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The focus of Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is the personal development of each Marine in a team framework using a standardized, trainable, and sustainable close combat fighting system. As a weapon-based system, all techniques are integrated with equipment, physical challenges, and tactics found on the modern battlefield. The MCMAP is designed to increase the warfighting capabilities of individual Marines and units, enhance Marines' self-confidence and esprit de corps, and foster the warrior ethos in all Marines. The MCMAP is a weapon-based system rooted in the credo that every Marine is a rifleman and will engage the aggressor from 500 meters to close quarter combat. The MCMAP: Enhances the Marine Corps' capabilities as an elite fighting force. Provides basic combative skills for all Marines. Applies across the spectrum of violence. Strengthens the Marine Corps warrior ethos. The motto of MCMAP best states the essence of the program: "One mind, any weapon." This means that every Marine is always armed even without a weapon. He is armed with a combat mindset, the ability to assess and to act, and the knowledge that all Marines can rely on one another. The Marine Corps was born during the battles that created this country. Drawing upon the experiences of the first Marines, we have developed a martial culture unrivaled in the world today. This legacy includes not only our fighting prowess but also the character and soul of what makes us unique as Marines. This training continued to evolve up to World War II. During these early years, the leadership and core values training that are our hallmark today developed in concert with the martial skills.

During WW II the Command and General Staff Colleges primary mission was to train large numbers of captains and majors to be staff officers in battalions, brigades, divisions, and corps. To that end, the Army provided copies of documents produced by field units to the College. Operations orders, after action reports, intelligence analyses, logistics appraisals, and similar documents are in the Combined Arms Research Library documents collection. The primary focus was documenting operations at the tactical and operational levels of warfare. This is an action report for the 3rd Marine Division, V Corps of operations on Iwo Jima during World War II.

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 and current operations that are among the most sophisticated in the world. Here, in the most current version of the manual used by the Corps itself, is the guidebook used by the service in its counterintelligence support of the Marine airground task force. Learn about: . how counterintelligence (CI) supports strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war . the command structure of Marine CI organizations . how intelligence missions are planned and operatives deployed . the operation of such activities as mobile and static checkpoints, interrogation, and surveillance . counterintelligence training . and much, much more. Military buffs, wargamers, readers of espionage thrillers, and anyone seeking to understand how American armed services operate in the ever-changing arena of modern warfare will find this a fascinating and informative document.

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, is an explanation of the philosophy that makes the Marine Corps unique-here are the concepts and values behind how the Corps fights. Topics discussed include: . war defined. the science, art, and dynamic of war. war as an act of policy. styles of warfare. professional military education. the philosophy of command. and more.Military buffs, war-gamers, and anyone seeking to understand the increasingly complicated global stage will find this a fascinating and informative document.