 For all that we call the Marines a bunch of jarheads and crayon eaters and all the other derogatory terms we use to insult their intelligence They do seem to write the best military manuals Hello everyone Dylan Schumacher Citadel Defense and we are back with another edition of tactical book review Today's book is warfighting by the United States Marine Corps This is the second Marine military manual I have read probably out of about I don't know around a half dozen military manuals. I've read or tried to read or read parts of maybe It's more like ten somewhere between a half dozen and ten. I don't know the exact number But this is the second one of the Marines I've read and I have to say the Marines so far get the award for the best Military manuals. They are clear. They are concise. They are to the point. They are poignant They are fantastic manuals that you can actually take and read and get something out of Right now the other one that I read which I also reviewed in this channel was one dash three Tactics, this is one dash one MCDP one. I think dash one is the technical designation warfighting and this one is like tactics This is the even more so foundational work of the United States Marine Corps This is the manual that they want to base all their thinking off of in the United States Marine Corps All their other manuals warfighting or excuse me tactics The other one I read refers back to this one often But this is it. This is the foundational work that lays the the foundation for how the Marines are going to do warfighting So that really explains their process of thinking how they want their command structure to run and how they want things to go And this just isn't like a okay Well, you know Bob reports to Jerry who reports to whatever and and like a some kind of boring HR organizational chart It's nothing of the kind It's philosophical frameworks for how they want you to think and that is its value That's what makes it such a good read and it's a short read. I mean these pages if you look at them, right? I mean, they're not they're not like thick pages, right and It's only a hundred ish pages. I don't know probably takes about two to four hours of reading time Depending on your level and if you're taking notes and all that stuff But I think this is a fantastic book and would highly recommend it to you Because again, it helps you get to that foundational level of thinking. How are we going to think not, you know The answer to two plus two is four But how are we gonna think about adding two and two if that makes any sense if you're trying with me there? So if you're looking for a book that's kind of kind of help you think through Tactics and warfighting and then how you should think about problem solving in general I would highly recommend that you get your hands on warfighting by the United States Marine Corps You can just download the PDF and read it on your computer or print it or do whatever I'm sure you can find all kinds of printed copies on Amazon if you want but I would highly recommend you check this book out because as Combat leaders we need to be combat thinkers, right? that's very very important and Books like this are gonna help you be a good team lead and help you think through problems and Think for your people well. So would highly recommend it. Hope that's helpful. Do brave deeds You