NOVEMBER 2019 Vol. 103 No. 11 www.mca-marines.org/gazette 9 Commandant’s 52 A 2025 Squad 75 We Should Study Birthday Firefi ght Tactical More Dead Russians “hot spot” Maj Alfred B. Ruggles Message Col Mike Fallon Gen David H. Berger 83 2018 National 59 The Resurrection of Defense Strategy General O.P. Smith BGen J. Scott O’Meara Maj Ryan W. Pallas A publication of the Marine Corps Association & Foundation HAPPY BIRTHDAY U.S. MARINE CORPS Congratulations on your 244th anniversary We salute you on this day of great celebration and remembrance. Thank you for your unwavering honor, courage and commitment in defense of our freedom by land, sea and air. Semper Fi! L3Harris.com The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. November 2019 Volume 103 Number 11 IDEAS AND ISSUES Esprit 10 “Make Less the Depth of Grief” Col John McKay 12 The First of Many Capt Scott A. Holmes 17 The Professor in Korea 2ndLt Rykar B. Lewis 20 The OV-10 Mr. Jason Breidenbach & Mr. Wayne Breakfi eld History 26 Barriers to Interwar Innovation MAJ Ryan Dunbar 28 For Lack of Doctrine Mr. Justin Williamson 31 If Practicable? Exactly! LtCol Timothy E. Grebos Cover Happy 244th Birthday Marines! Operations (Photo by Cpl Brian Burdett.) 34 Getting Back Into the “Cold Weather Business” Ms. Zsofi a Budai 38 Arctic Riverine Operations LTC Lester W. Grau DEPARTMENTS 44 Team China, World Police 1stLt Ross W. Gilchriest 49 The French Foreign Legion 1stLt Woody Dewing 3 Editorial 52 A 2025 Squad Firefi ght Tactical “hot spot” Col Mike Fallon 6 Special Notices 56 Fighting Over Parsley? LCpl Armstead Liebl 7 Letters 9 CMC Birthday Message Leadership 98 59 The Resurrection of General O.P. Smith Maj Ryan W. Pallas Observation Post 63 Warrior Scholarship for the Junior Offi cer LCDR Jonathan Lushenko 99 Books 104 Index to Advertisers Professional Military Education 104 66 Capt Matthew Tweedy Writers’ Guidelines Po River Valley Wargame 69 Memoir ‘44 2ndLt Jonathan Scott 72 A New, Old Kind of PME 1stLt Walker D. Mills 75 We Should Study More Dead Russians Maj Alfred B. Ruggles 78 Historiography for Marines Mr. Paul Westermeyer Commentary 83 2018 National Defense Strategy BGen J. Scott O’Meara 87 On Mules and Mosaics Maj Robert P. Gerbracht 90 The New Maneuver Warfare Handbook Capt Valerie J. Cranmer Amphibious Operations 93 Operation FROM THE SEA Capt Daniel D. Phillips 99 Book Review 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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Gen Hogaboom retired in 1959 as a lieutenant general while serving as the Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, and was subsequently advanced to the rank of general. Prizes include $3,000 and an engraved plaque for fi rst place; $1,500 and an engraved plaque for second place; and $500 for honorable mention. All entries are eligible for publication. Instructions The contest is open to all Marines on active duty and to members of the Marine Corps Reserve. Electronically submitted entries are preferred. Attach the entry as a fi le and send to gazette@mca-marines. org. A cover page should be included identifying the manuscript as a Gen Robert E. Hogaboom Leadership Writing Gen Robert E. Hogaboom. Contest entry and include the title of the essay and the author’s name. Repeat title The Marine Corps Gazette is proud to announce the commencement of its on the fi rst page, but author’s name should annual Gen Robert E. Hogaboom Leadership Writing Contest. The contest not appear anywhere but on the cover page. Manuscripts are acceptable, but honors the essay that is the most original in its approach to the various please include a disk in Microsoft Word aspects of leadership. Authors should not simply reiterate the 11 Principles format with the manuscript. The Gazette of Leadership or the 14 Leadership Traits of an NCO addressed in the Editorial Advisory Panel will judge the contest during February and notify Guidebook for Marines. Authors must be willing to take an honest, realistic all entrants as to the outcome shortly look at what leadership, either positive or negative, means to them and thereafter. Multiple entries are allowed; however, only one entry per author will then articulate ways and methods of being an effective leader of Marines. receive an award. E-mail entries to: [email protected] Sponsored by: Mail entries to: Marine Corps Gazette DEADLINE: Hogaboom Writing Contest Box 1775 31 January Quantico, VA 22134 President & CEO LTGEN W. MARK FAULKNER, USMC(RET) www.mca-marines.org/gazette • 1–800–336–0291 Publisher, Editor, & Chairman, Ed. Adv. Panel C OL C H R IS TOPH E R WO ODBR I D G E , USMC ( R E T ) NOVEMBER 2019 [email protected] Ext. 163 Senior Editor Editorial: Happy Birthday Marines LTCOL KERRY A. KNOWLES, USMC(RET) First, everyone at the Gazette and the Marine Corps Association & [email protected] Ext. 109 Foundation wishes all Marines and friends of the Corps a happy 244th Layout/Editorial Production Coordinator birthday. Whether in plush ballrooms, on the mess decks of the fl eet, or CHARLENE K. MONROE in remote austere locations across the globe, we gather to celebrate the [email protected] Ext. 139 fellowship of our Corps, remember our fallen comrades, and rededicate Assistant Editors: ourselves to the ideals MajGen John A. Lejeune summed up as “military WILLIAM TREUTING effi ciency and soldierly virtue.” [email protected] Ext. 193 This month’s cover highlights the broad range of topics presented in LAUREN E. JETER the magazine. From history and esprit de Corps, to leadership, amphibious [email protected] operations, and an analysis of the National Defense Strategy, we offer a CARRIE EMERSON-COYLE range of content authored by Marines from the ranks of lance corporal [email protected] to brigadier general—and of course our 38th Commandant’s Birthday Administrative Assistant Message. HARLEY Q. PARKER-COLLINS In addition to all of the cover articles, I encourage a close reading of the [email protected] Ext. 180 following stand-out articles. First, on page 10 we have published a speech Advertising Queries: given by Col John McKay (Ret) at the Marines Memorial in San Francisco Defense-Related Industries/Business: about the life-altering loss of loved ones in war that is especially relevant Contact: LEEANN MITCHELL: 703-640-0174 [email protected] during this season that recognizes the history of the Corps. All Other Advertising Contact: Two articles this month are based on the life and service of Gen O.P. JAMES G. ELLIOTT CO. INC. Smith. In “The Professor in Korea,” by 2ndLt Rykar B. Lewis on page New York: 212-588-9200 17, the author describes the careful calculations, foresight, and personal Chicago: 312-236-4900 Los Angeles: 213-624-0900 ethics of this “professorial” man who led 1st Marine Division in the Korean War. In “Barriers to Interwar Innovation” on page 26, MAJ Ryan Dunbar, Editorial Advisory Panel U.S. Army, presents an essay examining the obstacles to innovative COL STAN S. COERR, USMCR(RET) thinking created by pre-conceived ideas and ambiguity about the next confl ict. “Fighting Over Parsley?” is a fairly obscure historical example of COL CRAIG WONSON expeditionary operations presented on page 56 in which LCpl Armstead COL MARIA J. PALLOTTA Liebl studies the Spanish interventions on Persil Island off Morocco in COL BRIAN E.