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Attritionist Letter #10: Commanders today are too busy to develop subordinates!

By / 4 Comments / 10 June 2015

Summary:   We lavishly fund our military services (although these sums are in turn dwarfed by the demands of the profitless but growing American Empire).  But decent pay and expensive machines does not create a powerful force.  That comes from the people we recruit and train, especially the leaders.  It’s the single most important task of our …

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Attritionist Letter #9: the hidden reason behind DoD’s organization (it makes sense once you understand)

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Summary:   Enlisted Marines and their junior officers often find the USMC system byzantine, even irrational.  In fact there are deep reasons for its procedures, a hidden rationality seldom explicitly discussed.  In letter #9 General Wormwood explains these things to his nephew, using logistics as an example. Contents Introduction from the Marine Corps Gazette’s Editor Letter …

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