Podcasts by Tactics and Operations
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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Unit Training Course- Improving Combat Effectiveness Through Training Management from 2023-09-22T09:00
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 evolu...
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Network Engagement Course w/Capt Jake Marvell, MSgt Eric Anderson, GySgt Jordan Kelly from 2023-08-01T10:00
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.
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Intentional Design of Training with Maj Phil Hanf and Maj Josh White from 2023-06-02T10:00
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 ...
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Urban Training: Division and Above with BG Robert Wooldridge from 2023-05-08T10:00
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 cond...
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MWX 2-23 Postgame Show with Maj Kelsey Gibson from 2023-04-24T10:00
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.
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Urban Training: Brigade and Below with Maj Steve Collins and Capt Tom Wilson from 2023-04-10T10:00
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...
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Concepts of C2 with Maj Josh White and MGySgt Paul O’Donnell from 2023-03-27T10:00
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.
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Wargaming as Training with Maj Zachary Schwartz and SSgt David Wood from 2023-02-28T11:00
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 y...
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Future Cities with Stu Lyle and MAJ Shaun Clarke from 2023-02-13T11:00
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 implicatio...
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Tenets of Urban Operations with MAJ Jayson Geroux from 2023-01-30T11:00
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.
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Defeat Mechanisms and Maneuver Warfare with John Schmitt from 2023-01-16T09:00
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 impr...
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The Fantasy of MCDP 1 with LtCol Tad Drake from 2023-01-02T11:00
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 Warfight...
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Boyd, the Godfather of Maneuver Warfare with Maj Ian Brown from 2022-12-12T11:00
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...
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Is There a Historical Basis for Maneuver Warfare with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson from 2022-11-28T11:00
In this episode, we discuss possible historical examples of Maneuver Warfare in practice, including the 1940 Battle of France.
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Maneuver Warfare on the Gridiron with Coach Mark Malcolm from 2022-11-14T11:00
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.
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Criticizing Maneuver Warfare with LtCol John Meixner from 2022-10-31T10:00
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.
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What We Learned From the 2-Year MWX Final Exercise Report from 2022-10-17T10:00
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 e...
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Decision Games with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson from 2022-10-03T10:00
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 ...
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Rapid Planning Model with Nate Jones and Gunnery Sergeant Anthony Link from 2020-06-03T13:20:40
Planning can take many forms- week-long slogs through every conceivable detail to five minute decisions made by commanders. MCTOG has refined a model for how a battalion staff can run through a ...
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Artificial Intelligence with Capt. Justin Snell and Maj. Jason Harris from 2020-05-24T01:27:03
Captain Snell is the Models and Simulations Officer for MCTOG and a graduate of Naval Postgraduate School studying the same. Major Harris is the current XO of MCTOG, and has written ...
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Andragogy: Latin for "Multiple Choice Tests are Dumb" with Dr. Gene Coughlin from 2020-05-13T16:28:51
Andragogy, or Adult Learning, is the science of how a fully formed brain learns as opposed to how a child's brain learns. Weirdly enough, it's SUPER different. First I explain some of the basics...
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Maneuver Warfare with Major Nate Jones from 2020-05-03T03:46:33
Major Nate Jones led the development of Advanced Maneuver Warfare Course, MCTOG's resident PME that focuses on developing the abilities of Operations and Intelligence Officers and Chiefs to impl...
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