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The article focuses on the revolutionary tenure of Major General John Archer Lejeune as the 13th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Topics covered include his military career and his impact on the combat readiness of the Marine Corps, his efforts to endear the service to the U.S. public, and his education and physical fitness initiatives, as well as his focus on promoting and defending the Corps.

The article discusses the need for the U.S. Navy to follow a decentralized command-and-control culture in order to produce combat victories. Topics discussed include significance of the culture in ensuring agile and adaptable naval operations, need for decentralization of command authority and operational forces, and focus on creating a complete and current common operational picture (COP).

The article discusses the issues related to readiness and effectiveness measures of U.S. Navy. The topics discussed include the role of military combats in shaping military competitiveness, inspections of material condition, administration, and crew ability of navy, and self-reported evaluations of inventories and materials.

The article reports that an unconventional spin on the U.S. Marine Corp's tradition of forcible amphibious entry could counter modern anti-access/area-denial weapons (A2/AD) threats. The Navy has used the ocean's size to evade detection, to gain surprise and appear unexpectedly, and to distance itself from shore-launched threats. However, A2/AD have changed the naval landscape as states and non-state actors that lack sophisticated ships or aircraft increasingly threaten the Navy's access.

The article discusses on the need for the U.S. Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to enhance its capabilities for operational edge. To keep pace with emerging threats, the team is chalking out important advances in projecting power through the full range of amphibious and crisis-response operations. These breakthroughs are being driven by four significant, interdependent enhancements to MAGTF capabilities and is a competitive endeavor against determined adversaries.

The article reports on the need on the part of the U.S. Navy to adjust its fleet architecture, and the Marine Corps to develop new concepts, capabilities, and organizational constructs. The naval services will have to continuously evolve to counter the new challenges from a combination of new technologies, a global marketplace of goods and ideas, and changing geopolitical realities. Avoiding detection wills thus take on a new urgency, and operational and tactical maneuver will be essential.

The article reports that U.S. Marine Corps faces significant challenges as it emerges from a decade of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. This challenge is being undertaken by U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command (USFF) and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command (MARFORCOM) through the Bold Alligator series of exercises. The objective is to deploy combined naval forces in large-scale amphibious operations against adversaries who represent the type of today's hybrid threat , with an eye toward the future.

The article reports on the strategy the U.S. Navy will adopt in 2025 when it will operate from a larger number of partner nations such as Bahrain to more affordably maintain the forward posture around the world. The Fleet of 2025 may be smaller, but will have greater reach and persistence thanks to new payloads of unmanned vehicles and weapons. The Navy and Marine Corps will still be the first responders to international crises through combat operations or with humanitarian assistance.

The article focuses on operational concepts which should be included by the U.S. Navy for planning and executing sea conflicts. It highlights the operational concept called the AirSea Battle, focusing on counter sea conflicts in the western Pacific and Persian Gulf. It suggests that continuing modernization efforts plus adopting several developing technologies for naval weapons help in combating maritime threats. It defines operational concept as to employ U.S. forces in a joint operation.

The article reports on the need of a new strategy to rebuild the U.S. Navy in the light of global economic and strategic realities. The question is whether this new direction will result from a series of ad hoc decisions or be guided by a careful assessment of needs. Personnel costs rose over the past decade, even though the Navy shrank by 15 percent to 286 ships from 344. A study by Center for Naval Analyses focuses on three main requirements- dominance, readiness, and influence.

Discusses the importance of maintaining the combat-search-and-rescue (CSAR) capability of the United States Navy. Frequency of Navy involvement in low-intensity conflicts; Lack of CSAR assets evident during the 1991 Gulf War; Factors that have shifted attention from CSAR; Ability of the Department of Defense to maintain a joint policy that directs each service to provide CSAR capabilities for its own forces.

Focuses on the importance of Operational Maneuver From the Sea (OMFTS) in making the Marine Corps as the preeminent expeditionary warfighter of the United States. Command-and-control (C[sup2]) challenges presented by (OMFTS); List of requirements in developing a C[sup2] arrangement; Dominance of OMFTS as an amphibious warfare.

The article discusses the release of the document entitled "Marine Corps Service Campaign Plan" in the U.S. Marine Corps. The document offers Commandant-level guidance to the deputy commandants as well as directors at Headquarters Marine Corps and to commanders assigned in the operating forces. The guidance contains analysis requirements for how Marine component commands designated to combatant commands are resourced as well as how the Corps will support to Security Force Assistance activities.

The article informs that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has announced on December 25, 2016 that the Liaoning (CV-16) aircraft carrier battle group had set off for a combat readiness deployment to the Western Pacific under the supervision of outgoing Navy Chief Admiral Wu Shen-gli. It is noted that some argue that any U.S. military reporting about Liaoning's flight operations could amplify China's strategic messaging about the importance of the carrier.

This article focuses on various communications training courses for naval expeditionary forces. Most Navy communications training courses focus on shipboard communication. One course is titled "Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System AN/SRC-54 (V) Combined Maintenance." This five-day course is designed specifically for shipboard variants. The Information and Communications Manager Course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to manage all aspects of shipboard communications to ensure operational readiness.

Presents the author's opinion on the role of quality training in a ship's combat readiness. Methods by which ships have been historically trained; Organizational placement of the training officer; Essential qualities of a training program.

The article discusses several issues in the U.S. Navy particularly on the implementation of the smoking ban policy in submarines by Submarine Force Commander Vice Admiral John Donnelly. It argues that if the no smoking policy really concerned with health, Navy leadership should restrict smoking to all sailors of ships and aircrafts. It mentions that Navy leadership remains to pursue policies that failed to improve combat readiness.