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MIX-16

Letter to the Editor

by Capt Dilan Swift Thank you for publishing Sgt Luke G. Cardelli’s recent article, “MAGTF Integrated Exercise (MIX-16),” (MCG, Novl7). His experience as an opposing force pointed to the crux of maneuver warfare; decentralization empowers warfighters to act faster, out-cycle the enemy, and win. His enthusiasm was palpable, and I believed it when he wrote

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How to Eradicate* a Scourge

Yellow fever, malaria, and construction of the Panama Canal

by Staffs, Lejeune Leadership Institute & Marine Corps History Division In his 1989 letter to the Commanding General of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, the CMC, Gen Alfred M. Gray, directed the rapid establishment of a Marine Corps University. Gen Gray outlined his intent “to teach military judgment rather than knowledge.”1 He foresaw that

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