BATTLEFIELD STUDY: 3/5 in Sangin, Afghanistan, January 16-18 2011 — Capt Joe Patterson, USMC
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THE CASE FOR A BETTER ENLISTED INFANTRY MARINE: A new enlisted career path to the 0365 MOS — Why the 15-Marine Rifle Squad is sound
The Infantry Squad Leader
U.S. Marine Corps photo
Major Chad Buckel, USMC has written a series of six articles for the Marine Corps Gazette that look at the infantry pipeline, the structure of the squad and battalions and how we fight combine arms fights.
In the second of three shows (the first is here), we’ll discuss the career path that creates a higher quality infantry Marine and why the Marine Rifle Squad should consist of fifteen Marines.
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BATTLEFIELD STUDY: 2/26 at LZ MARGO in Vietnam, September 13-14 1968 — MajGen Jarvis Lynch, USMC (ret)
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COL CHRIS WOODBRIDGE, USMC (RET): another Parris Island verdict, the March 2018 edition of the Marine Corps Gazette, IOC “standards” & online picture predators v2.0
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BATTLEFIELD STUDY MAPS: C/1/5 in Hue, February 1968 — Lt Nick Warr, USMC
The Hue – Phu Bai – Phu Loc Area of the Republic of South Vietnam
NVA & Viet Cong Attack on Hue
The General Layout of the Battle of Hue
Nick Warr’s Map
Additional Graphics by Mac
Google Earth Map of Hue
Nick Warr’s graphics inserted by Mac
THE CASE FOR A BETTER ENLISTED INFANTRY MARINE: train them for a year before they report to operational units
USMC Lance Cpl Antonio Marin, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, India Company, moves to the side a hill to deploy an unmanned Dragonrider drone in a hostile mountain town in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Calif. Oct 23, 2016. (United States Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Samuel Brusseau.)
In this show we a look at the first article in the series entitled “Infantry Entry-Level Training” which details Major Buckel’s argument for revamping and extending entry level training for Infantry Marines to almost a year.
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