MCDP 1-3 Tactics.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Headquarters United States Marine Corps

Washington, D.C. 20380-1775

30 July 1997

FOREWORD

This publication is about winning in combat. Winning requires

many things: excellence in techniques, an appreciation of the

enemy, exemplary leadership, battlefield judgment, and focused

combat power. Yet these factors by themselves do not ensure

success in battle. Many armies, both winners and losers, have

possessed many or all of these attributes. When we examine

closely the differences between victor and vanquished, we draw

one conclusion. Success went to the ar- mies whose leaders,

senior and junior, could best focus their efforts—their skills

and their resources—toward a decisive end. Their success

arose not merely from excellence in techniques, procedures,

and material but from their leaders’ abilities to uniquely and ef-

fectively combine them. Winning in combat depends upon tac-

tical leaders who can think creatively and act decisively.

This book pertains equally to all Marine leaders, whether

their duties entail combat service support, combat support, or

combat arms. It applies to the Marine air-ground task force

commander as well as the squadron commander and the fire

team leader. All Marines face tactical decisions in battle

regardless of their roles. Tactical leaders must develop and

hone their warfighting skills through study and practice. This

publication serves as a guide for that professional development.

It addresses the theory of tactics and its application in a chaotic

and uncertain environment.

The concepts and ideas within this publication are battle-

tested. Throughout our history, one of the most important rea-

sons for the success of the United States Marine Corps has

been the military skill of our leaders at every level of com-

mand. Through their tactical skill and battlefield judgment, our

commanders achieved tactical and operational advantage at the

decisive time and place.

This publication is a revision of Fleet Marine Force Manual

1-3, Tactics , of 1991 and supersedes it. Marine Corps Doc-

trinal Publication (MCDP) 1-3 fully retains the spirit, scope,

and basic concepts of its predecessor. MCDP 1-3 further de-

velops and refines some of those concepts; in particular, a new

chapter has been added on exploiting success and finishing,

and some of the original material has been reorganized and

expanded.

Tactics is in consonance with MCDP 1, Warfighting , and

the other Marine warfighting publications. Presuming an un-

derstanding of maneuver warfare, MCDP 1-3 applies it specifi-

cally to the tactical level of war. Like MCDP 1, it is not

prescriptive but descriptive, providing guidance in the form of

concepts and ideas. This publication establishes the Marine

Corps’ philosophy for waging and winning battles.

C. C. KRULAK

General, U.S. Marine Corps

Commandant of the Marine Corps

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