FOUNDATION
Expeditionary Operations (MCDP 3)
By United States Marine Corps · 109 pages
Why this title matters
Defines the Marine Corps' expeditionary mindset — the ability to deploy rapidly, operate with austere logistics, and project combat power ashore — and the operational principles that distinguish a force-in-readiness from a garrison force. The doctrinal case for why the Corps exists the way it does.
Reading category: FOUNDATION
The publications that establish the baseline: constitutional grounding, warfighting philosophy, and the doctrinal language Marines are expected to know.