Of Romans and Dragons: Preparing the US Marine Corps for Future Warfare.

The article examines the attempt of the U.S. Marine Corps to prepare itself for counterinsurgency operations and other forms of asymmetric warfare. The advocacy of this shift by Corps Commandant Charles Krulak in the late 1990s is cited. War game exercises created by Krulak are described. The de-emphasis of Krulak's ideas after he retired in 1999 is given. The Corps' institutional commitment to its traditional amphibious warfare role is cited as the reason.