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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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Nov 7, 20226 min read


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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Nov 4, 20226 min read


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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Jun 1, 20223 min read


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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Apr 12, 20224 min read


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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Apr 5, 20222 min read


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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Mar 29, 20225 min read


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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Mar 11, 202210 min read


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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Feb 18, 202213 min read


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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Feb 11, 202215 min read


Vulgate Maneuverism: Bastardizing the OODA Loop By Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC
I first heard of the OODA Loop as a young corporal at FOB Hit, Iraq, in 2005. I remember sitting on a pallet of soda cans amidst steel...

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Feb 4, 20223 min read


SNCO Day in Golf Company: A Short Story of Warfighting in Garrison by LtCol Tim Jackson, USMC (Ret)
Scene: The garrison command post of a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion on a weekday morning, just after PT. LtCol Patrick “Paddy”...

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Jan 21, 202215 min read


Maneuver Warfare: Epistemic Rocket Fuel By Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC
In a previous essay, I suggested that maneuver warfare, the official warfighting doctrine of the U.S. Marine Corps, is fading from that...

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Jan 15, 20225 min read


Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 by 1stLt William Allred, USMC
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 (https://mmpgamers.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_8&products_id=10) Bottom Line Up...

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Jan 14, 20225 min read


On Our Dollar-oriented DOD: A Letter from Col Michael D. Wyly, USMC (Ret)
I fully agree with the concerns of the authors of the three recent articles on our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our Defense Department...

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Jan 6, 20222 min read


Four Decades on: A Midlife Crisis for Maneuver Warfare by Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC
If maneuver warfare were a man, what would we make of him? When “he” arrived on the scene in the late 1970s, he stood full of vim and...

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Jan 6, 20226 min read


The Ghost & General Smith: The Complete Story by Scott Weibling, Jordan Miller, and Matt Tweedy
(For the full audio version presented by Controversy and Clarity, please visit: https://anchor.fm/damien-oconnell/episodes/The-Ghost-and-...

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Dec 31, 202120 min read


A Response to Easton and Thiele by Maj. Ian T. Brown, USMC.
Failure tends to drive reflection, and recently here at The Maneuverist, two authors have reflected on the recent collapse of American...
David K
Dec 17, 20216 min read


A Response to “What Good Losers Do" by LtCol Gregory A. Thiele, USMC (Ret.)
Members of the Islamist Militant Group Boko Haram https://ctc.usma.edu/boko-haram-beyond-headlines-analyses-africas-enduring-insurgency/...

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Dec 11, 20213 min read


What Good Losers Do by Easton*
Marines of the III Marine Amphibious Force in 1968. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/october/invading-north-vie...

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Nov 25, 202112 min read


Amphibious Warfare: German Style
A book review by Damien O'Connell (originally written in 2008) Operation Albion by Michael Barrett. Indiana University Press, Bloomington...
David K
Nov 12, 20215 min read
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