Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

In his 39th Commandant’s Planning Guidance, Commandant of the Marine Corps General Eric M. Smith states that “like all Marines who came before us, we are all, first and foremost, riflemen. That fact ...

Not every shift in infantry tactics comes from better equipment. Some changes emerged because weapons failed to perform as intended, forcing troops to adapt in order to survive and remain effective.