Compass Points - Week in Review
Concerned about Marine barracks.
February 11, 2024
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Happy Sunday!
Sunday is a good day to look back at the week. We started on Monday discussing the MAGTF. Later in the week, we discussed the serious problems in Marine Corps barracks. In all, it was a week of particularly good discussion.
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Monday 5 Feb - The Answer?
An article from Gary Anderson and another one from Seth Cropsey were cited to suggest that the answer to the variety of military challenges around the globe is a bigger US military and an updated Marine MAGTF.
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Tuesday 6 Feb - NATO Response Force
Major Justin Hooker and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Meyer presented an article in Proceedings, that said, "NATO Needs a Multinational Amphibious Task Force."
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Wednesday 7 Feb - Red Sea Reality
Argued that the reality in the Red Sea is the US is striking the wrong targets. Why is Iran immune from US strikes?
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Thursday 8 Feb - Innovation
Cited an article by Dr. Robert Farley and an update from the Institute for the Study of War to suggest that innovation and counter-innovation are a necessary part of war.
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Friday 9 Feb - A Question
If the Marine Corps is on the right path today, why are Marine barracks in such poor shape?
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Saturday 10 Feb - Thinking Bigger
MajGen Harry Jenkins recalled the service of 4th MEB during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
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Compass Points appreciates all the great discussion this week and thanks all our readers who served as seminar leaders this week by providing topics, articles, and comments. Many thanks!
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Compass Points Mission
Provide an independent source of broader thinking, deeper understanding, and better decisions, for a stronger Marine Corps.
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Compass Points Values
We believe the Marine Corps must be responsive, relevant, and ready today, and more so tomorrow.
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We believe the Marine Corps is never owned by any small group of people, but is always held in sacred trust by every Marine and friend of the Corps, past, present, and future.
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We believe Marine Corps success in garrison, in the field, and in operations is a complex ecology of the physical, the intellectual, and the spiritual.
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We believe in the complexity of combat.
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We believe good data is good, but waiting for more and more data is not necessarily better.
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We believe no information system can or will sweep away the fog of war.
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We believe nothing is more uncertain than certainty.
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We believe planning is good, but first plans rarely survive first contact.
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We believe Marines must prepare to battle skilled, devious, and unpredictable adversaries.
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We believe Marines must be always ready to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel enemy assault by fire and close combat.
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We believe in combined-arms, multi-mission capable Marine Corps units that can quickly arrive anywhere, and address any conflict or crisis.
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We believe the Marine Corps must experiment with new technology constantly, and adopt it prudently.
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We believe in practicing and perfecting proven methods, while also experimenting with and adopting new methods.
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We believe in the Marine Corps culture of teamwork, trust, creativity, and courage.
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We believe in candid culture among Marines, never cancel culture.
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We believe the strength of the Marine Corps comes from the valor at the heart of each Marine. Each Marine draws strength from the entire Corps of Marines. Together, all Marines are joined across time and geography by the unbreakable red stripe of service.