MCDP 1-3 — index record
| Number | MCDP 1-3 |
|---|---|
| Title | TACTICS |
| Published | |
| Issued by | Headquarters Marine Corps |
| Status on the index | Current |
| Source index | Marine Corps Publications Electronic Library (MCPEL) |
| Index last read | October 20, 2026 |
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Synopsis as published on the index
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 armies 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 effectively combine them. Winning in combat depends upon tactical leaders who can think creatively and act decisively.
Quoted verbatim from the Marine Corps Publications Electronic Library (MCPEL) entry (source).
Other MCDP publications nearby in the series
- MCDP 1WARFIGHTING
- MCDP 1-0 w/ CH 1-3MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS
- MCDP 1-1STRATEGY
- MCDP 1-2CAMPAIGNING
- MCDP 1-4COMPETING
- MCDP 2INTELLIGENCE
- MCDP 3EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS
- MCDP 4LOGISTICS
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