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JANUARY 2021 Vol. 105 No. 1 www.mca-marines.org/gazette 28 Cover Article: 27 A Letter from the 89 Articulating Doctrine Intelligence- MARSOC to Junior Marines Driven Commander Capt James Whitcher MajGen James F. Glynn 92 Learning from the Operations 64 Sleeper Cell Logistics Germans Part II: Marines of Intelligence Co., Capt Michael Sweeney The Future 1st Marine Raider Support Bn Marinus A publication of the Marine Corps Association & Foundation Mission Statement: To provide our clients with precision inspired performance through Innovative best-value solutions. Vision Statement: Drive business innovation to achieve effective and efficient government. Working with the Department of Navy, Sehlke Consulting’s forward-thinking approach supports the Marine Corps transition from its legacy accounting system, SABRS, to the Defense Agency Initiative (DAI) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. 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Brilakis Mike Barrett Former A.DC Former Acting Secretary of Lt General (Retired) 17th Sgt Major of the the Army and Assistant Installations & Logistics Marine Corps Secretary of the Army for Financial Management & Comptroller January 2021 Volume 105 Number 1 IDEAS AND ISSUES Strategy & Policy 10 Channeling Realism to Avert a War Over Taiwan Maj Franz J. Gayl 21 The Economics of Warfare Capt Conor T. Bender 24 North Korea LtCol John W. Black Special Operations/MARSOF 27 A Letter from the MARSOC Commander MajGen James F. Glynn 28 Intelligence-Driven Operations Marines of Intelligence Co., 1st Marine Raider Support Bn 28 Cover Article 33 Avoiding the False Choice Maj Joshua C. Waddell & MARSOC DST Marines conduct Maj Brent C. Birchum maritime operations. (Photo by Intelli- 38 Green Water SOF Maj William H. Strom gence Company, 1st MRSB.) 43 China’s Quest to Maximize Status and Sovereignty in the South China Sea MSgt Marc Arrington DEPARTMENTS 47 Artifi cial Intelligence in the Future Operating Environment GySgt David Nass 3 Editorial 51 Irregular Warfare Maj David Pummell 5 SMMC “Non-Negotiables” 57 We Are Not Inventory LtCol Gregory DeMarco 6 Special Notices 59 SOF and the ARG/MEU Maj Michael Stevens 8 Letters 96 Observation Post 2020 Trainor Military Writing Award 98 Books 64 Winner: Sleeper Cell Logistics Capt Michael Sweeney 67 104 Index to Advertisers Honorable Mention: A Letter Home from 104 Writers’ Guidelines a Marine in the Future LtCol Neal K. McCarthy 70 Out With the New, In With the Old GySgt Blake Gratton 74 Between a Rocket and a Hard Place Dr. Heather Venable & LtCol Nate Lauterbach 77 2030 Joint Forcible Entry Operations Capt Daniel L. McGurkin & 1stLt Jack W. Hanly 82 Expeditionary Data Capt Eugene Yang & Capt Chris Adsit Learning 86 Analog Combat Capt Jamar Alexander 89 Articulating Doctrine to Junior Marines Capt James Whitcher Maneuverist Papers 92 Learning from the Germans 98 Book Review Part II: The Future Marinus The Marine Corps Gazette (ISSN 0025–3170) is published monthly by the Marine Corps Association & Foundation to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas that will ad- vance knowledge, interest, and esprit in the Marine Corps. 