Leading Marines.com: Recent Comments2008-11-19T04:01:47Zhttp://leadingmarines.com/comments/atom.aspxQuick BlogcastComment on Colonel John Ripleytag:leadingmarines.com,2008-11-17:1539311JMHhttp://www.militaryuniformexchange.com/exchange2008-11-17T13:57:21Z2008-11-17T13:57:21ZSemper Fi, JMH http://www.tfp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1133 <http://www.tfp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1133>]]>Comment on MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008tag:leadingmarines.com,2008-11-13:1528533Major Roger F. Endert, USMC Retired2008-11-13T05:04:15Z2008-11-13T05:04:15Zshoulders. June of '61 We drove cross country to Quantico,reported for duty at The Basic School. In August our 1st son was born at the Navy Hospital. December graduation brought orders to 2dBn4thMarRegt1stMarBrig,MCAS,Oahu HA. What a grand set of orders! Our 2nd son was born at Tripler Army Hospital In Fall'64 a number of 2/4 Officers went to FtBragg NC for the Military Training Advisor(MATA) course: Vietnamese lang., customs,history;US & Viet Cong weapons, US comm, and aircraft and PsyOps and Counter-Guerilla Ops. Having moved my wife and boys to Long Beach CA,I re- ported to HqMACV,I-Corps,DaNang,Vietnam with 6 other ex-2/4 Lts. We were assigned as Assistant Advisor Team Leaders. Teams were led Army by Captains, Australian Warrant Officers, Marine or Army radiomen. tours were split; 6mos. with Viet Army, 6 mos. with Viet govt District Hqs and militia. I served with 2dBn4thARVN, Tam Ky and with the Binh Son District Quang Ngai Provence. Back in the US,We moved to Imperial Beach, for duty at Marine Barracks, North Island; 2yrs as ExO then back to Long Beach on orders late August(after TET Offensive by North Viets)for 2d tour. Joined 1stMarineRegt as Civic Action/PsyOpsOff. Promoted Major, ordered to 1st Combined Action Group, Chu Lai base just north of my old Binh Son District. 1stCAG Squads joined Viet Militia platoons to coord suptg arms, train militia platoons to secure Villages. 1969-78: 2dMarDivG-3 Ops,2dBn6thMar,8thMAB/Med,1stBn8thMar, Gitmo;CasualtySec,RetiredSec,HQMC;EdCtr G3Trng,InstructionalMgtScol,MCDEC. Ret'd,May,1978. MA degree,Viet G.I.Bill. A Great Corps & Country! A fine career!]]>Comment on General Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corpstag:leadingmarines.com,2008-11-11:1522391Leading Marines.com2008-11-11T11:02:46Z2008-11-11T11:02:46ZComment on General Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corpstag:leadingmarines.com,2008-11-11:1522198David Granhttp://www.militaryreadinglist.com2008-11-11T10:06:02Z2008-11-11T10:06:02ZComment on Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinkingtag:leadingmarines.com,2008-10-03:1417603Joehttp://militaryuniformexchange.com2008-10-03T20:10:00Z2008-10-03T20:10:00Z http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books_9780316346627_ChapterExcerpt(1).htm]]>Comment on Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Differencetag:leadingmarines.com,2008-10-03:1417574Leading Marines.com2008-10-03T19:59:01Z2008-10-03T19:59:01ZHere's the The Three Rules of Epidemics Excerpt.
]]>Comment on Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Differencetag:leadingmarines.com,2008-10-02:1414315Samantha Westhttp://honeyandlace.blogspot.com2008-10-02T19:04:10Z2008-10-02T19:04:10ZComment on Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinkingtag:leadingmarines.com,2008-10-01:1411203Samantha Westhttp://honeyandlace.blogspot.com2008-10-01T20:36:13Z2008-10-01T20:36:13Z An excellent read with lots of material and resources to help guide your decision making. I spent a lot of time at https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ the place where Gladwell sends you to test your "unwilling-unable" distinction.
As well, I enjoyed reading about Gen Van Riper "mixing up" the Millenium Challenge for the Pentagon boys with his "unconventional" thinking.
Recommended book for everyone!]]>Comment on MARINE OFFICER LEADERSHIPtag:leadingmarines.com,2008-09-22:1384440Bruce Lanctot2008-09-22T18:25:00Z2008-09-22T18:25:00Z The longer I'm out of the Corps, I retired in '93 a gunny, the more I appreciate Marine leadership.
Of the many things the Corps does well, I would say high the list is communications. As a Marine I always knew what was going. Someone was always passing the word. We could be moving a battalion around the world and managed to keep everyone in the loop. In the private sector it seems that the word never trickles down to the people who need it.
As I reflect back, I think Marine leaders do a pretty good job of listening to the troops. In the private sector I see people who with good ideas get shut down in seconds and all that does is stifle initiative...