Letters – MCA

Warfighting Revisited

Letter to the Editor

by Col Thomas C. Greenwood Rarely do book reviews elicit spirited responses, so I am both honored and pleased that my critique of Dr. Anthony J. Piscitellis, The Marine Corps Way of War (MCG, Marl 8) did so, generating subsequent commentary from the author and a leading maneuver warfare advocate from the 1980s, Col Mike

Response to Col Thomas Greenwood’s Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

by Dr. A.J. “Tony” Piscitelli Let me begin by thanking you for reviewing my book, The Marine Corps Way of War {MCG, Marl 8), and for your response to Col Mike Wyly {MCG, Jull8). Your thoughts and insights have given me a new yardstick to further frame this important part of the Marine Corps’ history.

Way of War Review of a Review

Letter to the Editor

by Col T.C. Greenwood, USMC(Ret) I am pleased that Col Mike Wyly- one of maneuver warfare‘s founding fathers and a prominent leader of the renaissance that produced our current warfighting doctrine-has commented on my review of The Marine Corps Way of War by Dr. Anthony Piscitelli (March 2018). Under Gen Alfred M. Gray’s deft leadership,

Review of a Review

Letter to the Editor

by Col Michael Wiley, USMC(Ret) I Having been interviewed extensively by Dr. Anthony Piscitelli in writing his excellent The Marine Corps Way of War (Savas Beatie, 2017), I read with special interest Col Tom Greenwood’s review as published in the March Gazette. It was a sentence four paragraphs into the review, where Col Greenwood quotes

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

Maneuver Warfare

Letter to the Editor

by William S. Lind In response to LtGen Robert B. Neller’s letter commenting on “The Attritionist Letters” (MCG, Junll), let me quote MajGen Mike Myatt, who commanded 1st MarDiv during Operation DESERT STORM, “Maneuver warfare is not centralized decisionmaking and decentralized execution. It is centralized vision and decentralized decisionmaking.”

Rebutting the Rebuttal

Letter to the Editor

by Capt Andrew J. Graham In “Embrace Maneuver Warfare: A rebuttal” [MCG, JunlO), Maj Jason W. Heuer writes a counterargument to my February 2010 article, “Embrace Maneuver Warfare: The DS section.” He adds to the debate on the subject; however, much of his counterargument is incorrect. Maj Heuer alleges that the details of the joint

Maneuver Warfare Revisited

Letter to the Editor

by Leon EngelbrechT This is a belated reply to “Maybe It’s Time to Reconsider Maneuver Warfare” by Maj Michael S. Chmielewski (MCG, Aug02). Surface mail takes a while to arrive in this part of the world and, consequently, so does the arrival of my Gazette. I read the article with interest as our forces also

On Planning

Letter to the Editor

by LtCol Steven Donnell, USMC(Ret) This letter refers to Mr. William S. Lind’s commentary in the October 2000 Gazette, “Missing the Boat: A Response to Generals Knutson, Hailston, and Bedard. What began as promising discourse closed with a predictable refrain of maneuver warfare apathy within our Corps. As if the combatant commanders would choose a

Benefits of NTC

Letter to the Editor

Sullivan discusses the benefits of training at the Army's National Training Center.

Live Fire & Maneuver or MILES

Letter to the Editor

by LtCol John Poole, USMC(Ret) Today’s overcommitted Marine might wonder how the juxtaposed viewpoints of LtCol Michael H. Collier and Paul Seidenman (MCG, Aug98) could both be right. Live fire against pop-up targets has its place in Marine training. Such ranges test reaction time and accuracy. However, to say that “live fire and maneuver” is