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I find the Marine Corps Institute so fascinating as a bastion of the Progressive strain of U.S. history. Here's a page it featured in May 1942 in Leatherneck magazine. Note the bottom-left corner quote: "I'm not letting the Japs alter my study plans. I believe I can take care of both the Japs and Arithmetic." If you want to learn more about this period of USMC history, check out Mark Folse, PhD's great new work here: https://lnkd.in/enRCermi

In this short piece from Modern War Institute at West Point; Tim Heck, Brett Friedman, and I explain our new book On Contested Shores Vol. 2, which is a collection of essays on amphibious warfare that you can get for FREE from Marine Corps University Press. Thanks again to all of the AMAZING authors who contributed chapters! https://lnkd.in/gqM3FUeG

Thoughtful insight. MD a real gem for our nation

Building a World-Class Navy in a Comprehensive Way: It's Logic in Theory, History, and Practice.

“The 7P's of Success" we all learned in Marine Corps Boot Camp… “Prior Proper Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance!" Check out the United States Marine Corps’ latest field guide simply titled, “Learning” now available to everyone @ https://lnkd.in/dXiEZ4bf.

Advice has diminishing returns.  More isn’t better. But why? The first opinion you hear carries more weight than the fifteenth. This is due to something called anchoring bias. We tend to rely more on information we hear early vs late in the game. This is also why it can be favourable to kick off a negotiation with a number wildly in your favour. How can we curb the effect of anchoring when seeking advice? Accept it. You will be swayed early on, so be picky. Only ask for a few trusted opinions. Sooner or later you need to act. "If you survey enough people, all of the advice will cancel to zero." - Naval Ravikant

In the latest article from the Fox Den, our Managing Partner and former Marine Jeremy C. Ransom shares how the Marine Corps BAMCIS model can revolutionize your business operations, ensuring efficiency, swift decision-making, and sustainable growth. https://lnkd.in/g5CdN6eK

What's on your #bookshelf? This seems to be the summer for naval literature. I started with "Fighting in the Dark," the incredible study of naval night fighting in the first half of the 20th century from Trent Hone and Vincent O'Hara, then graduated to "America's First Carrier," David Winkler's new book on the USS Langley at the dawn of naval aviation. Now I'm closing the book on "The Mighty Moo," Nathan Canestaro incredible new book on the journey of the USS Cowpens during the Second World War. The story of the #MightyMoo really begins at the end of 1942, at which time four of the US Navy's six "big" carriers had been sunk. As a stopgap measure, FDR ordered - against fierce objections from the Navy - that light cruisers under construction would be reconfigured as light carriers. They were smaller, to be sure, ungainly to a fault, top heavy with a shorter flight deck, and surprisingly survivable. Commissioned in May 1943, the #MightyMoo was a workhorse that fought in most of the major battles in the #Pacific but without achieving much of any distinction. She did what she was designed to do: fill a #critical #capability gap until replacement carriers could be brought on line. When she cruised into Tokyo Bay in 1945 (the first carrier to do so), it was because she was considered expendable... an acceptable risk at the time should events run a different course. The Mighty Moo was mothballed in 1946 and sold for scrap in 1960. An undignified end for a ship that served as well as she did. But Nathan Canestaro is here to preserve her memory, her #legacy, and her name. Grand Central Publishing

Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force:  Volume 9: Modeling and Simulation

Congrats, Karly Parcell , on your first publication. I enjoyed reading about risk assessment in the combinations of positive/false scenarios, from pictures, of detecting persons with potential dangerous intent.