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Tactics and Operations

MCTOG

24 episodes

6 days ago

Tactics and Operations is the official podcast of the Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group, part of Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command in Twentynine Palms, California. MCTOG and this podcast are dedicated to advancing Maneuver Warfare and Twenty-first Century Learning and are primarily focused at commanders and staffs at the battalion and regimental levels.

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Tactics and Operations is the official podcast of the Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group, part of Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command in Twentynine Palms, California. MCTOG and this podcast are dedicated to advancing Maneuver Warfare and Twenty-first Century Learning and are primarily focused at commanders and staffs at the battalion and regimental levels.

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Episodes (20/24)

Tactics and Operations

Systems Confrontation - Maneuver Warfare with Chinese Characteristics

In our first video episode, our host Major Josh White discusses Chinese Systems Destruction doctrine and how the Marine Corps can counter it with Chief Warrant Office 3 Frank Chisowski.

1 year ago

43 minutes 59 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Adaptability - Lessons Learned from Ia Drang with Major Josh White and Gunnery Sergeant Christopher Bargerstock

In this episode, we discuss what is often argued to be the greatest predictor of success on the battlefield - adaptability. We discuss LTG Harold "Hal" Moore (Ret), and his actions at and leading up to the Battle of Ia Drang as well as how to train our units to be adaptable.

1 year ago

49 minutes 1 second

Tactics and Operations

Unit Training Course- Improving Combat Effectiveness Through Training Management

In this episode we discuss MCTOGs most frequent course, the Unit Training Course (UTC), formerly known as Prep for Combat (P4C) and Unit Readiness Planning Course (URPC). We talk about the evolution of the course from it's inception to present day and how it is improving combat effectiveness in units across the MAGTF. This weeks guests are Master Sergent Austin Morgan, Course Chief; GySgt Sean Justice, Lead Instructor; Mr. Dave McCulloh, Camp Pendleton Site Lead, and Mr. Nate Hunt, Camp Lejeune site lead.

2 years ago

40 minutes 25 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Network Engagement Course w/Capt Jake Marvell, MSgt Eric Anderson, GySgt Jordan Kelly

In this episode we discuss the Network Engagement Course offered by MCTOG. We cover the origin of the concept, its evolution and its applicability to 21st Century conflict and Maneuver Warfare.

2 years ago

30 minutes 42 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Intentional Design of Training with Maj Phil Hanf and Maj Josh White

In this episode we discuss what it means to be intentional in the design of training for the GCE. We discuss the difficulties of training both technical and adaptive skills informed by experiences and observed trends from units training at MWX

2 years ago

47 minutes 36 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Urban Training: Division and Above with BG Robert Wooldridge

Concluding our series on urban operations, we talk to BG Robert Wooldridge of 40th Infantry Division California National Guard about his push to create an Urban Warfare Training Center and why conducting urban operations above the brigade level deserves its own dedicated training effort.

2 years ago

47 minutes 16 seconds

Tactics and Operations

MWX 2-23 Postgame Show with Maj Kelsey Gibson

In our first semi-annual MAGTF Warfighting Exercise postgame show, we discuss what went down during MWX 2-23 and what we can learn from it.

2 years ago

37 minutes 22 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Urban Training: Brigade and Below with Maj Steve Collins and Capt Tom Wilson

In part 3 of our series on urban warfare, we discuss urban training focused at the brigade and below level with the subject-matter experts from the USMC Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group’s urban team.

2 years ago

49 minutes 30 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Concepts of C2 with Maj Josh White and MGySgt Paul O’Donnell

What is a concept of command and control, really? To help us answer, we talk to Maj White and MGySgt O’Donnell, two Marines with experience at C2 at the battalion and teaching it at MCTOG.

2 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes 19 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Wargaming as Training with Maj Zachary Schwartz and SSgt David Wood

Wargaming isn’t just something that goes on at think tanks in the Beltway, it is an indispensable part of a unit training plan. In this episode we discuss why and how you can start wargaming with your unit right now.

2 years ago

50 minutes 4 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Future Cities with Stu Lyle and MAJ Shaun Clarke

We are speaking with Stu Lyle, urban lead at the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and his British Army counterpart Major Shaun Clarke, about the trajectory of cities and its implications for urban operations.

2 years ago

44 minutes 57 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Tenets of Urban Operations with MAJ Jayson Geroux

In this episode, we unpack ten historical trends in urban operations with one of the leading experts on urban warfare, MAJ Jayson Geroux of the Canadian Armed Forces.

2 years ago

57 minutes 52 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Defeat Mechanisms and Maneuver Warfare with John Schmitt

In this final episode in our series on Maneuver Warfare, we go to the man responsible for FMFM 1 Warfighting and its successor MCDP 1. We talk about Warfighting’s continued relevance and where improvements could be made in a revision.

2 years ago

48 minutes 55 seconds

Tactics and Operations

The Fantasy of MCDP 1 with LtCol Tad Drake

In 2020, LtCol Tad Drake wrote “The Fantasy of MCDP 1” for the Marine Corps Gazette. In this penultimate episode in our series on Maneuver Warfare, we discuss his reservations about MCDP 1 Warfighting as doctrine and philosophy.

2 years ago

52 minutes 33 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Boyd, the Godfather of Maneuver Warfare with Maj Ian Brown

In this episode we try to cut through some of the myth and misinformation surrounding John Boyd’s theory by talking with one of the foremost experts on it: Maj Ian Brown, author of A New Conception of War.

2 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes 46 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Is There a Historical Basis for Maneuver Warfare with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson

In this episode, we discuss possible historical examples of Maneuver Warfare in practice, including the 1940 Battle of France.

2 years ago

54 minutes 22 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Maneuver Warfare on the Gridiron with Coach Mark Malcolm

In this episode, we explore the intersections of Maneuver Warfare and American Football with an innovative coach who has put the tenets of Maneuver Warfare into practice over a 40-year career.

2 years ago

54 minutes 40 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Criticizing Maneuver Warfare with LtCol John Meixner

In this first installment of a series exploring maneuver warfare, we hear some criticisms from one of its skeptics, LtCol John Meixner, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

3 years ago

43 minutes 49 seconds

Tactics and Operations

What We Learned From the 2-Year MWX Final Exercise Report

In March 2022, the Commandant of the Marine Corps directed MAGTFTC to review two years’ worth of exercise reports from the MAGTF Warfighting Exercise and report on the overarching trends. In this episode, Scott Kinner, LtCol Andy Hornfeck, and Maj AJ Cillo discuss the eight trends identified in the report.

3 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes 13 seconds

Tactics and Operations

Decision Games with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson

Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson talks about his journey from Marine to professional historian and leading proponent of decision forcing cases. We then discuss the uses of decision forcing cases and tactical decision games as part of an intentionally-designed training strategy.

3 years ago

52 minutes 12 seconds