Donald Vandergriff
A 26 year Marine and US Army officer. I served enlisted time as a Marine infantryman and enlisted tanker. Author or editor of 11 books and over a 100 articles on leader development, military culture and Maneuver Warfare.
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Britain's Elite Looks to a Foreign War to Escape the Crisis It Made at Home | Ep. 177 Capitals Uncovered — Martin Sieff & Pelle Taylor
Capitals Uncovered | Martin Sieff and Pelle Neroth Taylor
Don Vandergriff, a retired US Army major who began as an enlisted Marine, is a military historian and a long-standing critic of the American personnel system. He returns to disc...
“Principles of Leadership”, Ukrainian Center of Gravity: Mission Command, SEPT 2026
This excerpt highlights how the Ukrainian military has integrated and applied the leadership philosophies of Donald Vandergriff into its operations since the spring of 2022. The author notes that he provided his expertise entirely free of c...
No Stress, No Star
Introduction: Back to 2nd Generation Warfare, Again
The Marine Corps version of the Joint Warfighter Evaluation is not a warfighter test. It is a schoolhouse product, taken from a desk, graded by the same institution that already owns...
I hate the use of pseudonyms. It lacks moral courage.
I have lost jobs, lost positions, and lost a career for always putting my given, Christian name on whatever article, book, essay, or briefing I have written or presented. From the time I was still a lieutenant, Captain, and Major, I put Don...
How Should We Test America’s Next Generals? by LTC Asad “Genghis” Khan (USMC ret)
The Joint Warfighting Evaluation will mean something only if it answers one question: Can this officer command in war right now? Stars must not be a late-career participation trophy. They should go to people who can operate under friction,...
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A 24 year enlisted Marine, enlisted NG and a US Army officer. Author, editor or contributed chapters to 16 books and over a 150 articles on leader development, military culture and Maneuver Warfare. I can be reached at donvandergriff.org
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