*Zach’s tips for future company commanders *Some of the books Zach read while preparing for company command *How Zach tries to balance feeding the military bureaucracy with preparing his company for combat *Zach’s use of educational wargaming in his company *The designs, plans, or programs that Zach has implemented in his company and how they’ve worked out so far *Zach’s co-founding and publishing of the Connecting File *What he’s learned from participating in several large-scale exercises with his company in 29 Palms *The events surrounding Zach’s taking of command of his company *What the relationship should be like between the weapons company commander and their operations chief and first sergeant

*What concerned Zach the most about being a company commander *What excited Zach the most about being a company commander *What Zach learned about company command at the Maneuver Captains Career Course *Zach’s thoughts on the Marine Corps having its own company commanders course *How well the Marine Corps prepared Zach for company command *Outside of commanding the company in combat, the most important thing company commanders do or should do *Zach’s philosophy of command (or intent) and how it’s worked out so far Marine Corps weapons company is, how it differs from a rifle company, and the challenges and opportunities inherent to commanding one *How Zach’s experiences as an instructor at The Basic School shaped his view of company command, his preparations for it, and execution of it *What makes the company commander from hell *Zach’s thoughts on what makes the ideal company commander and why *What he learned about company command from his company commanders At the end of the month, we will select several courses of action and publish it for your comments and critiques! Additionally, we will continue to archive past TDGs for your own use for PMEs or unit training!įinally, if you’re look to take decision-making training to the next level, check out our Wargaming page! Wargames differ from TDGs in that war games actively pit participating Marines against each other in a simulated tactical scenario, whereas TDGs have all Marines solving a single, written scenario.*What Zach learned about company command from his time as a platoon commander Each month, The Warfighting Society will post a Tactical Decision Game (TDG) on its Facebook and Instagram pages for readers to analyze and write their own orders. The Warfighting Society considers TDGs to be an indispensable tool for the effective training of both leaders and subordinates. Normally conducted over a rough map on a whiteboard or PowerPoint, Marines are placed in command of notional units and given a fragmentary order that pits them against a fictional enemy force. Most Marines are familiar with TDGs, whether from The Basic School, Advanced Infantryman’s Course, or garrison “whitespace” (free) time.

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