FOUNDATION
Warfighting (MCDP 1)
By United States Marine Corps · 103 pages
Why this title matters
The capstone of Marine Corps doctrine: the philosophy of maneuver warfare, the moral, mental, and physical dimensions of war, and the principles that shape every other publication the Corps produces. Read this first. Return to it after every deployment.
Reading category: FOUNDATION
The publications that establish the baseline: constitutional grounding, warfighting philosophy, and the doctrinal language Marines are expected to know.