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MARK FAULKNER, USMC(RET) www.mca-marines.org/gazette • 1–800–336–0291 Publisher, Editor, & Chairman, Ed. Adv. Panel COL CHRISTOPHER WOODBRIDGE, USMC(RET) JANUARY 2021 [email protected] Ext. 163 Senior Editor Editorial: Special Operations Forces and the Marine Corps LTCOL JOHN T. QUINN II, USMC(RET) On behalf of the Corps’ Professional Association, I hope everyone has recovered [email protected] Ext. 109 from their holiday celebrations and is prepared for whatever the new year brings. As Layout/Editorial Production Coordinator in the past three years, our January edition focuses on Special Operations and Marine CHARLENE K. MONROE Corps Special Operations Forces. Beginning on page 27 with an introductory letter [email protected] Ext. 139 from the Commander of MARSOC, MajGen James F. Glynn, we present a series Assistant Editors: of eight articles on a range of special operations-related topics. In addition to our WILLIAM TREUTING cover article, “Intelligence-Driven Operations” by the Marines of Intelligence Co., [email protected] Ext. 193 1st Marine Raider Support Bn, several other articles are noteworthy in their focus CARRIE EMERSON-COYLE on “relationships” between MARSOC and various elements of the Joint Force. [email protected] The relationship between SOF and the conventional Marine Corps is the focus of Administrative Assistant “Avoiding the False Choice” by Maj Joshua C. Waddell and Maj Brent C. Birchum HARLEY Q. PARKER-COLLINS on page 33. MARSOC’s relationship with naval expeditionary forces is explored on [email protected] Ext. 180 page 38 in “Green Water SOF” by Maj William H. Strom and on page 59 in “SOF Advertising Queries: and the ARG/MEU” by Maj Michael Stevens. SOF lessons applicable to Marine Defense-Related Industries/Business: Corps Talent Management are presented on page 57 in “We Are Not Inventory” Contact: LEEANN MITCHELL: 703-640-0174 [email protected] by LtCol Gregory DeMarco. Once again, a special thanks to MajGen Glynn All Other Advertising Contact: and LtCol Tony “Bull” Marro, USMC(Ret), for personally ensuring MARSOC’s JAMES G. ELLIOTT CO. INC. content for this edition of the Gazette was “on time and on target.” New York: 212-588-9200 Chicago: 312-236-4900 Of note this month, on page 5, we publish a letter from SgtMaj Troy E. Black, Los Angeles: 213-624-0900 the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, in which the Corps most senior enlisted leader lays out the “SMMC ‘Non-Negotiables’” of success for individual Editorial Advisory Panel Marines and the Corps. COL STAN S. COERR, USMCR(RET) As our cover highlights, this month’s edition also presents the winner of the COL AARON A. ANGELL 2020 LtGen Bernard E. “Mick” Trainor Military Writing Award: “Sleeper Cell Logistics” by Capt Michael Sweeney on page 64. We are also proud to present a COL MARIA J. PALLOTTA group of outstanding essays submitted for the contest including the Honorable COL BRIAN E. RUSSELL Mention on page 67, “A Letter Home from a Marine in the Future” by LtCol Neal K. McCarthy, and “Between a Rocket and a Hard Place” on page 74 by Dr. COL CRAIG WONSON Heather Venable and LtCol Nate Lauterbach. LTCOL HARRY P. WARD, USMC(RET) We also continue to present articles in our Strategy & Policy Ideas & Issues series as well as the latest installment of the Maneuverist Papers. In Maneuverist #5 LTCOL SCOTT CUOMO “Learning for the Germans Part II: The Future” on page 92, “Marinus” continues LTCOL GARY W. THOMASON, USMC(RET) to examine the importance of the German military tradition in the development and application of Maneuver Warfare in the Marine Corps while addressing LTCOL NATHAN FLEISCHAKER the “elephant in the room:” learning from the Germans while recognizing the MAJ ANDREW B. WARREN, USMC(RET) indefensible atrocities of Nazi Germany in World War II. Finally, as we look forward to potential obstacles and opportunities in the MAJ JONATHAN P. BURGESS coming year, this winter we should all look back on the recent 70th anniversary of MAJ JEFFREY CUMMINGS the 1st Marine Division’s heroic breakout from the Chosin Reservoir during the ESERT TORM MAJ REID HOUCK Korean War and the upcoming 30th anniversary of Operation D S .