This United States Marine Corps manual, Marine Corps Tactical Publication MCTP 3-30A Command and Staff Action July 2020, provides staff tactics, techniques, and procedures that support the commander's decision making process at all levels of command. The publication consists of two parts. Part I describes command and staff organizations and describes the MAGTF command structure to include the commander's personal, general, and special staffs. MCTP 3-30A describes billets within each functional organization as they relate to the commander and identifies these roles and responsibilities. Part II identifies key coordination measures or staff actions necessary to aid the commander in decision making and reinforces key means of communications via standardized reports and information management systems and processes. The appendices include several sample formats for correspondence and staff studies. MCTP 3-30A informs Marines on the basic composition of MAGTF staffs and describes basic staff skills corresponding to effective action officers. As such, this publication will also include staff sections that emerged over the last decade such as the G-9. The information contained in MCTP 3-30A applies to major subordinate commands, regiment/group, and battalion/squadron levels. Any Marine at any echelon can reference this publication to understand basic command and staff actions.
By, For, and About Marines is a nonfiction collection of notable quotes giving voice to U.S. Marines throughout its storied and illustrious history. Each quote is set in historical context to give the reader a better understanding of where, when, and why the quote is included.
The works of General Griffith provide a framework of understanding for interpreting the actions of leaders of Communist China that remains relevant for the 21st century military professional.General Griffith was widely regarded as an expert on military matters and on China. He was a highly decorated Marine veteran of the Second World War and one of the key leaders of the elite 1st Marine Raider Battalion. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, he earned a D. Phil in Chinese Military History from Oxford University. Griffith's experience and education made him uniquely qualified to write about Chinese military thought. As China continues to grow and gain power.Griffith's writings provide a framework of understanding. This book examines eight works by Griffith to formulate that framework. There are five key concepts that make up Griffith's understanding of Chinese military thought. They are: (1) Sun Tzu and Mao Tse-tung are foundational influences on Chinese military thought; (2) war and politics are inseparable, they are overlapping parts of the same spectrum of conflict; (3) ten principles guide Chinese decision-making and actions; (4) China will only fight “just” wars; (5) China seeks its “rightful place” in the world.
This doctrinal publication describes a theory and philosophy of command and control for the U.S. Marine Corps. Put very simply, the intent is to describe how we can reach effective military decisions and implement effective military actions faster than an adversary in any conflict setting on any scale. In so doing, this publication provides a framework for all Marines for the development and exercise of effective command and control in peace, in crisis, or in war. This publication represents a firm commitment by the Marine Corps to a bold, even fundamental shift in the way we will view and deal with the dynamic challenges of command and control in the information age. The Marine Corps' view of command and control is based on our common understanding of the nature of war and on our warfighting philosophy, as described in Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, Warfighting. It takes into account both the timeless features of war as we understand them and the implications of the ongoing information explosion that is a consequence of modern technology.
THE MARINE CORPS EFFECTIVE EXECUTION OF ADVANCE FORCE OPERATIONS (AFO) ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN THE MARINE CORPS ROLE IN TRANSITIONING FROM PRE-CRISIS ACTIVITIES (PCA) TO CRISIS RESPONSE. AFO ARE CORE MISSION TO THE MAGTF AND CONSIST OF CLANDESTINE RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE (R&S); JOINT RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT, AND INTEGRATION OF FORCES (JRSOI); INFORMATION OPERATIONS; TERMINAL GUIDANCE; AND LIMITED DIRECT ACTION OPERATIONS. ALTHOUGH MARINE CORPS HAS IN FACT DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE MAGTF CAPABILITIES, IT WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING AFO SPECIFIC DOCTRINE AND OPERATION CONCEPTS. THIS DOCTRINE WOULD GUIDE ITS CONDUCT AND SYNCHRONIZE ITS EFFECTS.
Marine Special Operations Command Training and Readiness Manual (NAVMC 3500.97) details the established training standards, regulations, and practices for the training of Marines and assigned Navy personnel in the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC).
The United States Marine Corps is the largest such force on the planet, and yet it is the smallest, most elite section of the U.S. military, one with a long and storied history. Here, in the most current version of the manual used by the Corps itself, the operational capabilities and strategies of the Marines are covered in great detail. Discover. . the role and function of the Marines . the Corps' warfighting culture and dynamic decision-making . the roles and responsibilities of Marines of all ranks . battlespace organization . how logistics and planning are carried out by the Marines . offensives and defensive tactics . the Marines' role in combating terrorism, proferring humanitarian assistance, aiding civil authorities, and other non-warfare operations . and much, much more. Military buffs, war-gamers, and anyone seeking to understand how American armed services are being deployed in the ever-changing arena of modern warfare will find this a fascinating and informative document.
This book was begun in 2010, and was published in 2012. It has now been recast into three volumes in 2019-2020- each one career segments an adventurous career. It begins with over 20 years as a career Marine and a family acquired of three children, seven grandchildren and a wife who drove the entire process and made it work This family move over 20 times and in to Durham, NC for a Doctor of Education at Duke University, and to become possibly the first Marine officer to complete the Marine Corps sponsored program. We retired after two wonderful years on the faculty of the Naval war College in Newport R.I. After two years in Greenville SC again, it was off to Texas for an appointment at the University of Texas at Austin and finally as a distinguished University professor, at NC State University. At each stop in higher education applying and implementing all I had learned as director of the Instructional Management School and Dean of academics as the Marine Corps Educational Center in Quantico, VA and in The National Laboratory for Higher Education.. After a full career in the Marine Corps and 24 years of teaching in various communities, we retired again to Greenville, SC and worked an additional 10 years consulting and working as a coach in the Achieving the Dream project, partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The ribbon of the three books is the culmination of about a half century in educational leadership positions and as well in two tours in combat in the US Marine Corps. There is much to learn in my life’s story. I hope if you try one you’ll get the entire set. You cannot go wrong should you desire to become a leader, or a better leader regardless of your career,
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