Maneuver Warfare for the Mind: The Importance of Learning and Thinking to Maintaining Our Competitive Edge

17 USC 105 interim-entered record; under review.The article of record as published may be found at https://blog.usni.org/posts/2020/07/14/the-importance-of-learning-and-thinking-to-maintaining-our-competitive-edgeIn February, the Marine Corps published a new doctrinal publication—the first in nineteen years. The Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 7 (MCDP 7) explicitly identifies learning as an institutional priority and explains why learning is important to the profession of arms, maintaining an intellectual edge, exercising intelligent initiative, and conducting maneuver warfare. In doing so, MCDP 7 serves as a useful conversation starter for those seeking to combat some of the anti-intellectualism in the Marine Corps’ ranks