers Do: One Year Later By Easton
Marines of Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, fighting in Sangin, Afghanistan, 2010 (https://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141724272/an-afghan-hell...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
You Had ONE Job: The U.S. Military’s Epic Fail in Afghanistan by LtCol Brendan McBreen, USMC (Ret.)
Editor's Note: This essay was originally written in October 2021. Then-Lieutenant Colonel McBreen with Afghan Generals Munir Mangal–201st...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Nov 7, 2022
- 6 min
EABO Wargame AAR by LtCol Brendan McBreen, USMC (Ret.)
Editor's Note: The following is an after-action report on an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations wargame conducted at Marine Corps...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Nov 4, 2022
- 6 min
Preparing to be a Company-Grade Officer in the Year 2030 By MIDN 2/C Alexandra Hudepohl
" Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates receive warrior toughness training at Recruit Training Command...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
It’s about Flexibility: Marine Corps Infantry in Force Design 2030 By 1stLt Levi Leet, USMC
While the concerns and excitement surrounding Force Design 2030 (FD 2030) often focus on organizational concepts like Expeditionary...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Apr 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Dulling of the Marine Corps Mind By Easton
We are witnessing an historic moment in U.S. military history: the dulling of the Marine Corps mind. Take the current debate on Force...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
A Call for Constructive Debate: Force Design 2030
A Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System Launcher in Hawaii (https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/12/14/us-marine-commandan...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
Dead or Alive?: Tank Employment in Modern Warfare by Captain Christopher Telle, USA
A few weeks ago, media commentators on modern warfare and combat arms widely shared this video, which allegedly shows a Russian tank...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Mar 11, 2022
- 10 min
The Massengale-Damon Letters (#3)
Editor-in-Chief's Note: The letter below and those that follow it were forwarded to the Warfighting Society. Written in response to Major...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Feb 18, 2022
- 13 min
Just Call It “Warfare”: Why Manoeuvre Warfare Retards Progress in the Profession of Arms - Wilf Owen
If you're a manoeuvrist or believe in manoeuvre warfare, then you risk being both a hostage to bad history and to closing yourself off...
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thewarfightingsociety
- Feb 11, 2022
- 15 min
Book Review: Prodigal Soldiers by David Kerby
James Kitfield. Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War. New York...
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