Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 “When the Boots Hit the Ground”: Studying Military Culture from the Ground Up 9
8. PART I. Ideals: Corps Culture
9. Introduction 29
10. 2 “Every Marine a Rifleman”: The Egalitarian Military Service 32
11. 3 “Soldiers of the Sea”: The Marine Corps Expeditionary Mindset 49
12. 4 “Honor, Courage, and Commitment”: Instilling the Warrior Ethos at the Recruit Depots 70
13. 5 “Tip of the Spear”: Leadership in the Corps 92
14. PART II. Realities: “Marinizing” Culture
15. Introduction 109
16. 6 “Building the Plane as We’re Flying It”: Simplifying Solutions to Culture in Theater 116
17. 7 “The 80 Percent Solution”: (Mis)-Translations from SME to Marine 135
18. 8 “Where’s the ‘So What’?” Processing Culture at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL) 153
19. 9 “There’s No ‘I’ in Team”: Reshaping Culture Specialists to Fit a Nonspecialist Culture 171
20. Conclusion 193
21. Appendix: Marine Corps Ranks and Organizational Structures 203
22. Notes 207
23. Bibliography 227
24. Index 241